isekai
Another world genre
Isekai is a Japanese genre of fiction—anime, manga, light novels, and video games—in which a protagonist is transported from the ordinary world into a fantasy or parallel universe.
The character typically dies, gets summoned, or falls through a portal, then must navigate the new world's rules, often gaining special powers: Another isekai where the main character gets hit by a truck and wakes up as a medieval knight.
Japanese comic medium
- animeJapanese cartoon art form
- otakuObsessive anime enthusiast
- serializationEncoding objects for transmission
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
illustration · volume · chapter · self-insert · protagonist · reader · fandom
Renewed opportunity after failing
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- escapeFlight from captivity
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
quest · journey · growth · transformation · destiny · prophecy · world-building
Supernatural plane of existence
- summoningCalling forth deliberately
- transportationMoving people or goods
- dimensionMeasurable extent or scope
- gatewayPoint of access
crossing · teleportation · death · rebirth · transfer · awakening · threshold · passage
manga
Japanese comic medium
- animeJapanese cartoon art form
- otakuObsessive anime enthusiast
- serializationEncoding objects for transmission
adaptation · illustration · volume · chapter · self-insert · protagonist · reader · fandom
second-chance
Renewed opportunity after failing
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- escapeFlight from captivity
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
exploration · quest · journey · growth · transformation · destiny · prophecy · world-building
otherworld
Supernatural plane of existence
- summoningCalling forth deliberately
- transportationMoving people or goods
- dimensionMeasurable extent or scope
gateway · crossing · teleportation · death · rebirth · transfer · awakening · threshold · passage · vortex
overpowered
Excessively dominant or conquered
- haremWives' sequestered quarters
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- adventurerOne pursuing exciting exploits
appraisal · inventory · goddess · slave · nobility · villainess · dungeon · party
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- magicSupernatural or illusory power
- kingdomMonarch's ruled territory
castle · dragons · elves · dwarves · demons · monsters · guild-hall · tavern · forest · labyrinth
- genre fictionhigh fantasy, detective fiction, low fantasy, spy fiction, dark fantasy
- Asian Entertainmentanime, manga, K-pop, K-drama, J-drama
- visual story genresaction, adventure, crime, fantasy, horror
- Anime/Mangaanime, manga, shonen, manga adaptations, mecha
- animechibi, kawaii, shonen, shounen, shojo
- Asian LiteratureHaruki Murakami, Mahabharata, Ramayana, wuxia, Japanese fiction
isekaislice of life
Realistic everyday depiction
realism · naturalism · social realism · contemporary fiction · gritty realism