If there’s something missing from this list, be sure to comment, and I’ll add it.

  • Sokushi Cheat ga Saikyou sugite, Isekai no Yatsura ga Marude Aite ni Naranai n desu ga. (aka My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!)
  • Mato Seihei no Slave (aka Chained Soldier**
  • Meitou “Isekai no Yu” Kaitakuki: Around 40 Onsen Mania no Tensei Saki wa, Nonbiri Onsen Tengoku deshita (aka Isekai Onsen Paradise)
  • Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Ura-Boss desu ga Maou dewa Arimasen (aka Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I’m Not the Demon Lord)
  • Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu (aka SUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-) - 2nd Season
  • Isekai de Mofumofu Nadenade suru Tame ni Ganbattemasu. (aka I’m Doing My Best to Make Myself at Home in Another World)
  • Kekkon Yubiwa Monogatari (aka Tales of Wedding Rings)
  • Saijaku Tamer wa Gomi Hiroi no Tabi wo Hajimemashita. (aka The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash)
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    9 months ago

    I am impressed that you can even keep track of all of these. I consider myself a fan of the genre and, without looking it up, could probably have only named 4 of these (some others I knew tangentially about, but thought it was fantasy rather than isekai). To be fair though, many isekai are just fantasy stories with extra steps.

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      9 months ago

      To be fair I had to open AniList to remember all of them, specially because of their names.

      To be fair though, many isekai are just fantasy stories with extra steps.

      Yes in a lot of cases. However, if the isekai trope is well used it has a deeper impact - like the MC having an alien view of the world when compared with the natives¹, some knowledge that they don’t have² (tech, cuisine, how to exploit a system, or even future events), or even by being able to live childhood from the eyes of someone with memories of an adult life³.

      1. Cooking with Wild Game is a good take on that.
      2. …or even soup. Ascendance of a Bookworm, I’m looking at you.
      3. Mushoku Tensei did this rather well.
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        9 months ago

        Yeah, agreed. I think isekai is at its best when both worlds/lives/etc. actually matter. Some good examples!