Before we get to the talk about why Isekai is sooooo bad as of today I think that we must have a little knowledge about Isekai itself.
Isekai is a subgenre in anime that’s all about a certain person getting transported, reincarnated, delivered, etc…In a fantasy/another world.
So basically Isekai has been around ever since the first years of anime the time when anime is still practicing its first steps. One good example is Rayearth (1997)
Magic Knight Rayearth focuses on three eighth-grade girls: the tomboyish, headstrong but short Hikaru Shidou (獅堂 光 Shidō Hikaru); the quick-tempered and no-nonsense only child Umi Ryuuzaki (龍咲 海 Ryūzaki Umi); and the intelligent and ladylike Fuu Hououji (鳳凰寺 風 Hōōji Fū). While on a field trip to the Tokyo Tower with their respective schools, the girls find themselves drawn into another world, Cephiro. There they learn that Cephiro is influenced by one’s will and that the Pillar maintains Cephiro through prayer. The girls are then tasked with rescuing the current Pillar, Princess Emeraude, from her abductor, the high priest, and antagonist Zagato, after which they will be returned to Tokyo.
This anime is one of the first isekai’s that came out. But yeah sure it’s good but it’s not enough to awaken the Kraken. Even the world-wide phenomenon, Oscar Nominee, Masterpiece “Spirited away” (2001) isn’t enough. (If you call that an Isekai.)
But not until 2016 when a monster that appeared out of nowhere, a monster that appeared out of nowhere, a monster that devoured the community by storm. A monster that awakens the Kraken. A monster that goes by the name Re: Zero.
Re: Zero is one of the biggest and — — NO it IS the biggest anime of 2016 all thanks to its intricate story, superb world building, amazing character Introduction, astounding story introduction, and Rem…Yes, it’s Rem the “Best Girl”, The bread and butter of the show, the spotlight of Re: Zero, The woman that made the community crazy.
Some might even say that the Rem fan craze is bigger than the oreimo waifu wars back in 2013….And this is where it all started.
The start of the “Isekai plague”(2016)
As Re: Zero came out “White fox” (Sorry edited it after a week) it became the “cool kid” and every studio wants to be like him and when I said everyone I mean EVERYONE and so they made their own most of them is complete and utter shit but thanks god some of them are good. But everything turned from bad to worse when Konosuba came out. When Konosuba was released it became an instant hit and captured the heart of basically everyone.
But since konosuba is pretty weird itself with a little bit of (or maybe a lot) of ecchi thrown in every one tried it in an attempt to outdo Konosuba and even each other.
This is where the “Dark age of Isekai started” (2017- Present)
Now that we are finished going through some background history of Isekai we can finally talk about what really makes Isekai that bad. And believe it or not, there’s only one thing that makes Isekai that bad and that is —
Lack of context:
Context; the parts of something that comes before or follow a word or passage and influence its meaning or effect: They tried to guess the context on what the show meant.
You know after watching Sekai’s since 2016 I have this lingering question in my mind “Just what is the purpose of making this garbage?” and after months of doubt I’ve finally stumbled upon the answer and that is. “Many Sekai’s just completely lost the plot of what they’re doing there is simply no more context anymore.”
Most Isekai’s these days just doesn’t capture the essence of Isekai itself it’s just a presentation of the most futile and pointless work of animation it’s so bad that it comes to a point where it can be called a joke that’s not even funny. Isekai should be this one hell of a genre filled with endless horizons of ideas and possibilities and all we need to do is try to make that idea happen in the best way possible. But that’s not what’s happening instead we got shitty Dere tropes, Tasteless harems and side characters that are mere plaything and cliché concepts.
Everything that comes out of Isekai is just and hot, steaming mess I mean are these studios even trying? Is that the best they can do? There’s nothing that even makes sense anymore it’s all just GARBAGE.
But as of Fall 2018, we finally got 1 anime that stood among the rest an anime that captured the essence of Isekai itself.
The time that I got reincarnated as slime is an anime about a man that…Died and got reincarnated as a slime. Really that’s it but what makes this show well is it’s world building how it introduced the type of world that our main character is in. Everything is wholesome as is and my god it’s beautiful this show clearly is the one of the best anime not only in its season but also in the entirety of the year itself. It’s so good that it can stand beside Konosuba, Re: Zero and Spirited Away (Again if you call that an Isekai). This anime is considered as finding gold in a dumpster and due to the fact that this anime was released in an age where Isekai is repugnant just makes it a whole lot better and as of now the anime is still running and I DEFINITELY recommend that you watch it!
I’m pretty sure that this anime will go down in history as the anime that marked the end of the “Dark ages of Isekai” and bought “The age of light” (Ok that was a bit edgy)
Believe it or not, Isekai can still get over its slump and make a bigger comeback in the industry as a better sub-genre and as of Winter 2019 we’re seeing some promising shows that I think will be a big hit this year and my oh my it’s a good start! and the fact that a slime started it all just makes it better.
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