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Am I the only one who's sick of the isekai? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Yeah it was fun in the beginning, after all who never thought about being transported to another world where you ate a big hero with swords and magic?

But what the hell, I'm pretty sure there's more isekai now than other genres/settings. It's gotten to a point that if I see the tag I just move on.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (10 children)

I still like the idea but I’m tired of the power fantasy aspect. “Oh no! I’ve been killed/summoned/found a portal and now I’m in a fantasy world! At least I’m incredibly overpowered and/or my modern knowledge gives me god like status!”

The ones where the character still struggles to get by tend to be good still because they have to have some kind of story involved other than “average person conquers another world by being OP”

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Reincarnated: Living Life in Another World
Reincarnated as a Slime
Re:Zero (IIRC)

Yeah, I agree the genre has come down to a basic recipe.

There are some exceptions:

Sword Art Online, technically an issekai, but only because they are trapped in the other world.
The Devil is a Part-Timer, reverse issekai where something foreign and god-like comes to the real world and becomes mortal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think the biggest reason I like Reincarnated as a Slime is he’s using his powers for everyone at a nation level. Any others with god-tier powers just feels like it’s only to benefit them or a small haram.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Overlord does that too, except the MC is remorseless and all his followers are evil. it's not the best anime out there but it's closest to my heart

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