Types of Isekai Anime

[@rilantius]

"Traditional family unit known as a Harem"... best line I've heard all year.

[@ChaosLierLen]

I mean, it's true.

[@Unalochy]

That's how I am going to describe Harem's from now on 🤣

[@Avatarbee]

A line so good that he had to say it twice.

[@r3dp9]

Historically speaking, yes, a shortage of eligible/wealthy/living males does tend towards that particular solution. Historically speaking, it also causes way more drama than a monogamous marriage. It's a fun fantasy, but a terrible reality in most cases.

[@Shalakor]

@@r3dp9 You speak as if anime with harem aspects doesn't lead to a crazy amount of drama already. Not to mention the ratio of drama in fantasy monogamy versus how much drama it has in real life.

[@vicbaez]

Futurama is an Isekai. I don't care fry ended up in earth, for all it's worth it's a completely different world. he doesn't even lives on New York anymore, but in new New York

[@o0Avalon0o]

Oh... Oh my god he's right.

[@daniloacc92]

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is a Isekai too

[@krayzoman]

You might be right, if Fry were objectively the primary character and the story was his story. I agree that the future is essentially a different world that a character has been transported to, however the show isn't "Fry in another world, doing Sit-Com and Rom-Com things" it's "A Sit-Com in another world where one of the characters is from our world". Fry's plight of reconciling his lost present isn't shown as more or less central than any other character's individual 'gimmick', such as Leela being the last of her kind or Bender being a robot, which I think is a strength of the show. He's our introduction to the show and he gets his own episodes, but so does everyone else. In summary, Fry is a character who got Isekai'd, but saying Futurama 'is an Isekai' is like saying The Jetsons 'is an isekai'. The adventures and hijinks of the crew are the primary focus, most of which could still happen if Fry were a similar person from their own time.

[@user-gk6nt5gi5n]

@@daniloacc92 uhhhhhh

[@Kafka_Garezerra]

@@daniloacc92 Nope. His still in the same world, just in a different social circle. That isn't an isekai, it's just a "fish out of water" story

[@voidgivenfocus]

"The traditional family unit known as a Harem." *-Mother's Basement, 2021*

[@suphorg8597]

family and harem DONT MIX

[@HeilRay]

@@suphorg8597 Excuse me, sir. You have a call from some anime series called Tenchi Muyo.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@@suphorg8597 Historically speaking, the vast majority of a harem were wives or blood relatives. And it should go without saying that sexual relations between blood relatives has always been frowned upon in every society in history, other than in the southern USA of modern times. One of those things is a joke, the rest is a history lesson.

[@B-52H]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 hey! I'll have you know that I've never had relations with my sister not that I have a sister

[@gaberyan6283]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 idk man the areabians and egyptians were really into that haram thing and incest was pretty common back then too.

[@NixFaerie]

I think you could have talked about the difference between male and female lead isekai. It's not universal but usually when an isekai has a female lead (book worm, so i'm a spider, Tanya the evil) they usually have much more character driven narratives and usually "subverts" or twists the story (even the one all about a reverse harem game ends up with her cast as the villain) that forces them to start pretty lowly or fight worse starting odds to climb up to reach their goal and have pretty little romance typically. Female isekai almost always start off as the commoner or major underdog who actually have to work hard and detail how hard they work and rarely have a self-insert or power fantasy style character. I think it stands out in a genre that's otherwise full of superman characters and uncomfortable amounts of fanservice. They usually also tend to be the quirkier concepts and seem to have a much higher base line quality. I don't know if it's just a coincidence or if it's just such a schlocky genre these days with so many related tropes which include a male self insert that there's an inordinate chance anyone who decides a female protag which is still a bit of a sellable gimmick in its own right in the modern version fo the genre (a lot of pre-isekai were female led fantasy) probably gave a bit more thought into it on average.

[@AramatiPaz]

Including to the list: My new life as a vilaness.

[@jakekgfn]

I find that the female led Isekai usually have more well written protagonists than the male counterparts which I prefer

[@ij3228]

Until you start looking into isekai webonovels...

[@ArlanKels]

Escaflowne Fushigi Yuugi (Just some more female MC isekai)

[@paxshmitz2665]

To think someone would mention western Web novel Worm. I see your also a spacebattler hello.

[@pesty4592]

"I'm A Spider, So What" Is one of those anime's where I thought it was gonna be a weird rip-off of another anime (like Slime reincarnation) but turned out to be super awesome

[@killertigergaming6762]

Just wait until you see episode 23

[@g00st62]

It sucks that the animation and pacing get progressively worse with each episode, I rly enjoyed the LN :/

[@PerfectAlibi1]

It gets completely carried by the voice actress of Kumoko/White/Shiraori. The always awesome Aoi Yuki, she MAKES the series work. In result the human arc is completely bland and boring, it's all about the spider. Especially spider's trouble with "mother" and "grandma"

[@shirochan8419]

@@PerfectAlibi1 the human side works for both world building and the author poking fun of generic isekai cliches, tho it's not supposed to be that much generic, the anime cuts some povs and backstories from the human side making the characters more flat.

[@PerfectAlibi1]

@@shirochan8419 I would LOVE to see a spin off just about Kumoko. Maybe with her not being as OP and Arachne form being as "human" she ever becomes, none of this full human form crap.

[@arijuamcchickennugget9959]

"And probably have some strong opinions about it" would be a rather strong understatement

[@arijuamcchickennugget9959]

69 nice

[@Rognik]

I have a pretty strong indifference to the genre, myself.

[@excusezmoi9823]

@@Rognik I like it when it is done well

[@endergolem9977]

Sword Art Online fans in a nutshell. Some of them are so toxic, while others are pretty chill. Just so you know, I'm in the later.

[@everyanimereactionever]

The reason that we have so many isekai is that a world class calamity happened when we were asleep, and The God Of Isekai isekaied the whole world into one that makes isekai for him to watch. No incell shall get a visit from Truck-kun because it already happened.

[@RED-sl2le]

N-NANI?!?!

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

Oh fuk that’s to much meta

[@shivesh_]

But I dont sleep

[@amjeffed4621]

So is this, reverse isekai and survival isekai?

[@secretlynotlily]

That time I got reincarnated as myself in my own world

[@thebookworm5048]

You never mentioned Iruma-kun! I LOVE Iruma-kun! It definitely qualifies as a comedy isekai. It plays with the idea of a survival isekai (since he might be literally eaten if anyone finds out he's human), but ultimately makes almost any mention of it into a joke. It also messes around with the overpowered mc trope and also with the "cheat mode." Ahhhh it's so much fun :)

[@okojus7353]

Ikr why don't much people want it

[@consciouscode8150]

I like how Iruma's quirks are treated like immutable rules of the show, it gives it a fun saturday morning cartoon vibe where it's simultaneously predictable but you have fun seeing how it plays out.

[@chocolatemeal6716]

Clara is precious

[@contentdenied]

@@okojus7353 Only put it on to make fun of it initially and I loved it.

