WasatchWind
Writer, musician, creator of worlds
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So, first I must preface this little shower thought with: I am very unfamiliar with the tropes of isekai. I am extremely illiterate when it comes to anime.
However, what I know of the genre's basics - it involves travel to a fantasy world, often with a violent event causing it, such as being hit by a car.
Now, that being said, I have a question:
Is the story A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court technically an isekai?
The story involves a 19th century American traveling back in time to the time of king Arthur, and shenanigans ensue.
Now, at first glance, one could call this an early time travel story. But I'll point out, that unlike HG Wells's The Time Machine, it is not some adventure that brings him to his destination, or a machine, but rather, a a blow to the head from a crowbar. Also, while the story is technically going into history, the Arthur legend is so mythological, it may as well be a fantasy world.
Even more interesting, the man upon arriving in Camelot proceeds to engage in a very isekai power fantasy where he dazzles people with modern technology.
But what do you think? Am I just making up nonsense?
However, what I know of the genre's basics - it involves travel to a fantasy world, often with a violent event causing it, such as being hit by a car.
Now, that being said, I have a question:
Is the story A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court technically an isekai?
The story involves a 19th century American traveling back in time to the time of king Arthur, and shenanigans ensue.
Now, at first glance, one could call this an early time travel story. But I'll point out, that unlike HG Wells's The Time Machine, it is not some adventure that brings him to his destination, or a machine, but rather, a a blow to the head from a crowbar. Also, while the story is technically going into history, the Arthur legend is so mythological, it may as well be a fantasy world.
Even more interesting, the man upon arriving in Camelot proceeds to engage in a very isekai power fantasy where he dazzles people with modern technology.
But what do you think? Am I just making up nonsense?