A Thousand Isekai, Part 1: Communications, Expression, Terms
Originally published October 2018
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Stray Notes
I know the video is a little unfocused, but that's mainly because Damien and I want to get some 'ground rules' down first, so terms, general ideas, etc. are tackled in this video. And then, hopefully, once we cycle through some ideas in later videos, we don't have to keep explaining things
One type we missed is 'tenii', or transfer. That comes up quite a bit, though not as often as the others. One such example is, "Takarakuji de 40-oku Atattandakedo Isekai ni Ijuu Suru". We'll talk about it a bit later, especially in the next video, because tenii comes up A LOT in food and resource isekai.
When we talk about stories about people that are fighting, we're specifically referring to "Nekketsu" type stories, or "hot blooded" stories. Damien made a really good point which is that in comparison, a lot of isekai (especially narou-kei) are seen more like anti-nekketsu stories. My pet reasoning is that it's probably because those stories don't pan out for the people who like to write or read isekai
If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to Tweet at me (@yaochongyang), but know that this is meant to be a multi-part video series, so it might come up later
If you haven't seen Youjo Senki, I highly recommend it! I spoke to a friend of mine on discord a few nights back and he revealed a lot of really interesting nuance in Youjo Senki that I would've never caught, and it was really eye-opening!
I want to mention that not all isekai are narou-kei, and not all narou-kei are isekai. They just have a lot of overlap!
Texts
The Patora Tweet mentioned:
https://twitter.com/winterpatora/status/861506859919851525
Media
Text with spoilers have an asterisk
Btoom!
Death March kara Hajimaru isekai
Gate Jieitai Kanochi Nite, Kaku Tatakaeri
Gun-Ota
Isekai de Skill wo Kaitai shitara Cheat na Yome ga Zoushoku Shimashita: Gainen Kousa no Structure
Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu *
Isekai wa Smartphone To Tomo Ni *
Knight's & Magic
Konosuba
Mirai Nikki
Nihonkoku Shoukan
No Game No Life
Overlord *
The Master of Ragnarok & Blessing of Einherjar
Saikyou no Shuzoku ga Ningen Datta Ken
Shingeki no Kyojin
Sword Art Online *
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
The Last Naruto Movie
The New Gate
Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi
Youjo Senki
Audio
Amnesia, by Katrina Stone
Conversations by Rex Banner
Curiosity by Kevin Graham
Departure by Ian Post
Audio by Skrullz:
I hear the cries of the fallen
I HEAR the screams
maleficent wife slaps fish
pay up bro