My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered


My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!, commonly known simply as Instant Death, is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsuyoshi Fujitaka. The series originated on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website, which the author closed on December 10, 2023, before being published in print with illustrations by Chisato Naruse by Earth Star Entertainment from October 2016 to March 2023 for 14 volumes. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Hanamaru Nanto, began serialization in Comic Earth Star in March 2018. As of January 2026, the series' individual chapters have been collected into thirteen volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Okuruto Noboru aired from January to March 2024.

Plot

While heading to a school field trip, Yogiri Takatou's school bus is summoned to another world by a Sage who shows just how horrible she and this world is by killing the adults for petty reasons and telling the students they are to be trained as sages to fight demons and complete missions. She only takes the gifted ones, leaving the rest to die.
With no choice but to continue, Yogiri and Tomochika search for a way back to their own world, but Yogiri's unnatural calm apathy towards the oddity unnerves Tomochika. In truth, Yogiri is not an ordinary kid...he can kill anything or anyone he wishes just by willing it.

Characters

;Yogiri Takatou
;Tomochika Dannoura
;Mokomoko Dannoura
;Sion
;Lain
;Daimon Hanakawa
;Yuuki Tachibana
;Asaka Takatou
;Rick
;Lynel
;Theodisia
;Sora Akino
;Ryōko Ninomiya
;Carol S. Lane
;Haruto Ōtori
;Suguru Yazaki
;Ayaka Shinozaki

Media

Light novel

Written by Tsuyoshi Fujitaka, the series was serialized on the novel posting website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from February 21, 2016, to March 15, 2023. It was later acquired by Earth Star Entertainment, who published the series in print with illustrations by Chisato Naruse from October 15, 2016, to March 15, 2023, for 14 volumes. An extra "Cleanup Edition" volume taking place after the final volume was released on February 15, 2024.
At Anime Expo Lite in 2020, J-Novel Club announced that they licensed the light novel for English publication. At Anime NYC 2022, J-Novel announced that the light novel would receive a print release by Yen Press.

Volumes

Manga

A manga adaptation, titled My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! —AΩ—, illustrated by Hanamaru Nanto began serialization in Comic Earth Star on March 30, 2018. As of January 2026, the series' individual chapters have been collected into thirteen volumes.
In July 2021, J-Novel Club announced that they also licensed the manga adaptation for English publication. At Anime NYC 2022, J-Novel Club announced that the manga adaptation would also be released in print by Yen Press.

Volumes

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on December 1, 2022. It was produced by Okuruto Noboru and written and directed by Masakazu Hishida, with character designs handled by Sayuri Sakimoto, and music composed by Hanae Nakamura, Tatsuhiko Saiki, Kanade Sakuma, and Daisuke Kadowaki. The series aired from January 5 to March 22, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Killer Bars", performed by Hilcrhyme, while the ending theme song is "Haze", performed by Anna Suzuki. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series and will be streaming it on Hidive. Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia.

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