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TenMilesWide said:
That description has just reminded me of the webtoon where a korean kid is being bullied by rich people until he for some reason gets a free ride as the first male student at a formerly all-girls martial arts school, where he learns enough to save other poor korean boys from rich bullies (by befriending the richest martial arts girl at the school)
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Is it this one
 
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Red Dragon said:
Did anyone watched/read Kijin Gentoushou? I have mixed feelings about the first episode. This one is clearly going the tragedy route and I'm afraid to give it more time and be let down by misery porn.
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Saw the first ep, thought "Isn't this just Ogre Slayer?"
TenMilesWide said:
It is indeed that one. Very standard harem rom-com setup. hated all the main girls.
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The boxer girl in the tracksuit was fine. It's kinda an old series by this point, ran 2011-2016.
 
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BiggestKai said:
This one? Apparently it's called "get schooled".
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I would like to put into perspective just how funny it is. This is the abridged raw version.
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He actually says "Fucking Nigga" in English here, even in the original. The entire chapter is actually about Asian Hatecrimes by niggers, who have somehow turned Koreans into a minority by pulling a Londonistan in a Korean Village, & claim false victimhood when called out.

I recommend reading the chapter cause the arc got cancelled due to Webtoon faggots seething about it, & got a new arc started in a re-launched version, which makes it very self-contained. In fact, the series as a whole is somewhat like this cause IIRC, one of the villains in the series is a gender equality teacher.
 
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Manga sales for this week if anyone cares what japs are buying
01. Apothecary Diaries #15 (299,720)
02. Sousou no Frieren #14 (84,432 / 384,606)
03. Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru - Tada no Inaka no Kenjutsu Shihan Datta no Ni, Taisei Shita Deshi-tachi ga Ore o Hottekurenai Ken #7 (83,361)
04. Kingdom #75 (71,877 / 396,361)
05. One Piece #111 (50,755 / 1,110,302)
06. Blue Lock #33 (46,584 / 193,792)
07. Spy x Family #15 (42,623 / 645,371)
08. Record of Ragnarok #24 (31,319 / 100,640)
09. Isekai Ojisan #13 (29,018 / 53,235)
10. Mystery to Iu Nakare #15 (28,325 / 275,758 )
11. Onee-chan no Midori-kun #8 (27,818 )
12. Emiya-san Chi no Kyou no Gohan #11 (26,507 / 27,557)
13. Ui x Kon #17 (26,414)
14. Solo Leveling #20 (25,962 / 56,624)
15. Giant Killing #66 (24,924 / 52,085)
16. Mushoku Tensei - Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu #22 (23,045 / 39,063)
17. Overlord: <Shin> Sekai-hen #2 (21,674 / 22,143)
18. Tensei Shitara Ken Deshita #17 (20,962)
19. Kaiju no. 8 #15 (20,753 / 308,015)
20. Chiyuu Mahou no Machigatta Tsukai-kata - Senjou o Kakeru Kaifuku Youin #16 (19,069 / 19,508 )
21. Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru Gaiden - Ryuu Soken no Kiseki #1 (18,769)
22. Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru Gaiden - Hajimari no Mahou Kenshi #1 (17,532)
23. Fuuto Tantei #18 (17,067)
24. Yomi no Tsugai #9 (16,185 / 158,020)
25. Kanpeki Sugite Kawaigeganai to Konyaku Hakisareta Seijo wa Ringoku ni Urareru #6 (16,153 / 21,283)
26. Mieruko-chan #12 (16,107 / 28,026)
27. Isekai de Slow Life o (Ganbou) #9 (15,978 / 22,756)
28. Genjitsushugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki #13 (15,894 / 22,049)
29. Hotaru no Yomeiri #7 (15,648 / 52,451)
30. Kujou no Taizai #14 (14,834)
31. Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray #18 (13,782 / 61,189)
32. Kidou Senshi Gundam Pulitzer Amuro Ray wa Kyokkou no Kanata e #4 (13,073 / 13,458 )
33. Hen na Ie #5 (13,025 / 73,893)
34. Kakegurui #19 (12,622 / 21,032)
35. Blue Box #19 (12,430 / 158,732)
36. Ui x Kon #17 Limited Edition (12,294)
37. Yuru Camp △ #17 (12,169 / 116,092)
38. Maousama, Retry! R #10 (11,146)
39. Hen na E #2 (10,746 / 35,170)
40. Komi-san wa, Commu-shou Desu。 #37 (10,482 / 47,746)
41. Yotsuba to! #16 (10,476 / 367,238 )
42. Sousou no Frieren #14 Limited Edition (10,132 / 83,814)
43. Five Star Stories #18 (10,013 / 171,500)
44. Fuun kara no Saikyou Otoko #7 (9,977)
45. Chichi wa Eiyuu, Haha wa Seirei, Musume no Watashi wa Tensei-sha。 #12 (9,900)
46. Major 2nd #30 (9,578 / 40,035)
47. Cardfight!! Vanguard Skyride #3 (9,367)
48. Medalist #1 (8,970 / 156,305)
49. Sakamoto Days #21 (8,819 / 117,167)
50. Medalist #5 (8,795 / 128,691)

