Just before finally realizing his fondest dream of committing double suicide with the woman he loved, 20th-century author and gloomy legend of Japanese literature Osamu Dazai is hit by a truck and transported to another world. However, instead of a pleasant life full of hope and adventure, Dazai is most interested in finding a poetic […]
Isekai is an expansive genre these days. Being big enough to even be called a “genre” rather than languishing as another fantasy sub-genre is an achievement in and of itself. However, this is because isekai can be a lot of things. Isekai is escapism for the main character AND the audience. This means the main
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While she has long been a shut-in, vampire Terakomari Gandesblood is dismayed to learn that her father bragged about her to the vampire queen, and she has somehow now been appointed as a commander in the Mulnite Imperial Army. While Komari isn’t actually that powerful due to finding blood repulsive, she needs to project strength
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Overworked office worker Rei Oohashi is thrilled when one day she wakes up as the protagonist in her favorite otome game, Revolution. She is thrilled, not to meet the three handsome princes that serve as the love interests in the game, but rather she sets her sights on Claire Francois, the villainess! Instead of romancing
What better to offer in the honey trap of wish fulfillment and escapism than an isekai story about a character sent to another world where they fall in love? Everyone wants to be loved, and some even want to fall in love in a non-criminal, non-harem sort of monogamous situation. Romance isekai actually aren’t as
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When she was a young child, Princess Anisphia recovered the memories of her previous life. Despite her having disappointingly no aptitude for magic, she uses the world’s magical capability and her past life knowledge of technology to form the realm of magicology. One day while testing an invention, Anisphia crashes into a school party where
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In order to cut down on crime and terrorism, an organization called Direct Attack was formed. They take orphaned girls and turn them into agents that protect the country in the Lycoris program. Takina is one gifted agent, but after a hostage situation leads to insubordination, she is transferred out of the main unit to
It could be a cheeky little screw to the audience in the first episode, it could be a shocking death mid-way through the series. Regardless of which avenue they pursue, there are a few anime series where the main characters you think you will get is not actually the main character at all. In a
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Isekai – It is big enough to be a genre of its own now, and it literally gets bigger with every new season of anime that premieres. However, unlike broad genres like “Action” or “Fantasy,” isekai has a rather strict definition, and that strictness limits how creative it can be while still being within this
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