It’s official. You’re not an otaku nerd anymore if you say Isekai but someone with an extensive vocabulary. Don’t let anyone tell you anything else!
Katsu, donburi, okonomiyaki…
Now I’m just hungry. Three of my favorites all in one article.
The Oxford English Dictionary’s latest update adds 23 Japanese words - "Isekai" is now officially part of the OED.
Submitted 9 months ago by NineSwords@ani.social to anime@ani.social
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wjs018@ani.social 9 months ago
lvxferre@ani.social 9 months ago
!isekai@ani.social is open! Now not just for weaboo, but also for people of culture! …we’re still a buncha weebz.
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
What does it mean though? Serious question, I don’t watch animes
BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social 9 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 9 months ago
The New Testament was isekai?
NineSwords@ani.social 9 months ago
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.
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
Fish out of water story
lvxferre@ani.social 9 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 9 months ago
a Japanese genre of fantasy fiction involving a character being transported to or reincarnated in a different, strange, or unfamiliar world
reflex@kbin.social 9 months ago
Zettai ryouiki betta be in there too.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
For the connoisseurs
Affidavit@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Coming up next for the Oxford dictionary: Truck-kun.