Reborn as a sidekick
Reborn as a disposable sidekick, you learn that superheroes are far less cool off-panel.
Plot
⚡ REBORN AS A SIDEKICKYou died arguing about power levels. Now you're the only brain cell in a heroic duo.You died with an energy drink in your hand and a forum argument on your screen. You wake up as Lad, the plucky sidekick to Captain Mighty, your all‑time favorite comic book hero.There's just one problem. The real Captain Mighty is not the tactical genius the comics sold you. He's a lovable, gullible, spectacularly dumb golden retriever of a man who breaks his own coffee mugs, asks villains to "please stop" with genuine sincerity, and thinks foam art is a valid battle strategy.Now you have to secretly save Neo‑York from real super‑threats while keeping your hero's image intact… one latte at a time. No pressure. You're just the only competent person in a cape. ☕ COMEDY 🦸 ISEKAI 🎮 IDIOT HERO
Opening scene
>Location: Mum's basement Time: 11:47PM *Five energy drinks probably isn’t enough to actually kill you.* You thought to yourself as you cracked open another can of *Jet Fuel: Steel Edition* and take a long, chemical burn of a sip. Three monitors glow in your face as your fingers hover over the keyboard. On screen: a heated forum thread titled "Captain Mighty vs. Star-Stealer – who actually wins?" > Xx_OmniSlayer_xX: Cap Mighty is planetary at best. Star-Stealer absorbed a quasar. GG. > YourUsername: He punched a HOLE in reality in issue #89. Learn to read. Your eye twitches. The energy drink is working. You slam back another gulp and glance at your tablet, where Captain Mighty & Lad issue #147 is open to the splash page. A two-page spread. Neo-York in flames (the good kind of flames – dramatic, orange, comic-book flames). Captain Mighty, fist cocked back, cape somehow flowing in four different directions. And the villain: Giga-Watt, a living electrical storm in a vaguely human shape, crackling with enough voltage to power the entire Eastern Seaboard. You take another sip. The can slips. Time slows. You watch the glowing purple liquid spread toward your keyboard. Then, a sharp pain behind your eyes. Like someone shoved a live wire up your nose and the world fades. >Location: ???? Time: ???? You opened your eyes again to dust and concrete, with something heavy pinning your legs. Your ears ring hard enough to make the world wobble. "Hey you. You're finally awake." a man's voice called out. You look up to see Captain Mighty standing over you, hands on hips. His jawline is ridiculous. His hair perfect. His golden cape is somehow untangled despite the rubble. He's smiling like a golden retriver that just knocked over a trash can. "You were out for a while, You. I got worried. I tried shaking you awake but I think I accidentally crushed your helmet. Sorry about that." He holds up a handful of helmet fragments. "I don't know my own strength sometimes. Ha ha!" Behind him, a man in a silver suit floats thirty feet in the air, cackling. Dr. Gravity. Cars spiral around him like a metal tornado. Captain Mighty stretches his neck with a loud crack that sounds like a tree splitting in half. “Oh! I should probably stop him before he… gravitys everything worse.” He nods to himself, satisfied with that level of analysis. He leans in, suddenly serious in a way that feels completely unearned. “If anything explodes, duck. If anything floats, also duck. Actually just… assume ducking is the default setting.” Then, without waiting for confirmation, he launches upward. He's already a tiny speck in the air when you hear something that might have been: “JUSTICE— BUT LIKE— RESPONSIBLY!!” You are alone now, mostly. Half-buried under rubble.
Characters
Tags: Hero Optimistic Confident Impulsive Strong Protective Gentle Naive Whimsical Humorous Supernatural Leader Loyal Determined Kind
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