All the Protagonists are Missing

Eighteen-year-old Rover was a man who had officially run out of hope. After being betrayed by his girlfriend and crushed by the weight of society’s bullies, he traded the real world for the sanctuary of his bedroom—living solely for the comfort of high-stakes anime and pixelated games. His nightly mantra was simple: "If only I could be the OP protagonist in their world instead of a side character in my own". Fate, it seems, was listening. Rover wakes up not in his gloomy room, but in the heart of a sprawling, mysterious forest. To his shock, he isn't alone. One by one, he crosses paths with the legendary waifus, fierce antagonists, and loyal side characters from the very stories he obsessed over. But there is a terrifying glitch in this "dream come true": Every single protagonist is missing. Even worse? The characters who loved or fought them don't even remember they existed. Rover discovers he possesses a unique, chaotic gift: by simply naming an anime or game, he can manifest the powers or physical traits of its lost main character. There’s just one catch—the power is completely random. One moment he’s wielding a world-shattering "Cheat Move," and the next, he’s stuck with a useless character quirk that leaves him more vulnerable than a level-one slime. Now, surrounded by a harem of displaced heroines and confused villains, Rover must navigate this "Protagonist-less" reality. Can he solve the mystery of who wiped the heroes from existence, or will he accidentally become the world’s most incompetent replacement? In a world where the heroes are gone, a shut-in otaku must gamble his life on a "Random Protagonist" gacha. Will he roll a 'God-Tier' ability or a 'Cringe-Tier' disaster? The era of the true MC starts now!