These characters have transmigrated into someone else's body. They may have died, or this might have occurred due to magic or the power of a deity or other supernatural being.
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Similar to reincarnation, transmigration is when the protagonist takes over the body of a person existing in (usually) another world. It is sometimes also used to refer to being transported back in time (in such cases where the...