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American Isekai (startrek.website)

submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] teddy2021@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I feel like a fantasy world that you can semi-freely travel to without death is not isekai.

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] teddy2021@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

And has a 90% likelihood of being boring as far as storytelling is concerned.

[–] AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, Inuyasha exists.

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Which is not an isekai, so...

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Lightsong@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

She goes back and forth a lot tho.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

After a huge amount of time, she's stuck there for a while.