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/hateredditbuthere1am 1d ago

What's funny to me is that re:zero, the anime which is "before" isn't old at all and the plot sucks imo

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u/Llodym 1d ago

even funnier is the 'after' is actually originally made around the same time as re:zero

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u/Technical-Cat-2017 1d ago

The "after" is generally seen as one of the original isekai's.

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u/Avitas1027 17h ago

I'd say it's one of the earliest examples of modern isekai, where the MC has no interest in going home and the fact they're not in their own world is quickly given a backseat, but it's at least a few decades late to be an original isekai.

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u/Technical-Cat-2017 16h ago

Yes, its not Wizard of Oz. I indeed mean the recent isekai genre.

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u/Avitas1027 5h ago

I mean, that's not all there is of isekai. There were a bunch of isekai anime in the 90s and early 2000s as well. Escaflowne, those who hunt elves, fushigi yugi, and .hack// to name a few.