Isekai is an anime genre known for its interesting world, interesting characters, and amazing magical abilities. Some sekai games don’t take things too seriously and let the stories unfold easily. Some shows will make fans think about the series well after the last episode. Isekai shows have a rare opportunity to take an unusual character and put them in a brand new place. An isekai’d character can often act as a bystander, making viewers wonder what they would do if they were in the character’s shoes.
Isekai with rich stories leaves an impression on anyone who watches them. The best isekais of all time leave viewers wanting more after they’re done, and leave people with reasonable, valid questions about the series itself and the ending they’re left with.
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KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!
Escaping Commitments Can Be the Right Move
In its face, KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World it may not seem like a serious animebut its themes of responsibility and natural desire can leave anyone wondering well after the last episode. The main character Kazuma is summoned to another world with the task of killing the Demon Lord, a task he was woefully unprepared for. When given the choice to bring any one thing to his new world, he chooses Goddess Aqua, who gave him the task in the first place.
Kazuma arrives in his new world and doesn’t care about “his” job. While In Suba he portrays Kazuma as a lazy, careless character, which he really isn’t. He is an ordinary person forced into a difficult situation without much help to get started. While other isekai characters confidently answer their calls to work, Kazuma refuses – but he can’t exactly be blamed.
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The Saga of Tanya the Evil
Who Used to Lead a Man in a Little Girl’s Body
The Saga of Tanya the Evil features one of the most lovable and deadly characters in anime. Tanya von Degurechaff is a 12-year-old girl and a one-man army on the battlefield. He’s cold, calculating, and smarter than most of the adults in his life. His story is interesting because it started in another life. Before he was Tanya, he was an ordinary Japanese wage earner who was fired to death by a vengeful co-worker. He met Being X in the afterlife and told the self-proclaimed God that he did not believe in meta-physical entities, which upset Being X.
Being X then reincarnates this man as Tanya to test his lack of faith. Tanya lives life in her new world defying the business that brought her there. He refuses to accept the idea of life after death and will live as faithless as possible.
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No Game No Life
Should Sora and Shiro Be Gods?
No Game No Life it’s another isekai series that might not seem that deep at first. The main characters, Shiro and Sora, are two unstoppable players looking for a challenge. They found it in Disboard, another world where the standings of each race are determined by games. Although the two were only looking for a challenge, they found opportunities that weren’t real. If they used to play games, they would win nothing but the top spot on the leaderboard. Now, they can change the shape of Immanity forever.
Shiro and Sora’s ultimate goal is to beat all the other races on the Disboard and finally challenge Tet, the God of Games. By defeating him, the couple can reach godhood, but is that what they both really want? It seems that they are on their way to getting the responsibility that one of them requested. The result of Shiro and Sora’s journey is a thrilling series that will leave viewers with plenty to chew on long after the last episode.
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Dr. Stone
Which People Should You Keep?
The world of Dr. Stone It is interesting because while scientifically it is the same planet, it is a completely different world. When Senku finally wakes up after being taken out, he enters a completely new place. Almost everyone is still overwhelmed, and plant life has overtaken much of the world. One of the most interesting plot lines in the Dr. Stone it happens at the beginning of the series when Senku decides to revive Tsukasa. Tsukasa, also known as The Strongest High School Primate, has different plans for the new stone world.
Instead of reviving everyone as Senku wants, Tsukasa wants to use this opportunity to bring back only certain people. It’s an interesting idea that Senku completely rejects, showing his good nature. Dr. Stone asks a lot of great questions at the beginning of the series, making everyone wonder what they would do in the same situation. There is some kind of hope Dr. Stone it is also encouraging. As Senku and his friends rebuild society, viewers are left with the idea that people can overcome any problem with enough cooperation and intelligence.
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At that time I was reborn as Slime
Leading a Developing Nation Is Not Easy
Rimuru in At that time I was reborn as Slime he puts a lot on his shoulders. He wants to build a nation where monsters and humans can get along equally, and he faces many hardships because of it. Rimuru is another isekai character with a good spirit, who is extremely strong, so his decision makes sense. Unfortunately for Rimuru, the outside world does not make his decision easy. His country is constantly under attack from foreign forces who want to threaten his way of life. He’s already shown one of the deadliest abilities in the anime, so it’s strange that Rimuru doesn’t just completely wipe his enemies off the map.
