my favourite thing about the slave harem isekai is that there was immediately a semi-popular, short lived fanfiction about killing the protagonist and fighting against the slave-peddling empire, you know, like a hero would do.
@@vigilant2828 every week I read the manga, and every week I see like 20 comments on the manga site I use with ppl just bashing the most recent chapter lol
“Slave harem in another world” really gives you that one-two punch. First you’re confused by the title, but then it slaps you in the face with surprisingly graphic violence right when you think you’re strapped in for a big bowl of “I can’t believe it’s not hentai”
As a former teenage girl, I can absolutely confirm that boob squishing is one of our favorite pass-times. I would assume teenage guys do something similar?
At this point it's like a game to see just how absolutely underground the bar for male isekai protagonists is. Characters that are intentionally written to be shitheads like Kazuma and Subaru are better at their lowest points because they still have "doesn't own a sex slave" in their favor
As bad as Kazuma is, even he wouldn't own a slave. Partly because the party he's in is so screwed up he doesn't really _need_ to and second because he's still a generally okay guy who is disgusted with truly despicable acts.
@@andrewowens4421 honestly, same goes for Subaru about the "still generally an okay guy who is disgusted about truly despicable acts". I mean, what kind of man is okay with dying ad infinitum to save a girl who helped him with street thugs ? Sure, there is some simping involved, but there is no way he'd go this far just for that. At the end of the day, both are characters with their hearts in the right place. I mean, it's not surprising since both authors are friends who exchanged notes and ideas back when they had yet to start writing their respective light novels.
Black Summoner is weird to me because the MC had his memories erased so he knows nothing of the world he got isekai from. Basically he's got general knowledge and that's it. It's essentially a regular fantasy story with an OP protag with extra steps. The isekai part has no bearings on him.
I find that the isekai part of the story rarely actually matters. It's usually just an excuse to not have to come up with a backstory or justification for why protag-kun has to save the world or gets the powers to do so.
@@12thLevelSithLord isekai is a power fantasy for the audience. An "average" dude gets put in another world and his knowledge of the modern society helps him that world
I think Isekai has basically become an excuse to not give a character lots of backstory and family. It's like the new tragic orphan backstory. My favourite "Isekai" (Weakest Tamers Trash Picking Journey) is supposedly an Isekai but the main character remembers so little about their past life that I forget it's an Isekai until they bring up how their patchy memories stop them doing stupid things or something. It feels like it isn't meant to be an isekai but they're so popular so why not.
@@dubiousdeliquite6641 Probably "Danmachi" (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) Is the one for that this season. It seems like it could be an Isekai, but it isn't. Or for a bit less sword and sorcery "Made in Abyss" is one to watch.
The thing that always gets be about the sudden step sibling trope is that, did these parents get married a day after meeting? Was there no dating period where each adult likely at least may the other's child a few times?
Is there an isekai where a kid in an amazing fantasy world get run over by cart-kun and wakes up in 21st century Tokyo where he suddenly hasn’t got powers?
The closest I can think of is the demon lord becomes a part timer. The demon Lord of a fantasy world loses a fight to the hero teleports to our world loses all his powers and ends up working at a knock off McDonald's
I mean, Mr. Maou still has his Satan powers when he needs them, Earth just doesn't have the mana to use them more than a few times per season. Also, he's king of demons, not just some kid. That's probably more significant.
Considering he was basically an irl paladin who was gonna personally bang out his own army I think you could drop John Brown into any generic isekai setting and he'd get to work cleansing the land fairly quickly.
Sir? I've been slogging through safety training all week. 8am-5pm. On my way to a safety trainer recertification. Not only am I happy to see this video, I *need* this video today. Thank you for bringing some legitimate, heartfelt laughter into my day. Much love and respect to you and your family. I appreciate your hard work.
