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* ''[[Bleach]]''{{'}}s {{spoiler|Aizen planned on ascending to become a being like the Sul King by using the Hogyoku to recreate the world as he saw fit.}}
* Averted with the ''[[Nasuverse]]'' when the Age of the Gods was coming to an end. The Gods were changed into Divine Spirits, the highest form of Nature Spirits. There's also how people reborn as gods became closer to humans, though they still became beings of worship.
* In ''[[Records of Ragnarok]]'', Alcides was a human who stood up to the Gods when they would punish humanity with Ares and his army. He called them out on their self-righteous nature and wagered his life to oppose them by drinking ambrosia. After drinking the entire jar, he was put through immense pain but survived and became a demigod. He wiped out the divine army and fought Ares to a standstill but was stopped by Zeus. Zeus then offered Alcides godhood. The demigod accepts if the gods promise they will never harm humanity again. Zeus then says he will accept if Alcides leads humanity towards righteousness. The demigod agreed, and he protected humankind. After he died, he had to complete 12 labors and become a god. During Alcides' ascension ceremony, Zeus gave him the name Heracles after his wife, Hera.
** Gautama Siddhartha was a prince of Nepal who was prophesized that he would become a great and respected leader who would become the greatest among humanity, destined to rule the world. He met his distant relative, King Jataka, who ruled his nation to prosperity but became bedridden with a terminal illness. The prince expressed how Jataka was fortunate to have led an extraordinary life. However, Jataka disagreed because he had yet to see the vast outside world. During the king's funeral, Siddhartha recalled his conversation and began questioning his life. Siddhartha realized his life was like Jataka, where his will and fate were dictated by others since his birth. This realization leads to him attaining enlightenment and abstaining from his royal life. He traveled alone, where he opposed harmful religions and gathered followers, where he found his own religion, Buddhism. He became known as the Buddha, continuing to ease people's suffering and guiding them to enlightenment while becoming a God.
* In ''[[Future Diary]]'', 12twelve people are selected for a [[Battle Royale]] to the death that will decide who will become the next God of Time and Space due to Deus dying soon, which means the end of the universe. {{Spoiler|Yukiteru becomes the winner and becomes the victor. Yuno becomes Deus' successor in an alternate universe but by choice rather than the battle royale.}}
* ''[[Space Dandy|Space☆Dandy]]'': {{spoiler|In the final episode, when reality is being destroyed, Dandy is given the opportunity by the narrator, akaAKA the current god, to become a god to prevent the destruction due to his omnipresence in multiple universes.}}
* {{spoiler|Ayato Kamina fuses with}}In ''[[RahXephon]]'', {{spoiler|Ayato Kamina fuses with the titular mecha/entity and he becomes a being that can alter reality wheresuch that Mu didn'tnever even existexisted in the first place.}}
 
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* {{spoiler|After killing Ares, Kratos is rewarded by being absolved of his crimes while under the god and made into the new}} ''[[God of War (Video Game)|God of War]]''.
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'':
** Stephen was a computer programmer, the leading architect for a teleportation system, and the creator of the Demon Summoning Program,. He becomes a higher being after coming into contact with the Axiom.
** In ''[[Digital Devil Saga]] 2'', {{spoiler|Seraph (the fusion of Sera and Serph) becomes one with Brahman, where they achieve Nirvana. However, Sera and Serph don't achieve enlightenment and thus are reincarnated.}}
** ''[[Devil Survivor 2]] Record Breaker''{{'}}s {{spoiler|Human Administrator ending has the protagonist become the Administrator with control over the universe and access to the [[Akashic Records]].}}
* In ''[[The Guided Fate Paradox]]'', Renya Kagurazaka was your [[Unlucky EveryEverydude]] dude. Where hewho won the position of God through a street raffle. With his new position, he has the duty of answering prayers from all beings in the universe, fromincluding animals, humans, and aliens. He does this through the Fate Revolution Circuit. This divine machine manifests prayers that need to be fulfilled, and Renya must defeat the obstacles to make them be answered. If he fails or refuses, then he will be '"consumed".'
** ''[[The Awakened Fate Ultimatum]]'': Shin Kamikaze gets attacked by devils and almostleft near death. He wakes up in a lab and is greeted by Jupiel Soraumi and the devil, Ariael Agarie, to find out he has been brought back to life by being implanted with the Fate Awakening Crystal, which means he has become God and has to aid the angels in defeating the devils before they are eliminated.
 
=== [[Visual Novel]]s ===
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