Anime Like Tensei Goblin Dakedo Shitsumon Aru?
A guy dies being good and wakes up as literal garbage, a goblin with a week to live. The show knows this is funny. It also knows he's going to claw his way out of that pit with nothing but stubborn decency, and that becoming powerful doesn't mean forgetting what it felt like to be worthless. This is what happens when a reincarnation story refuses to make the protagonist's new life feel like an upgrade.
SYNOPSIS
Akira Yagami's habit of putting others first finally catches up with him when he throws himself in front of a speeding car to save a stranger's life. Death shouldn't be the end, but waking up as a goblin in a fantasy world definitely wasn't on his bucket list. Most goblins live exactly seven days before their bodies give out, trapping the species in an endless cycle of weakness and disposability. Akira's reincarnation breaks that curse. Armed with unexpected abilities that let him transcend his race's biological limits, he suddenly has time to grow, plan, and actually become something more than monster fodder. What starts as simple survival becomes something far larger: a goblin working to climb the power hierarchy of a world that never expected one of his kind to get that far. Between learning how to navigate a hostile new body, discovering what his strange powers can do, and figuring out where he actually fits in this world, Akira faces a question he never thought he'd ask as a goblin: what's the point of living forever if you're still alone?