Here's my pitch for an isekai series: it starts out looking like another slave harem series, but then Protag-Kun reminds the audience that he's from Modern Earth with an appropriate values system, points out how disgusting that premise is, and proceeds to show the entire setting his John Brown impression.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do What you suggest would only end up with the protag being sentenced to death (or, ironically enough, life-long slavery)
I have to say the reference to Pegasus being canonically American was a pleasant surprise. That whole skit was gold. Also, damnit with the segment names again Geoff. I can't keep dying like this.
Let me finally explain the rating system to you. Let me take on the mantle of explanation (as far as I've seen as a trend) Amount/size of receptacle for trash: how many problems there are in the series, character writing, animation, world building, etc How much fire/heat is there: how actually fun it is to watch the series. No heat=boring, not worth the watch Tons of fire=it may be trash but god it is hot and god do you wanna watch it burn Things in the trash can: some reference to the types of issues in the series, or some other form of joke about its content
Wow, I can't wait for the new isekai "I was reincarnated into a different world, and my step-sister is now my step-mother and slave, who is my ex: the Slavery is Good Harem", so good and really leaves you hanging on the plot! Such an underrated gem!
I’m still watching Rent-A-Girlfriend for whatever reason, maybe a bit of a masochist. But for the first time that I can remember, I ACTUALLY genuinely laughed at it When Kazuya was completely smashed and face-planted down the stairs Felt nice to feel something other than anger while watching the show
I was pretty hilarious. I'm coming at it from an old person's perspective, though. I started the animu back when Ranma was still actually airing. So, KNKR feels less bad for me. I already survived 7 seasons of harem with no resolution and no character development. XD Also, if Ranma were going to end up with ANYBODY it shoulda been Ukyou.
@@modvavet As an old guy I say come on, at least Ranma 1/2 was funny, Kanokari very rarely made me laugh, and most of the time made me cringe. The only reason I keep reading the manga besides being a masochist is that I formed a bond with Chizuru who was raised by her grandpas and a bit with Kazuya who has an overbearing and controlling grandma like me.
@@schris3 I definitely enjoyed Ranma as a teenager, but each time I try to go back to it nowadays all I can think about is how dumb Ranma is and what a legit abusive nightmare Akane was right from the start. It still means a lot to me (probably the first small crack in the gender egg for me) but, OI, I don't laugh much at it anymore.
As an unironic, less-ashamed-than-I-should-be fan of Love Hina, I would just love an in-depth roast like with Maburaho. When I bought the first two volumes when I was 12 or 13, it was the horniest thing I had ever seen, and I love Ken Akamatsu's character designs. Fortunately I discovered scanlations not too long after, and binged the rest of it online without having to wait for Tokyo Pop. Reading Love Hina and being embarrassed for, rooting for, and absolutely hating Keitaro was basically how I spent that entire summer. Then Negima happened, what a fucking rabbit hole that was.
I've seen lest interconnecting holes in an ant colony than what you get when you read Negima. I love it, but damn if I don't get lost sometimes. Love Hina is also a guilty pleasure of mine, though I will admit it got kinda boring toward the end as things wrapped up.
@@tulicloure good choice! I had a big crush on Mitsune Konno myself. That mischievous smile just did it for me. I think dumb fun is a good way to describe Love Hina overall actually!
MC from Isekai Harem Labirynth commiting first degree murder just to get laid was probably THE edgiest moment I have seen in any anime. I don't think you will see a naked woman being brutally murdered like that just for shock factor anywhere else.
I like Black Summoner better than the other one because he actually looks somewhat unique compared to other generic black-haired isekai protagonists. Like they could've just gave him the standard black or brown slightly ruffled almost-bowlcut, but he's got like that undercut sidehawk thing going; I could at least pick him out from all the other Kiritos. As for his references to his former life despite his voluntary memory loss in favor for skills and level boosts, I choose to think of it like how some amnesia patients work, where they act a way or do something out of reflex or instinct but they don't know why. That and also forgetting his former life doesn't necessarily mean forgetting everything about his former world.
