Comment on Do you have to be Japanese to be a Kaiju?
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
It’s a Japanese word, in English we just say giant
Like Isekai, in English we just say fantasy
Comment on Do you have to be Japanese to be a Kaiju?
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
It’s a Japanese word, in English we just say giant
Like Isekai, in English we just say fantasy
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Isekai means other world and is a subgenre of fantasy. For literal fantasy, it’s just ファンタジー or fantoji, lol.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
In English it’s not popular enough to differentiate
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Ah, I see what you mean.
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Riiiight, we don’t have a word for isekai in English, but my point is isekai does not mean fantasy in Japanese lol.