So just how many people are into isekai on Tapas?

[ccpena616]

I'm gonna release a comic and two weeks and I wanna gague the amount of people interested in isekais. And what type of isekais are you into?

[silverraven0]

I like Isekai as long as it doenst have harem and got good pacing. There's a lot of isekais i tried reading but a lot of them needed up disappointing.

And i just wanna say the weird Isekai I'm very into right now is the one with spiders and vending machine.

[Shomin]

As long as no truck-kun involved!
I use to love Inuyasha and Fushigi Yugi.
But most of the modern isekai are simply disappointing.

[darthmongoose]

The forums are probably not the best place to ask this question because people here lean more towards being creators rather than readers and often have quite different tastes from the majority of the Tapas audience.

If you look at how many isekai comics there are in the popular and premium titles on the site (mainly in the Fantasy and Action genres, but there are even a number in Romance and elsewhere), that should give you a better idea. Generally they maintain a high level of popularity, so the main thing to consider is really just how to stand out from the competition with your specific isekai story.

[fsarbolaez]

What's "truck-kun"?

What comes to my mind:

[fsarbolaez]

Only one called, 'The Isekai Maid is Forming a Union '.
I'd post a link to Tapas but there's no real way to do it on my phone and my desktop refuses to sign me into the forums.
Best I can do is this link to Webtoons:

This Isekai Maid is Forming a Union!

[sushy00]

I wasn't aware of this genre, but I think it can make a nice plot.
Everything depends on the execution (how you tell the story) anyway.

[fleurravenbooks]

Tbh i don't like it but i think it's really popular ( a lot of novels/comics are : mc dies and gets reborn as villainess, i think that's isekai, unless there are more "rules" for that genre)

[Kelheor]

That's definitely not the definition of isekai at all the genre itself has nothing to do with villainesses and not much with being reborn even, really.
12 kingdoms and Inuyasha are my faves, so was Fushigi Yuugi (go, oldschool! ).

[fleurravenbooks]

oh no i meant being transported in magical world, but most of isekai stories (at least in past few months) are like that

[DiegoPalacios]

Isekai is a really broad genre, because many stories with different styles are focussed on one or more characters being transported into another world......so there is a potential audience for it.

In Tapas you can find many isekais with many subs, so it seems like there is a solid market for it. However, while that gives an advantage on views, you may need something that helps your story stand out (it could be characters, setting, or extraordinary execution among other variables) . Otherwise your story may sink in a sea of similarity.

Wish you the best with your project!

[NickRowler]

I feel like the popularity comes from that people just like escapism.

When I think of stories that had characters being transported to a new world, I liked stuff like Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, and Little Nemo in Slumberland, which I guess are sort of like isekai from 100 years ago. I like them because of how weird and bizarre the worlds are, even to the point of being almost frightening and nightmare-ish at points.

And maybe some less old examples, Un Lun Dun by China Mieville and The Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix.

I think some of me issues with modern isekai or at least the ones I tried to read that Tapas keep promoting, it that their fantasy worlds are so bland and boring. It just feels like an anime Ren Faire. And maybe it's a type of aesthetic that some people just like and they will eat up anything with it. But that isn't really the type of fantasy I like. And I feel like a lot of casual readers have become a bit sick of the Villain/Villianess/Tyrant tropes and the creepy power dynamics in the ones about romance.

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