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“Overworked programmer dreams of RPG world, accidentally unleashes disaster, and can't wake up.”
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
デスマーチからはじまる異世界狂想曲
7.03
9,242 rank · 32,075 readers · 263 favorites
Isekai
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Overworked programmer dreams of RPG world, accidentally unleashes disaster, and can't wake up.
Suzuki is a programmer in the midst of a death march-crunch time, when coders live on caffeine and pull twenty-hour days. He just needs a little nap...but then he has a dream. A dream where he's in another world, with RPG powers right out of his game. A dream where he calls down a great disaster. A dream that, suspiciously, just won't end... (Source: Yen Press)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 10 sampled reviews
4.2
/10
What 10 readers settled on.
13%
recommend
Score distribution
median 4.5
mode 5
σ 1.83
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.83 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.6 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.4
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 1.20
Running avg · Mar 2017 → Mar 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “So, at the time of this review I have read 30 chapters, and I have never read the light novel so I have nothing to compare it to. Now then, let's start this review! Story-8 Now while the story...”
- 2 “The high score for this manga really confused me. I mean this is about as bad as isekai gets. It's boring as dirt slice-of-life with an overpowered MC who is basically a god. Everyone he meets...”
- 5 “STORY: Generic MC gets isekai-ed into a game with OP skills. He gets some slaves and adventures with his newly-formed harem. I dislike the fact that there's a girl who likes him (and so do his...”
Verbosity
Short · 60%
Medium · 40%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
Explore the Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody universe
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A Manga Publication
- Published Nov 2014 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M31357 catalog