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Currently airing isekai series, as of Feb/2024 (ani.social)

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If there's something missing from this list, be sure to comment, and I'll add it.

Sokushi Cheat ga Saikyou sugite, Isekai no Yatsura ga Marude Aite ni Naranai n desu ga. (aka My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!)
Mato Seihei no Slave (aka Chained Soldier**
Meitou "Isekai no Yu" Kaitakuki: Around 40 Onsen Mania no Tensei Saki wa, Nonbiri Onsen Tengoku deshita (aka Isekai Onsen Paradise)
Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Ura-Boss desu ga Maou dewa Arimasen (aka Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord)
Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu (aka SUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-) - 2nd Season
Isekai de Mofumofu Nadenade suru Tame ni Ganbattemasu. (aka I'm Doing My Best to Make Myself at Home in Another World)
Kekkon Yubiwa Monogatari (aka Tales of Wedding Rings)
Saijaku Tamer wa Gomi Hiroi no Tabi wo Hajimemashita. (aka The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I am impressed that you can even keep track of all of these. I consider myself a fan of the genre and, without looking it up, could probably have only named 4 of these (some others I knew tangentially about, but thought it was fantasy rather than isekai). To be fair though, many isekai are just fantasy stories with extra steps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

To be fair I had to open AniList to remember all of them, specially because of their names.

To be fair though, many isekai are just fantasy stories with extra steps.

Yes in a lot of cases. However, if the isekai trope is well used it has a deeper impact - like the MC having an alien view of the world when compared with the natives¹, some knowledge that they don't have² (tech, cuisine, how to exploit a system, or even future events), or even by being able to live childhood from the eyes of someone with memories of an adult life³.

Cooking with Wild Game is a good take on that.
...or even soup. Ascendance of a Bookworm, I'm looking at you.
Mushoku Tensei did this rather well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, agreed. I think isekai is at its best when both worlds/lives/etc. actually matter. Some good examples!