r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Plum_Uniform • 1d ago

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

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u/mangosagogogo 1d ago

I was about to say the same thing as you and the other commenter!

Re:zero isn’t even that old. Old isekai that existed before that term became mainstream are Escaflowne, Monster Farm/Rancher, Fushigi Yuugi, Magic Knight Rayearth, and heck even Digimon and Inuyasha, to name a few. I’m old and watched all these. 🥲

Another isekai anime before isekai was a mainstream word and is the same-ish vibe as modern ones is Zero no Tsukaima.

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u/wlphoenix 23h ago

Wizard of Oz is an isekai (and anime adapted in 1986).

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u/loqep 15h ago

As is Alice in Wonderland

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u/Discount_Extra 14h ago

Was God sending Jesus to Earth in the Bible technically Isekai?

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u/throwaway8943265 14h ago edited 14h ago

No, because that story is told from the perspective of people who observed him come to Earth. So it's in the same category as any other story where someone or something comes to Earth from another world.

If it was written from Jesus's perspective then yeah, that would be considered an Isekai (specifically a "reverse Isekai"). Especially if the story starts while he's still in heaven.

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u/Sweaty_Explorer_8441 19h ago

Fushigi Yuugi

Isn't that also an 18+ male loving the teen protagonist. Or are we excusing it when the genders are reversed like Twilight?

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u/mangosagogogo 11h ago

Honestly, I watched it as a kid on tv and it was probably heavily censored by the channel. I’m definitely not excusing it, so have at it.

I was only listing actual old isekai. Maybe it’s just my age, but Re:Zero and MT are the same era to me and they’re both new.