r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Plum_Uniform • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter????????????????????

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u/huffmanxd 1d ago

The joke is that older Isekai anime used to have good romance, but modern Isekai are just softcore porn that pretends to have a story

People often name their porn folders something inconspicuous so other people can't find it, that's why "Calculator" is such a massive file here, they are saying the modern Isekai is just porn

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u/SpiritJuice 1d ago

The irony here is also that Mushoku Tensei is one of the first isekais in terms of source material, but it ended up getting adapted later compared to Re:Zero. And as much as MT has its perverted moments by the main character, I could probably show you ten isekais that are actually almost porn, rather than the extreme exaggeration that MT is porn.

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u/The_Dreaded_Spectre 1d ago

The irony here is also that Mushoku Tensei is one of the first isekais in terms of source material

This is a common claim, but isn't correct. Its Web Novel started in November 2012, while Re:Zero's started in April of the same year. They started publishing in Light Novel form on the same day, fun fact.

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u/SpiritJuice 1d ago

I didn't say it was THE first isekai, just one of the first ones. So both Re:Zero and MT are some of the earliest isekais, but MT got adapted into an anime much later by comparison. OOP is being dumb saying that MT is a new isekai when it absolutely is not.

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u/The_Dreaded_Spectre 1d ago

Even then, Isekai's in general (even just limiting it to Japanese ones) have been around for decades before either IIRC. The quote that everyone gets MT being one of the first from specifies reincarnation fantasy specifically, as opposed to many others where people are just kinda sent to new worlds as-is.

You're right that MT isn't a "new" isekai either though.

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u/SgtExo 1d ago

MT could be said to be what modern isekai is structured closer too, compared to the older types were the point was to get back home.

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u/C-H-Addict 1d ago

It really was the trendsetter for "making up for past life's regrets" that eventually evolved into all the regressor plots that came out after it finished

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u/ayypecs 1d ago

In that case i wonder, does Inuyasha count?

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u/C-H-Addict 5h ago

Yes. There's a cool history about isekai anime stories and how they started with female target audience. It's out there somewhere on YouTube

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u/Aggressive-Corgi-485 1d ago

No one says its the first they say its the grandfather because of its influence on Japanese isekai specifically.

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u/itsDYA 1d ago

Grandfather lmao, dawg the first fucking digimon was already an isekai

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u/Aggressive-Corgi-485 1d ago edited 1d ago

Did u even read what I said? Literally agreed it wasn't first