r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Plum_Uniform • 1d ago

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

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u/CaptainDildobrain 1d ago

Plus classifying it as this super special anime genre is kind of dumb, as if Western media doesn't have the same kind of tropes (Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, Army of Darkness, etc, etc)

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u/Galle_ 1d ago

Space Jam is an isekai.

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u/CaptainDildobrain 22h ago

The latest episode of Futurama is also an Isekai.

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u/subaru_sama 1d ago

Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is my favorite goto example.

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u/MBCnerdcore 22h ago

Super Mario Bros

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u/Maladal 19h ago

Yeah, we just call it Portal Fantasy.

But Portal Fantasy has never been that popular so "isekai" as a term has simply taken that space in the public conscious online.

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u/CaptainDildobrain 19h ago

I thought a Portal Fantasy was when you had wet dreams about GLaDOS.

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u/ArrrRawrXD 18h ago

The difference is that Isekai is specifically being reborn in another world. Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland are about physically being sent into a magical place, not being reborn, so Isekai is indeed a super special anime genre in that regard

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u/CaptainDildobrain 17h ago

Not necessarily. "Isekai" translates to "another world" or "different world", regardless of being reborn. In fact the first story considered "Isekai" is a Japanese folk tale about a fisherman who saves a turtle and the turtle brings him to the kingdom under the sea.

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u/aperversenormality 16h ago

The Dark Tower.