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

It's rosario vampire how it should be, everyday survival in whacky monster school

[@marcusferro7588]

I’m surprised truck-kun isn’t even mentioned as a player who brings other players to a chance of being isekai’d

[@slevinchannel7589]

Isekai Harems are so sickening at this point, especially if the Protagonist, after transfering from Earth to Another World, only takes 5 Seconds or less to fully and wholeheartedly accept Slavery as a Common Thing. ...He just... buys girls to add to his Harem...

[@mastermenthe]

...what would you have the protagonist do? Toss aside the plot of the series and immediately bend their fate-warping powers towards social reform via conquest of the slave cartels and all associate government agents?

[@spiderace7994]

@@slevinchannel7589 I mean even if you want to could you do something. Especially if slavery is rooted into the politics and culture. Plus which shows are you talking about since most of the harem isekai I seen try to combat that. Such as death march into a parallel world. That a harem isekai where the MC does attempt at stopping slavery and discrimination.

[@blarg2429]

@@mastermenthe Yes, because any series in which the protagonist is so under-written that they can go from being a normal member of a society that deeply holds one set of values to being a member of a society that deeply holds a diametrically opposed set of values with no culture shock is not gonna have a plot worth following. Or if not reform things, at least not _lean into_ the slavery and such. I mean, there are fucked up rules in any modern society too, and you don't need to be a billionaire tycoon with a thousand politicians in your pocket or some kind of warlord to make an effort to avoid actively exacerbating these problems.

[@StarlasAiko]

If I recall correctly, the Isekai in which the protagonist participates in slavery does so not to support slavery, but because he got so fucked over by the rule makers of society that buying friends is the only way he's gonna be able to build a party. There also is one, if memory serves, in which the protagonist bought a slave to free her from an abusive fate, choosing to buy rather than slaughter the slaver and his hundreds of guards because it is still early in his journey and he knows the limits to his combat abilities...and doesn't want to go to prison for the rest of his existence for killing a politically powerful merchant. The only isekai in which the protagonist might buy a slave for the purpose of growing his harem are of the "rape fantasy hentai" variant. Even in ecchi harem comedies, the protagonist doesn't do that.

[@eclipseslayer98]

Note* This is only the anime he lists VERBALLY as in SPOKEN words, and NOT what is on the SCREEN. 3:08 Digimon 3:11 Gate 4:13 Digimon World 3 4:14 .hack 4:17 Monster Rancher 4:22 Sword Art Online ("that one with the swords") 4:58 Inuyasha 5:21 Re:Zero 5:22 Digimon 5:23 Gate 6:03 .hack 6:04 Ixion Saga DT 6:06 Monster Rancher (1999) 6:09 Captain N 6:10 Sword Art Online 7:11 Monster Rancher 7:12 Inuyasha 7:13 Sword Art Online 7:14 Rising of the Shield Hero 7:52 (not anime) Dragon Quest 8:02 Tales series (Tales of Vesperia on screen) 8:03 Trails series 8:13 Konosuba 8:14 Princess Connect! Re: Dive 8:58 Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! 9:08 Konosuba 9:09 Bofuri 9:42 By the Grace of the Gods 9:44 I've been killing slimes for 300 years and maxed out my level 10:08 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 10:17 The Slime Diaries 10:31 (not anime) Fire Emblem 10:32 (not anime) Valkyria Chronicles 10:47 Overlord 10:48 Log Horizon 10:49 Gate 12:05 High School Prodigies have it easy even in another world 12:08 The Master of Ragnarok and Blesser of Einherjar 12:16 Conception 12:31 How Not to Summon a Demon Lord 12:34 The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent 12:38 My Next Life as a Villainess 13:01 The Familiar of Zero 13:35 Digimon 13:36 Drifters 13:37 Dog Days 13:52 No Game No Life 14:18 High Rise Invasion 14:51 Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash 15:14 So I'm a Spider, So What? 15:23 I'm Standing on a Million Lives 16:29 Sword Art Online 16:40 Ascendence of a Bookworm 16:42 Now and Then, Here and There (apparently this anime is worse than Boku No Pico?) 16:46 Spider (So I'm a Spider, So What?) 17:23 Log Horizon 17:34 Re:Zero (you already mentioned it in the video at 5:21. Don't worry, I'm just being an asshole for the lols) 18:16 Mushoku Tensei 18:18 The Saga of Tanya the Evil 18:38 Vision of Escaflowne 18:40 Brave Story 18:41 .hack//sign 18:53 Now and Then, Here and There (It might just be worse? I have no clue) 19:05 Re: Zero 19:50 Konosuba 19:52 (not anime) Dragon Quest 19:53 Combatants Will be Dispatched 19:56 (not anime) Phantasy Star (don't forget to check out Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis!) 19:58 (not anime) Star Ocean 19:59 Ixion Saga DT 20:15 Overly Cautious Hero 20:16 Full Dive 20:21 (not anime) That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha 20:34 Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi 20:43 Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle 20:54 (not anime) Kingdom Hearts 20:56 (not anime) Kingdom Hearts 21:22 Re:CREATORS 20:23 Sonic X 21:35 The Devil is a Part Timer 22:21 To Your Eternity 22:28 Mushoku Tensei Please don't kill me plox, I just made this so my brain could store the information somewhere other than my internal hentai folder. Edit* This list was easy, if you want a true challenge (at least from my eyes), someone could list all of the anime shown on screen. I would do it, but it's beyond my ability.

[@ronrosa3884]

Thank you I’ve been searching the comments for this!

[@nelzelpher2088]

Star Ocean is a video game.

[@hemanth850]

Wow I have a lot of catch up on

[@killertigergaming6762]

I could probably list most of the ones that appear on screen but there's probably one or two I won't be able to tell

[@nigamrockstar7585]

Respect dude, huge respect. There are 7 billion people in this world and you are one of those cares about other people andvalue them. May you get all the happiness of this world.

[@scrawnycalc9372]

Things that might be isekai: Guardians of the Galaxy Code Lyoko Galaxy Quest Things that are definitely isekai: Samurai Jack Jumanji

[@lunerblade13]

Code lyoko is less isekai and more simulation similar to the matrix or Danny phantom where the story exist on two layers. Though to aileta specifically it can be considered survival isekai since she spends i forget how long in the simulation until the protagonists return her back to earth.

[@Sir-Pleiades]

You forgot one of the most known : Narnia

[@aquaabouttogetfunky]

Ok but yes, Samerai Jack is the best isekai of the last 20 years.

[@aussieronin6902]

Ah yes Galaxy Quest or better known as the best star trek movie

[@tandemdwarf745]

@@Sir-Pleiades Ah yes, my favorite Isekai is Alice and Wonderland Followed by Angel Beats (Maybe? I've been arguing about this one in my head for over a year now)

[@GhostWriter520]

"I may well cover this debate in a future video if there's interest" Oh, there's interest. There is definitely interest

[@MGDrzyzga]

Seconded.

[@SekhmetReverence]

Thirded

[@kyletowers9662]

Fourthed!

[@mielsibel1967]

Fifthed

[@zeusthunder6674]

Sixed

[@FerrumAnulum]

"Ive been killing slimes for 300 years and maxed out my level" is a haram isekai but instead of suiters it a wholesome family.

[@spiderace7994]

Idk if it's just me but I can't catch up and see all the anime I want to see this season.