I’ve only read the manga for My Isekai Life but I wouldn’t classify him as necessarily generic. More like broken. His past life drained so much from him he’s just sorta existing but throughout the story starts to find joy in life again through smaller things like having a good meal. Or maybe I’m just over analyzing it. Who knows
I'll say that Monster Tamer and Black Summoner actually seem really interesting insofar as it's basically the equivalent of giving 2 authors the exact same prompt and seeing how each of them run with it. How each one emphasizes different aspects of the main protagonists and make use of each part of their stories differently. How one focuses more on the "party dynamic" between the protagonist and his pocket monsters while the other focuses more on how the main protagonist affects the wider world around him. Sounds neat.
Its like a Pokemon's game, except there's a complete difference in tone between the two versions. Wouldn't it be cool if the Authors spitefully teamed up for a crossover arc? The Isekai life guy already has the whole Golden Boy thing going on, they could make it work.
From an entertainment industry standpoint. Both of them are so badly put together, it's almost a "what not to do" in terms of how to make an engaging story
@@syaondri the tamer one in particular, has such bad pacing, both you and the main character are basically like 'huh, I wonder what I should do next' No drive. No desires. No time sensitivity. Nothing to lose. Nothing to gain. Why was someone's Day dream diaries about RPGs made into an anime? Who actually funded this expecting critical acclaim or their money back? Both shows feel like someone asked Daddy to produce an anime for them and Daddy said "sure son, I need an excuse to launder money". Nothing else makes sense to me as to who with a shred of dignity would release....that.
I’m amazed Slave Harem got an adaptation. It’s just porn with a “plot”. The only entertainment you get from it is pulling down your pants and giving your preferred hand a workout. Did anyone expect to make money from this? With all the RPG-stuff an eroge in this setting might’ve pulled some yen, but an anime?
To be fair, Slave harem can be considered to be one of the OGs of Isekais. It even has a somewhat of a fan base and is even said to be inspiration for some isekais…. Which says a lot….
@@farmercout10 there's another slave harem that's better it's about a jobless guy I forgot the name of it it should be on my manga zone list somewhere I'm going to see if it got a anime
@@quohime1824 here it is it took me a while to find it , I’ve Became Able to Do Anything with My Growth Cheat, but I Can’t Seem to Get out of Being Jobless Japanese Title Seichou Cheat de Nandemo Dekiru you ni Natta ga, Mushoku dake wa Yamerarenai you desu
Real question. Are there any of these isekai where the protagonist kills the slavers and gives money to desperate bandits, instead of the other way around?
I suppose there is "I Reincarnated as a Noble Girl Villainess But Why Did it Turn Out this Way" (long name I know). The girl is born into one of those over-the-top fantasy evil noble families based on a game she played. Their abuse and neglect of the their territory caused quite a few peasants to turn to banditry to survive. Once her family is dead (protagonists poisons them), a steward sent by the king and her spend a lot of time working on fixing the territory and working on addressing the peasants needs so they slowly turn away from banditry rather than just killing them. No slaves though as far as I am aware. An interesting story honestly. Rather than fretting about surviving the original plot like most of villainess stories, she instead focuses heavily on trying to fix her territory due to feeling guilty about how much the people suffered because of her family. Part of the background of the game also had a war that only ended shortly before the game started and her territory is by the border of the rival nation meaning that she gets caught up in the war.
@@toddclawson3619 "I Reincarnated as a Sword" has the slavers covered. The MC's basically adopted a catgirl named Fran after rescuing from slavers (don't worry, their relationship stays strictly platonic). Fran, understandably, has issues with slavers because of this, and her preferred method of dealing with people she has issues with is a lot more murderous than is typical for isekai characters.
