# I'm Standing on a Million Lives (2020)

> A practical, friendless ninth grader is hurled into a fantasy world with two classmates and must learn to fight for survival as a reluctant hero.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/84030

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 24
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, action, adventure, fantasy
- Network: TOKYO MX
- Cast: Yuto Uemura, Risa Kubota, Azumi Waki, Makoto Koichi, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Saori Hayami, Dai Kitamura, Chiwa Saito
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12706854/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: tense, brisk, pragmatic, adventurous

## What critics say

Audience reception is mixed, with viewers finding the premise engaging but the pacing slow and the protagonist's maturity a point of contention.

## Synopsis

I'm Standing on a Million Lives (2020-2021) is a Japanese animated isekai series produced by MAHO FILM and broadcast on TOKYO MX, adapted from a manga and running for two seasons totaling 24 episodes. Ninth grader Yotsuya Yuusuke (voiced by Yuto Uemura) is a practical, friendless loner who has always done what suits him, and he is suddenly transported with two female classmates, Iu Shindo (voiced by Risa Kubota) and Kusue Hakozaki (voiced by Azumi Waki), into a fantasy world where they must fight to survive. The engine of the show is a pragmatic boy being asked to act as a hero, clashing with teammates who need him to change, while each episode brings a new battle, a new strategic problem and a new cast of characters around the group. The story is shaped as a continuing adventure across two seasons, with game-like rules and a game master presence shaping the danger. Its tone is brisk and tense, with moments of grim survival and a steady undercurrent of teenage friction, and the setting is an invented fantasy realm rather than the real world. Fans of Log Horizon, Sword Art Online and Re:Zero will find familiar isekai territory here, with the same appetite for survival stakes and strategy.

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