It’s explained in the article.
Isekai, a Japanese genre of fantasy fiction involving a character being transported to or reincarnated in a different, strange, or unfamiliar world, also made the OED.
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
What does it mean though? Serious question, I don’t watch animes
NineSwords@ani.social 6 months ago
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
Fish out of water story
lvxferre@ani.social 6 months ago
“Isekai” is “another world”. Everything else is debatable.
Some are rather strict on isekai being a trope: the protagonist of the work is transported or reincarnated into another world. Some however see it as a genre, defined by the presence of the trope and potentially additional factors (such as resemblance to other isekai works).
ivanafterall@kbin.social 6 months ago
a Japanese genre of fantasy fiction involving a character being transported to or reincarnated in a different, strange, or unfamiliar world
BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social 6 months ago
As the other users have mentioned, uts a genre about going to another world, and its real big in Japan right now, but you're definitely familiar with it in some form.
After all, The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe is technically Isekai.
zabadoh@ani.social 6 months ago
The New Testament was isekai?