01. Apothecary Diaries: - 339,905
02. Sousou no Frieren: 128,971
03. Medalist: 98,367
04. Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru: 88,363
05. Blue Lock: 88,168
06. Kingdom: 84,904
07. ONE PIECE: 67,854
08. SAKAMOTO DAYS: 64,649
09. Blue Box: 64,055
10. SPY×FAMILY: 52,294

Think the monthly list should be next week, which I know some anons in the jump threads are itching to get the sales numbers for Ichi the Witch.
Not because most are actually reading it but just to use big number for trying to start a console war with series from the same magazine.
 
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I'd recommend people check out The Knight King Who Returned with a God as it's pretty good. The main character is super racist against orcs and demons and relishes in ripping their limbs off and torturing them. His closest aide became the saintess for the god of the sea which led to her being tied to a wooden mast put at the front of a ship in order to traverse a hurricane.
 
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Xenomorphs Are Cute said:
I would like to put into perspective just how funny it is. This is the abridged raw version.
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He actually says "Fucking Nigga" in English here, even in the original. The entire chapter is actually about Asian Hatecrimes by niggers, who have somehow turned Koreans into a minority by pulling a Londonistan in a Korean Village, & claim false victimhood when called out.
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When a Korean becomes a Rooftop Korean.
 
Trombonista said:
This is what The Apothecary Diaries released for April Fools Day:
I wouldn't actually mind seeing this become real as a series of shorts, like Kimetsu Academy.
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A lot of anime have fun characters that can't really interact because of the setting or death. Issue is that you first need the original material to make the alternative universe.
HodgePodgeRogerDodger said:
I feel like Isekai isn’t inherently bad. Power fantasies can be fun. Spider-Man and John Carter are two of the most prominent. Spider-Man even killed a love interest (that has since gotten meme’d into being something she’s not.

I just want an antagonist in an Isekai to be a credible threat or at least have the first impression of a character be far off base due to the protagonist fucking up a cultural thing.
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Isekai isn't about the power fantasy or the another world. Isekai is about being in a game-ified world where everything is codified to be autist friendly.

This is the reason why isekai is inherently bad. It is anti fantasy, anti exploration, anti risk. Every isekai show that isn't bad does it despite of the genre, and would eventually turn to shit because of the genre convention creeping in as time goes on.
 
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wtfNeedSignUp said:
Isekai isn't about the power fantasy or the another world. Isekai is about being in a game-ified world where everything is codified to be autist friendly
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Isekai doesn't require either a power fantasy or a gameified world it just has to have a character transferred to another world. Might as well say a action shonen has to have a tournament arc despite those not being even remotely common as they were in the past, hell a lot of older isekai were targeted for the female audience before they had a major resurgence with harem LNs.
 
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wtfNeedSignUp said:
A lot of anime have fun characters that can't really interact because of the setting or death. Issue is that you first need the original material to make the alternative universe.

Isekai isn't about the power fantasy or the another world. Isekai is about being in a game-ified world where everything is codified to be autist friendly.

This is the reason why isekai is inherently bad. It is anti fantasy, anti exploration, anti risk. Every isekai show that isn't bad does it despite of the genre, and would eventually turn to shit because of the genre convention creeping in as time goes on.
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As I understand it Isekai is effectively the same premise as Wizard of Oz. You wake up in another world and befriend a gang of psychopaths to beat and rob an old woman.

Reincarnation Isekai and Fantasy Dragon Quest Isekai are a subgenre. The broken skill or somehow having a hot girl/ guy be your ally is just a cliche in that genre. The whole videogame element basically it’s an easy handwave.
 
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HodgePodgeRogerDodger said:
As I understand it Isekai is effectively the same premise as Wizard of Oz. You wake up in another world and befriend a gang of psychopaths to beat and rob an old woman.

Reincarnation Isekai and Fantasy Dragon Quest Isekai are a subgenre. The broken skill or somehow having a hot girl/ guy be your ally is just a cliche in that genre. The whole videogame element basically it’s an easy handwave.
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Using game functions, skills, dungeons, and so on allow the author to skip world buildings or developing power systems.
Dunbine, Escaflowne, and Rayearth are all older series that are mecha isekai. You also have the more recentish Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari/Tenchi Muyo War on Geminar which is a mecha harem isekai and has Isekai in the name.
You also have things like Fushigi Yuugi which is a series targeted towards women.

