I mean it has all the trappings of it, high fantasy world with overpowered main character where there’s a demon king to be defeated and the MC accumulates allies as they journey.
Thats definitely a debatable point. Most especially the shitty isekai stop caring about the mc coming from another world and just focus on how OP they are. 90% of these stories would not change significantly if the character was just “born different”
See: SAO: Alicization where the MC has their memory wiped and lives their entire life inside the “other world” as a normal person inside of it and it’s a twist in a later part of the story that he’s actually from another world. Nobody would debate this isn’t an Isekai despite it not being one canonically until halfway through the season.
Yeah and in that case its a pivotal plot point. My point is most isekai at this point are just c tier fantasy with truck kun slapped at the front. The trope is often used more for marketing than narrative.
Sorry, just making a lame joke! I never saw the mimic gag as fanservice, myself. I guess Frieren’s butt is sticking out but I saw it as comical rather than titillating–made me think of a common trope where someone will get beat up and they’ll be faceplanted but with their butt sticking way up in the air which looks very silly. Totally agree with the rest, though.
Frieren did a pretty good job avoiding isekai tropes by just having a female ace MC
Frieren avoided isekai tropes by not being an isekai
I mean it has all the trappings of it, high fantasy world with overpowered main character where there’s a demon king to be defeated and the MC accumulates allies as they journey.
The core feature of an isekai is the “isekai” part though
Thats definitely a debatable point. Most especially the shitty isekai stop caring about the mc coming from another world and just focus on how OP they are. 90% of these stories would not change significantly if the character was just “born different”
I mean it’s really not a word means itself
See: SAO: Alicization where the MC has their memory wiped and lives their entire life inside the “other world” as a normal person inside of it and it’s a twist in a later part of the story that he’s actually from another world. Nobody would debate this isn’t an Isekai despite it not being one canonically until halfway through the season.
Yeah and in that case its a pivotal plot point. My point is most isekai at this point are just c tier fantasy with truck kun slapped at the front. The trope is often used more for marketing than narrative.
tbf the demon king is already defeated. her journey is about going to heaven (ooh baby, its a place on earth!) to say hi to some old friends
That’s why it doesnt suck ass
FMAB was also created by a woman so that tracks.
Probably a large reason yes, although it still has its own form of fan service
Fern pouts are the most powerful form of fanservice known to man
i was referring more to the mimic running “gag” and the not-so-subtle butt and boob shots, and a lot of the female characters’ outfits in the 2nd arc
Sorry, just making a lame joke! I never saw the mimic gag as fanservice, myself. I guess Frieren’s butt is sticking out but I saw it as comical rather than titillating–made me think of a common trope where someone will get beat up and they’ll be faceplanted but with their butt sticking way up in the air which looks very silly. Totally agree with the rest, though.