[Author here. After this recap imma start uploading Season 2 respectively (tomorrow). This recap includes what happened so far as well as what's inside Van's inventory and skillset!]
[If you have perfect memory or just don't care about what happened, feel free to skip this!]
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Makoto Tanaka, 17 year-old boy, was transmigrated to another world alongside all his classmates. To the world of Crucibulum, into a place called the Capital of Varolon within the kingdom of Aurelia.
You know the drill, loser main character that's been bullied, got NTRd by his bully, trashed by all his classmates because why not it has a +15 to the revenge stat these types of stories have.
Oh, he also has a hot mom because every protagonist has a hot mom so more people will read it.
Anyway, this kingdom is a medieval fantasy-type kingdom. With levels, stats, skills and ranks. Each of his classmate was given a rank and class and a skill.
He was the only one who received an F-Rank skill [Gear Maintenance], and the F-Rank class [Grunt].
Oh he also got a curse. The kingdom did not know what that curse could be, so they decided not to take a risk and send his ass to the shadow realm.
Well, Abyss Dungeon, but close enough.
The supposedly highest ranked dungeon in the kingdom ranked EX.
After 18 hours of self-pity and even more self-pity and even more more self pity, Makoto befriends a skeleton named Van.
Makoto then almost becomes a necrophiliac because a mental illness is like +20 to the revenge stat in the story which makes more people read it, but I decided I'm professional enough to keep going without it, and collect more revenge stat items that go over the top later in the story anyway.
Anyways Makoto then fucking dies to a dog and pees his organs.
Then he sees some mommy ntr fetish play in his dreams with his bully that ruined his life because revenge and angst. Then, surprise surprise, the child sent to the unsurvivable death dungeon survives. Who saw that coming.
That's because of his curse.
Makoto learns he has the power to commit suicide.
So he commits suicide all over the dog until it dies. Then he steals the skeleton's name and he becomes Van.
Then he commits suicide all over a goblin, then he commits suicide all over a skeleton, which makes him grow up as a person (but not really because trauma). Then he commits mega suicide over an old man, and a bunch of zombies.
For some reason I haven't decided yet but have an idea of, some ancient power decided that the way he killed himself was very creative and sent him back to Earth as a reward, where he is swole and big tittied girls wanna fuck him and small tittied girls wanna fuck him (but he's still social anxiety because trauma and I want female readers too). He then decided to go find his mother while asking the meaning of life.
Then the same ancient power decided to pull a sneaky on him and tells him his mom is dead for shits and giggles.
He puts her corpse into his inventory because angst then he does what he knows best and commits suicide all over the place.
Oh yeah, he has the power to save locations or whatever that means but the ancient power told him he cant save the location of his home planet.
But surprise surprise, committing suicide solved all his problems yet again, and saved the location (Earth) anyway… Whatever that could mean.
Important to mention that his curse sends him to the nearest safezone once he dies. But Rotting Soul sent him back to the dungeon rather than putting him anywhere on Earth. How about that.
That's when it cuts off to the rest of the classroom for the payoff you've been waiting for, seeing how weak they all are in comparison to our suicidal emo boy because there must be a payoff otherwise no one would read the story.
And as you guessed the main girl is stupid and still getting ntrd because you just gotta see her reaction when she gets uncucked eventually and finds out "DA TRUTH"
Kazuya (the bully) is still bad and terrible because he's gonna die someday soon so he's written to be irredeemable, (but I'd still kill him even if he was redeemable because I was actually hugged as a child unlike every single Japanese writer in the fucking multiverse).
Anyways we meet our pseudo second protagonist called Sato who uhm, was actually the only one who cared about Makoto but never showed himself because angst and trauma.
Then we learn some politics, and world building because politics and world building are important for reasons I don't know. We meet this really cool guy named Sir Hicks and the gigachad overworked salaryman-adjacent captain of the Royal Guards (which like, help the kingdom and the king etc etc) Nickelson who's just done with everything and hates otherworlders.
Then Sato is bullied because there can't be a main character in a dark isekai story that isn't a fucking loser nerd but its okay because his bully dies immediately.
But then he's bullied more and then he's framed in killing the bully, then Sato bullies the main bully (kazuya) by using his secret power of tentacle hentai before getting his arms cut by the anti-horny police and gets sent to the no-horny jail because hentai is bad.
Which makes him grow up as a person (but not really because trauma).
And because sir Hicks is such a cool guy he helps Sato and pulls a sneaky on the kingdom by freeing him.
Then the prince is gay.
Then Rina, the plot device, is shown to actually have depth because it's honestly a sausage-fest here and I want female readers.
Then the prince is shown to have depth because why not, then he gets kidnapped by a secret organization that's important for reasons I haven't decided yet.
Finally, we cut a few months later to the cool sir Hicks who's angry at the secret organization for kidnapping and hurting the prince since he loves children (he has kids, chill) then gets sent to the death dungeon Makoto is sent to.
That's when I created this unsurvivable fight so that it will be satisfying where Makoto (now Van) saves Sir Hicks and the prince who turns out to be a girl.
Then Van finally leaves the dungeon after a bit over a year, finally seeing the sun.
And a famous, probably the best dwarf blacksmith in the world, named Vorn who teaches Van directions.
Some notes:
Otherworlders are natively stronger than natives because with every level, their stats increase + they have the ability to allocate stat points, something natives can't do. There ARE somethings that natives are better at, one of which is being proficient at making DIY toilet paper with leaves and wiping your ass with it, but there's more.
One gold coin is a fucking lot in this world. Our main boy has like 30k or something it doesn't really matter at this point since it will never run out unless he uses coins to somehow kill his enemies. Can't see anyone doing that.
