Touken Ranbu Made Players Stronger, and Bald

In countless revenge stories, the protagonist trains through the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer, eventually becoming a master. Then they endure humiliation and bide their time to get close to their enemy, or build up a faction and sweep everything away.

The player got the identity of Tianshi Sen.

On the night he escaped, he was sure his story would follow more or less the same plot. At most, there might be a bad ending where his revenge failed and he died, but that was fine. A player with save files had nothing to fear!

But after waking up, the player opened his eyes to find a circle of faces surrounding him. As soon as they saw he was awake, they all smiled and spoke.

"You're awake?"

"..."

The player, Tianshi Sen, closed his eyes and silently recited a makeshift exorcism spell, wondering if he was seeing ghosts.

On day one, the player, Tianshi Sen, thought he'd unlocked a hidden side quest: "Falling before the halfway point of revenge," where he was captured by the Evil X organization and offered as a sacrifice.

On day two, the player, Tianshi Sen, completed his revenge quest.

On day three, the player, Tianshi Sen, stopped being human... No! That really didn't happen. Don't go spreading rumors, hey!

Three years later, the "Tianshi Anti-Hair-Loss and Hair-Growth Shampoo" brand launched. At the product launch, the young and successful CEO said the company had been founded for the sole purpose of saving himself.

"I was telling the truth! Why won't anyone believe me?!"

Tianshi Sen angrily tore up a newspaper mocking him as a "humblebragger." In a vast sea of people, there wasn't a single person willing to believe that the player had once been bald!

Ningzhu Wanzi, Jiang Xue Zuowenzi, Bingzi Jiaolin Sword, Jihe Yiwenzhi, and Fengsusuga Huchi, who had spent years serving as unpaid brand ambassadors, living advertisements, and shampoo test subjects: ...

Theme: The joys of being a player-guardian are beyond imagination.