The slave Isekai actually depicts pretty accurately what a Coomer would do if he was Isekaied and is somewhat OP... Other Isekais bounce around the topic of NSFW things
Well they probably wouldn't do as much cold blooded murder because, in general, you feel a great deal of disgust when killing things unless you're already accustomed to it. And another detail is that even if that were what a Coomer would do that doesn't mean it should be shown in a good light. A very interesting take on the concept though would be if we were from the point of view of a slave to a typical hero protagonist, and said slave having reasonable objectives like being free, stronger and potentially revenge. Showing the audience that no matter what slavery is not good and a good slave master relationship is just an illusion (and simultaneously showing what endorsing slavery really means).
Love the return of Granny. I could see her becoming a recurring character from now on. Not in reference to Rent a Girlfriend - just a cameo like Pegasus here. Only recurring.
Is there a meaningful discussion to be had on why show many isekai stories are cool with slavery? Or can it just be boiled down to 'a lot of light novel authors have issues'?
well, its either that or girls falling for the mc with 0 reasoning. at least the former makes some sense. because god forbid someone actually making the harem bs work without those, which interestingly enough the "a couple of cuckoos" anime has been doing, and it's a lot better than most shows like it because of it.
4:20: If this anime was focused on Akatsuki refusing to admit that she has a big sapphic crush on Yume, this might be a worthwhile comedy. 8:40: I never knew I needed a supernatural union-busting CEO villain until I saw one. 14:55: Actually, a fan feeling unreasonably betrayed after their favorite online content creator stops making the content they like and starts doing something they don't is a perfectly mundane plot point, and not just because it's sandwiched between a sports tournament for idols and albino android teammates. 24:30: The amnesia means the author doesn't need to bother with a backstory for Protag-kun. He can't remember it, they're in another world now, it doesn't matter.
Oh man GOD no on the sapphic crush angle. Anime has a troubled relation to LGBTQ+ on the best of days, you want the people who make the 'cute girls extreme sports' anime to tackle it?
@@justmonica9253 I like to envision the best possible version of bad anime, unconstrained by the fact that actually pursuing those goals would probably just result in anime that's bad in more distinctive ways.
I hope that Geoff continues to make abridged-style lipsync for ads and just casually starts getting other VAs for it until there's some convoluted multiverse surrounding G-Fuel Granny, Pegasus, and like... I dunno, King Kai or something.
That comment about knowing where the trash dealer’s wife works caught me off lol. The work of trash anime is surprisingly cutthroat and less surprisingly drowning in Isekai.
Isekai is an ancient genere that has surprising inclusions like Alice in Wonderland (if you drop the must be an anime/manga requirement). It has potential but most just use it as an excuse to not have a character backstory, not explain how they got their powers, and forget to make it distinct from a normal fantasy setting. The 2 best i can think of right now are "So I'm a spider so what?" and "parallel world pharmacy", both of which i found through this channel and both actually have the fact its an isekai be relevant. I know re:zero get a lot of praise but haven't watched it.
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer being so bad it’s not even trash, it’s just a travesty… It’s like a flash bang in the middle of our trash buffet, but it needed to be thrown. I’m gonna be over here mourning the sacrilege of one of the best manga ever. Bring me some Harem, if you could, please.
The absolute worse part of Biscuit Hammer's shittiness is that it means that the manga won't get a reprint--something it desperately needs as all the volumes are either completely unobtainable online or are outrageously expensive. Yeah, yeah, I could read it digitally or whatever but it's not the same, dangit, I like *holding* books, with *actual pages*
@@tengenforger4944The main reason why Seven Seas would reprint the manga is to ride a new wave of popularity. Treating it as merch, basically. There wasn't a wave when the show started, and because the show's terrible, there won't be a wave later, either. Same reason why we won't see stuff from the show at Box Lunch anytime soon.
I'm so surprised you didn't mention the closing song for Harem in the Labyrinth of another world, it's an insanely fire beat. My husband and I watched the show, and thought it was pretty unironically good. I would rate it 6 milk jugs and an entire bin of discount lunch meat
Inside you, there are two wolves: 1. A really solid Pegasus impersonation, and 2. The absolute buffet spread of questionable Southern dialects that represents Granny Which one will you feed?
