Give you an example, in Japan we know they do a TON of isekai stories but they all have their own flavours from the dark Overlord and ReZero to the lighter Campfire Cooking and that farming one that escapes me right now so that's already too many to subvert them all.
Then on the Korean side you have regression stories where similar concept but different mechanics so if you somehow subverted all of Isekai, people would just move to regression and by the time they try to subvert that, one author has already made a good non woke isekai to dominate the market. They can't do it so they seem to be trying to limit it's reach in streaming services to the West.
Isekai would be easy, because they could just start Isekai'ing them into browner worlds. Its actually the most likely to be subverted because its inherent nature lends it to Woke settings if one so chose. It could even have progressive politics running in the background of its kingdoms and just tossed around like its no thing to begin the gradual zeitgeist change around it.
While we know there are tons of little differences, I don't think those matter as much as the cultural desire from those categories broadly. It wouldn't be hard to keep those up in isekai while also bleeding in Woke shit.
I mean, Japan already has people thinking about "chocolate waifus" from various fantasy and isekai works that could easily just become black instead of dark elves to push narratives.
Too many genres to subvert them all at once.
Give you an example, in Japan we know they do a TON of isekai stories but they all have their own flavours from the dark Overlord and ReZero to the lighter Campfire Cooking and that farming one that escapes me right now so that's already too many to subvert them all.
Then on the Korean side you have regression stories where similar concept but different mechanics so if you somehow subverted all of Isekai, people would just move to regression and by the time they try to subvert that, one author has already made a good non woke isekai to dominate the market. They can't do it so they seem to be trying to limit it's reach in streaming services to the West.
Isekai would be easy, because they could just start Isekai'ing them into browner worlds. Its actually the most likely to be subverted because its inherent nature lends it to Woke settings if one so chose. It could even have progressive politics running in the background of its kingdoms and just tossed around like its no thing to begin the gradual zeitgeist change around it.
While we know there are tons of little differences, I don't think those matter as much as the cultural desire from those categories broadly. It wouldn't be hard to keep those up in isekai while also bleeding in Woke shit.
I mean, Japan already has people thinking about "chocolate waifus" from various fantasy and isekai works that could easily just become black instead of dark elves to push narratives.
If you recall the name of that 'farming one', let me know.
Isekai Nonbiri Nouka or in English: Farming life in another world'
Nice chill anime and Kuro is best boy, Zabuton best girl.