Can a show still be considered an isekai if the main character wasn’t physically reincarnated to another world?
>>283625295Time loops aren't isekai and thinking so is just dumb. Even if the loop sends the protagonist back a few decades, it just still wouldn't count.
Why is black lagoon there
Hot Fuzz is a native isekai.
>>283625295>Erased>The character doesn't reincarnate>Is not another worldThis is 4D chess trolling OP I'm confused.
>>283625326>>283625346MC literally gets reborn with an OP skill, aiming to fix past mistakes.>>283625338MC dies in every way except physically, gets transported to another world, and gains an OP skill.
>>283625425>gainsMeant "has"
>>283625425tensei is not isekai
>>283625295No, it can be consider a low effort postmodern slop
>>283625295Yes.
>>283625425>Why is black lagoon there>MC dies in every way except physically>gains an OP skill.This post reeks like an amerimutt, only illiterate mutts think being able to speak 3 or 4 languages is an OP skill.
Why is made in abyss an isekai?
>>283625425I think you need to be brutally murdered with a sledgehammer irl which will have you transported to another world (hell hopefully)
>>283625295This used to be called "fantasy".
>>283626052>MC "dies" to his old life as a salaryman the moment he is abandoned by his employer and kidnapped by the pirates>he is "reborn" into an entirely alien world, a lawless city thats governed by chaos and violence>MC must adapt or die, using his old-world skills (negotiation, strategic thinking, and corporate savvy) as his "cheat abilities" to surviveThe story mirrors every hallmark of isekai: death or rebirth, immersion into a foreign world with its own rules, skill application in a new sphere, and a fundamental transformation of identity. It's as "isekai" as it gets. >>283626065>the surface and the Abyss might as well be two universes>two MCs must constantly adapt to alien biomes, creatures, and laws of nature -- exactly what an isekai MC does>the abyss literally has "floors" like game levels, each with its own rules, difficulty, and curses
The 80's might as well be another world so i suport the erased-isekai theory
>>283626576>the surface and the Abyss might as well be two universesThey aren't tho
>>283626065Delver(adventurer) guild, dungeon-like abyss structure, mc is being issekai'd to collect a harem
I want to more isekai where MC's cheat skill is just that he is a competent Japanese salaryman and uses the diplomatic and mercantile expertise that every shoushimin possesses to dominate inferior barbaric cultures like Rock does
>>283625295Kill yourself
>>283625295No, the reincarnation is the only thing defines isekai as a genre.
>>283625425You have to be the dumbest motherfucker on this board if you legit think black lagoon is an isekai
>>283627550There are tons of anime where the MC didn’t die but was transported to another world -- Re:Zero, Shield Hero, SAO, NGNL, Log Horizon, etc. None of these protagonists were reincarnated.
>>283627640Here’s a spell-checked version of your text:---Explain why it’s not, then. The MC "died" and was "reborn" in another world.It’s a real-world isekai without magic, like Dr. Stone.
>>283627710Since you're arbitrarily doing this shit, I could argue that under Plato, every single anime or manga with a living human being would be an isekai >all souls inhabit the Perfect World>be born as a baby, soul gets implanted into flesh, your soul forgets
>>283625344Even has fantasy beasts
>>283626911They literally are only 9 or 10 miles from their home.I've probably jogged more this week than they have walked in their entire trip.
>>283625295Frieren it is an isekai, the other 3 are stretching.
We used to call them “Fish Out of Water” stories. Demolition Man is about someone waking up in the future and adapting to a new world, but it’s not about reincarnation and statistics and such.