[@jasonitaliano8631]

I do get the feeling some members of her family would be happy to have some unwholesome fun with the titular Max level witch.

[@Yuel402]

HARAM? The thing that's forbidden in Islam?

[@copycat3901]

Nah mate it's 100% halal

[@trelerxhyper5044]

@@copycat3901 so halal mode

[@bennettbellot7826]

Can we say that Mark Twain is the Grandfather of the Isekai Genre since he wrote, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" in 1889.

[@Alex.R.L]

Ninja'd me by 2 years

[@Griff03]

Overlord: God mode Konosuba: useless goddess mode

[@edwinpeterson9983]

Aqua level Heh.

[@viridiansexperimentchannel711]

That one made me chuckle

[@bZman]

so psyched for season 3 of Konosuba

[@sirog7116]

MB : There are four levels of difficulty. Me : Where is the Dumbass mode ? Where they have powers but they don't use them at all or use them very inefficiently.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

would dumbass mode count the "get sidetracked by the side quest" ? as in "instead of defeating the demon lord, they spent years trying to win at the mini game involving playing the flute, to the point even the demon lord is waiting for the protagonist toget it together and continue the story?"

[@sirog7116]

@@ianr.navahuber2195 Yeah ! They are also included as they are some of the prime examples.

[@Siennamerdein]

I can imagine power of the shadow in this list after it got its anime adaptation the king of isekai mob 😂🤣

[@sirog7116]

@@Siennamerdein Are you talking about the creator of the strongest martial arts ?

[@Siennamerdein]

@@sirog7116 no the light novel series to be a power in the shadow Its a series where mc is pretty much the strongest but he has a dream of becoming the weekest side character But ended up making a full blown cult organization that is working to save the world while he thinks all his actions is self preservation Its a hilarious series itll have an anime adaptation soon if i remember correctly

[@emmanuelhtrevino]

Now and then here and there is such a hidden gem

[@Tb0n3]

The gem is full of death and sadness.

[@danielludwig647]

It really is. Definitely the anti-isekai in that it manages to thread the needle of being profoundly anti-wish-fulfillment while still not veering into pointless edginess. Just bleak and sad in a measured way, with some beautiful images of a dying world. I guess it also helps that its more of a post-apocalyptic anime that just happens to feature the isekai framing device.

[@christianmartinez774]

Got to spread the word of it so the younger generation could also be bummed the hell out.

[@InvertedBread]

@@Tb0n3 *cough cough Re zero Also shield hero

[@GuyDandy]

To this day, I will never forget stumbling across this one on tv at night and being so pulled in. Boy did this show leave a lasting impression.

[@octafi8974]

Not gonna lie, Tensura feels like a tycoon simulator with rpg elements as rimuru is literally building an empire and having to manage every aspect of it

[@CrispBaker]

Especially by the end of the second season, where rimiru is playing on a whole other level compared to most other anime protagonists. (And, from what I've heard of the LNs, Tempest ends up growing to a scale that'd best be represented by a round of Civilization.)

[@Mirality]

He's going for the cultural victory.

[@Manie230]

That’s probably why I love it so much. It’s not your typical Human gets reborn and is the hero that kills the demon king no it’s the opposite. Human is reborn and that’s it there is no goal he has to achieve. He is free to do anything and what does he choose to do? Unite all monsters into a nation of Monsters while slowly but surely becoming a god like being. And still remaining relatively humane in his actions. I didn’t red the light novel or manga I don’t know wich one it is but from the anime alone it is just a dude building an empire only because he chose to do so.

[@TheEmolano]

Yeah like Gigguk said, it's the Isekai equivalent of a Civilization game.

[@Glasyara]

@@Manie230 besides the "slowly" part

[@theblazerod4311]

Him: "like bofuri offers a well rounded party" *Meanwhile* *Mapple eats a admin and gets admin powers*

[@CrispBaker]

Maple's balanced pretty well with her friends, though. She's just completely unbalanced in every other respect. (And I love the wrinkle that the admins are kinda stuck, because she's become so popular that she's become a huge draw to the game and its de-facto mascot. Nerfing her would be suicidal for their business.) (I also love that she knows absolutely none of this, and thinks she's just having low-stakes fun instead of carrying an entire corporation's fortunes on her back.)

[@PanAndScanBuddy]

To be fair they fucked up making eating so powerful.

[@LordSusaga]

Hey, Maple's woolly ability makes her VERY well rounded.

[@cyborgcatrj6794]

My theory is that it’s another flaw with how the game system works. Something like you need to be able to inflict a certain amount of damage with your bite to properly eat food items, or if players can cook and eat monster parts they have to function as food items.

[@theblazerod4311]

@@LordSusaga who are you who is so wise in the forbbiden knowledge?

[@justinbuergi9867]

Reincarnated as a villainess is surprisingly it’s own genre of isekai at this point While I’ve only seen 1 anime with that premise, I’ve seen more than a dozen manga use it Probably my favorite so far is “the villainess Cecilia doesn’t want to die so she decided to crossdress”

[@lextatertotsfromhell7673]

My favorite isekai inverts this. She’s reincarnated as the hero but is in love with the Villainess

[@srlaito4061]

Things are getting messy

[@justinbuergi9867]

@@lextatertotsfromhell7673 haha. I love that one too

[@Ai-yahUdingus]

@@lextatertotsfromhell7673 which one is that?

[@silentharmony1015]

​@@Ai-yahUdingus I am confident they mean "I Favor the Villainess" (officially licensed as "I'm In Love with the Villainess"). It's originally a web novel, but has been adapted into light novel and manga too.

[@RevilloPhoenix]

To be honest. Re Zero I exactly described as Visual Novel Isekai. Specifically, It's a visual novel where Subaru plays the protagonist VN but being the player, he remembers every time he hits a bad ending and has to load back to the last save. VN-s are often chuck full of deadly bad ends after which you just load back...but it hits different if you have to live thru it instead of just read thru it.

[@mycterism]

Save-scumming Isekai

[@hirokokueh3541]

also you need to type out all the dialogues

[@thirdplanet4471]

Interesting thing is that not all bad ends are that bad but dead ends are another matter

[@erikho6936]

@@hirokokueh3541 pain

[@RevilloPhoenix]

@@thirdplanet4471 Well, I didn't play that many VN-s, but in Tsukihime for example, half the choices ends up killing you. XD

[@everyanimereactionever]

At this point, wanting to return to Earth in isekai is like thinking the comic industry is going to be refueled by manga readers bored of it.

[@KTRXR]

Try devil is a part timer

[@everyanimereactionever]

@@KTRXR Already seen it

[@enjoe3837]

@@everyanimereactionever have u seen Re: Creators?

[@everyanimereactionever]

@@enjoe3837 I dropped it after ep 4

[@enjoe3837]

@@everyanimereactionever yah it was kinda slow, it gets really good at the end but that's if u could push through a bunch of mid episodes. Even some of the eps were mid I would still give it a 8/10 just cuz the ending is amazing.

[@FrizFroz]

Then there's the _"suffering"_ isekai genre, with Shield Hero (C tier), Re:Zero (A tier) and "Now and Then, Here and There" (S tier) in ascending levels of despair. I highly recommend watching the latter, one of the classic gems of the early 2000s - if dystopian and desolation are part of your viewer's vocabulary then this would be right up your alley.

