I think that Isekai is probably the genre that fascinates me the most in anime.
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I think that Isekai is probably the genre that fascinates me the most in anime. For a multitude of reasons.
But I can’t get over the massive oversight when they have someone middle aged die and be resurrected as a child. Yet they never make any references back to the previous life, no using previous experiences or knowledge. Totally squandering all the potential for interesting plot points.
Think about what you know. If you woke up in a pseudo fantasy/19th century world. What kind of knowledge could you make use of?
Just saying.
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I think that Isekai is probably the genre that fascinates me the most in anime. For a multitude of reasons.
But I can’t get over the massive oversight when they have someone middle aged die and be resurrected as a child. Yet they never make any references back to the previous life, no using previous experiences or knowledge. Totally squandering all the potential for interesting plot points.
Think about what you know. If you woke up in a pseudo fantasy/19th century world. What kind of knowledge could you make use of?
Just saying.
@yon@sakurajima.moe A lot of authors don’t really intellectually engage with the trope. It’s often just a crutch. Partially for self-insert, and partially so that their character, in a foreign world, can remain Japanese and free of anachronisms. There’s also a deep vein of nationalism there - glorifying in superior Japanese culture in the middle of a bunch of backwater barbarians is a mainstay of the genre.
