Why Are Isekai So Popular The Sad Truth

[00:00] with shows like overlord that one time i

[00:02] was recriminated as a slime shield hero

[00:05] and many more gaining large popularity

[00:08] for these past couple of years i started

[00:10] wondering one thing

[00:12] why

[00:13] why are all of these isekai so popular

[00:17] while some of them

[00:18] garner their fame through great stories

[00:20] and amazing characters

[00:22] some feel as if they simply gain

[00:24] viewership based on the fact that they

[00:26] are simply izekiz

[00:28] when i decided to think about it more i

[00:30] came to a somewhat sad conclusion

[00:32] why do people play games watch films or

[00:34] anime

[00:36] why do we drink alcohol even when we

[00:38] know it's damaging ass

[00:40] the simple answer is it's fun but for

[00:43] some people this fun is an escape from

[00:45] reality we all need an escape once in a

[00:48] while however in some cases these things

[00:51] that we do use to escape reality can

[00:54] almost become damaging or possibly

[00:57] life-threatening some people do the same

[00:59] thing with work making them workaholics

[01:01] sometimes and obviously that's not

[01:03] healthy either

[01:04] as someone that's not very old himself i

[01:07] don't want to feel like i'm preaching

[01:08] but i do believe life is about balance

[01:11] being able to balance the tough things

[01:14] in life with the happy and things that

[01:17] help us escape

[01:19] is the best way to live a functioning

[01:21] life in my opinion

[01:23] hey esekai

[01:24] functions by the fact that it relates

[01:26] with people some people hate their lives

[01:28] and most people are depressed these days

[01:31] while i'm not sure if we're more

[01:33] depressed or we got asked the question

[01:35] and gave a proper answer for the first

[01:37] time that's a topic for another time

[01:39] this is something that i've thought

[01:41] about a lot throughout a different idea

[01:44] if people could do full day vr like sao

[01:46] some people wouldn't leave that world

[01:49] the idea of being in a world where

[01:51] you're allowed to be a different person

[01:53] is appealing to people

[01:54] and if they got a chance to restart

[01:56] their lives they would this has the same

[01:59] ideas going back in time and changing

[02:01] the little things but if you restart

[02:04] you'd get to change everything you don't

[02:06] like basically idea plays with those

[02:09] things in our brains making a story

[02:12] relate and resonate with some people

[02:15] while some might think this is sad i

[02:17] think this is a genius idea to start a

[02:20] story with problematic characters while

[02:22] adding a fantasy element

[02:24] after all most people find reality

[02:26] boring and the idea of bettering

[02:28] yourself relatable

[02:30] these ideas are best represented in a

[02:33] show called mushuku tensei as the main

[02:36] character lived a terrible life and was

[02:38] a terrible person

[02:40] in the story he strives to learn and

[02:43] become a better person if you want to

[02:45] know more about it check out the video i

[02:47] made about it it'll be in the top right

[02:50] and i'll put it in the description for

[02:51] you

[02:53] there are many ways that the story can

[02:54] be presented while still keeping the

[02:56] basic idea the same

[02:58] overlord has a great twist on the idea

[03:01] and is one of the most popular anime due

[03:04] to the way that he used the idea the

[03:06] main change is how the mc doesn't feel

[03:08] human emotions properly anymore as he's

[03:10] known dead

[03:11] making his choices more evil the more

[03:14] this becomes normal to him with a cast

[03:17] of interesting characters and a simple

[03:19] yet large world

[03:20] it managed to capture the interest of

[03:23] many people that have watched it

[03:25] as i myself write stories this is a very

[03:27] interesting topic to think about as

[03:29] there are many different archetypes of

[03:30] story writing and insecurity is one of

[03:32] the more modern ones

[03:33] normally this would restrict your

[03:35] freedom when writing a story however the

[03:37] idea of reincarnating in a different

[03:39] world allows a lot of freedom

[03:41] as a reader and viewer of these stories

[03:43] i always found myself fascinated waiting

[03:45] to learn more about this new world and

[03:47] how it functions

[03:49] lastly i'll talk about why isekai's

[03:51] aren't going to be going away anytime

[03:52] soon think back 12 years do you remember

[03:55] all the zombie themed books

[03:57] games shows films and stories

[04:01] the reason why the zombie fiend died was

[04:03] due to the restrictions the story

[04:05] revolving around them was

[04:07] most of the things happening were still

[04:09] based in reality and honestly there's

[04:11] only one movie series that i loved with

[04:14] the zombie theme

[04:16] these being the resonant evil films now

[04:19] if you like the games good but the

[04:21] movies were their own thing with the

[04:23] main character getting super powers

[04:26] a much different take on the zombie

[04:27] topic

[04:29] the biggest difference between the two

[04:30] themes is the freedom that they allow

[04:32] when creating a world

[04:34] a sakai allows two new roles to be

[04:37] created and depending on the way you

[04:40] decide to develop them there's infinite

[04:42] possibilities

[04:44] creating a twist for these stories is

[04:46] easy and allows the creation of very

[04:50] different main characters from each

[04:51] other

[04:53] if you think about it a lot of the main

[04:55] characters in these worlds fundamentally

[04:58] have very different aspects to each

[04:59] other

[05:00] for example think about that one time i

[05:02] was reincarnated as a slime and overlord

[05:05] whilst you could say that they're both

[05:06] mobs monsters they still have very

[05:09] different characters

[05:10] they even have different characteristics

[05:12] and you could still make some

[05:14] comparisons between them so for example

[05:16] let's think about shield hero the main

[05:17] character of shield hero is very

[05:19] different to them and honestly he has a

[05:21] totally different agenda honestly think

[05:23] about it with zombie shows

[05:26] you're very much targeting a specific

[05:27] audience which is adults but with

[05:29] something like an issac you could go for

[05:31] children

[05:33] teens or adults

[05:35] just like i said the creative freedom is

[05:37] much larger with an isekai type story

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[05:45] anime content do you think there's more

[05:48] that i could have talked about or do you

[05:50] think i made some bad points put it in

[05:52] the comments and let's start a

[05:53] discussion i'll respond as fast as

[05:55] possible to any comments made also sorry

[05:58] if the video was a little bit depressing

[06:00] wanted to make a little bit of a

[06:01] different type of video and i still hope

[06:04] you enjoyed

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