There's plenty of actual criticism for the flood of isekai light novels, and mainly their protagonists, for being ridiculous over-powered wish-fulfillment. Detractors state that the characters typically have superficial flaws while also having "Chosen One" abilities that make any conflict a snap to overcome. Still, none of those previous protagonists hold a candle to 15-year-old La-na who levels up simply by breathing.

Kami Skill "Kokyū" suru dake de Level Up suru Boku wa, Kamigami no Dungeon e Idomu. , roughly translated as Using My God Skill "Breathing" to Level Up, I Will Challenge the Dungeon of the Gods. The story follows La-na , who lives in a country where every person is granted a skill by the queen on their 15th birthday. La-na is given the skill "Breathing" (Kokyū), a skill he has never heard of, but he has always dreamed of diving into a dungeon as an adventurer.

The skill is basically a joke and initially seems to only do what it sounds like: allow La-na to breathe. Initially he plans to give up his dream, but then decides to challenge the dungeon anyway in order to rescue his sister, who is currently asleep under a witch's curse. La-na has one year to reach the bottom level of the dungeon where the cure lies.

La-na is determined to reach the bottom even without the benefit of a skill, but what he doesn't know is that he actually was gifted the strongest skill "Kami Kokyū" (God Breathing).

The story is written by Subaru Nanase also known as Shippo Senoo . The first chapter was posted on July 19 and a total of 17 are currently available to read. Nanase has previously won the "Excellence Award" at the 6th Kodansha Lanove Bunko Rookie Awards for Division Maneuver: Eiyū Tensei (pictured right) and the "Special Award" at the 5th Shueisha Light Novel Newcomer Prize for Dangai Masō Paradigm Shift .

Nanase has also written "Yūsha" ni Narenakatta Boku wa, Gacha de Hiita "Dōkeshi" de Saikyō o Mezasu (I could not become a "hero," so I aimed for the strongest "clown" gatcha), Mirai no Ban'nō Cheat Heiki de i Sekai Tensei Musō Harem~Aibō wa 5000-nen-go no Chōheiki~ (The future universal cheat weapon is the other world's reincarnated musō harem ~My partner is a super-weapon after 5,000 years~), Cheat de Saisho kara Level Max! Isekai de Saikyō no Buki "Dragon Killer" o Tsukurō! ~Counstop kara Hajimeru Dragon Hunter Seikatsu~ (Maximum level from the beginning with a cheat! Make the strongest weapon "Dragon Killer" in the different world! ~Dragon hunter life starting from Counstop~), and Suterareta Ningyo wa Mahō Tsukai no Deshi ni naru (An abandoned mermaid becomes a witch's disciple).

[Via Yara-on!]