THE EXO-DRIVE REINCARNATION GAMES: All-Japan Isekai Battle Tournament! Vol. 1

THE EXO-DRIVE REINCARNATION GAMES: All-Japan Isekai Battle Tournament! #1

by Keiso, zunta (Illustrator)

Being reborn in another world is a tournament sport in this hilarious, action-packed isekai series!

In the not-so-distant future, isekai is a way of life. The world has perfected how to hit an average teenager with a truck to launch them into a new world for a fantasy adventure. But once that’s done, how do you keep it entertaining? Set up a televised tournament, of course! Roaring crowds can follow a chosen Hero through his death, rebirth, and quest to save another world, armed with special tech for cheat skills, stat indexes, and whatever else is needed. Surely this is all in good fun and no one would abuse this kind of reincarnation technology...!

Genres: Manga

192 pages, Paperback

Published November 9, 2021

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was so boring. You are basically reading a tutorial on how to "play" the isekai. It doesn't even make sense. The synopsis says trucks run over people so they can get portaled to another world. Except they don't really die, because when they're done playing hero in another world, they go back to high school. The portaling is treated like a video game, and everyone has thumb drives full of cheats that they use to become overpowered and then compete to see who can one-up everyone else the most. I cannot tell you how bored I was. There is no worldbuilding or character development (except stat-wise). It was a dud for me.

[Sheepy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't know quite where to begin with this one.
The art was really good....

As for the story I get what's happening but there are a few aspects I'm not quite sure about, the "introduction" was helpful and even though it's isekai it is done very differently to anything I've read before, I have two more volumes to make my mind up on this seires.

[Gioia · Rating 2 out of 5]

he premise caught me right away, and the visual style isn't bad.
Only problem? Everything else. The dialogue and characters feel like a low-effort parody of a sports shonen, the action drags, and in the end it feels like a whole lot of nothing. Maybe the next volumes will fix it, but I doubt it.
The first volume's job is to entice readers to keep going — and here, the mission failed big time.

[poet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wouldn't call it the greatest but it's a lovely meshing of sports/games anime and isekai tropes, and I appreciate it understands it's premise is so flimsy that it starts in the middle and is only three volumes. I'll probably read the other two.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

The art was absolutely gorgeous!

[Lisa Watson · Rating 4 out of 5]

It struck me as a fairly average isekai, though a bit more self-aware than most. I do wonder what the next volume will set up, if the whatever twist comes will be worth it.