You don’t get why people would fantasize about getting to leave their old shitty life behind and start a new one in a cooler place with cooler friends or a new body or magic powers? I’m not a huge fan either but the appeal is pretty straightforward.
Yeah, it’s the what if totally ungrounded outside of reality that bothers me, because if anything is possible, then there are literally no stakes. The writer can deus ex anything
I’m honestly not a huge fan of the genre myself, but in general I find "I don’t want to be a badass I just want to be a carefree adventurer " slice-of-life type ones the best.
Fun with a dumb premise: Campfire Cooking.
The protagonist is in magical world and his super power is that he can buy groceries from his home world “online” and have them magically shipped to the new world.
I hate Isekai. I just don’t get it.
You don’t get why people would fantasize about getting to leave their old shitty life behind and start a new one in a cooler place with cooler friends or a new body or magic powers? I’m not a huge fan either but the appeal is pretty straightforward.
Especially in the time and place we all currently occupy
Isekai is just the fantasy version of sci-fi. It presents that, “what if?” question but (usually) with cat girls, swords, and magic.
Yeah, it’s the what if totally ungrounded outside of reality that bothers me, because if anything is possible, then there are literally no stakes. The writer can deus ex anything
Right, this is why a lot of them suck. There are good ones though, depending on what you like of course.
Can I have some recommendations pls.
I’m on season 2 of re:zero right now and I’m enjoying it.
I’m honestly not a huge fan of the genre myself, but in general I find "I don’t want to be a badass I just want to be a carefree adventurer " slice-of-life type ones the best.
Fun with a dumb premise: Campfire Cooking. The protagonist is in magical world and his super power is that he can buy groceries from his home world “online” and have them magically shipped to the new world.
that is hilarious