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====== Isekai ====== | ====== Isekai ====== | ||
- | {{ruby|異世界|いせかい}}(Isekai) is considered a [[lb: | + | {{ruby|異世界|いせかい}}(Isekai) is considered a [[lb: |
The amount of content that falls under the term ‘Isekai’ is so vast that it is difficult to figure out what exactly ‘Isekai’ is. This is why I choose to call it a ‘sub-genre’ or ‘theme’((: | The amount of content that falls under the term ‘Isekai’ is so vast that it is difficult to figure out what exactly ‘Isekai’ is. This is why I choose to call it a ‘sub-genre’ or ‘theme’((: | ||
===== Definition ===== | ===== Definition ===== | ||
- | The defining feature of Isekai is the concept of someone coming from our world and going to another world, usually a fantasy world of some sorts. This is typically done through reincarnation after the someone dies. For whatever reason, the most common way this someone dies in Isekai stories is by getting hit by a truck((: | + | The defining feature of Isekai is the concept of someone coming from our world and going to another world((: |
As mentioned before, the number of stories that classify as ‘Isekai’ in one form or another is so vast that it's extremely difficult to describe what they all have in common, outside of the theme of going from one world into another.\\ | As mentioned before, the number of stories that classify as ‘Isekai’ in one form or another is so vast that it's extremely difficult to describe what they all have in common, outside of the theme of going from one world into another.\\ | ||
To give an example of the wide variety, the [[lb: | To give an example of the wide variety, the [[lb: | ||
The variability of Isekai stories likely has to do with the simplicity of the concept, and its usefulness to the writer, which makes Isekai quite versatile. The concept is simple enough that you could write virtually anything and it would fit under Isekai, but what makes it especially useful is that the character getting Isekai' | The variability of Isekai stories likely has to do with the simplicity of the concept, and its usefulness to the writer, which makes Isekai quite versatile. The concept is simple enough that you could write virtually anything and it would fit under Isekai, but what makes it especially useful is that the character getting Isekai' | ||
===== Trivia and Notes ===== | ===== Trivia and Notes ===== | ||
- | * I choose to call it a sub-genre rather than a genre due to the incredible variety. Isekai can vary so much it' | + | * While a footnote mentions trains and how they might be avoided |
+ | * The truck is, as morbid as it sounds, the most versatile method of dying in a story such as this. Since getting pushed implies something negative about you, and any other death would be unusual. The truck doesn' | ||
+ | * [[lb: | ||
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