Isekai was a thing before the word was popularized and normalized in the west to describe the subgenre of fantasy. I'd argue The Neverending Story is clearly an isekai, for example. And there's been great conventional anime isekais in the past, such as Vision of Escaflowne.
What I'm sick of is the "oh this is like a video game and the NPCs can be manipulated because they're just programs susceptible to cheat codes" gimmick. It's gross and I find it intolerable to follow any "hero" that dehumanizes other characters under any excuse to build a virtual capitalist empire with an infinite harem. It's :epstein: tier :brainworms: to me.
I don't want to automatically reject something I hear about because I hear it's an "isekai" but all too often it means "another video game world with NPCs to exploit!" :capitalist-laugh:
What an empty sort of metagamey victory to fantasize about. How alienating and sad for such "heroes," even if they still deserve :gulag: in general.
The funny thing is it's actually better than game of thrones imo. The tone is very lighthearted and I don't think there was ever even a hint of sexual violence. And the joke of the main character's party is that they're girls who would be attractive if they weren't completely incompetent and awful people, which is actually a pretty funny premise for making fun of the exact kind of shows which tried to copy konosuba. Because it means the main character is never pursuing or creeping on them because he literally isn't attracted to them
But then they had to ruin it by expecting you, the viewer, to want to creep on them directly
:sicko-wholesome:
:sicko-no:
Without going into it further: there is in the movie.
Yeah, disclaimer: I watched 1 season which I only finished out of a sense of dedication to finish what you start. It was really really bad. I'd say like 70% of jokes were just cringe, 25% were meh, and like the remaining 5% got an actual laugh. It did get me a couple times