[Ads-l] Word: isekai (noun and verb)

[James Landau]

On Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 12:00:40 AM EDT,  ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
 
 
 

Isekai is a Japanese word referring to a subgenre of portal fantasy.
It has been borrowed into English as a noun. Nowadays, it is sometimes
used as a verb, e.g.,  isekai'd, isekaied

Isekai
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isekai

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Isekai (Japanese: 異世界, transl. "different world", "another world" or
"otherworld") is a subgenre of portal fantasy. It includes novels,
light novels, films, manga, anime and video games that revolve around
a displaced person or people who are transported to and have to
survive in another world, such as a fantasy world, virtual world, or
parallel universe. Isekai is one of the most popular genres of
anime...
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Isn't this a synonym for "Connecticut Yankee"?

- Jim Landau
  

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