A Noodle Incident has Harry kicked head-first into another world.

As he's reeling from the shock of having fate's proverbial boot kicking his arse, he finds himself stuck as a phoenix of all things -- if it weren't for his eyes maintaining their unique shade of green, he realizes he'd be a dead ringer for Fawkes.

"Guess I know what happened to my wand."

After scouting this strange land for a bit, he quickly discovers that there's a hero with his team/guild battling the forces of evil.

Deciding that he had no other real options, Harry follows him for a bit, helping out unseen when he can.

When the Party finally discovers his presence as they travel the land, they just end up thinking he's a helpful animal that decided to follow them -- some even try to treat him as a pet!

Only one member of the Party, and it's not the protagonist "hero", realizes he's more than he appears to be, but her declarations fall on deaf ears.

As with all the typical anime cliches, such as harems, flashy spells like calling out attacks, characterizations, et cetera, Harry ends up deadpanning them in disbelief (since these tropes/cliches would look ridiculous in a more realistic world, where Harry comes from).

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"Wait, she's the princess? She looks like one of those girls from Dudley's magazines!"

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"Why in the hell did they just punch him in the face! He didn't know they were in the bathroom, and he apologized!"

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"See!" The childish-looking teen wildly gestured to Harry, who was resting above them on a nearby branch. "Even Mr. Birdy thinks you're acting like a moron!"

All he did was snort and roll his eyes!

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"It's just a bird," the protagonist said airily. "I mean, it's a bird that randomly sets itself on fire, but it's just a bird."

"I'm not sure," the Party's healer said. "Its eyes seem far too intelligent."

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"Master, I scouted ahead as commanded--" The God-King Tiger, now renamed as a Yukigafaru on completion of the ceremony that reduced his size to a kitten, froze and stared up at Harry.

To his divine eyes, all he could see was a iridescent beacon of light of unimaginable size in the shape of a bird looking down at them.

Is... it the God of Light himself?

"Yuki, you okay, bud?"

It must be His way of skirting around the Divine Laws!

"I'm... fine, Master."

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I've heard of love-triangles, but this is ridiculous!

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These girls cry way too much over such inconsequential stuff! Harry sighed. Still, I wonder how those cat ears work on her head?"

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Harry eventually learns he can return home if he manages to steal away a certain artifact from the setting's "Big Bad".

The Hero is a bit put out that this "simple bird" is wailing on the Demon Lord, or Lich, or Evil King. That's his job!

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So, yeah. Um. I'm a bit high on painkillers a the moment, so I'm not sure this is articulated well, haha.