https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz9w5JyThFI

nobunaga concerto

nobody liked it except me

lmao

One reason I like Log Horizon is because a ton of people ended up getting moved to the new world.

Not just one or two.

I have too about Gintama, and I got like 5 episodes in but couldn't care about it. I've heard it's just a slow start, but I suspect it appeals to the same type of people as typical Shonen shows do

is homestuck an isekai

Yes, and please don't bring it up ever again.

now here's an interesting question:

why does a concept like Isekai even exist?

i liked how political log horizon was, but i didn't like the MMO elements really

wish fulfillment

why does any genre exist

It's the idea of a group of normal people from our world taking on a brand new world.

the world sucks and people want to be in a different one for 25 minutes

It's just a trend of a genre. Why does a concept like magical girl need to exist?

Reminds me.

Learning how the system works and then figuring out how to break it for their personal gain.

>wish fulfiment
So it's not about telling a compelling story, it's about you, the reader, not the story as told?

Im seeing alot of manga where the main character is some sort of loser.

Konosuba?

Which is also a really great isekai.

although isekai specifically I think is one way to tell a frontier story without having to go back in time

Not having a problem there. But its funny how they manage to use their expereinces as a loser to solve their problems

generally that's the draw of isekai

Then again, I havent been reading good horror recently.

Dont anyone say Ito.

Everyone knows him

>the world sucks and people want to be in a different one for 25 minutes
That's absolutely fine, I fucking love Superhot and the universe makes no goddamn sense, but god DAMN does it satisfy my 25 minute itch

most isekai leans into that super hard

and it's what made SAO

only horror show of any medium I've seen is Another

SAO is pure wish fulfillment

SAO is just pure middle school nerd boy wish fulfillment

cwow if cowboy bebop is your favorate anime i think youd like trigun, its got some anime tropes but its still very westernized, its kinda like somewhere between normal anime and bebop

and it's the most popular isekai

Trigun was interesting. The first half was light and funny. The second half was dark and edgy.

SAO is bait and switch garbage
If you want to be a romance advertise as one

the author literally wrote a bunch of female characters and had no idea what to do with them

so he made them all fall in love with kirito