Warning: Spoilers for Oversummoned, Overpowered, and Over It! volume 1!!An ongoing manga titled Oversummoned, Overpowered, and Over It! masterfully brings together numerous isekai premises to justify why its hero’s powers get so over-the-top. Better yet, the protagonist’s unique situation further explains the series’ decision to incorporate one of the genre’s worst tropes while doing so in a more satisfactory way than most manga, even those that have already received anime adaptations, like Am I Actually the Strongest?
In the case of some of the lazier isekai being released, a god normally bestows a massive cheat on the hero who’s about to get isekai’d for whatever trivial reason, but the grandness of their power is completely misunderstood. In the case of Am I Actually the Strongest?, which follows this specific blueprint, the resulting misinterpretation is based on the limitations of how that world captures and displays power levels.
While creatively simple, this oversimplification feels nothing compared to Oversummoned, Overpowered, and Over It! by writer Saitosa and artrist Mukojima Kamome.
The Perfection Explanations For Broken Power Tropes in Isekai
Created by Saitosa & Mukojima Kamome
Oversummoned creates the unique instance where Inori Takafuji gets isekai’d again and again every few minutes to worlds that essentially summarize every genre trope imaginable, which leads to him being blessed with new powers each time. This “glitch” is first explained by a completely fresh phenomenon that, while proprietary to Oversummoned, logically fits within the overall concept of isekai. Better yet, the manga later justifies why this would result in Takafuji receiving more than one power by poking fun at a common summoning trope, where he essentially games the system.
The problem is that when Takafuji finally arrives at his destination, the manga had to come up with a believable explanation to rationalize how not just one, but all of his numerous powers could be misconstrued. Incredibly, the manga introduces a phenomenon where the ways in which these different abilities interact with each other in certain settings cancel themselves out.
This fun spin is even more enjoyable since Takafuji had already learned the basic principles of each of his powers each time he got isekai’d, resulting in the manga creating a steady stream of information that would explain why he would appear to have no powers. This situation is further embellished by the final type of isekai he finds himself in. Takafuji is a victim of the accidental summoning trope, so the fact that he appears to have no powers fits perfectly with that particular premise for obvious reasons.
This isn’t even taking into account all the other times the manga plays with other isekai tropes in fun, unexpected ways well beyond the first volume. Hopefully, Oversummoned, Overpowered, and Over It! will receive its own anime adaptation since there are other isekai that have despite taking much lazier approaches to this trope, but for now, fans can due with J-Novel Club’s print release of the series.
Oversummoned, Overpowered, and Over It! is available on J-Novel Club.
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