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I think at the core of my frustrations with isekai is that, for the past decade or so the genre has become an increasingly narrow box of repeated ideas. The narrower the box gets, the easier it is to be different, which only highlights how similar all the shows areOn twitter.com
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Basically, modern isekai does three things 1. Target audience of 15-30 year old virginal, suicidal Otaku 2. Video game mechanics as a central part of the world 3. Fantasy setting, based in part or in full around medieval Europe Avoid any combination of these three and boomPermalink On twitter.com
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But no isekai dares challenge these three tenants. Instead we get "these three things but a spider". Or "these three things but a vending machine". Or "these three things but it's DARK and there's SLAVES". Or "these three things but a horny baby"Permalink On twitter.com
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And these shows are usually openly aware of how samey isekai is. But instead of just doing a different thing, they do the SAME thing and SELL IT like it's different. The desire for isekai to change is recuperated so that profit can continue to be made off the same formulaPermalink On twitter.com