And not talking about the power fantasy part, I understand that.
I'm talking about the isekai part. Is supposed to help to the self insertion, right? But doesn't that break the immersion? With the meta jokes about games and contemporary stuff, doesn't it break the whole point of fantasy setting?
Wouldn't be more easy to selfinsert as a character of that world?
What kind of soldier uniform is that?
Prioritizing mobility?
Modern world is boring and have little opportunity for interesting thing to happens.
By entering isekai, characters and readers will gain a whole new set of environment with new ability and opportunity to develop themselves, giving them a place in the world that they didn't have in the original world.
FFIX anime by Kinema Citrus when
>the isekai part. Is supposed to help to the self insertion, right?
I have no clue how anyone could ever come to that conclusion. I mean yeah, it's a good way to start world building from the ground up without adding in immersion breaking info dumps just for the reader and is probably also better than "lol protag is Villager A country bumpkin from the sticks who is ignorant about the world", but that doesn't mean it's "self-insertion", unless you use the definition of "immersive series that I don't like".
One made by a Matriarchal monarchy.
What OP is asking is, why not just set the story in the fantasy world to begin with?
You can literally rewrite any story as an isekai, what's the point of such a cheap device?
>Hero is about to get hit by a truck, but suddenly wakes up in 19th century London as the hapless assistant of an extremely perceptive detective
No, it doesn't break the immersion. The epic self-aware comedy is to trick retards into thinking that generic isekai is totally different than the others it's mocking.
Haven't you read my post in detail? From modern day boring life to fantasy life. It bridge them together by letting a modern day character entering isekai directly.
It’s just an easy way to drop a relatable japanese beta male MC in to a fantasy story with little exposition. If they were born in a hardened medieval world, it would make sense for them to act like such pussies.
It creates stories that can't be possible in normal fantasy retard.
Such as?
You missed the point
>Hero goes to a convenience store and is struck by lightning
>Next thing he knows, he's a midget carrying a powerful but dangerous magic ring entrusted to him by a wizard
In what way?
>eneric isekai is totally different than the others it's mocking.
The thing that bothers me of fantasy in anime is that has become so self aware of itself that every work feels the necesity of giving a new twist (or a twist that has been done already).
Problem is, this has been done since the 90s so by this point there is more meta fantasy wuth twists and gimmicks that actual fantasy played straight. We reached a point where we have more parodies and parodies of the parodies than the actual thing.
I wish we had more things like Guin Saga
see That's an isekai, your normal fantasy can't do that.
yes harry potter and that other one are semi isekai with isekai gates connecting the worlds.
its power fantasy
...the point of that post is that you CAN make a story like that without making it isekai, because it's such a token element in the first place.
The point is that it’s trendy and it sells
The token element is isekai which has been around for millenniums in written works, try again.
How would a protag have an outsiders perspectivd to the fantasy world if he is FROM that world?
Not sure why you're telling him to see that post
The point was instead of having someone die and become Watson, you could have just wrote the story about Watson directly
Except I want it to be a person isekai'd as watson and not watson himself.
Are isekai haters this dumb?
If you don't want watson to be watson then why not write a story not predicated on watson to start?
>You missed the point
They just make the main character's lofe become real enjoyment as a untalented modern day regular citizen can't really live a great life in a fantasy world without some special power
All the various form of death and such are just clean ways to end the previous lofe without feeling remorse
>Except I want it to be a person isekai'd as watson and not watson himself.
I suppose this is easier than actually developing a character, must be why it's so popular in the pulp novel industry
They don't become wattson, they get put in an unusual situation in an unfamiliar land, they don't get a mind transplant. Have you ever even interacted with an isekai?
It's just escapism for people who regret their past choices and want a blank slate, which is probably 90% of anime otaku. Combine the bland MC that you can self insert in with the generic RPG setting to remind them of old games and you have the perfect nostalgia bait. Of course with the popularization of the genre more series try to differentiate themselves from this basic trope so you get plenty of shit which is almost like this but has a few differences to make it "unique" but the basics that lure people in are still the same.
Such a disingenuous post. Why waste your time pretending you're part of an argument if you'll just shitpost?
Some do get their mind fused or keep the memories of the one they isekai'd into.
They can also larp as watson while knowing nothing about him.
Why is this retard acting like all isekai has game mechanics or something? There are like a lot of new series without that
>they get put in an unusual situation in an unfamiliar land
And you need isekai for this because why?
Because they are from a different world not a different state.
Yes I are gone buddy esl faggot shit go back to yeah you’re tourist
English?
What said mr professional retard