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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:eventually his sister shows up and her life goal is schtupping her brother. so, the early parts are not entirely indicative of the later parts. Oh no.
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ZeusCannon posted:Oh no. This doesn't make it better at all, but want he just a mentor that the sister called "brother"? I haven't read it in a while and it wasn't that clear.
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I like how one of the skills the MC of I Woke Up as the Villain is based on his fame/popularity so the more he showboats the stronger he gets. Not entirely the same as a charisma-based skill because it works even if people don't like him but are still talking about him even if it's gossip or trash-talk but it gives him a reason to want to be the center of everyone's attention.
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Rudoku posted:This doesn't make it better at all, but want he just a mentor that the sister called "brother"? I haven't read it in a while and it wasn't that clear. no, the hero was his biological sister. that's why he got his rare class with an early level boost but a low level cap, like a jegan.
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Kodansha Isekai Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/books/isekai-kodansha-books?hmb_source=search_bar
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Aug 7, 2021 00:40
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Aug 7, 2021 00:46
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I love the Faraway Paladin, but I always wonder why they bothered with the isekai part. Yes, his soul is from the modern world but he lived a lovely life and died young, it barely gets a mention in the story at all.
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His lovely life is a huge motivator for him. He's terrified that he'll waste away in a little room again. It directly leads him to reject the god of stagnation and embrace the god of death.
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Aug 7, 2021 01:24
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doomrider7 posted:I was not prepared for how absolutely and borderline loving impossibly good that looked. it is very rare for the character designs in an anime adaptation to be more complex and detailed than the manga.
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Aug 7, 2021 01:33
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Nihilarian posted:His lovely life is a huge motivator for him. He's terrified that he'll waste away in a little room again. It directly leads him to reject the god of stagnation and embrace the god of death. Doesn't he make a pact with the God/Goddess of Fire or is that part of the same ticket? But yeah, at first the isekai aspect felt tacked on, but starts to make more sense. Apparently he was always a bit of NEET with some depression, but he REALLY caved in when his parents died and the panel of it has him clearly broken at their funeral(Apparently he was also rather absent which he REALLY regrets)and it just went downhill from there. It's why his bond with his new family is so strong.
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doomrider7 posted:Doesn't he make a pact with the God/Goddess of Fire or is that part of the same ticket? But yeah, at first the isekai aspect felt tacked on, but starts to make more sense. She's also the goddess of death and Reincarnation. She was the one who brought him to this world to reincarnate.
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Aug 7, 2021 03:33
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NinjaDebugger posted:She's also the goddess of death and Reincarnation. She was the one who brought him to this world to reincarnate. Lol. That just makes it even MORE Dark Souls. I legit can't loving wait for this one. I also hope that the success of this leads to a possible Undead Adventurer anime down the line since both are from the same publisher and I think the same magazine.
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I have read more than one manhwa where the author couldn't decide on whether to do an isekai or a do-over so they just went with both and made the main character a reincarnator who already lived one full life on fantasy world and is now on their second run of it. Also their being from earth typically never comes into play at all except maybe for a single invention.
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NinjaDebugger posted:She's also the goddess of death and Reincarnation. She was the one who brought him to this world to reincarnate.
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Argue posted:I have read more than one manhwa where the author couldn't decide on whether to do an isekai or a do-over so they just went with both and made the main character a reincarnator who already lived one full life on fantasy world and is now on their second run of it. Also their being from earth typically never comes into play at all except maybe for a single invention. I think Doctor Elise did this the best, villainess died in her world, died in Japan as a doctor, then reincarnated with both memories and brings her doctor experience with knowledge of past life.
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I dunno if Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint was the first one to do it but it's the main one I think of for this (I can think of at least one other but it's probably just lifting from ORV) but I like the concept of the MC being a mob character and his main rival/foil/
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ZeusCannon posted:
Oh hey I remember reading the start of that, I should go look at it again- gimme the GOD drat candy posted:eventually his sister shows up and her life goal is schtupping her brother. so, the early parts are not entirely indicative of the later parts. gently caress
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I'm pretty sure the most useless gift in an isekai still belongs to Konosuba
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The first arc of this series is so loving good. I'm glad that, no matter what, we're going to get probably the strongest opening in any isekai animated.
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booksnake posted:Oh hey I remember reading the start of that, I should go look at it again- Agreed and it double sucks because the relationship between the male and female lead is actually very enjoyable and healthy. As opposed to *gestures at wide swath of majority isekai*
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Nemo2342 posted:Well I ended up binging the hell out of this, so both thank you and curse you because I had planned on getting more sleep tonight. Ideal Sponger’s Life has the worst title and the most misleading opening of any media in general that I’ve come to enjoy. I’ve read ahead of the manga, and what I love most is how the dude has such intensely reasonable knowledge, like he knows enough to point actual craftsmen in the right direction, but not enough so they can make marbles or anything without literal years of work. It’s also one of the few isekais that are willing to take place slowly over a fairly long period of time. The main characters have a genuine romantic chemistry in the adult sense, the politics is shallow but very well grounded, and the insecurities the guy faces are again fairly genuine. That and how pretty much every conflict is resolved in an uplifting manner makes it an exceedingly pleasant read. It’s truly extremely wholesome and great. Highly recommended.
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the worst thing about the sister is that she is essentially held captive by her hero class, which absolutely compels her to do hero stuff to the exclusion of all else. most emotions are negative status effects, so she is immune. sleep is one too, so immune again. and as she levels up, the restrictions get worse and she becomes increasingly less human. then she gets a chance to escape these restrictions and her responsibilities and takes it with the help of her faithful friend. said friend stuck by her even when the hero was completely unable to be a friend due to the restrictions. it's a good story! except then her goal with this newfound freedom is to schtup her brother. ugghhhhhhhh
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Aug 8, 2021 17:24
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At the very least, the story is really good until that part, and worth reading.
