Anime.

I had a slight obsession with anime. I watched while I ate, while going to sleep, while travelling, while taking a shower, while doing my homework, or even while walking down the street. I was into anime, into manga and even got into reading a few light novels and visual novels.

I watched all kinds of anime, shounen, shoujo, Seinin, slice of life, action, drama, it didn't matter. It didn't matter if it was good or bad, whether it was new-gen or from the 80s. I was obsessed. By the time I turned 35, I had completed about two-thirds of my animelist. Still couldn't be bothered to start one piece though.

Now you might be asking, how could I afford to watch so much anime while still having a life. That's the neat part, I didn't have a life.

You see, my obsession wasn't this bad when I first started. I only watched it while having dinner or when a few big movies came out. But then, a certain virus was introduced to the world just after I completed my second PhD in material sciences. I know, I was a bit of a genius. But that apparently didn't matter in a world where everything was shut down, and everything was forced inside. 

That gave me a lot of free time as well as a big gap in my resume. Fast forward a few years and I had an anime obsession. This had also killed my motivation to work, as I only wanted to watch anime all the time. Luckily, I was able to become an Anituber and I had gotten to a hundred thousand subs, which allowed me to feed myself with my addiction.

I watched anime for work, for enjoyment, to laugh, to cry, while drinking, while jacking off, you name it, I'd watched anime while doing it. My favourite genre was Isekai. I loved each and every single one, no matter how shitty. My favourite was re;zero, but the one I got most enjoyment out of was Kenja no Mago. You could say that it was my ultimate guilty pleasure. Something about using real world science to master magic really amazed me.I read the manga as soon as i finished the anime.

Then one day, as I was watching some anime, a show called Frieren, while going to the Grocery store, I was hit by a Truck.

'Damn you, Truck-kun. Your sins will catch up to you one day.' I thought as my vision went dark.

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I woke up in a blank room, something like a padded room in a psych ward. I looked around and found nothing but a roulette wheel and a bed which I was laying on.

'What the hell? I'm pretty sure I was hit by a truck. I thought I was done for. Why am I here? And why do I have no injuries?' I wondered.

'Maybe I slipped into a coma, and my body healed completely, and now I've woken up months or even years later.' I tried to rationalize my situation.

'But why am I in this kind of room? And why is no life support here? Hell, I don't have parents anymore and no other loved ones, so who even paid for my life support?' I wondered.

With nothing else to do, I called out for help.

"HELLO!!!! IS ANYBODY HERE!!!! HELP!!!!" I called out.

"Calm down, David Pound." a voice boomed.

'What the- where did that voice come from? I don't see a speaker system.'

"This voice is in your head, child. I am an angel of God, and you have been blessed with immeasurable luck."

"Bullshit." I muttered.

"You can choose not to believe me, but that won't change the truth. Now, I won't beat around the bush, your life should have ended after our finest reaper took your soul, but you got lucky, and became the first person in a long time to get the gift of a second life, so I implore you not to waste it." the voice declared.

"Is this a TV bit or something? If so, I dont have the patience for it. Look, I've had a rough day and just want to go to sleep, so please, just let me leave."

"Sigh… may the lord have mercy on his ignorant lambs. Very well. You may leave. Just spin the roulette wheel and you'll be on your way." 

"Sure, whatever gets me home faster." I answered, placing my hand on the wheel.

"I just have to spin this wheel, right?" I asked once more.

"Yes, for it is this wheel that shall decide your new world. To help you accommodate, we have decided to make every world of that wheel one which you have watched in your "anime" and we will create an exact replica of that world for you to transmigrate into." the voice explained.

"Man, you guys need to get better writers, because no one will fall for this stupid prank. But hey, that's not my problem." I said as I spun the wheel.

The wheel spun and spun, until I began to get restless, before slowing down, and eventually stopping.

As soon as I saw what the wheel had landed on, the voice called out again.

"Congratulations. You will now be sent into the world of 'Kenja no Mago.' May you live your next life to the fullest."

Before I could tell them to let me go and to stop with their stupid comedy set, I started to lose consciousness, and I soon blacked again.