Isekai
Japanese fantasy subgenre about travel to another world
Summary
Isekai is a subgenre of Japanese high fantasy fiction that revolves around a person or people who are transported to and have to survive in another world. In the new world, the person usually gains formidable powers or some other importance that they did not have in the previous world. The transition between worlds may occur through death and reincarnation or through summoning by an object, god, or person in the alternate world. A common setting is a medieval-like world populated with humans, humanoids, and monsters. In a reverse isekai, a person from another world is transported to planet Earth.
Originally created by Zxcvbnm
3/20/2018, 3:06:53 AM
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Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1354408989|1354408989]] by [[Special:Contributions/Fishlarp|Fishlarp]] ([[User talk:Fishlarp|talk]]) Mistake in adding reference.
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Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1351417178|1351417178]] by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-24460-57|~2026-24460-57]] ([[User talk:~2026-24460-57|talk]]) this is already stated with a source elsewhere
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Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1343588574|1343588574]] by [[Special:Contributions/DarryLaz|DarryLaz]] ([[User talk:DarryLaz|talk]]) Our sources consider Sword Art Online to be a major influence on the genre, so it should be mentioned in history
move the segment of sword art online being disputed of being an isekai to the Controversy> disputed series segment
