isekai

Meaning

1. noun A genre of Japanese fiction involving everyday people transported to alternative fantasy or virtual worlds.
2. noun A genre of Japanese fiction in which the protagonist is reincarnated.
3. noun Any piece of media in the above genres.
4. verb To transport (someone) into an alternative world, often by killing them.
5. verb To murder (someone), to kill (someone).

Similar words

fantasy world mizenkei fantasy intrusion fantasy imaginative fiction speculative fiction immersion urban fantasy slice of life transrealism