“Crushed by vending machine, man reincarnates as sentient vending machine in fantasy world, aided by young woman.”
Reborn as a Vending Machine, Now I Wander the Dungeon
自動販売機に生まれ変わった俺は迷宮を彷徨う
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Synopsis
Crushed by vending machine, man reincarnates as sentient vending machine in fantasy world, aided by young woman.
A vending machine fanatic meets his demise when he is, quite ironically, crushed by a vending machine. To his dismay, he finds himself reincarnated as a vending machine in another world. Having reemerged within a forest inhabited by frogmen and other monsters—and supplied with only two products—Boxxo the Vending Machine requires coins to keep itself stocked, powered, and upgraded with new skills. Luckily, the automat is rescued by a young woman who quickly realizes that it is sentient, and she carries it to a human settlement. Thereafter, the strange piece of machinery gradually makes an impact in the world around it, gaining numerous allies along the way despite being utterly incapable of speech or movement and communicating only by playing out pre-recorded vending machine phrases.
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
What 3 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 3.09 · split reception
6.5 pts
Recommenders 9.5 · others 3.0
↓ 2.67
Running avg · Jun 2018 → Nov 2025
- 10 ““If you win, you get another one for free!” - Boxxo Story! Isekai vending machine, pans out exactly as how one might expect from such a crazy title. The main character is a vending machine maniac...”
- 9 “When I was walking into Barnes & Noble. Skimming through selves of manga and LNs. This LN caught my interest. I read the small summary on the back and the whole idea of an Isekai in which the...”
- 3 “I bought this book because the premise sounded like it could be fun to read. The wacky adventures of a vending machine sounds interesting, but my god, it's written like garbage. First off, the...”
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A Light novel Publication
- Published Aug 2016 – ongoing
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M39892 catalog