Slave Harem sounds like it would be great if there was a gradual shift in the MC's personality to getting significantly more gratification from the cold-blooded murder than the pop-up windows.
Story starts as a generic but graphic isekai flavored hentai fantasy before slowly transforming into an extremely graphic isekai flavored slasher from the killer's perspective? Sounds kinda neat tbh
Ehhh... Once he gets Roxanne (and oh yes does she turn on the red light) the series tends to spend more time on the (gratuitous nookie) mechanics (and the nookie) of the (did I mention the nookie?) World
M.B revealedhimself to be a Fan of 'Some More News', but that makes me wonder all the more: What about the very-similar RU-vidrs, like Creaky Blinder, Hbomberguy, and Second Thought?
These feels less like the hottest trash in the fun way that Girlfriend Girlfriend was, and more like a showcase of stuff that’s bad in the depressing and sucky kind of way, like Berserk 2016 was
I feel like someone could just take the voice acting of berserk 2016 and reanimate it. But there is no saving some of these other shows. That's right. They're worse.
7:18 This whole rant reminds me of last year when I gave up on Gen:lock season 2. I had that same realization, that the whole thing was going downhill and not planning to come up for air, two episodes in. And boy, was it yet another time I ended up being proven right *far* more than I'd imagined or wanted.
Interspecies Reviewers really is the ONLY good "porn show" out there, huh? It's the peak. Probably because it's not an isekai, it's kinda self-aware and it goes for sexual positivity in a fun way. I just wished it was gayer.
I watched the first episodes of those two last isekais when they first were released and I could not actually tell that you were describing both of them at once for a hot minute.
I like how, except for your harsher take on Slave Harem, you basically explained my every issue with all of these shows. Almost as though you were...hiding in my room while I was watching them...
That's why I love Executioner and her way of life, main female character just brutally murder supposed OP main male character and just said f this will be epic isekai yuri anime with gorgeous animation.
You know, I remember reading Lucifer and the biscuit hammer. It was absolutely beautiful and while it didn’t impact me too much, I know it impacted a lot of other people. When I first saw the anime clip, I didn’t even realize it was the same anime until the biscuit hammer was shown in the clouds. I’m worried about how it looks, but I wanna check it out to see if they do better at adapting the story and such.
I'm not the anime guy, but a lot of anime seems to be formulaic to the point of melting in. The whole scene really needs a gamechanger and we're still waiting for it.
There are gamechangers, but you won't find them in a video which covers seasonal dumpster fires. (Actually as he mentioned Kaguya sama and Lycoris Recoil f.e., there are gamechangers in here)
Please tell me they didn't dial back how much of a complete, barely restrained blood knight psycho Kevin is in black summoner. I mean that he was a fight junky to the point it was an ongoing part of his character arch. There were points where... well spoilers below. That far enough? Okay here we go. Later on in the story, he legitimately started having nightmares that his desire for violence would turn him into a demon lord and end up killing all his friends. Nightmares that legitimately scared and horrified him. I mean Black Summoner isn't by any means meant to be high art. It's your basic Shonen power fantasy, but it does try to have at least some plot and characterization. More than many mainstream Shonen. And some of the stuff mentioned or dropped off early on even comes into play later on! So them gutting one of the more important character aspects...
I really appreciate how you still talk about the kaguya-sama video... Like unironically, it diserves the attention and it shows that you really do care about people seeing it
slimes definetely did not spit items from inside them before slime datta, there's no way the direwolf and slimes aren't a reference made too central. In conclusion, isekai is an inbred genre
I remember in Ragnarok Online, the poring slimes will eat your loot. And you need to kill them to get your loot back. Does that count as spitting items?
