It’s like capitalism has gotten so bad in Asia that it’s profitable to make shows about depressed salarymen/hikkikomori dying and reincarnating in a happy fun exciting world where they are a badass super god/goddess that gets all the women easily.
It’s like capitalism has gotten so bad in Asia that it’s profitable to make shows about depressed salarymen/hikkikomori dying and reincarnating in a happy fun exciting world where they are a badass super god/goddess that gets all the women easily.
Zomb 100 is not technically an isekai but it is way more direct about how much he hates working at a black company (company that gives forces people to work unreasonable hours) and just so happy that he doesn’t have the capitalism responsibilities anymore so he tries to make the best of living in a zombie apacolypse. Its funny to watch a guy use his optimism to make the best of an objectively bad situation.
Most of entertainment is designed to help people escape from their miserable alienated experience under capitalism.
Anime is not popular only in Japan. Its popular in many countries. Ive heard some stories about russians committing suicide because they wanted to get isekaied.
Isekai concept after death is kind of a promise of heaven. People don’t want to be bored after they die and they reincarnate to live an interesting life rather than praying all of the time. An opportunity to feel like one matters in contrast to living where you are a replaceable cog in a machine that doesn’t care for your well being, and it being difficult to find friends as an adult.
Isekai genre (called popadantsy in Russian) is extremely prominent in Russian literature, to the point of people believing nothing else is getting made in terms of sci-fi/fantasy.
Thats also depressing. thanks for the clarification.
The fall of the Soviet Union and its consequences.