An Ordinary Person Becomes a God by Watching Anime

[Interstellar setting, with highly advanced technology and faith that has lagged behind]

Huan Chun is an utterly ordinary anime fan, currently following a series about the rise and fall of theocracy.

Right now, he's watching a scene where a cardinal in red robes preaches with devout fervor.

Cardinal: [God watches over you and me.]

Huan Chun: That cardinal is pretty good-looking.

Cardinal: [God knows everything.]

Huan Chun: I've watched this series five times already.

Cardinal: [God controls time.]

Huan Chun: I got distracted just now. Let me drag the progress bar back and watch that bit again.

Cardinal: [God controls everyone's fate.]

Huan Chun: The later episodes fell apart. Tragedy for the sake of tragedy, so many people died! I'm sending razor blades to the production team! Whoa, they actually changed it!

Inside a dilapidated church, the cardinal in red robes has tears in his eyes.

[God watches over everything... He bears witness to our suffering and sees your evil deeds!]

The cardinal is answered by a merciless storm of blades.

[Is that so? Theocracy has been in decline for a hundred years. Perhaps He really is watching us... but He's doing nothing more than watching.]

Yet a vibrant breath of life bursts forth, halting the spread of blood.

Ever since humanity conquered the stars, theocracy has been in decline for a hundred years.

Interstellar wars have erupted over resources, leaving ordinary people to suffer miserably.

Until one day

A song of celebration from the merfolk rings out across the perilous Endless Sea;

The phantom image of a divine temple appears high above, where no human has ever set foot;

The continent is overturned, and the stars shift in their courses;

This is a power beyond the reach of technology.

The believers, hunted down and driven underground, rejoice:

Their god has returned!

[Huan Chun's perspective]

He was happily watching his anime when he suddenly realized:

He might actually be the irresponsible god from the show, the one he'd mocked countless times.

Theocracy is in decline, war is everywhere, and a bunch of evil gods are watching with greedy eyes.

His believers are dead or wounded, too.

Fine. Their lives matter, too.

To keep his own people from being bullied, Huan Chun puts on a secret identity and walks among the world.

Fortunately, he still has the golden finger he got from watching anime. He can influence this world by watching episodes, dragging the progress bar, and sending razor blades to the production team (not really).

Huan Chun: A working god has a working soul! A working god is the god above all gods!

Theme: Life is precious.