Reborn as a what? These mutherfuckin mangaka…

Based on a light novel, not a manga. It’s a pretty common motif in those—in addition to the vending machine, we’ve had a slime, a spider, a goblin, and a sword, and those are just the ones that got made into anime. “Reborn as a Dragon’s Egg” is coming up in a couple of seasons. Pretty sure I’ve run across a summary for a light novel about being reborn as a stick, which probably takes the prize.