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

submitted 7 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] 56 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 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”

Edit: also characters whose only connection to their old life is a token scene in the first episode/issue where it shoes them get isakai’d and it’s never a bearing on the story again. It’s just shoehorned into a bad story because isekai is popular.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of Shield Hero. Started off with an interesting concept of a hero with a tarnished reputation having to navigate an unknown world. Immediately turns into a Harem.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely. First few episodes, especially the first one, were actually really fun but I dropped it somewhere at the beginning of season 2 because it was just boring. It kinda felt like it just kept getting worse episode by episode.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Season 3 is an improvement but still not great. It didn't really do anything other than set up the plot for the next season

[–] earlgrey0 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Part of the reason why I was soooo disappointed that So I’m a Spider, So What? Got such a poor adaptation. She starts out very low level and has to grind, so all of the power she gets feels earned.

Minor spoiler

The whole class gets reincarnated into other roles and there is tension between those who adapted to their new roles and society and those that don’t. I really enjoyed their interactions because it’s a constant plot point and their past lives drive a lot of their choices.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

dude I fucking love spider, read the light novels and everything, but man I fucking hate how it ended. ruined it for me

[–] earlgrey0 1 points 7 months ago

I really hated the ending too. I have just blocked out that memory and pretend it’s unfinished.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 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] 6 points 7 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 6 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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

This is why I liked the first part of Arifureta, dude got the shit beat out of him going through the first dungeon. Now the MC is just overpowered AF outside of a handful of fights.