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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 core element | + | The defining feature |
- | Isekai is so (relatively) old now that it' | + | As mentioned before, the number of stories that classify as ‘Isekai’ in one form or another |
- | For example, the [[lb: | + | To give an example |
- | It's hard to describe | + | 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'd is unfamiliar |
===== 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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