Pick Me Up

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Synonyms: Pick Me Up!, Infinite Gacha

Japanese: 픽 미 업!

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Type: Manhwa

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Dec 28, 2022 to ?

Genres: Action, Fantasy

Themes: Isekai, Video Game

Serialization: KakaoPage

Authors: Wasakbasak (Art), Hermod (Story)

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Score: 8.24¹ (scored by 7,714 users)

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Ranked: #377²

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Popularity: #896

Members: 22,075

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In a mobile gacha game infamous for its atrocious difficulty, the master ranked 5th in the world, Loki, loses consciousness while raiding the dungeon.

"What? I'm a game character now?" After waking up, Loki realizes he has turned into a level 1, 1-star hero—Han Yslat. To return to Earth, he must lead the newbie master and heroes and clear the 100th floor of the dungeon! "You messed with the wrong guy." This is the story of hard carrying by master Loki who never accepts even a single defeat.

(Source: Kakao Entertainment Corp., translated)

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Pick Me Up has been published digitally in English by Tapas Media since March 6, 2024.

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Jan 12, 2025

Rappa-chan

Recommended

Preliminary (100/? eps)

It's a criminally underrated series, so much better than many Shounen Manhwa I read. Mostly in shounen manhwa mc gets power up so fast that fighting scenes and stories become repetitive and boring but in this manhwa, leveling up is so hard, all stages interesting and different from each other. I really love Mc who uses his head, he is strong and so smart. You can't predict what to happen, characters so good. Esp I'm so glad about female characters, they're not objects of fan service or for the harem, they're strong, and that helps the story so much. I strongly recommend ppl to read. ...

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Aug 11, 2024

sosmeos

Recommended

Preliminary (90/? eps)

I am not at all a connoisseur of manhwa, this is probably the first one I picked up that really stuck with me, I think this is one of the cooler series I've been reading recently. The leveling up of this is really cleverly done and it made me realize how well the author has captured that feeling of grinding. Of course there's a general idea of plot armor and I know the MC will not die but I like seeing what types of hard work/deus ex machina come clutch to save the situation. I love the vibe of making all your weaker starters into ...

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Jan 20, 2025

unnamedhuman

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (67/? eps)

Pick me up (infinite gacha) is an action manhwa series that puts a slight twist on the 'transported to a game' concept. In pick me up the main character is transported to a gacha game he played as a 1 star summon, meaning the weakest possible pull, or just a normal person. He has to use his wits and effort to continue to survive. The main twist here is that aside from game aspects there is actually also a 'player' role in this story, named master, that controls the summons, also known as heroes, that we follow. The main character is tasked with climbing a ... tower with increasingly hard challenges to discover more on why he was transported to the game. This story does a good job of keeping its game aspects relevant. Concepts that you would encounter in gacha games like in game purchases, summons, party selection, daily quests etc are what the narrative is built around and the way this is incorporated is pretty creative.

One thing that I feel is worth highlighting though is the whole concept of the society that is forming in the waiting room. The way characters are expected to react to this is honestly ridiculous. The attempted justification is that those who pull their weight are given subsequent rewards but not only is that premise absolutely ridiculous, it is also just not consistent. If a character is not able to fight/provide they are shown as being whiny, lazy or otherwise negative presences deserving of punishment. But for the narrative to make sense the focus should instead be on how helpless these people are against the unstoppable tyrant that is the master. You cannot make the argument that it is dependent on how much the people are willing to work whether they are able to keep living when not every person is predispositioned for fighting, cooking, blacksmithing etc. On the one hand the story tries to show that using synthesis is bad but on the other hand whenever synthesis is used they try to make the people getting synthesized appear like the bad guys for some reason. It is pretty weird and it gives me a very weird feeling of disconnect. Having a story that just showcases a harsh reality works much better than this almost propoganda like piece on why the useless shouldn't be allowed their rights to exist. This also plays into how the story treats the main character.

The MC is your average cold and composed strategic mastermind type which can definitely be done well, but the way the story treats him is inconsistent. This story constantly warps morality around the main character. What the MC does is never allowed to be wrong, inefficient, morally grey etc. If he does something that might appear to the audience as wrong it is always warped to seem like the compassionate choice or the least wrong one. It really pulls you out of the story as the way the gacha game is played is a major part of the narrative which is intertwined with how the MC played. Our MC is also not very consistent in how he carries himself. He takes contradictory actions and how he acts just does not at all align with how the narrative wants the reader to view him. This also leads to some pretty misplaced 'emotional' moments that feel picked straight out of a textbook on how to do story beats more so than feeling correct in the setting.

More largely, the characters in this series just are not a focus. They are flat, uninteresting and usually have one defining trope. It makes any character heavy scene feel very out of place and any stakes feel unimportant. Luckily, the focus is instead on the action, world building and mystery. The world building in this series is a bit hit or miss in my opinion. The idea behind the world building is pretty cliche. Tower stages being reflections of actual societies and some of the other concepts done in this story are interesting but have been done better before by stories like suicide hunter, the tutorial is too hard, omni reader and even the tower of wish arc from the novels extra to name a few popular ones. What has been pretty unique is the mystery surrounding the game itself. This mystery is well tensioned and leaves you wanting to know more.

The art is very good, action manhwa readers are generally pretty spoiled regarding art quality. This series has a very dynamic action style and generally looks fantastic. It is also consistent and aside from maybe looking a bit too standard at times I don't really have anything to complain about in this regard, definitely a highlight of the series.

Overall I think this series is decent if a bit bland. While the concept is more unique than the most standard action series this is only marginal and the uniqueness of the blend of ideas does not make up for how one note the character writing and world building can be. I also really dislike how this story treats the waiting room and the society that forms. Neither angle is portrayed well and there is neither tension for the characters we care about nor a feeling of fairness. It just feels weird. If you are following a villain type character that would be perfectly fine. But in this manhwa we are following someone with a similar mindset that is instead heralded as the savior who can do no wrong, except for the plebs who do criticize him who happen to be all bad in some way and are punished for their actions. It just feels weird and for me personally it is a reason to drop this manhwa.

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