About G
Overlord Invidia, G. Real name: Ginga Fujiwara.
She was born in a rather ordinary Japanese household, but one could easily say she led a charmed life, as she had many friends and got along well with her entire family, including her older brother.
However, starting when she was very young, this same brother had given her a bit of an inferiority complex.
He wasn’t exceptionally smart, nor was he terribly athletic. If anything, Ginga was the more capable one.
However, there was one thing that set them apart: Her brother had been recognized as a novelist at a very young age. He’d made his debut in his teens—when Ginga was still in elementary school—and his talents as a writer were immediately made clear.
Her brother might as well have inhabited an entirely different world, shining almost like a star, and looking up at him always made her feel jealous and miserable.
On an exam, a perfect score was the best you could do. Gym class wasn’t exactly a place for breaking records and standing out, no matter how much effort you put in. Ginga was envious of her brother for having a talent that allowed him to go beyond what most people his age could achieve and shine so much brighter than she did.
He was a wonderful sibling, and she certainly didn’t hate him—quite the opposite, really.
But that didn’t stop her from feeling jealous all the same.
She wanted to shine brighter than he did—no, brighter than anyone in the world.
That was how she ended up on the path of a content creator fairly early in life.
She’d tried being a writer just like her brother, but she couldn’t reach his level, and she didn’t think she was beautiful enough to make it as an idol or a movie star.
However, Ginga did have a talent for photography and film. She was a natural at bringing out her subjects’ charms in her photos and videos, and she found she could easily hone this skill further.
Perhaps if she just focused on the path of cameraman or director, Ginga thought, she might be recognized artistically at a young age, just like her brother had.
But that wasn’t what she really wanted either.
Though she did have a knack for making others shine, she wanted to be the brightest star in the sky herself. The problem with that was that there simply wasn’t anything exceptional about her.
But that didn’t stop her from trying—struggling, even.
A few people called her voice cute, so she tried to harness that. Eventually, Ginga looked into all the related technology she could find and eventually became a devil girl VTuber—G. She streamed gaming content, did karaoke, and made videos using her photography and editing skills.
While that did earn her some recognition, she never reached the level that she wanted.
No matter how she tried to shine like her brother did, he only grew brighter by the day.
She just couldn’t reach him. As more time passed, the gap between them widened, and her jealousy deepened even further.
One day, for a change of pace, Ginga went on a trip to the sea and took a photo of it in the evening. The setting sun and its faint reflection upon the water made for a fantastic shot.
But the sight of it made a thought spring to her mind.
“...This sea is me.”
No matter how beautifully it shone, it was just a reflection—the sea had no light of its own. Even the light it reflected never reached the bottom—all that was there was stagnation.
No matter what the sea did, it would never reach the stars above.
With that thought, she was about to give up on ever matching her brother...
“Infinite Dendrogram will provide you with a new world and your one and only possibility!”
...and that was when she heard an advertisement for a certain game.
This new world—this new stage—would prove to be a turning point for her.
Ginga’s Infinite Dendrogram avatar was more than just a virtual form. It allowed her to live in this world as herself, but with an appearance completely unlike her own.
This was the chance to shine she’d always longed for.
G learned to use the magical filming equipment within Dendro to plan out and execute productions that she starred in.
R’lyeh—her studio—assisted her by painting the world as she wanted it to be.
As her Infinite Dendrogram videos gained a lot of popularity, she eventually joined a clan and started participating in various in-game activities with them.
She garnered more and more popularity, and eventually, the site she was active on sent her something—the silver award given to those who reached one hundred thousand subscribers.
The moment she saw its shine, Ginga—the girl who had always wanted to shine brighter than anyone else—felt as if everything had finally paid off. The next time she logged in, her R’lyeh had become a Superior Embryo.
It was as though that feeling had been the trigger for it.
That was how she became a Superior.
However, both the silver award and the Embryo evolution were nothing but milestones to her. She’d once considered giving up on her dream, but now she wouldn’t even consider it.
Becoming a Superior had given her new powers, and at some point she was made leader of her clan. She intended to use everything she could get her hands on to make videos that would make her shine.
For that purpose, she did a lot of things she had never done before and recorded it all.
She’d braved the Depths of Jealousy to become Overlord Invidia and claimed the throne.
She’d orchestrated plans to fight the corrupt order of Legendaria and rebelled against it.
She’d formed an alliance with other anti-Legendaria Superiors and collabed with them.
She’d challenged Legendaria’s idol and head of state and battled her with song.
And now, she had picked a fight with the world’s most famous newbie and tried to avenge her brother.
A girl who would do anything to promote herself—to make herself shine.
That was Ginga Fujiwara—Overlord Invidia, G.