Isekai tropes/stereotypes you hate the most?

[DelythThomasArt]

I guess to add on is how its become mainly a male power fantasy harem mess? Only recent one to stand out for me was Asendence of a bookworm and All endings lead to doom

[KhanSpring]

As well as Kyo Kara Maoh! and Fushigi Yugi

[DelythThomasArt]

Now I need to go rewatch Fushi Yugi XD

[indagold]

The whole isekai genre itself because you can make some cool stuff with it like Coraline, Spirited Away or Alice in Wonderland... but no, just a harem anime with rpg tropes. Never change anime

[Kuma]

I hate "Magic as Everyday Technology"

I detest when they want to make the world look like a medieval fantasy, but they don't go full on Fantasy and create stupid magical appliances or have most house have mysterious indoor plumbing that works. If you're going to go medieval, go fucking medieval. Don't create convenience for your characters, the important thing on an Isekai is putting the character in another world, not just a Disney Theme Park version of a Fantasy Setting

[Tired_Spider]

The stereotype that the world is just a fantasy world that lacks diversity in its world. Like if they are in a magical world and what do we have?
- Forest
- Plains
- Mountain
Wow, they are so amazing, it's not like you could do something different cause of magic. And no it's not like the animals and plants could be different from earth's fauna at all, no it's awesome to see boars and bears all over the place too. Not like you could created something random to fill their role instead. But what do I know, I can't even remember much of the Isekai animes I watch and it's not like the natural world around the story could make it more awe-spiring.

[HonorableTakoyaki]

I agree. The getting a harem part always discourages me from continuing.

But I also understand that it's a different world which is why they are free to do whatever they want. For real though, I need more isekais with no harem.

[samiluu]

what exactly is an "isekai"?

[HonorableTakoyaki]

People sent to a different world. Usually with magic and all that.

Edit: This is my favorite isekai series.

[allenT]

ISEKAI (異世界) translates as 'strange' or 'different'(異) and 'world'(世界)

[DelythThomasArt]

Isekai is a term to mean otherworld or different world. The gimmic is a stranger in a foreign land. Normaly with a fantasy or game twist

[samiluu]

@allenT @DelythThomasArt oh I see, thank you! so basically my comic is an isekai and which isekai ends with the harem thing? what i've seen often is that there's a female main character just for the fanservice and she's constantly abused by the MC or other characters and it is supposed to be funny... this really bothers me

[DelythThomasArt]

Best early isekai I recomend is Escaflowne / Inuyasha XD even if its more the reverse with a lady having lots of guys but theres more to it than just...harem and power. The live action film Labyrinth could count as Isekai too

[HonorableTakoyaki]

A lot of Isekais ends with them having a harem. I mean, it is a completely different world where polygamy isn't illegal as long as there is love (Especially when you're a noble.) Some isekais with a harem ending are these:

And,

Redo of Healer
This one. Tho this is much much darker

[samiluu]

omg if I didn't watch labyrith 29348290348 times as a teen... hahaha and Inuyasha was very fashionable in my city, everyone loved it when it came to tv. I never heard of Escalowne tho.

[samiluu]

ugh I see, thanks for the info

[Berserker]

I hate how overpowered they get, or even begin. These are people from the modern world who probably don't even know how to hold a sword. But they are usually immediately magic prodigies.

I want to see them get trounced by a level 1 goblin before having to learn the basics of survival by the citizens of the world.

[Manyana]

harem. harem. harem. it ruins a good story.

[crimson_mystery_cake]

Honestly I miss the days of Inuyasha. I miss Magic Knight Rayearth and Fushigi Yuugi. It really feels like the fun mythical fantasy elements of isekai have just been completely killed off and it's just been replaced by something I personally like a lot less.

I mean, I don't want to bash the current isekai genre. Lots of people like the current isekai cliche of "oh no I got hit by a truck and am now in game world" or "oh no I've been somehow transported into a novel and I have to marry the duke!?!?????" but that stuff has just never been what I liked the genre for. I guess I'm just at that age where I fall into the category of "grumpy old man complaining about what the kids are into these days." lmao

[crimson_mystery_cake]

I detest when they want to make the world look like a medieval fantasy, but they don't go full on Fantasy and create stupid magical appliances or have most house have mysterious indoor plumbing that works. If you're going to go medieval, go fucking medieval.

I hear what you're saying, and honestly for the most part I agree. It would be SO METAL to see an isekai series actual take how things would actually be in a historic setting into account, buuuuut on the flipside I also totally understand why most isekai don't go into this route. It's supposed to be shameless wish fulfillment and having characters struggle with there not being modern appliances or having horsepoop litter the street as mothers bury their 16th dead baby wouldn't be exactly the cheery bright fun that most people are looking for with their fantasy these days.

Though on that note I have kind of wondered what would it be like if an isekai protagonist brought a modern day disease into an isekai world. Like say, just randomly off the top of my head, covid-19. There are obviously way more obvious choices than that but that disease is what's hot in the streets right now and I think it'd be interesting to see how a fantasy world would deal with the pandemic we are facing with right now.