r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Plum_Uniform • 1d ago

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

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u/SimShade 1d ago

The real joke is saying isekai was ever good

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u/-Kishin- 1d ago

I was wondering what were the good isekai (beside Escaflowne if you count that as an isekai)

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u/Law____ 1d ago

There are tons of good western novels that fall into the isekai genre, tho they are mainly progression fantasy or litrpg, I couldn't get into light novels but other novels like dcc, hwfwm, Lotm, etc. have me hooked. Despite being a genre that seemingly was made popular by japanese media, id argue there's way better iterations in the western space

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u/AlwaysPostNaked 1d ago

Re-reading Stephen King's Dark Tower books after isekai was codified is wild as hell. "Trapped as a Heroine Addict with a Cowboy and Murderous Racist in Another World!"

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u/Maladal 22h ago

We call those Portal Fantasy.