[@Alacachoo]

Aight I'll watch Now and Then, Here and There and I might come back after I watch it.

[@fitmotheyap]

I have watched shield hero and rezero fun stuff dunno about that S tier one tho

[@sseellaaa5954]

@@fitmotheyap the S tier one (Here and Then, Now and There) is basically if you are a middle schooler get stranded on a post apocalyptic world with no power, knowledge, whatsoever filled with giant monsters tryana eat you and army constantly on ur tail to hunt you down.

[@fitmotheyap]

@@sseellaaa5954 alright might watch in the future

[@BigBex]

Bro, i loved shield hero but despised Re:zero

[@maskglitch1385]

The “traditional family unit known as a harem” got me thinking. Has there ever been a “family isekai” that exists like, the Parents and their kids are transported or summoned to another world.

[@morganmiller41]

Yes. I'm sure there are wholesome ones but the majority are incesty

[@sgtmarcusharris4260]

Tanaka family is what your looking for.

[@n124ajdx]

Search for "Milf Isekai" it's the one where the MC and his mother both transported to a video game world

[@Random-oy7vk]

@@n124ajdx _i really hate that anime_

[@aviralgupta393]

Tsukimichi moonlit fantasy might be what you're looking for but the story isn't focused on family rather the members are individually isekai'd, same with World Trigger which is a underrated anime (atleast outside Japan) and ppl interested in strategy, awesome fights and cool world building should give it a try

[@ethan6287]

"strong family unit known as a harem" lmao

[@holy_marijuana]

That's enough to build a nation

[@sounakpatra6190]

Sweet home Alabama

[@jakebolls3420]

Nothing is stronger than family

[@inarjollyhound]

Holy crap, They really should make a So I’m a Spider, Minecraft mod.

[@lilliekat1103]

that would actually be really cool. I only watch the anime so I don't know what happens yet, but the enderdragon could be that original spider lady and the endermen could be spiders

[@CraftySalesman]

Well its not quite the same, but back in the day there was a mod that turned the player into a "spider queen". Had the whole shebang; webs, cocoons, a spider army, uh and other stuff. The quintessential spider experience. That was back in beta 1.7.3 though, so I dunno if its stuck around.

[@saltyralts]

So I'm a Minecraft Mod, so what?

[@asafesseidonsapphire]

@@saltyralts kkkkk

[@krm2095]

@@CraftySalesman if it’s still stuck in 1.7 then that’s definitely a bummer but it still sounds very interesting.

[@tyrant-den884]

Disney has given us the best recent Isekai. Looking at you Owl House and Amphibia.

[@lextatertotsfromhell7673]

YASSSSSSSDDSSD

[@kllrnooooova]

Is Gravity Falls an isekai? 😂 Edit: im joking lol

[@PRIME9036]

@@kllrnooooova No

[@mmmirei]

@@kllrnooooova nah, it’s just a weird part of the regular world. I’m not sure where it is specifically, but I think it’s in Oregon?

[@GaliantSilverhawk]

@@kllrnooooova no. nearly every enemy lives on Gravity falls, and are based/born on pop culture/mythologies Wierdmegedon is possibly reverse isekai, but it encapsulates nearly as many genres as it can to a child audience and is more about closing the reverse isekai portal than trying to allow it to enter. It's like saying a demon portal opened up, and everyone is trying to close it. Solo leveling is more in this catagory because if the dungeon is unattended for too long, the monsters escape

[@Kindren]

When it comes to isekai, I'm definitely in the strategy and grind or no mode camps. The isekai where the heroes start OP rely heavily on the charisma of their characters, and they tend to be the ones that are at the highest risk of being boring messes. My favorite isekai ever is actually a Chinese web novel (and manhwa) called Release That Witch, which is about an engineer who wakes up in the body of a fantasy 4th prince who has been basically exiled to a border town. He doesn't have magic or anything, but there are witches that he takes in that do have magic, and instead of using them for combat, he uses all their powers for production type jobs to advance his town's technology and survivability, and propel human kind's technology light years forward. Highly recommended.

[@adamiqmal9627]

Transferring from the manhwa to the WN is def a pain tho coz I didn't know they left out so much

[@grigorot2940]

Ok. I've just finished my 2 week binge read of the novel and came all the way back here to say thank you. It was a great experience, which I'd never had without your recommendation. Hope, more people could enjoy it too.

[@Kindren]

​@@grigorot2940 I'm glad you liked it! I've read it like 3 times myself. Unfortunately, the author basically had to rush the ending, because China cracked down on the web novel site he was posting on, and started banning any literature that showed any sort of governing type other than the Communist regime that China had. It was pretty frustrating, as I felt there was a little further they could explore into demons and further advances they could have made with their industries.

[@contrabardus]

OP protags are some of the most entertaining if done right. They just need to avoid the boilerplate "totally not Kirito" protagonist and do something interesting. Lots of low level trash anime doesn't do this, but there's stuff out there worth watching with OP protagonists. Overlord, Reincarnated as a Sword, Skeleton Knight, the recent Eminence in Shadow, and a several others do it pretty well, mostly standing on the personality of the protagonist being entertaining enough to carry the show.

[@VarticTube]

Maybe the demon lord is the friends we made along the way.

[@AramatiPaz]

kkkkkkkk that makes me think about the homeless dragon (not isekai)

[@Mars_over_seer]

The traveling-between worlds isekai seems like a dying breed at this point. There are a lot of stories that could be explored with this that I’m surprised they’re not explored to its fullest. VR/MMO animes are the closest thing to this in recent years and even then they’re hit or miss.

[@GuiltyOne438]

Wait...so are the recent Gundam Build Fighters anime isekai?

[@user-gk6nt5gi5n]

Ay is the tournament arc in the demon world from yu yu an isekai

[@GeassX]

Unfortunately/Fortunately, most VRMMO animes prefer to skip entirely or gloss over their real-world aspects. Much like how So I'm a Spider _should_ gloss over their human-centric story sections.

[@Mars_over_seer]

@@GuiltyOne438 well is Ayame best girl? So there’s your answer.

[@ViirseKitani]

@@GuiltyOne438 The second season of build divers is. Also the first Gundam build fighters is a reverse isekai.

[@just_someone7405]

I like to say Re:Zero is more the genre of “Pain”

[@zozy1568]

So the dark souls of isekai.

[@just_someone7405]

@@zozy1568 totally

[@IPlayGames1337]

Sure has a lot of pain but as geöffe said it's focuses on natsukis growth so while it is dark it's more like a learning to grow up kinda isekai

[@just_someone7405]

@@IPlayGames1337 if the pain is counted as growth, I totally agree, just kidding

[@tandemdwarf745]

@@just_someone7405 That's literally the first time someone has said "X is the Dark Souls of Y" and I've 100% agreed

[@Squantanamo]

The best part about Konosuba's demon lord plot is that the most of the big bads in story give our heroes less trouble than giant frogs. Two of them even become friendly side characters.

