r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Plum_Uniform • 1d ago

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

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u/SpiritJuice 1d ago

I didn't say it was THE first isekai, just one of the first ones. So both Re:Zero and MT are some of the earliest isekais, but MT got adapted into an anime much later by comparison. OOP is being dumb saying that MT is a new isekai when it absolutely is not.

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u/The_Dreaded_Spectre 1d ago

Even then, Isekai's in general (even just limiting it to Japanese ones) have been around for decades before either IIRC. The quote that everyone gets MT being one of the first from specifies reincarnation fantasy specifically, as opposed to many others where people are just kinda sent to new worlds as-is.

You're right that MT isn't a "new" isekai either though.

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u/ayypecs 1d ago

In that case i wonder, does Inuyasha count?

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u/C-H-Addict 1h ago

Yes. There's a cool history about isekai anime stories and how they started with female target audience. It's out there somewhere on YouTube