So I've been reading this book titled "last man on earth when there is no earth ?"
It's a sci-fi were the MC finds himself on a different planet after a certain event.
Technically, since he is no longer on earth it means he got isekaied, right? Does that make star lord from guardians of the galaxy an isekai protagonist too?

    Isekai is a bad rip-off of Chinese transmigration stories. The things to look for are harem, ecchi, trash male protagonist, 'truck-kun', medieval fantasy worlds with fake western elements, magic or adventuring, etc. Of course there are some decent ones, but to me they're all female protagonist. They are also only supposed to be Japanese works (I don't believe I saw a foreigner doing one, though I'm only thinking of manga, not novels). It's also either the person dies and is transported to the aforementioned medieval 'western' world, or they are still alive and are transported because of some 'unique' element going wrong. There're also ones where they change bodies after transportation, like a certain story where male MC becomes a special pond, and he turns himself into an onsen where a bunch of females bathe (and he continues to level up).
    I know this entire thing sounds biased, but I swear it's objective.. The general isekai is trash. (If you take up the genre as a writer, please forgo the fanservice clichès)

      YulongYuXianTaiyin I remember hearing many times that isekai roughly translates to "another world", all the other cliche elements side, being transported to another planet is the same as saying being transported to another world (they practically mean the same thing)
      There isn't really a rule that says the setting has to be in middle ages Europe, it's just that it's overdone.
      Funny thing is that the MC spent most of the first chapters debating whether he reiterated or got transported just to end up having this exact debate with himself 🤣🤣.

        Poche well, you can argue that a lot of isekai protagonists ar abducted from their original world, being summoned to become heroes and so on.

            Technically, the term "isekai" doesn't simply mean another world, like in space. The term is directly translated as "not of this world" but colloquially means "parallel world". So being in outer space is not isekai. The genre really does mean someone simply being sent to another 'alternate' world. In Western media, a series like 'The Chronicles of Narnia' would be an isekai.

            I write an isekai novel myself, so I'm well aware of the tropes. However, that doesn't mean that I lean on the tropes that people who write isekai tend to use over and over. So, just because it's an isekai, it doesn't mean there will be automatically fanservice and harem and OP MCs.

            I'd be happy to give you examples of isekai anime that don't rely on these.

              Pleasedeteme

              No, there is an adventurer's guild, but he has no part in it. Rather, he is part of a knight's guild that goes around helping defend the kingdom.

              Also, No Game No Life is actually pretty guilty of leaning on the tropes. Despite that, I find that series amusing because of the quirkiness.

                kazesenken but, for the overly cautious hero.... Hmm.. i heard the settings of the story is getting darker and darker in the novel. I will still watch it as long there is no goblin slayer shit inside.

                "Goblin slayer is a good anime.. but, I can't handle too much gory. The biggest gory anime that i've taken liking so far right now is Re zero.

                  Pleasedeteme yeah... I don't watch both of them. To sad and gory.

                  And for that Issei... That is a man of culture right there. But yeah... To many hoes... Bruh...

                  Still.. at least Issei is not dense and stay true to his desire.( He is not forceful, right?)

                  How about bakemonogatari? I've never watched it. Can anyone give me the list of where do i need to start if I want to watch bakemonogatari?

                  Another harem story i like is.. sayounara zetsubou sensei. This is.... Some good. Things.(｡ﾉω＼｡)

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