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MC meets John Brown Isekai. (hexbear.net)
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[-] Alunyanners@lemmygrad.ml 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

One thing I don't understand... why is it always slaves?

Why can't it just be someone they befriended in the "another world"?

ʸᵉˢ ᶦ ᵏⁿᵒʷ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ᵃʳᵉ ᶦˢᵉᵏᵃᶦ ᵃⁿᶦᵐᵉ ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ᶦᵗ'ˢ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿᵉ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᵇᵉᶠʳᶦᵉⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵃⁿ ᵉⁿˢˡᵃᵛᵉ ᵇᵘᵗ ᵗʰᶦˢ ᶦˢ ᶦⁿ ʳᵉˡᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ʳᵉᵈᵈᶦᵗ "ᵐᵉᵐᵉ"^.^ ˡᶦᵏᵉ ʷʰʸ ᵈᵒ ᵗʰᵉˢᵉ ᵖᵉᵒᵖˡᵉ ʷᵃⁿᵗ ᵗᵒ ᵉⁿˢˡᵃᵛᵉ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳˢ ˢᵒ ᵐᵘᶜʰ ᵃˢ ᵒᵖᵖᵒˢᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᵍᵉᵗᵗᶦⁿᵍ ᵃ ᶠʳᶦᵉⁿᵈ^?^

[-] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] vegeta1@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

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

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an isekai classic.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Black Knight, starring Martin Lawrence.

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] PauliExcluded@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

I found this one on an image search

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

lol, they beat me to the punch with Bel-Air and everything.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago

Most shonen is a power fantasy. Isekai is just an excuse to drop every pretense that it's not.

[-] vegeta1@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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. blob-no-thoughts

[-] Chapo_is_Red@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Planescape Torment is my favorite Isekai.

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

aware ~holy~ ~shit...~

[-] TheaJo@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Wow. was not expecting either of those stories to be name dropped

[-] Venat@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

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. yikes

[-] vegeta1@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I heard there was an isekai where the mc kills other isekai mc for abusing their power. Idk what its called

[-] Yuritopiaposadism@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago
[-] vegeta1@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

I think this may be it. Idk it sounded like some task force going universe to universe to murk abusive ones. Lemme check

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Here's a story someone wrote about this very concept

[-] bunnygirl@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

IIRC the person who wrote the story actually made the lower part of this meme as well as a teaser for the story

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

You are correct! Here's the meme voice acted

[-] bunnygirl@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

yeeee, that's why I know it cause the writer mentions it in that comments section haha

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

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