Isekai is a genre where the protagonist starts as a normal person living in the real world, usually a lonely teenaged kid, then abruptly dies and gets reincarnated as a super mega hero in a D&D-esq fantasy world. Usually something about their lonely previous life turns into their strength and they save the world. It's currently clogging up the industry and I hate it.
Hallmark movies are like trashy isekai anime, except they pander to the braindead female fantasy instead of the braindead male fantasy.
Isekai is a genre where the protagonist starts as a normal person living in the real world, usually a lonely teenaged kid, then abruptly dies and gets reincarnated as a super mega hero in a D&D-esq fantasy world. Usually something about their lonely previous life turns into their strength and they save the world. It's currently clogging up the industry and I hate it.
It's the easiest, laziest way to make a fantasy character relatable. Make him a normal person who's kinda boring.
Someone, somewhere probably wished for less high school anime and the monkey's paw granted their wish.