Is isekai genre's rise in popularity a reflection that most of us are discontent with how things are in our life's and...

Is isekai genre's rise in popularity a reflection that most of us are discontent with how things are in our life's and society in general?

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most/all entertainment is escapism, isekai is just a more direct path

No it's just a hack plot device

No, it's just power fantasies and waifubait.

Would you like to go to another world?

Why do almost all Isekai not only make the protagonist go to another world, but also have him be extremely special/have special powers that nobody else has?

I'd like to go to another body

Because we all want to be unique without having to put in effort.

Getting transported to some medieval time with current modern knowledge would be a big enough cheat, adding anything else is overkill.

I don't know what this is but it sounds like it's meant for young men who don't have the character to want to live a life without having everything handed to them

its a genre of manga/anime where the main character is transported to a magical land where he gets to live as the chosen one ousually but some have them live out ordinary but comfy lives. youre pretty much spot on though

Its like you get to play god in another world.

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I don't think so. Most isekai is just a lazy way to
A: Get the audience to connect with the character and
B: Get an excuse to infodump.
The MC is a newcomer so he has a reason to ask all kinds of questions about the world, and the fact that he's from ours means people empathize with him more easily. (Also the fact that he's a complete outsider probably makes him relatable to people who feel like they don't fit in anywhere)

This is the best analyze i've seen so far in this thread.
Would you like to go to another world?

Also because the MC isn't from the fantasy world he isnt privy to the prejudices of that world
This means he gets to seem like an amazing guy and have girls fall for him by doing the pretty normal act of not being racist

They said the same thing about videogames

Eh not really. Unless you are telling me you actually know how to make this stuff, your knowledge will be too superficial. We live in a world where we know just enough and then can look it up super fast giving a false idea of how much we know. If you know how to make drugs or build power plants from scratch, then yeah, I'll concede you'll have a huge upper hand, but I doubt most people have the knowledge and skills to put this into place.

Nips can't into storytelling

Mate people became doctors back then because they told people that they could clean the air
I think anybody with a basic understanding of modern health and medicine could become a kings personal doctor in medieval times

This and not only medical related, basic mathematics/accounting and general knowledge.

Isnt this thread more for /a/?

>underaged normie is pretending as a boomer