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minus-squareteddy2021@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down4·8 months agoI feel like a fantasy world that you can semi-freely travel to without death is not isekai.
minus-squareTallonMetroid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoIf you’re going to apply that restriction you might as well go whole hog and also apply the “new world runs on shitty JRPG mechanics” part that also plagues modern isekai too.
minus-squareteddy2021@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoAnd has a 90% likelihood of being boring as far as storytelling is concerned.
minus-squareAWistfulNihilist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoI’m actually enjoying the result of this, where they are now exploring these partial video game worlds in world. Berserk of Gluttony is a current example. The isekai genre posits these videogame-esque worlds. So I like that other animes are now exploring them.
minus-squaretomi000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·8 months agoWhich is not an isekai, so…
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoUh, the main character Kagome falls through a well into feudal era Japan and cannot get back. Not sure how that doesn’t qualify as an Isekai.
minus-squareLightsong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoShe goes back and forth a lot tho.
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoAfter a huge amount of time, she’s stuck there for a while.
I feel like a fantasy world that you can semi-freely travel to without death is not isekai.
If you’re going to apply that restriction you might as well go whole hog and also apply the “new world runs on shitty JRPG mechanics” part that also plagues modern isekai too.
And has a 90% likelihood of being boring as far as storytelling is concerned.
I’m actually enjoying the result of this, where they are now exploring these partial video game worlds in world.
Berserk of Gluttony is a current example. The isekai genre posits these videogame-esque worlds. So I like that other animes are now exploring them.
I mean, Inuyasha exists.
Which is not an isekai, so…
Uh, the main character Kagome falls through a well into feudal era Japan and cannot get back.
Not sure how that doesn’t qualify as an Isekai.
She goes back and forth a lot tho.
After a huge amount of time, she’s stuck there for a while.