Although the modern variation of the “isekai” trope has existed within manga and anime since the early 1980s, the concept of a character swept away to a life in an alternate fantasy world has exploded in popularity and frequency during the past decade. Despite frequent parallels and similarities among isekai stories, readers still clamor for […]
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