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Control. It all boils back to the need to control a living being; whether the weeb in question genuinely sees those they’re controlling as a human or not.
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This has given me an idea for at the very least a short story that plays out like your average Kyle video game isekai power fantasy for the first little bit only for the example to try and pull the kind of shit he’d pull in Skyrim and gets his gut turned into a crossbow’s bolt quiver for it because even if the universe’s logic works like a video game, these are still people and you just tried to rob a borderland merchant
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I think a controversial one that irked me was Nidome no Jinsei where people claimed dude was a soldier during rape of Nanking. I had to do a double take on that shit
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It’s so bizarre that despite me being a card carrying weeb, the only times I’ve seen Isekai done sort of well is in western animation: The Owl House and Futurama (for anyone looking for a more sci-fi flavor of the genre) come to mind.
There are some Ghibli films, but I’m talking more about animated series here.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is an isekai classic.
Black Knight, starring Martin Lawrence.
Now I want to make an alignment chart about Isekai.
There’s a scale between media purist and premise purist.
So something like I reincarnated as a slime can be Isekai, or the fresh prince of bel-air is isekai.
I found this one on an image search
lol, they beat me to the punch with Bel-Air and everything.
Most shonen is a power fantasy. Isekai is just an excuse to drop every pretense that it’s not.
True but at least many of the shonen protagonist don’t abuse their power like isekai do and have some moral code. Although several eat enough food to solve global hunger many times over.
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TBH, it could be a great opportunity to dissect myths about early capitalism and show all the genocidal shit capitalists did for their capital.
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Planescape Torment is my favorite Isekai.
holy shit…
12 Kingdoms, Rayearth, Escaflowne, and El Hazard were decent Isekai from what I remember. They’re all from the 90s/00s though.
They still had trash Isekai in the 90s, like Those Who Hunt Elves.
Wow. was not expecting either of those stories to be name dropped
I heard there was an isekai where the mc kills other isekai mc for abusing their power. Idk what its called
I think this may be it. Idk it sounded like some task force going universe to universe to murk abusive ones. Lemme check
IIRC the person who wrote the story actually made the lower part of this meme as well as a teaser for the story
You are correct! Here’s the meme voice acted
yeeee, that’s why I know it cause the writer mentions it in that comments section haha
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
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