There's of course steel and metals ranking in this world but it doesn't really matter all that much, all you gotta remember is Black Steel for craftsmen in this world is like a 2000s white girl music for a depressed middle-aged man in a club (its the best).
MORE NOTES:
INVENTORY (collected throughout chapters 1 to 40):
WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT
Abyssal Knight Weapon Set [EX] x1 Greatsword · Longsword · Shortsword · Dagger · Shield · Bow · Quiver · Staff · Spellbook.
Description: A dropped weapon set from the Final Circle's Abyss Dungeon Boss. The first boss that Van encountered after being exiled.
Van's Armor Set x1
Description: Current equipped armor, belonged to a skeleton named Van. Stats unknown.
Makoto's High-School Uniform x1
Description: Traditional Japanese High-School uniform carried from Earth.
CONSUMABLES
Super Life Elixir [Legendary SS] x10,427
Description: A mere drop cures all negative status effects, fatigue, and fully restores satiety. Immediately heals any wound upon drinking.
Super Mana Elixir [Legendary SS] x6,762
Description: A mere drop fully restores all mana, no matter how high.
Never-Ending Fresh Water [Rare A] x1
Description: A never-ending 1-liter gourd of fresh, cool water.
⚠ BIOHAZARD MATERIALS
Abyssal Abomination [SSS] x847
Description: Undead zombie from the 6th Circle. Weak and sluggish, but incredibly viral and infectious. Even a speck of dust could end a city or worse.
Abyssal Abomination (Torso) [SSS] x421
Description: Torso fragment. Same infectious properties.
Abyssal Abomination (Ground Dust) [SSS] x1,241,753
Description: Powdered remains. Extreme infectious risk.
CONSTRUCTION & MATERIALS
Granite Slab (7x7x7m) x8,163
Description: A big piece of granite. Weighs more than you think!
Raw Black Steel 4kg [Unique SS] x50.
Description: A material with extreme shock absorption and magic resistance. Collected from the 9th circle's dungeon boss.
Granite Map — 9th Circle (5x5x3m) x1
Description: A map of the 9th circle, hand-drawn by Van.
Granite Map — 8th Circle (5x5x3m) x1
Description: A map of the 8th circle, hand-drawn by Van.
UNIQUE ITEMS
Mana Stone [One-of-a-kind EX] x1
Description: Upon breaking, removes mana cost from one existing skill permanently.
Cooldown Stone [One-of-a-kind EX] x1
Description: Upon breaking, removes cooldown from one existing skill permanently.
CURRENCY & SALVAGE
Gold Coin [B] x30,000
Description: The currency of Crucibulum.
Broken Gear (swords, shields, armor, misc) x(many)
Human Skull x1
Description: A pristine-conditioned human skull.
[This is Van Hellix's skull that our hero picked up in the first chapters]
Glowing Dungeon Mushroom x1
Description: A glowing mushroom collected in the dungeon. Properties other than glowing are unknown.
DOCUMENTS & KEEPSAKES
Hikari Tanaka (dead) x1
Description: Human female, age 34. Cause of death: respiratory failure due to overdose. Time of death: 17 seconds prior to acquisition.
Note from Mom x1
Description: An envelope containing a letter. Contents yet unknown.
Diary of Azhar x1
Description: Personal diary recovered from the dungeon. Belonged to the 7th dungeon boss, Lord Azhar. What secrets could it hold?
SKILLS
Rotting Soul [F] (Curse)
Description: Your soul is banished from the immortal plains. Each time you meet your end, your body, items, and gear are disintegrated and revived at a safe location you've previously travelled. Fatigue, health, and satiety restored to prime condition relative to your age. You will continue to age. Eventually, you'll reach a point of endless death in endless loops due to dying of old age and weakness. May the Gods have mercy on your rotten soul.
Properties: Passive · Bound to soul · Immune to nullification
Overgear [EX]
Description: Your clothing, armor, and weapons repair themselves upon contact. Repair rate is nigh-instant. Your armor and clothing are as durable as your body. If you equip anything with higher durability than your body, your body matches the equipment's durability while worn. You may hold, wield, and use any item regardless of stat, level, class, or any other requirement. Note: Using overgeared items will result in a penalty depending on level difference.
Properties: Passive · Bound to soul · Immune to nullification
Bottomless Item Storage [EX]
Description: A bottomless storage that suspends anything non-living. Each stored item may be up to 7x7x7 meters in size.
Properties: Bound to soul · Immune to nullification · Cannot be stolen or copied
Inspect Item [EX]
Description: Identifies the name, material, rarity, and basic properties of non-living items within arm's reach. Cannot analyze skills, creatures, magic, or living beings. Advanced artifacts may return incomplete results. Accuracy scales slightly with level. Properties: Bound to soul · Immune to nullification
Hard Swing [F]
Description: Swing a fist or weapon with twice your base strength and twice your base speed.
Cost: 10% Mana · Cooldown: 1 second · Bound to soul
Dungeon Gateway [EX]
Description: A privilege granted only to the one who conquered the Final Guardian's domain. This skill engraves your existence into the dungeon's core, allowing you to open a personal gateway from anywhere in the world—or beyond it—straight to the last location you visited within the dungeon.
You may also exit the dungeon instantly, appearing exactly where you stood before entering.
[Note: This skill saves locations you've been to (does not include locations you've been to before acquiring this skill!)]
Bound to soul
Final notes:
Van is level 210, F-Rank, Class is Knight...… and stats are so big that at this point it barely matters but I'mma keep track of them don't worry, and he's really strong. That's about it.
Hope you enjoy!