Characters like Ainz Ooal Gown in Overlord they face the same situation as Rimuru and do the opposite of slime. Maybe one day Rimuru will stop going to meetings and start going to the battlefield, but until then, the slime will just be on defense. At that time I was reborn as Slime it carries the remarkable achievement of being highly influential and completely unique.
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A True Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
Kazuya Souma Has A Lot On His Hands
Kazuya Souma faces a very different situation than other isekai characters. While most of the other main isekai characters came to their world and were blessed with great power, Kazuya was given a difficult task: he had to save a failing empire. He didn’t get the ability to fly, and his fists hit the same way they did back in Japan, but at least Kazuya went to school to work for the government. A True Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom it makes anyone who watches it wonder how they will rebuild the empire without the superpowers.
The show has the best and simplest structures in isekai. Kazuya does the best job he can with the few tools he has. How a True Hero Rebuilds an Empire A mature premise and a leveled protagonist are capable tap into ideas that other isekai shows can’t combine, creating more profound ideas in the process.
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Overlord
Ainz Has Higher Goals
Ainz Ooal Gown entered his new world of isekai better than most other characters.
When he found out that he couldn’t leave the game of Yggdrasil, many people would have been shocked. Instead, Ainz hatches a plan to find another living person within the game by ruling the entire world. He doesn’t mind playing the role of super-villain if it means getting the job done, and he’s actually not that bad. Overlord it is a serious sekai because it explores the dark side of power. When Ainz enters the battlefield against the Re-Estize Kingdom, he kills tens of thousands of soldiers in minutes.
Ainz is alone in his world and is doing everything he can to find his equal. He will go a long way in his quest, making many wonder which they would do with his power in the same place.
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The Rise of the Bookworm
Making Books in a Bookless World
Like Tanya, Main is one of the most likable isekai characters in anime. Unlike Tanya, Main doesn’t spend her days fighting soldiers in the desert. He’s a book lover in a bookless world, but that won’t last long. Main meets a unique situation in isekai. Although many isekai shows, such as Overlord or Kono Suba, are set in the medieval period, none of them show a character so longing for something from his old world. Main devotes his life to being able to read and collect books, and will write them if he has to.
The Rise of the Bookworm it shows the lengths a person will go to in order to create their own happiness. Main doesn’t care that he was born into a world that didn’t have what he wanted – he’ll just make it for himself.
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Mushoku Tensei: Useless Reincarnation
34 Years Old in a 23 Year Old Body
Mushoku Tensei: Useless Reincarnation deep as the sea. The story is rich, the world is huge, and the main character, Rudeus, is more complex than a 20-sided Rubik’s cube. In his past life, Rudeus was a 34-year-old NEET who abandoned society and his family just to rot in his bedroom. In his new world, Rudeus has taken life seriously. He realizes the mistakes he has made and tries his best to correct them. Like Rudeus, he’s outgoing, likable, and forward-looking. He retained all his memories of his past life, making him more intelligent than any other person his age.
Mushoku Tensei’s The world-building and questionable cast will leave everyone with questions after the show ends. Future light novels include even more unusual choices for anime viewers to ponder in the future. It starts as a deep show and only deepens as the story progresses.
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Re:Zero – Starting a Life in Another World
Coming back from the dead is brutal
Re:Zero – Starting a Life in Another World deep in the way of sekai. Natsuki Subaru is brought to a new world and given one of the coolest abilities in anime – Return by Death. Every time he dies, he returns to an undetermined point in his life. While that’s the case is something a useful skill, Subaru has to suffer repeatedly for it. Re: Zero he keeps asking Subaru how far he is willing to go with his love Emilia and his best friend, Rem. He is thrown into situations for which he has not continuously prepared and often has to die several times to get through them.
Love Mushoku Tensei, Re:Zero you are placed in a deep world full of amazing expressions. Subaru is in the middle of a perfect storm of witches, Royal Selections, and more. Re: Zero it’s the perfect series for anyone who wants to be left with more questions than answers after the last episode.