Cross-posted from “What’s up with the isekai genre? Are there any good isekais out there?” by @Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com in !manga@ani.social

It seems like every manga or anime adaption nowadays are isekais with absurdly long titles. As someone who hasn’t read that much manga for the past few years but just started again, it’s kinda crazy to see all these pop up. Are there actually any good ones out there? Or are most of them just “guilty pleasures”? The only one I’ve been reading is Ascendance of a Bookworm which is kinda interesting.

  • ReluctantZen@feddit.nlEnglish
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    2 days ago

    There are good isekai, but it’s littered with slop. Some I enjoyed:

    1. Re:Zero
    2. Konosuba
    3. Ascendance of a Bookworm
    4. My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom
    5. No Game No Life (though note that it’s been a looong time since I’ve seen that one…)
    6. Youjo Senki
    7. Overlord
    8. Re:Creators (mostly interesting because it’s a reverse isekai, but has lots of boring exposition)
    • Didros@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      9 hours ago

      These are mostly the big hits of isekai. (Note #5 has a lot of little sister sexualization, ran from that asap)

      I think Overlord is one of the most unique anime I’ve seen.

      I would also recommend The Eminence in Shadow. Also a very unique show, and pretty light hearted and fairly mid on “anime bullshit”

      Tsukimichi is also fairly solid, though higher on tge anime bullshit list (stab a giant metal rod in a dragons ass to make her cum…)

      Skeleton Knight is also decent with a likable main character and low stakes fun.

      My personal favorite is The Faraway Paladin. Such a great wholesome story with amazing characters.

      • Unboxious@ani.socialEnglish
        1·
        5 hours ago

        If you liked the Eminence in Shadow anime I highly recommend giving the manga a look. It does several things differently, and I personally found it even funnier.

        • Didros@beehaw.orgEnglish
          1·
          4 hours ago

          Same! I’ve read most of the manga for shows I’ve enjoyed and now I’ve been getting into light novels!

      • ReluctantZen@feddit.nlEnglish
        1·
        7 hours ago

        These are mostly the big hits of isekai.

        Yeah, but they’re big hits for a reason.

        My personal favorite is The Faraway Paladin.

        I did watch this, but didn’t really care for it. Season 2 was quite an improvement over season 1 though

      • wjs018@ani.socialMEnglish
        1·
        8 hours ago

        Are you thinking of Arifureta instead of Tsukimichi? I know that happens with Tio in Arifureta, but I don’t remember Tomoe from Tsukimichi ever having that done to her…unless there are some bonus chapters I missed when reading the webnovel.

        Tsukimichi is pretty good, though it can be a slow build. It’s one of my favorite isekai (as is Eminence in Shadow).