[@mathianpfister5414]

Isekai has grown to the point of having subgenres, while itself being a subgenre of fantasy. That shows its size and scope is quite impressive. My primary issue with isekai is how often it's unnecessary, if you are going to use a subgenre, it should be to explore something about it. "because isekai" is more common than I care for

[@christinefarrell6438]

Agreed--there's nothing wrong with Isekai in and of itself, but it does often feel like a shorthand way around exposition.

[@JacklynnInChina]

Isekai is really growing on me now. Maybe it's just because I've seen so many good ones lately (reincarnated slime, reincarnated assassin, mushoku tensei) but it seems like there's so many different good stories that can be told using that formula

[@morganmiller41]

Especially if the main character/ characters dont react or care that they're in a new world and have no clue if they could go back home. If the lead/leads are indifferent of the situation then just make it a fantasy series

[@Murpler]

Can we all just give a moment of silence for how laid back a restaurant to another world was?

[@SekhmetReverence]

YES! And if you liked that, check out Isekai Izakaya Nobu, its even better in my opinion.

[@consciouscode8150]

Aren't there like 10 of those now? Probably qualifies as its own genre at this point

[@CErra310]

I watched it as a supplement to Bartender and loved it

[@Sp3chialChick3n]

honestly, I still love isekai even though it’s over saturated

[@kurokun07]

i just want them to continue magi... not adapt 5 new isekai that's probably going to be forgotten in 2 weeks

[@cameronwilsey9334]

There's some good stuff, a lot of trash though

[@Kitsunary]

I actually like isekais, but most don't live up to their true potential. I don't mind if the MC is OP, but either show them getting there or have them use their power in interesting ways or the MC will end up being extremely boring. If the draw is the reactions of the side characters to the MC, then the side characters better have some personality or it's just a trashy slice-of-life show with no appeal. Fanservice can't hold up a safe for work show.

[@ultimatedesbear4271]

I don't mind isekai. But I rarely see any isekai with a GOOD story.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

@@Kitsunary 8th Son are you kidding me is a prime example of a cool idea that got dropped for stale bread

[@maverickvgc4220]

Geoff: Kumo Desu is about climbing the food chain Novel reader, while laughing in genre change: Well yes, but actually no

[@archermahou8910]

I mean, he kinda hit the nail on the head there. Spider starts as a survival isekai, then slowly shifts into 'strategy' once we hit the top of the food chain.

[@forger03]

Za, Starts off Survival Grind, then goes for [redacted] Strategy

[@gwendolynneko4070]

I'm reading just the manga and am really excited to know that, because I'm even preferring strategy over survival.

[@maverickvgc4220]

@@gwendolynneko4070 if you already liked the manga give a try to the light novel, it's on a whole other level

[@a_Lemming]

@@gwendolynneko4070 The manga is going to be behind the anime by the end of the season. You’ll have to switch to the light novels, if you want to get to that part.

[@GinHindew110]

"The traditional family unit known as a Harem." Mushoku Tensei sees nothing unusual on this statement

[@darknebula1833]

😂😂 Best comment on this video so far....for those who those understand...u will know it later

[@JacklynnInChina]

Money can't buy waifus!

[@Hailstormful]

With the rise of Re-Zero's popularity, I've been seeing quite a bit of "Soulsborne", or Retry-by-Death Isekai popping up in manga and LN lately... might be a trend that will reach anime pretty soon

[@adewilliam9047]

Ah, yes, the Steins-Gate

[@boshwa20]

I love isekai that never forget that the characters are from another world. My Next Life as a Villainess and Asendence of a Bookworm cover how much sudden reincarnation makes the characters realize they're alone and they left behind all their friends and family

[@kllrnooooova]

Yeah. That and horribly flawed MCs are entertaining to watch. That's why I like shows like Bookworm and Mushoku Tensei.

[@collecter343]

@@kllrnooooova They're actually people with their own baggage that this second life is giving them the opportunity to address and cope with in a healthy manner.

[@dvillines26]

that one episode of Villainess sucker-punched me with the feels, dammit. genuinely did not anticipate the gravity with which the subject was handled in an otherwise bubbly show.

[@maximiliansinigr3505]

Re:Zero Season 2 Episode 4. No other words needed.

[@pockystyx4087]

Really love So I'm a Spider, so what? Kumoko is just so much fun to watch.

[@tommihommi1]

It's that one anime where I can overlook the terrible animation

[@abin93]

@@tommihommi1 agree with you on that.

[@CyanPhoenix_]

@@tommihommi1 I would call it inconsistent rather than terrible - there are parts that look really good, but they're probably 50/50 on the cg being well blended or total dogshit.

[@tommihommi1]

@@CyanPhoenix_ I mean whenever kumoko is doing stuff, the 3d on her is great. But everything else is very much second rate at best.

[@aerieleah533]

From the perspective of someone who hasn't finished it yet, I always hate it when they go to the humans though. Because it's fairly by the books story telling I find myself struggling to care about the humans at all. When it's Kumoko solo is when the show has been shining for me.

[@Hyakkishin]

For the past few months, I've been reading Overlord's light novel and all I can say is... I'm in love. By far the best isekai I've come across, but That Time I Got Reincarnated As Yamcha (albeit being a one-shot) is a close second.

[@r3dp9]

I'll be the first to admit that Overlord is a very high quality LN, but I dropped it as I have zero tolerance for evil protagonists. I'm okay with flawed protagonists, but feeding souls to lovecraftian abominations crosses the line.

[@mr.intruder1536]

@@r3dp9 same

[@imhigh7735]

the LN of tensura is also really good!

[@blackking1837]

Fr

[@Theogemail]

@@r3dp9 you say it as if evil protagonists are bad , but you will wach the 1000 good mediocre ones

[@chromatic_fate7114]

This hasn't been animated yet, but my current favorite Isekai series is called Omniscient Readers Viewpoint. It's a web novel that is being made into a web comic, and I think it's a reverse Isekai. But it's also extremely meta with itself and the audience. Basically, a web novel inside the web novel (already confusing, I know) is made into reality, and our protagonist is the only thing me who knows how the story will end because he's the only one who has read it. It's mainly based in South Korea, but it's still something I'd recommend to anyone looking for a good reverse Isekai!

[@greentiger332]

Another version I like to include in Isekai is the Sci-Fi variant of Isekai. It's literally the same concept as Fantasy Isekai, only some sort of Sci-Fi method of transport is used. Being frozen for an extended period of time like in Futurama, finding a portal of some kind like in Star Gate, shot through a Worm Hole like Farscape, or alien abduction like in The Last Star Fighter. Its the same basic premise, a person from our world being thrust into another world/worlds, only the magical elements are replaced with advanced technology.

[@spiderace7994]

Gonna recommend a show that is sci-fi bonding isekai and also time fantasy metallic ship isekai (I know that description sucks but it's kinda hard to describe). "Gargantica on the Verdurous planet" is a good anime, I wouldn't say it's the best but I enjoyed it and kinda got a great anime vibe to it!

[@GERMAN_ENGINEERING]

So you’re telling me that Tanya would be Hearts of Iron 4? Makes sense.

