GiorgioPerlasca@lemmy.ml to Anime@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoKadokawa cites excessive reliance on the isekai genre as one of the major causes of the decline in profitability in its domestic publishing businessautomaton-media.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkKadokawa cites excessive reliance on the isekai genre as one of the major causes of the decline in profitability in its domestic publishing businessautomaton-media.comGiorgioPerlasca@lemmy.ml to Anime@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square7linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareEmmiLime@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 days agoWell, Isekai has to be one of the worst trends ever. It’s so overly reliant on self-fulfillment and self-insert as a hook that it has nothing to go for in terms of story. Almost all having the same setup and structure with a gimmick. And the glorification of slavery… my god…
minus-squarejlow@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoDon’t forget the 17.–century-style titles that go on for two whole paragraphs (that they’re all light-novel adaptions is not an excuse).
Well, Isekai has to be one of the worst trends ever. It’s so overly reliant on self-fulfillment and self-insert as a hook that it has nothing to go for in terms of story. Almost all having the same setup and structure with a gimmick.
And the glorification of slavery… my god…
Don’t forget the 17.–century-style titles that go on for two whole paragraphs (that they’re all light-novel adaptions is not an excuse).