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

submitted 3 months ago by lorty@lemmy.ml to c/anime@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

Or only use isekai as an arc rather than the general premise like hxh did

[-] Jorgelino@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Oh yeah, i love greed island. It being an arc certainly keeps the novelty of the other world's mechanics from getting old.

To make it work as a full series you gotta have a lot more substance though, because at some point that novelty will inevitably run out. And now instead of "exciting new world where everything is different", it's just a regular world we're already used to. At that point you gotta have an actual compelling story to keep it going.

this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2024

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