@Qwertzy The fact that in the "grand scheme of things" it was all predestined or random really has no consequences to the individual.
You can't choose what you draw, but you still have cards to play, and even if this choice is an illusion, it's still good enough.
We're no Gods and we should neither think nor act like one, thinking "everything is random" is meaningless and self-destructive.
So just because your competitors could get lucky you're not going to train or study in order to improve your odds? That's just insanity.
That's not a "better place than the hellhole the world is right now", that's a world devoid of meaning and happiness that thank God will never be allowed to exist, because guess what, in most cases, this world will prove those who display effort and refine their skills and techniques right.
I was not talking about reality though, I was talking about how certain things are necessary to make fiction enjoyable.
YES, in reality you could get hit by a fucking meteor just before achieving your dreams or slip on a banana and die like an idiot, but that's really beside the point.
If there are no stakes, there's no reason for me to worry or care for the characters involved, reason why dumb power-fantasy mangas like this one get boring really fast and get axed.
It's quite ironic that you made a statement about reality though, when stories like this purposefully use a videogame like setting to simplify things (narrative expedient that bites them right in the ass eventually).