Game elements are not a requirement for the it to be this genre, but modern isekai does follow a very similar formula.
 
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Endless Torment said:
Using game functions, skills, dungeons, and so on allow the author to skip world buildings or developing power systems.
Dunbine, Escaflowne, and Rayearth are all older series that are mecha isekai. You also have the more recentish Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari/Tenchi Muyo War on Geminar which is a mecha harem isekai and has Isekai in the name.
You also have things like Fushigi Yuugi which is a series targeted towards women.

Game elements are not a requirement for the it to be this genre, but modern isekai does follower a very similar formula.
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Yeah and people forget that videogame functions are an abstraction of a lot of shit. It’s why giant rats drop gold coins instead of pelts, the player doesn’t have to run to the market to sell them. The abstraction allows them to have a bit more excitement, lot tables aren’t full of pelts, bones, and what not.

Thieves Guilds do not exist. A black market, series of fences, various criminal organizations, and begging/ gypsy gangs do. It’s just easier to say the Thieves guild or the Adventuers guild.
 
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HodgePodgeRogerDodger said:
As I understand it Isekai is effectively the same premise as Wizard of Oz. You wake up in another world and befriend a gang of psychopaths to beat and rob an old woman.

Reincarnation Isekai and Fantasy Dragon Quest Isekai are a subgenre. The broken skill or somehow having a hot girl/ guy be your ally is just a cliche in that genre. The whole videogame element basically it’s an easy handwave.
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Even when isekai use videogame elements, its a little obvious when the author doesn't know that much about video games and is using it as a crutch. I've lost tracked on how many "I have the weakest class/skill that's actually the strongest" or "I have a dozen crap skills that somehow makes me god" series I've seen and some where novel at first but most get old fast since once they get done with the MC learning how to use his skills/class, there's usually nothing beyond that, no fine tuning their builds, no further experiment will their abilities, no trying to find workarounds to some weak points. They're the strongest person in this world so why would they do so when there is powerfantasy plot points to check off on such as one upping those mean bullies who laughed at me and harem shenanigans that end up going no where.
The only two recent isekai that spring to mind that do something with their game elements are Shangri-la Frontier (Yes I know its not an isekai but for better or worse it gets lumped into the genre more often then not), while its had some issues in the recent chapters, Sunraku still for the most part feels like he has a glass cannon build/playstyle and still feels like he has some obvious strengths and weaknesses (bird shit). Another new one is called Exiled Heavy Knight and its the usual song and dance, guy gets reincarnated into a world that's almost one to one to a video game he played and gets the "weakest class". Only thing it does differently is he used to main said class and knows what build he has to make to make said class one of the best. From what I've read the actual build is very much an end game one so most of the story is a series of "where's this stupid fucking item that actually makes this garbage class viable" instead of getting good over the coarse of one chapter off screen.
 
HodgePodgeRogerDodger said:
As I understand it Isekai is effectively the same premise as Wizard of Oz. You wake up in another world and befriend a gang of psychopaths to beat and rob an old woman.

Reincarnation Isekai and Fantasy Dragon Quest Isekai are a subgenre. The broken skill or somehow having a hot girl/ guy be your ally is just a cliche in that genre. The whole videogame element basically it’s an easy handwave.
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I struggle to think of any isekai from the last 20 years that doesn't have game elements. Even Re;Zero that's relatively old has a character with cheats, and I think the magic system also had levels.
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
I struggle to think of any isekai from the last 20 years that doesn't have game elements. Even Re;Zero that's relatively old has a character with cheats, and I think the magic system also had levels.
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Youjo Senki, Tenchi Muyo War on Geminar, Familiar of Zero, Digimon, Gate, The Boy and the Beast, Drifters, and probably more.
I don't care for the genre as it is now and think 99% of it sucks but I'm not going to make definitive statements like they all do X.
 
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I struggle to think of any isekai from the last 20 years that doesn't have game elements. Even Re;Zero that's relatively old has a character with cheats, and I think the magic system also had levels.
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First off "cheat powers" is a convention that predates video games by several thousand years, mythology is filled with Gods and Spirits giving people tasks/geas and powers/curses to do them with. If you understand that trope as "wow god just entered the Konami code for him like in my video games" it says more about you then it does the genre. Spells do have some sort of Fire Fira Fireaga naming convention thing but I feel "tiers of magic" is a stretch for must be a game element.

I'd also mention Faraway Paladin as one with exactly zero video game elements. Also Tanya the Evil. But there's a lot more where I can't think of anything video game related happening despite being pretty formulaic like Misfit of Demon Academy, Tsukimichi, World's Finest Assassin, and Eminence in Shadow.
 
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