リセマラ

• Reading: リセマラ
• Romaji: risemara
• Pronunciation: /ɾi.se.ma.ɾa/

Meaning

Rerolling a gacha game by repeatedly creating new accounts to get the best possible starter characters.

Short for リセットマラソン (reset marathon), this is the ritual of deleting and reinstalling a gacha game over and over until the initial free pulls yield a top-tier character. Dedicated rerollers may spend hours or even days doing this. リセマラ tier lists and guides are essential content for any new gacha game launch, and 'リセマラ終了' (reroll complete) posts flood social media when a new game drops.

Examples

1. リセマラで3時間かかったけどSSR2枚引けたから満足。 It took me three hours of rerolling, but I pulled two SSRs so I'm happy.
2. 新作ゲームのリセマラランキングもう出てる？ Is the reroll tier list for the new game out yet?
3. リセマラめんどくさいからもう出たキャラで始めることにした。 Rerolling is such a pain, so I just decided to start with whatever characters I got.

Usage Guide

Context: gaming communities, social media, YouTube

Tone: strategic, determined

Do Say

• リセマラ当たりキャラは誰？ (Who are the best characters to reroll for?)
• リセマラなしで始めたけど意外となんとかなってる。 (I started without rerolling and it's going fine surprisingly.)

Don't Say

• アカウント売買目的のリセマラは規約違反 — rerolling to sell accounts violates most games' terms of service

Common Mistakes

• Spending too long on リセマラ and burning out before actually playing the game

Origin & History

Abbreviation of リセットマラソン (reset marathon). Emerged in the early 2010s with the rise of gacha games. The practice of rerolling became so widespread that game developers now design around it, sometimes offering reroll-friendly mechanics.

Cultural Context

Era: Early 2010s with gacha game culture

Generation: Teens to 30s, mobile gamers

Social background: Universal among gacha players

Regional notes: Used nationwide. リセマラ tier list articles are a major content category for Japanese gaming media sites.