Kadokawa cites excessive reliance on the isekai genre as one of the major causes of the decline in profitability in its domestic publishing business   - AUTOMATON WEST
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In its new mid-term management plan Kadokawa addresses recent financial losses driven by the company's "bias towards proven genres."
  • EmmiLime@lemmy.mlEnglish
    24·
    1 month ago

    Well, Isekai has to be one of the worst trends ever. It’s so overly reliant on self-fulfillment and self-insert as a hook that it has nothing to go for in terms of story. Almost all having the same setup and structure with a gimmick.

    And the glorification of slavery… my god…

    • jlow@slrpnk.netEnglish
      8·
      1 month ago

      Don’t forget the 17.–century-style titles that go on for two whole paragraphs (that they’re all light-novel adaptions is not an excuse).