A Twitter user has become the center of attention on social media after expressing his discontent with the isekai genre. The controversy arose after the individual shared his opinion about the anime adaptations of “Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End)” and “Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon), stating that these experiences led him to conclude that “the isekai genre is garbage“.
- «Sousou no Frieren and Dungeon Meshi helped me realize how much I hate isekai».
The provocative statement sparked intense debate among anime fans on the platform, with numerous users expressing pro and con opinions through millions of interactions. While many agreed with the criticism, pointing out that the anime industry is saturated with isekai productions, others defended the genre, arguing that the quality of a series should not be defined exclusively by its rating.
The isekai genre, which focuses on characters being transported to alternative or fantasy worlds, has seen a boom in recent years, with an avalanche of new series and adaptations each season. However, the overexploitation of the subgenre has led some critical voices to question the originality and quality of current isekai works.
It is important to note that the opinion of this Twitter user is completely subjective, and that there will always be a sector of fans who enjoy the isekai genre, as well as any other type of content. Despite the criticism, the isekai genre remains popular among a large portion of the anime community, and will continue to be explored and enjoyed by many viewers in the future:
- «The isekai isn’t bad. I usually like to read them if I want a story of power and fantasy. The problem is how saturated they are and that most of them are nothing more than clones of each other, which makes it boring to read them.».
- «The isekai really got bad when everyone became: “I was a loser in the real world, but then I died and was reborn in this carbon copy fantasy world with a broken bs skill, now watching me stumble aimlessly through of this world, while every girl falls in love with me for no reason.”».
- «The isekai from a writing standpoint can be easy to do exposition since it has a fish out of water character that needs everything explained too. What you’re realizing is that you can still get great worldbuilding without those characters».
- «You actually don’t hate isekai, just the part where you insert yourself into an uninteresting protagonist that girls love.».
- «I understand the appeal of writers who want to write isekai. It’s an easy way to shove all the world-building nonsense you want into the viewer/reader without it feeling too forced since the protagonist doesn’t know it either. But it also makes it seem like everything revolves around him».
- «I get the feeling you’ve only seen generic isekais your entire life. Re:ZERO is one of the best of all time».
- «What you hate is poorly done isekai, which encompasses more than 90 percent of the genre today. Done right, isekai can be amazing».
- «I consume a lot of isekai, but I think the main problem with the genre, aside from classic power fantasy, is that they rarely give anything time to breathe. The plot and the world are almost always secondary. Plus, Frieren reminds me of Spice & Wolf, and that’s always a plus».
- «Isn’t it too late to realize this? Isekai has been on the scene for over ten years».
- «If you think about it one way or another, isn’t all manga and anime isekai?».
- «I think even Harry Potter would be considered isekai, isn’t the castle kind of in another dimension?».
- «The concept of being reincarnated from a modern perspective in a different world and making fun of differences in worldview and cultures is interesting. But it was only good at the beginning, now everyone tries to imitate the concept in each new work».
Fountain: Yaraon!
