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.
idk why this person is even talking about ecchi or whatever, it's literally what you want to watch re: isekai and you'll see why in the first episode. If you want I can just spoil it for you and tell you exactly how it handles the isekai genre
Sure.
This really spoils the first episode, which is like a build up to what is meant to be a VERY surprising twist, like, the first episode is meant to shock you so this will absolutely spoil that
it's a world where people (iirc just the Japanese? idk I watched half of it) who get isekai'd come with phenomenal and in many cases uncontrollable power that can cause a lot of devastation, so, as a principle they are executed on sight. Which is why the english title is "The Executioner and Her Way of LIfe." The first episode has a kid sent over from Japan who is at first extremely excited until it turns out he has no magic or ability or money and is starving and shit. Then he meets the main character, who after ascertaining his highly destructive ability, summarily executes him. That's the basic premise for the world
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other, separate spoilers that also spoil episode 2
from there it goes off into yuri adventure after she meets an isekai'd girl whose power prevents her from being killed! so, she kind of has to Figure That One Out
That is an interesting premise. It may not be my genre, but doesn't sound that bad.