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Weird that that's how it goes I remember that manga but not the name. As far as I can recall they just liked their brother as like some kind of misanthropy 'I'm indifferent to everyone else but I do like you though, thanks for staying up with me so late every night.'
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RareAcumen posted:Weird that that's how it goes I remember that manga but not the name. As far as I can recall they just liked their brother as like some kind of misanthropy 'I'm indifferent to everyone else but I do like you though, thanks for staying up with me so late every night.' It's called Shin no Nakama janai to Yuusha no Party wo Oidasareta node, Henkyou de Slow Life suru Koto ni shimashita (licensed in English as "Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside").
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RareAcumen posted:Weird that that's how it goes I remember that manga but not the name. As far as I can recall they just liked their brother as like some kind of misanthropy 'I'm indifferent to everyone else but I do like you though, thanks for staying up with me so late every night.' who knows? maybe the manga will go a different route when it gets that far. that'd be pretty nice, actually.
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Nemo2342 posted:It's called Shin no Nakama janai to Yuusha no Party wo Oidasareta node, Henkyou de Slow Life suru Koto ni shimashita (licensed in English as "Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside"). gimme the GOD drat candy posted:who knows? maybe the manga will go a different route when it gets that far. that'd be pretty nice, actually. Ohhhhhhh, you guys were talking about the novel. No wonder I didn't remember any of that stuff. I just remembered someone scheming to get him kicked out of the group and obsessing over the sister and how she should be all mine and no one elses. So she immediately kills him as soon as she finds out what he did. Aaaand then healed that wound because Heroes can't be doing that and classes are designations on how you have to live your life.
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Two Tone Shoes posted:The first arc of this series is so loving good. I'm glad that, no matter what, we're going to get probably the strongest opening in any isekai animated. Finished reading that arc again. It really is one of the best arcs in any form of media.
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RareAcumen posted:Ohhhhhhh, you guys were talking about the novel. No wonder I didn't remember any of that stuff. I just remembered someone scheming to get him kicked out of the group and obsessing over the sister and how she should be all mine and no one elses. To be fair, I haven't gotten to that part in the novels either so now I'm kind of dreading it.
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Nemo2342 posted:To be fair, I haven't gotten to that part in the novels either so now I'm kind of dreading it. It's pretty tame compared to other series with that type of character. The sister doesn't behave terribly and the brother deals with her attachment to him as a mental illness caused by the circumstances around her "Hero" class and he tries to help her socialize more with others. This could all change in the future but I don't view it as horrible at this moment.
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I'll reread it eventually this week. As far as I remember it only really goes as far as her thinking of him as her only friend. Which, for a girl with no emotions is pretty substantial. It's not at Demon Slayer levels of love for your family but it's still pretty sweet regardless. She seemed to really look up to him, managing to show such a range of emotions as  and  whenever he was around
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Ideal Sponger’s Life has the worst title and the most misleading opening of any media in general that I’ve come to enjoy. I’ve read ahead of the manga, and what I love most is how the dude has such intensely reasonable knowledge, like he knows enough to point actual craftsmen in the right direction, but not enough so they can make marbles or anything without literal years of work. As much as I like trashy power fantasy, and lets face it, if I didn't I wouldn't be here, this made me read it and it was a real breath of fresh air. The characters are written like real people compared to most things and it doesn't do the awful isekai treadmill at all. It is NSFW though. Not porn or anything, but I wouldn't read it around kids. Ultimately the most realistic Isekai would turn out like 
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The junk collector posted:As much as I like trashy power fantasy, and lets face it, if I didn't I wouldn't be here, this made me read it and it was a real breath of fresh air. The characters are written like real people compared to most things and it doesn't do the awful isekai treadmill at all. It is NSFW though. Not porn or anything, but I wouldn't read it around kids. Exactly, and I think the best part is that he has vague ideas on how electricity and other technologies work, just enough to not be able to share that knowledge, and really the only person he ends up disappointing with that is himself!
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After this thread mentioned it, I ended up binging the whole series, and what got me was that this is more of a love/romance story then a power fantasy with a bit more realistic knowledge spread as others of this type, and it made me think why don't they go down this route more often, and then I saw that like over half of the comments are some variation of "Dropping this, the MC is so trash. The wife is giving him permission to sleep with everyone, why doesn't he. Such a pussy." and then I realize where the true market for these are and why they are all this way.
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Yeah those comments are frustrating. The culture clash and him retaining the values of his own upbringing are actually, y’know, a really important part of the story!
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The junk collector posted:As much as I like trashy power fantasy, and lets face it, if I didn't I wouldn't be here, this made me read it and it was a real breath of fresh air. The characters are written like real people compared to most things and it doesn't do the awful isekai treadmill at all. It is NSFW though. Not porn or anything, but I wouldn't read it around kids. It is NSFW, but it's a more restrained NSFW than I'm used to seeing in isekai manga. I guess I would say it feels more natural and less fan servicey than pretty much anything else I can recall reading lately.
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You spin magnets, right? Even a nuclear reactor is ultimately just boiling water to spin a magnet with a steam turbine.
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If you ever want to prepare yourself to get Isekai-ed, there’s a book called The Knowledge by Lewis Dartnell which details how to rebuild or bootstrap a post apocalyptic society, and most of the post-medieval tech advice would be applicable to a fantasy world. But if the world doesn’t have easily accessible healing magic, probably the single biggest contribution you could make is convincing healers to wash their hands.
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There's also How to Invent Everything by Ryan North, which is specifically written as a guidebook for people who get stranded in another time period.
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