I stopped watching Slave Harem when the MC had actual sex with his actual slave. I was expecting the MC to have some sort of moral revelation before doing the deed. But no, only depravity here.
And, is she like, totally not into it at all? Is it really just happening because he owns her, there's no attempt to actually develop things or anything?
@@triviumhead1 It doesn't matter. There can be no consent when one person is in authority like that. It is like Jeffrey Epstein's Island or countless incidents in pre-emancipation USA. It is similar to a teacher student relationship, but far worse. It is made even worse by the fact that the slave is a dog-girl. The master views the slave as less than human and that makes it better somehow for him. I can't watch something like that.
@@triviumhead1 No, she is explicitly consenting before he even buys her, but there’s no real indication that the MC wouldn’t have gone through with it if she didn’t.
First off, can we get a term-paper explaination on your rating system? and secondly - I, no joke, needed to pause the video for the "Does anyone else smell toast" line, 10 outa 10 Geoff.
Having read the Black Summoner light novels (though the anime also does explain it), the "reason" he doesn't have any memories is also the reason why he is so OP. When he was being reincarnated, he offered up all of his memories to be given access to more stuff. Though the additional reason was that he fell in love with the goddess of reincarnation and wanted to prove to her that he would fall in love again upon seeing her "for the first time".
Geoff mentioned that part in the video. He didn't mean "Why did he lose his memories?" so much as "Why did the author write a plot device to give Protag-kun amnesia if he's still gonna act like a Japanese nerd, pop culture references and all?" The only answer I can think of is that it frees the author from the burden of giving Protag-kun any kind of backstory detail. Whether this is to make it easier for otaku of all stripes to project themselves onto him or just sloth is unknowable.
@@timothymclean Very true, the memory loss was just on those pointless personal stuff like family, life experiences, basically everything that helps shape your personality. Why would it delete memories on popular culture that, as you say, makes it easier to self insert the viewer/reader in?
@@wildste Not sure if you're asking that rhetorically, but if I was selling my memories for magical power-ups I'd sell my MCU memories before selling my family memories.
@@timothymclean I was being sarcastic, so apologies if it didn't come across. But I'm sure that any isekai based goddess in this particular situation would not value MCU memories as worth anything
With those last two shows I honestly thought they were the same show just featuring different points in the show. This has serious 'Olympus Has Fallen' and 'White House Down' vibes.
In a darker anime My Stepsister is my Ex feels like it's going to end with Minami and Kawanami wearing the step siblings skin like a suit as they attempt to reenact a romance between the two and even try to sit at the table with the parents (they've tied to the chairs) and play faux-incest house.
I would love for you to do a video comparing anime fanservice to the fanservice found in Ralph Bakshi's animation. I love Ralph Bakshi's work and many consider him to be the founding father of adult animation. What would a Ralph Bakshi-styled anime look like? And how would it play out?
Was surprised i didn't see suspicious maid on here. I saw one episode and HARD dropped realizing it was supposed to be a quirky romantic comedy between a 17yo maid and her 12ish-yo master
I was also really confused between isekai 2nd life and black summoner cuz they're literally the same show to the point that I can't tell which is which anymore.
The main difference i see in the last two is that Yuji has the outward personality of a cardboard cutout. I literally keep up with it because the slimes are entertaining.
Man, Slimesquad and Wolf just makes me miss the other anime about a Slime Tamer who was worked to death in his last life. Only that one was reincarnated as an adorable 8-10 year old kid
The thing about these anime is that they start blend in together after a while well that's how it feels for me at least. Also I can't wait till Bungo Stray Dog's might actually get talked about since it's getting a new season, Also if someone would make a video talking about the most underrated anime Bungo Stray Dog's would be on there.