[@ixamisus]

I think its more, if WW1 happend later

[@worldweaver2691]

@@ixamisus So Victoria 2 then

[@ixamisus]

@@worldweaver2691 i don't know it has to be at the end of victoria 2

[@Avatarbee]

I like "So I'm a spider so what" because it is a really nice grinder isekai but it also focuses on how the act of reincarnation and their new enviornment changes people. It has also got a few mysteries that are very fun to theorize about.

[@ThaliaVSD]

My Next Life as a Villainess is part of a specific genre of isekai that’s popular in shoujo light novels and mangas that’s reincarnation into a specific story where the character has a terrible ending they must avoid or they’re just not interested in being a protagonist/villain. It’s pretty fun and Bakarina is one of the most famous and I hope it’s popularity makes this genre more likely to be animated, it’s one of my favorites because it lends itself to many kinds of stories

[@naru-bunny]

My favorite Isekai/Reincarnation stories are definitely ones with female protagonists: So I'm a Spider, My Next Life as a Villainess, and Deathbound Duke's Daughter just to name a few, but Slime and Shield Hero are also top-tier for me.

[@fabi3790]

Tbh I dropped villainess at around episode 10 or so It wasn't bad but couldn't keep me interested My favourite Isekai right now (are the once where I also read the Novel) Are So I am a spider, Overlord and Arifureta Didn't hear of the third you mentioned. Maybe I check that out

[@stormy5621]

Types of Isekai The trash that Jeff shits on. The trash Jeff is guilty of enjoying. And actually good isekai.

[@treeNash]

And Re:Zero.

[@joshuastoute8762]

@@treeNash PAIN

[@RoyalFusilier]

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

[@jonijoestar6871]

So what some of good isekai?

[@altamisadlan1175]

Other isekai :. Happy hangout anine Re zero : PAIN

[@amjadthaqifmuhammad2680]

Facts

[@geniusconqueroronnibrahim4509]

Facts

[@uiofinder]

Grimgar of fantasy and ash...

[@omargerardolopez3294]

More like: *Trade offer:* *You get/In exchange for* *Pain/Happiness*

[@altamisadlan1175]

@@omargerardolopez3294 yup

[@blaa6]

So I'm a Spider So What Minecraft mod would be awesome!

[@sleepysalmon9658]

Or someone should just make a full game out of it. Not the usual mobile gacha garbage tho.

[@TheKarishi]

Chronicles of Narnia manages to buck the trend and avoid the typical harem trope, and is curious in its willingness to hop between video game styles, from the broad-reaching episodic adventure of Voyage of the Dawn Treader to the strategy/mystery game of figuring out how the rings work in The Magician's Nephew all the way to the more standard reincarnation isekai style of The Last Battle. It's been a fun series of light novels to read through, and I hope it gets a proper anime adaptation soon.

[@judeconnor-macintyre9874]

You should read the reverse isekai Science of Discworld series, it's pretty good, quality edutainment.

[@contrabardus]

The author was a devout Christian and the symbolism isn't remotely subtle, and the series predates the whole "harem" thing in stuff like that by quite a while as they were all published in the 50s. Given what it is, it would be weird if it did include the whole "harem" thing.

[@lostwolf7197]

"Chess is a fighting game" You're right, that doesn't mean I can't hate you for saying that though

[@drallagon]

Finally someone mentioning Dr. Stone isekai candidate hahaha I was wondering that even a story in which a person goes live abroad could be painted as isekai, if made right: language, culture, architecture, and people are different, you don't know anyone, surviving can be pretty tough starting up, and technology can be way better or seriously lacking.

[@AramatiPaz]

If you louse the definition of isekai enough XD kkk

[@TheParanormalist0601]

My favourite is still Re:ZERO since I love the fact that it uses its cute anime girl cast as a facade to hide a more darker and scarier tone to it. It completely took me off guard, especially since I watched Isekai Quartet first.

[@Truck-kun11]

It's good to have my work recognized.

[@Catsrnice_]

You on vacation? Whats going on?

[@bagyongpablo761]

I think it's a crime you never once mentioned Truck-kun in one of the ways mc get transported to another world

[@poweroftheevilswarm2485]

I think one thing that differentiates most modern isekai from the older ones is that the older ones were more like Narnia, go to a fantasy world, take part in some epic quest, and then return home enriched by the experience. The Hero's Journey in a nut shell, while modern isekai don't usually need the protagonist to return to complete their journey. (Or learn anything about themselves in the case of protagonists with so few defining traits that learning any of them would be more akin to them reading out their drivers license than anything else.) I think this shift in goal is most likely a combination of a few things, little to no means of return, the fact that most of these characters don't exactly have much to return to and/or would have to abandon everything they built in that world. (Although in Narnia they went from ruling an entire country back to England during a war, so maybe this is more of a cultural thing.) Another factor would probably be franchise sustainability as some of them like Digimon and SAO went the same way as Narnia and just had the protagonist from earlier books comeback and help other children get thrust into a violent and dangerous fantasy world because it happened to them as kids so by golly they'll make sure it happens to others. And while it works for them it probably wouldn't work for say Re;Zero because the protagonist doesn't have a set, easily available or sustainable way to or from his home world to the fantasy unlike say Gate where they can go back anytime they want or need to. I would also like to point out that if the modern isekai's basic concept is get transported to another world by God, be given some cheat (Super powers, magic or a mystic sword,), be sent of to defeat the demon king and co, and build a kingdom of magical creatures and have a long and prospers reign, that's basically the plot synopsis to The Lion, the witch and the Wardrobe. I think about this it would be interesting if Narnia gave them inspiration like how Tolkien has for fantasy or if people just write this way because these are common enough themes that everyone likes them.

[@CeruleanRogue]

I feel like Mother's Basement would really enjoy Twelve Kingdoms given his assessments on Isekai that aren't easily defined. Only downside is that it's old and that at the time it was made it didn't finish one of the key stories due to the novel not being written yet. Yoko's story is finished however so it's worth it for that alone.

[@DrBunnyMedicinal]

Plus there's Rakushun!

[@CrispBaker]

It was a really odd omission, especially since it's far more of an Isekai than "Now and Then, Here and There" which featured highly. Then again, Fushigi Yuugi was left out too.

[@Hickabooboo]

Every few years I rewatch just for the buildup to the best oh snap line. You know which one. About 3 lines that takes an already great show and just makes it amazing.

[@WittyPractitioner]

So glad to hear you talk about Brave Story, we had the book in my school library back in the day and I was so stoked when I found out it had a movie. I really need to watch/read it again

[@mothersbasement]

There's also a pretty good JRPG on PSP

[@erenfokinyeetger9625]

Can't be a MB video without mentioning Re:Zero... and i appreciate it everytime.

[@Iron_Bishop]

Shout out ti "That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha!" Didn't know it was real until I read it, and it was a great and quick read! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@beforeyousayanything515]

The title sounds really close to "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" and for some reason I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around it.

[@RED-sl2le]

But at the end of the day they all have something in common, they have some of the best Waifus.

