Weeaboo's Unfortunate Isekai: The Necromancer's Gacha

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Hooray! I've been Isekai'ed! Into a gameworld, with waifus everywhere! It's my greatest dream come true! Isekai'ed by... some kind of black robe guy. Who grabbed the wrong guy. And now I have to survive waves of monsters that want to do terrible things to me. Just... awful, awful things. And the game is a gacha game, so I'm desperately trying to earn money to pull for summons. Desperately trying to build fortifications. Furnish my Tower. Gear up. Deal with the existential horror that is life in a gacha game. Because even a weeaboo has a bottom line. And the necromancers who made this game? They gotta pay.

Base Building, summons, monsters, and a complete absence of harem for this guy who can't handle 3-D, all brought to you by the guy who made theo-punk a thing with Slumrat Rising.

Launching on RR March 25. Favorite now, so you don't miss a single chapter!

Doing a five chapters/day sprint for 3/25 and 3/26, two on the 27-28th, and one on the 29th. 1chap/day M-F after that.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2024
Author: Warby Picus

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.7/ 5.0
Followers: 3,981
Views: 1,736,351

Chapters(152 total)

What readers say about Weeaboo's Unfortunate Isekai: The Necromancer's Gacha

“From the creator of the glorious theopunk genre that's caused me to research far too much philosophy and theology on my own time comes a lighthearted comedy about a totally normal isekai with no subversions or dark undertones at all, honest, promise. (Shit…”
ApolloboundRoyal Road5.0 / 5
“tldr: read it My preferred preference for reviews is the advanced style. I like breaking down every aspect of a book and going over what needs improvement, and what I love and want to see more of. This feedback is usually subjective to one degree or another…”
ArilliusRoyal Road5.0 / 5

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Community Reviews(10)

ApolloboundRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
From the creator of the glorious theopunk genre that's caused me to research far too much philosophy and theology on my own time comes a lighthearted comedy about a totally normal isekai with no subversions or dark undertones at all, honest, promise.
(Shit already looks like it's got IMPLICATIONS and SUBTEXT, Warby can't escape from himself and I can't wait to see how wild this ride gets.)
ArilliusRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
tldr: read it
My preferred preference for reviews is the advanced style. I like breaking down every aspect of a book and going over what needs improvement, and what I love and want to see more of. This feedback is usually subjective to one degree or another but it’s the kind of feedback I prefer as a writer since it gives me a direction. I also usually don’t spare any expense, so it’s a product of effort and time.
For this story I might still do that, but I will, for the moment, focus on something I noticed while reading this well paced, well written, story.
I feel tense reading this.
I’ve been reading for literal decades and the last time I genuinely felt tense and nervous for the trials to come on this level was Goosebumps! They don’t have a time limit between phase and rounds, yet I feel anxiety for the next one, for the future, while reading this. It is often genuinely disturbing in a way that is very physical and tangible, and gruesome, yet not bloody or gore-y.
If you like the general concept of isekai and always wanted her to know what gacha was about, even if you didn’t want to play it yourself, read this. It’s good.
TallicaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Wow, just wow.
I started reading this today due to the title, looking for a lighter read. I was fooled and my balls have been kicked up into my throat and then I was throat punched by the feels. This is damned well written. The juxtaposition of the fedora wearing neckbeard MC and the existential horror that is the backgrounds of his summons is just.. let's just say there is no way for Artax to ever get out of the Swamp of Sadness and Atreyu didn't make it either. Absolute masterpiece so far.
A full five Naga the Serpent ero resin statuettes from me.
grademasterRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Right, so let's get this straight. Ever read Mushoku Tensei or your generic isekai? It's vaguely like that, with a main character who starts off as, and in a way continues to be, a total loser (self-described). Yes, he starts off with issues, but very, very quickly sobers up and takes things more seriously than any other character in the story. He's smart, scared shitless, and more determined to eke out every free advantage from the world of gacha that the only reason FGO developers sleep well at night is because he's fictional. Given that most of the bad reviews I've skimmed have him as the main reason, I think that's a good enough preface.
Style - It's good. Weeb thoughts and cultural references are there, but not overwhelming. not for absolutely everyone, but still uncommonly charming. I like it. I will say that there's a few tone shifts here and there for comedic effect that don't fit quite well, but it's still way better than Marvel adding quips to every minute of their movie.
Story - Phenomenal. A good twist is one that you don't seem coming but makes sense in hindsight, and there's more than a few of those, and combined with a really, really unique idea and a setting that I've only seen an equivalent of in Carousel (the other story, the one about the scary movies), I think that the story of this is well worth following and after I left at the end of volume 1 to let chapters build up, I came back a year later and had most of the plot still stuck in my head.
Grammar - Is good.
Characters - Mostly good, but a few parts I don't like. Firstly, MC is fine, read above, but there's a few moments where character breaks and I don't like it. There's one moment in volume 1 where a deuteragonist is involved in literal toilet humor and it feels really out of character, just as the most obvious example. I think the best way to explain this is that really good characters write themselves, and I mostly feel that here, but from time to time there's a break and I just don't lik
lpoolfan1Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Although the premise sounds like a light novel title, there’s a good bit going on here. It joins a recent wave I’ve seen of deconstruction stories, picking at the tropes of isekai protagonists without leaning into the pitfalls of that deconstruction as of yet.
The protagonist is awkward, to be sure. But he should be. He’s not presented as a gigachad or even a nice guy - rather, he’s a shut-in degenerate who now has to be better. It’s honest about how he’s struggling, and the creepiness / despair of the situation he’s in. I especially enjoy how the low-tier Gacha pulls are explicitly not intelligent - just dolls in the shapes of women. He’s also not unreasonably perverted - I feel that whatever descriptions of women are in the story are criticisms of gacha tropes rather than objectification. The women are all “beautiful” and the MC finds it unnerving. Good.
Style and grammar are perfectly serviceable. Some clunky phrasing but I’ve seen much worse writing do much better on this site.
The story and characters are excellent so far. Obviously the MC will likely go further than any other player has gone before, so that deflates some of the tension - but the journey there has been good so far, and the character interactions have been very pleasant. The MC is constantly reminded that no one he’s speaking to is a real person, and his reactions to that are amusing.
NoissarRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Skip to chapter SIX if Chapter ONE is feeling like a no go (you can also go back to the start after.); Some people may need to force their way through the first five or so Chapters.
The MC could be the deal breaker for a number of people: Words, Behaviour, Actions, Justifications and likely a number of other things some could find intolerable and/or grotesque.
The problem is that the MC is well written in portraying a very negative stereotype. I do mean it is very well written and that it was very off-putting for myself personally...
The reasons I stuck it out basically go down to two. Firstly Isekai promised a settings shift. Secondly and probably the bigger factor (and harder to describe) was that the MC moves away from the "dislikable" behaviour in a subtle but also quick way.
It is not that the "dislikable" things completely disappear, it is more that they become established and it stops getting thrown out in a heavy handed way . It is just something that can turn of some people from what appears to be a rather good read. Hence the chapter Recommendation.
NorthernReaderRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story just delivers.
The premise is new and well done. It truly captures the pain of Gatcha, and even as someone who was never into manga or anime, this story reels me in with the MCs lore.
The character development is great as well, with deep, continuously hinted at, and slowly revealed backstories and a gracefully unfolding main plot.
Add to that, good writing style, good delivery and descriptions, as well as nicely timed pacing, it really is one of my top stories - probably currently my fav.
SherpADerpRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
I hate weebs. I hate Gacha games. So why am I reading a novel about both? Because it's damn well written. Much like Harry Potter, the narrative is easy to get into. Anyone who has played Bloons (or if you're old like me, Burbanog TD map on Warcraft 3) will be familiar with the base concepts of the mechanics of the "game" in setting. The isekai portion is really a minor note - or so it seems but as the story has developed we've all already had hints aplenty that the setting has much more than just "numbers go up" power fantasy BS and there are mysteries begging to be explored.
No or very rare minor grammar mistakes. None I can think of seeing.
The characters are fleshed out and the MC is actually tolerable despite being the trashest of weebs. Why? Because Warby writes people and people are always compelling when you can understand them and they aren't reduced to being less of a person and more a collection of cliches and character faults. Do I hate weebs? Yes. Do I hate the MC for being a weeb? Yes. Is it entertaining watching a weeb be self aware and mildly self loathing? Surprisingly yes because they aren't JUST a weeb.
Almost 5 stars because I have biases against the core concepts but hey that's just me. If you like weebs and Gacha trash games you'll probably give it 5 stars.
Graf MagaRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
But so am i. I avoided this Story for some time because i hate Gacha games with a passion. But i was out if good Storys and the title said there were necromancers. Was a bit miffed about the Lack of raising the undead. So if you came here for that you wont find it. At least until now.
So what made me Stay? The Weeb MC! I hate myself that i understand most of the Weebshit he is rambling on. But on the other Hand he is so funny about his 2d waifus while temptation personified is dancing allday long around him. But that is just one Part.
it wouldnt be enough for me to really stay invested. There are glimpses of a really dark past for his Compatriots and when you see them there is either character growth or the World gets more interesting.
Only downside to the story is that the Start could be more interesting. The beginning is a bit slow but if you get through the forst Chapters this Story Starts to shine. Excited for more.
SchusfusterRoyal Road
★ 1.0
I really enjoyed Slumrat, so I figured I would give this a try, but it operates at the same level of unremitting dread as Worm...the character might be getting by by the skin of their teeth now, but for no real reward, and the creeping dread was just overwhelming, I couldn't keep waiting for something brighter.