Bungo stray dogs is a masterpiece. I think at least part of it is they have a seperate writer and artist. It's rarer for someone to be an amazing writer and artist without favouring one over the other
17:43 it technically was a farmer's widow (in her thirties) and it was only a what-if scenario; the anime has left out a lot of things to center on the plot (most likely because, no matter how slow the author is, it would be impossible otherwise to catch-'em-all in just 12 episodes), like the fact that he was isekaied through an ad on a suicide site or the nature and limitations of his true isekai power. Also, the missing word was taken out when it was adapted to other media from the webnovel.
I legit cannot tell the difference between the two magic isekai protags. I have no clue when your changing to a different show or if their outfits are changing.
That makes sense. Dog girl Harem being inspirational to a bunch of authors. I bounced out of the manga, it felt ... boring? Unrefined. Early stage development of the genre.
Made in Abyss is interesting because I didn't actually realize I liked the show until I was awake at 3am contemplating the existential dread of the Abyss, here's hoping your packed schedule finds time for it 🤞
As someone who hasn't read the lucifer and biscuit hammer. Its not a bad watch, although I've been known to be good at ignoring bad animation when fun characters are around. Extreme hearts is still fun for me because everything that happens in that anime is absurd and its a good cool down from everything else that updates that day. I agree with the rest.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from this list, it’s that whether you’re in the West or if you’re in the East, if you’re watching a Rom-Com, it’s probably gonna suck.
You know, when you described Extreme Hearts, it sure sounds like anime high schoolers playing Calvinball. And, I don't know, that doesn't sound so bad.
At most, I'd say the two are _mediocre._ Not bad really, just okay and a good read if you need some isekai to spend time with. They're like what would happen if you bought a burger at McDonalds. It's good and gives you what you want but you've had so much better.
The worst aspect of SLAVE Harem Labyrinth in Another World is that it's just a less honest Redo of Healer. At least with Redo, it wasn't trying to hide what it was. Slave Harem tries to pass itself as something more than the piece of shit Isekai. The protag of Redo didn't hide he was raping his targets. The protag of Slave Harem has to buy a 'totally consenting' slave girl to fuck. At least Roxanne is a nice character design. She has to be after all since she's the only selling point of this garbage show.
I agree with this 100%. This is why people dont want to associate with this isekai trend bullshit anymore except for a exceptional few. Slavery in feudalist society is used as fanservice pander to a bunch of 14 y/o boys tbh
@@baonguyenxuanthai711 The amount of Isekai I'll actually fuck with I can count on one hand and most of it's from a long while ago like Vision of Escaflowne and El Hazárd. The current trend of Isekai are the same trotted out garbage over and over again.
@@QWERTY-gp8fd This shit? Yeah, gonna press x to doubt there dude. The only 'plot' in this shit is he gets more slaves and meanders about the boring ass dungeon and fucks his 'totally consenting' harem some more. Hell, Interspecies Reviewer from the same studio has more depth than this trash and at least the parties involved are consenting.
I'm so glad you mentioned Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, because I was so psyched when I saw there was an anime out for it because I remember the manga being great, and then I watched the first couple eps and wondered if my memory had just rose-tinted-glassed the whole thing because the anime is so...not. So now instead I think I just need to reread the manga, since you've vindicated my nostalgia. :)
I think the last anime, or animes, perfectly encapsulates how formulaic mediocre isekai light novels have become that two works supposedly written by two different dudes ended up being virtually indistinguishable from each other out of context. That's not even getting into how more and more two-bit isekais start cribbing from others, mainly Slime Time and, apparently, Villainess.
Korean manga is even worst honestly. The villainess reincarnated stories are guilty pleasures of mine and my wife, but they really need some variety with their settings. I had one day where I went through like 8 different stories with each one having the majority of the story take place in the northern part of the kingdom that is constantly fighting demons/monsters yet still has enough power that it could crush the rest of the kingdom to the point where you wonder why they haven't already done so given how much the southern parts tick them off. The male lead is basically copy and paste between each story with similar personalities and almost the exact same looks. I don't exactly expect too much originality, but at least change up the setting a bit please.
