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  • aeronmelon@lemmy.worldtoAnimemes@ani.socialIsekai
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    1 month ago

    (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.


  • 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!