I feel like most isekai fall into three categories of wish fulfillment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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reLIVE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Where a protagonist wants to live a more fulfilling life and dedicates themselves to living this new life and new experiences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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reLAX<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Where a protagonist wore themselves out so much that they decide to dedicate their lives to chilling tf out (often forgetting their new raison d’etre).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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reVENGE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Where a protagonist is out for blood for all the wrongs done to them, often in the extreme. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Examples:<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Ascendence of a Bookworm is a reLAX because the protagonist only wants to read books and… that’s it. Everything is in service of her relaxing dream life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The Death Mage is a reVENGE with a modicum of reLIVE. The kid had a fucked up and terrible two<\/em> lives, and he desires revenge for those who made out better than him in the reincarnation cycle. It figures a bit of reLIVE in it because he’s experiencing a much better life this time around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra is, surprisingly, a reLIVE isekai that focuses on the protagonist’s second life and his enjoyment of new life and power. He was deathly ill and on his death got the opportunity for a second life. There are elements of reVENGE at times but it isn’t the initial focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
why these three categories?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
as an avid reader of isekai it feels like most focus on these three fantasies. i once planned on writing an essay on it but i don’t want to anymore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
the purpose is to meet the reader’s desire for catharsis or entertainment while fitting into a long serial-style story for the most part. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I feel like most isekai fall into three categories of wish fulfillment: reLIVE Where a protagonist wants to live a more fulfilling life and dedicates themselves to living this new life and new experiences. reLAX Where a protagonist wore themselves out so much that they decide to dedicate their lives to chilling tf out (often […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5693","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5697,"href":"https:\/\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5693\/revisions\/5697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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