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Isekai (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/animemes@ani.social

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[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 41 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have this cool Isekai idea called:

"I bought a faulty map, got hired by the Queen of Spain and landed in a new World?"

[–] tamlyn@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago

That's the title as well

[–] frankspurplewings@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

😂😂 this one made me laugh on a bad day. So thank you

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That time I reincarnated as a meme

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Good one 😂👌💫

[–] VonCesaw@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Isekai is wish fulfillment plus doing worldbuilding and exposition simultaneously without having a disembodied narrator

It's efficient for the format it takes place in, and why a lot of lazy game narration gives in-world characters amnesia

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

Some people think an isekai is just the paper you write the story on. It's become the useless "nobody:" of anime.

[+] Mikufan@ani.social 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Of all the fantasy show premiering this year, how many are of them are Isekai?

This is one of the reasons why Frieren is so popular. Aside from excellent visuals and intelligent writing, it's proper fantasy in a sea of Isekai.

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

(Separate response to address what you said about good Isekai.)

Yes, I absolutely agree that there are good and bad Isekai just like there are good and bad Fantasy.

The issue with Isekai at a fundamental level is that, probably, 95% of them don't actually need to be Isekai. It's just an extra, unneeded step.

In the case of Mushuko Tensei, Rudeus' ability to read Japanese actually plays into the plot. That, plus the whole overarching therapy plot, gives purpose to the Isekai property of that show.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Point of order: Reincarnation, especially how it's commonly used in Anime, falls under the Isekai banner regardless of where the MC is reincarnated to or from.

And that's a great deal of the pointlessness of Isekai. If someone being reincarnated or being brought from another world doesn't change the story for better or worse... why is it necessary?

"I was a salaryman in Toky-" Just start out as a kid living on a farm!

"We have to summon the Great Heroe-" Start the Anime from the Priests' perspective and don't even say where the Heroes came from!

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's so popular that the word isekai was added to the English lexicon

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I cannot recommend Deltora Quest enough.

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I need to finish that series. Also read the book it's based on.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Sure, I’d watch that