[@alejandroacevedo505]

Yeah Filo and Milim are top tier And Roxy along with Eris

[@gatsuyatsu]

Very true

[@yuzumeow]

cringe

[@jev9963]

Yessir

[@dartwada]

Kumoko best girl

[@NerdByAnyOtherName]

From your examples, my favorite type of isekai is strategy isekai. Log Horizon, Overlord, and Slimesekai are some of favorite anime of all time. I'm not super in to strategy games myself, but I certainly enjoy watching the careful crafting, application, and resolution of well laid plans, as well as watching the planners improvise when the situation throws them a curve ball.

[@lyonhall4845]

Finally another Log Horizon enjoyer. Strategy is also my favorite, as it has the flexibility to be serious and funny when it needs to, and you can experience how the characters overcome problems using their brain, not just overpowered MC.

[@yukaiyami]

Are we gonna talk about how MB went to explaining the Clamp verse to mentioning Kingdom Hearts to mentioning Reverse Isekai?!? That transition was smooth as hell!!!

[@justdrawing231]

"The traditional family unit known as a harem" Me: Well it technically is

[@maverickvgc4220]

Kumoko on the cover means instant click

[@bryal7811]

"Probably Never" Meanwhile Geoff has multiple videos about Overlord.

[@r3dp9]

The levelling system and rpg mechanics of Overlord are almost completely absent from the plot. For one, all the characters are either max level or near the limit of their max level, so there is no false "progression" element. Almost the entire story is dialogue, intrigue, and character (un)development.

[@bryal7811]

@@r3dp9 The world's system and all the people in it, is based off of D&D, a literary rpg. The actions Ainz makes causes mass ripples through the world that changes how everyone acts, reacts and grows both on an emotional level to an economical level. Something fun to note. In most D&D editions the DMG gives examples of renown per level. In almost all cases, level 11 is a consistent number where the NPCs or players are strong enough to be famous all over the region and beyond. That consistency carries over into Overlord. Fluder is a world famous wizard who's studied magic all his life. His greatest accomplishment is being able to cast 6th level spells. A wizard in earlier editions of D&D, gain their first 6th level spell, at level 11. There's so many things hardboiled into the world and plot of Overlord, be it the mechanics of the world or the easter eggs towards old school D&D. It's impossible to say it's absent.

[@bretginn1419]

@@r3dp9 Now if only Overlord could be well written, that'd be great.

[@blackking1837]

@@bretginn1419 wdym overlord is like one of the most well written ln

[@josephmorse3089]

I'm glad you mentioned Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. It holds a special place in my heart as the first manga I ever read.

[@Aardwolf001]

mine too!

[@jy3n2]

I've seen one, "Only Villains Do That", where the protagonist explicitly calls it a gacha isekai. (It isn't really, he's just adding "built gacha elements into the world" to the list of crimes for which the goddesses who isekaied him need to die.)

[@yoshifan2334]

Murder, Arson, and Gacha games

[@patbass0312]

"Mecha isn't a game genre" *Sad Titanfall Noises*

[@finaldusk1821]

"Mecha" does striks me more as a setting than a genre, it indicates what's in the world and doesn't really clue the audience into the story structure.

[@orgunalthorn1390]

super robot wars

[@piman3062]

@randomguy8196 i wish there were more games like this, i havent been able to find anything

[@christopherharris6441]

he's ignoring the best isekai genre the disney isekai like owl house or amphibia

[@aquaabouttogetfunky]

Gotta agree- Really underrated Isekai in general

[@chengyulee9968]

i see you are a man of culture as well

[@dvillines26]

Broke: Re:Zero is the greatest isekai ever made Woke: Over the Garden Wall is the greatest isekai ever made

[@TheParanormalist0601]

Yeah! I love that show! It's not anime though but I think even some Western animation can count as Isekai. Even Amphibia is an Isekai through and through. I especially love that in Owl House, they gave us a lesbian character, something that only anime has been doing lately.

[@trident042]

Let's not forget Infinity Train, some of the best story telling in the last decade in any medium.

[@xaius4348]

My favorite one is where Cory gets Isekaied to the "White House"

[@CadinoR2020]

Yeah, I loved Boku No Pico too

[@Hyperversum3]

Re Zero is 99% a "point and click" Adventure that adopted the Pathologic 2 mechanic of having you pay for your respawn. Think about It, Subaru is essentially immortal and could theorically tinker around for ages with the tools he is given to solve a situation, but being in person in that situation removes him from the omniscient perspective of a player who can check for all possible interactions on screen and, sooner or later, get tips to solve the situation. Pathologic 2 (not a point-click adventure but honestly It could have worked similarly that way) adds the mechanic that upon death you get some kind of malus. Subaru isn't exactly free from consequences when he dies after all.

[@fidgetelftree9432]

Knights and Magic has been really fun to watch, with like 90 percent of the focus being designing and building new mechs

[@yurikuki]

I think one of my main problems with most Isekai is the world building. It's hard to get invested in their world when things like magic don't get proper explanations. They're just there with no reason and somehow I'm supposed to know how they work lol. It might also be because a lot of Isekai are targeted towards people who are already into the genre, so they already understand the tropes. It's hard for newcomers like myself to get invested in them because it requires a level of understanding of anime and video game references. It's probably also because a lot of them are Light Novels, so the anime cuts a lot important things or maybe even minute details thinking that the audience will get it.

[@maverickvgc4220]

Then I think you would like Spider

[@xkidmidnightx]

I feel like there should be a reverse isikai, where some wizard hero is transported to earth and stuck being a boring salaryman

[@thomasedwards6641]

There is Devil is a part timer where the demon lord comes to earth

[@maverickvgc4220]

It's almost Hataraku Maou-sama

[@marocat4749]

Orpan studio has such a moni series.y but with dnd. And its fun Also devil is a parttimer for the most part.

[@AramatiPaz]

My dream is a reverse isekai where people think MC is a Chuunibyou.

[@kronos48221]

Thank you both mentioning "Here and There, Then and Now" along the warning cause lord it gets fucked up

[@xfel5913]

"predominantly preoccupied; predictively given their progenitor" Well crafted words.

[@HaganeNoGijutsushi]

As a LN reader, So I'm a Spider does indeed exactly what you say, and pretty much shifts genre from Survival to Management/Strategy, at least in the kind of viewpoint we get on the event. Though in some ways it's like our spider herself is never really the protagonist of that.

[@teentactical2894]

Cool to see grimgar get some love. More ppl should check it out. 14:48

[@BDeerhead]

If you want a really good American made Isekai, watch Amphibia. It's got amazing comedy, action, and heartfelt moments that may very likely bring you to tears.

[@yukhym12]

Now that I think of it, Sliders is a western Isekai then: they travel to another reality each episode and the hero began it all by jumping into a portal... Great video!

[@junkoposter6259]

I was gonna say "why is their FGO footage here" but it is TECHNICALLY a time travel isekai (if you count those).

[@Crisjola]

Time stamp? O.o (also wouldn't, *technically*, F/GO be under Visual Novel Isekai? Not to the extent that you could count the servants stories from Stay Night/Zero but that's really any Holy Grail War, so maybe not.)

[@ЕкатеринаСеренкова]

Isn't FGO also about taking Servants from their worlds? Fate is one hell of multi verse and FGO having an obsene amounts of Alters.

[@Crisjola]

@@ЕкатеринаСеренкова oh god yeah. Even Fate/Stay Night Heaven's Feel (which is, I believe, where they got the idea of Alters being more than just corrupted versions of themselves) could count because of the corruption to Saber and the others. But yeah, Fate is a Timesekal of the worst/most confusing order. Or would it just be a regular Isekai because technically Chaldea exists outside of time.

[@ZekkSkywalk]

@@Crisjola 06:52 and 08:08 most apparently in the "hangout games" section, which is pretty accurate in terms of "getting to know waifus and husbandos so you'll gacha for them" aspect as a game. Not really as much for the actual anime content adapted from the game, which is either more standard action/adventure fare or parody for some of the specials.

[@Crisjola]

@@ZekkSkywalk you know I registered the F/GO footage at 08:08 but my brain so utterly accepted it as "basically an Isekai" already that it didn't even phase me. I've played my F/GO than I have watched the animations (mostly because I have times where I don't play for months because I'm very much as F2P as possible and my nose is being ground down by the Demonic Front in Babylon) that act as adverts for the events/Lost Belts (I assume they are the lostbelts based on how Moriarty's description). I'd honestly just describe F/GO as a linear VN that just has different game mechanics with predetermined outcomes.

[@stephenpatterson2860]

I gotta be honest, and Idk if anyone else feels this way, but I've been genuinely pleasantly surprised by "So I'm a Spider", I started watching it ironically but before too long I found myself genuinely enjoying it.

[@drewpatterson9712]

Hello my fellow Patterson But yeah I started reading it before it was an anime and I feel the same in dinner ways. Though it still hasn't reached the breaking point for me yet.

[@spiderace7994]

And That's good! I've seen people go into anime expecting perfect quality each time but to be honest I feel that ruins the experience. Especially if you over hype yourself the disappointment can make someone stop watching a relatively decent show. I encourage you to keep that attitude since it'll make the perfect gems even better.

[@CJ-be2cu]

I mean I’m not a fan of the animation, but I’ve read both the WN and LN, and it has to be one of my favorite series. On the topic of so I’m a spider so what, what other anime/ln are similar to it?

[@nicke.8622]

Re:zero is my favorite isekai with konosuba being second

[@3dsmaster537]

Same, except konosuba is my third fav

[@wpelfeta]

Spider is my favorite isekai of all time, but it has a shitty anime adaptation, sadly.

[@k0metz590]

@@wpelfeta you are not the only one in pain here ;-;

[@AbbyGuard]

@@wpelfeta The beginning of the Anime was pretty good and motivating enough to start digging into the Light Novels. Then I look around this comment section, many people did so. The latest episode were weird thought, human 3D animation is just trash and the camera movement etc was just... underwhelming. But this anime ignited my interest in Kumo and made me read a fucking Light Novel in a 2nd language.

[@soravalentin6906]

I'm surprised. 😒 ... And mine is Mushoku Tensei. 🙄

[@avoiceofreason1178]

I would like to note Disney getting in on the Isekai game with Amphibia and The Owl House. By the way, apparently some people are getting into the former just because they heard what happens in the season 2 finale and yeah... Amphibia finales are brutal. My jaw dropped. There was scheduling issues probably because of one scene, and a warning at the beginning of the episode, something I've never seen before. Maybe it's not that big a deal for people used to anime, but for the Disney channel... not to mention it was pretty much the last second of the episode, had about fifteen other twists and shocks leading up to it, and gave us no time to recover, leaving us with a year-long cliffhanger.

[@rockclanhawkstar1454]

There actually is a mod similar to "I'm a Spider so what" called the Spider queen mod, it's real old like 1.7 old, and there are a few differences, but it's pretty fun and really makes you feel like a spider. plus you can semi organized wars between armies of spiders.

[@The_13th_Hussar]

9:20 "medieval European cooking" shows modern Japanese food.

[@AmbroseBoaBowie]

Also I have been listening to several western Isukai novels from Royal Roads and R/HFY (all read bu ASH squirrel on KZbin) I appreciate the ones where a video game menu does not exist. I’m not saying I don’t like it. I absolutely LOVE “there is no epic loot here only puns” but stories like “the survivor becomes a dungeon” “Humans make bad familiars” and even “forgotten dungeon” have a more natural charm to them. The magic feels more real then the incorporation of a menu.

[@danthespaceman9747]

Have you, by chance, checked out "Hunter or Huntress"?

[@soccergalz7401]

I actually love that you include grimgar. The anime was short, but the light novels are genuinely some of the best adventure rpg stories I've ever read

[@Nuthouse01]

So to summarize, we've got the RPG isekai, the Hangout isekai, strategy/management isekai, dating sim isekai, shounen battle isekai, survival isekai, reverse isekai, and "has so much character progression I don't wanna pidgeonhole it" isekai

[@aaaaa-mw4bi]

My favorite isekai genre is "reincarnated as the villainess" because the main character not being a guy cuts out the worst tropes and thus I haven't read an absolutely terrible one so far

[@AramatiPaz]

Far the best game/harem isekai.

[@molybdaen11]

Also she does not stop with the boys, she collects the girls too :)

[@RicochetRay]

"They should really make that a Minecraft mod," Does Spore count?

[@last464]

I wish at the end of the video or in the description there was a list of all anime showed off or mentioned in the video. I watch a lot of your videos multiple times just to find more anime to watch.

[@vidroiualin2060]

You answered your own implied question. They aren't in the description, so you'll shuffle through the video again at a later time, adding extra views

[@RickyThurd]

I like Isekai spider and arifureta because they have their classmates and it's a large cast but my favourite isekai is overlord or slime

[@swordsman1_messer]

No mention of Arifureta? Starts out as a survival/grind and goes to a returnal trek with a mix of strategy and cheat.

[@RoarkCats]

yeah, was thinking something along those lines~

[@iBenjamin1000]

There were a lot of isekai he didn’t mention...

[@MathMasterism]

Overlord: God mode SAO: Cheat mode Shield Hero: Grind mode Konosuba: No mode Re:Zero: Dante Must Die mode

[@_darkkstar_]

That sums it up lmao

[@blackvision6097]

I'd argue Konosuba is Grind Mode. It's just that Kazuma has no interest in working for power.

[@Griff03]

I think you will find konosuba us useless goddess mode.

[@tanith117]

@@Griff03 Konosuba is Randomizer mode.

[@shirochan8419]

Bruh shield hero in the end becomes like full of deuz-ex-machina-godly-ultra-altering-the-laws-of-the-multiverse-bullshit Not to mention Slime aswell

[@otaku-chan4573]

This is the first time somebody has EVER mentioned Dog Days. 13:37 Wtf, what the actual Fuck. Omg I want to cry. Jesus.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

20:18 For the love of god, someone here check out "The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World ". It Isekai meets "Power Rangers / Super Sentai" AND IT IS GLORIOUS

[@athroughzdude]

_Drifters is mentioned_ God I wish Drifters hadn't been erased from the internet and apparently cancelled forever.

[@IronAlchemist6]

It's op was a banger

[@athroughzdude]

@@IronAlchemist6 The song is Gospel of the Throttle by Minutes Til Midnight, which is available on iTunes.

[@marocat4749]

Why the op is good and its a hood series, at least manga wise.