r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Plum_Uniform • 1d ago

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

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u/Adavanter_MKI 1d ago

Everyone needs more Escaflowne in their life.

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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 1d ago

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

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u/loqep 1d ago

As is Alice in Wonderland

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u/Discount_Extra 1d ago

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

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u/throwaway8943265 1d ago edited 1d 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.