Thread of the Devil: Ask Me Anything, and I will give you my time and attention.

[Painasbread]

don't burn me
don't burn me
no more

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Since @BakedBanana stole my usual question ...

If you could redirect the time/energy/money spent creating slop isekai into another genre of manga/anime, which one would you choose? Any under-appreciated works in that genre that would be at the top of your list for an anime adaptation?

Excellent question. It'd be nice if I could sort out my library and md lists by tags to see what genre is the most represented in what I like, etc., to answer your question more easily...

Originally, I wanted to say I'd like to use the slop isekai resources on creating actual good isekai, because I felt like there weren't many in that category. So I did some stats to see if my opinion was baseless or not, and it seems I was kinda right.

Spoiler: interesting/boring stats

There are two isekai in my completed 10s out of 23 titles. And the two of them are only here because they got cancelled
It's these two.
Comparing isekai with other genres, there are 15 romance, 16 drama, 9 comedy, and 6 martial arts titles.

In my reading 10s, I have ten isekai out of 45 titles. 14 romance tags, 25 drama tags, 25 comedy tags, and 8 martial arts tags (I'm pretty sure some other titles would deserve it too.) I suspect people just put the trio (romance/drama/comedy) or two of them when one could only suffice, but oh well. Let's not even mention the tragedy tag...

I won't do statistics for the ratings below 10, unfortunately, because it's too much of a hassle.

So yeah, the energy would still be spent on the same genre, and it doesn't really answer your question correctly, but still, that's my answer.

For an underappreciated work in that genre, I thought of Kindan Shitei de Breakthrough ~Boy Meets Satan~ (I rated it 9/10 when it reached the end/got cancelled,) which actually isn't an isekai, isn't underrated, and has already been animated.
That shows how little I care about anime in general, haha. I have watched some and enjoyed it, but nowadays I just don't watch any (because I don't like it.)

I guess that settles it.

Thank you for your interesting questions.

 

[Painasbread]

what is your favorite manga genre and trope?

I'd say I prefer when what I read makes me think about life in general or a certain theme, like the psychological tag, but the tag usually isn't there, and some works still manage to do that for me. I would say the slice of life tag is the most appropriate for that kind of thing, although it's very easy to make a bad slice of life. The great ones, though, they're just a cut above the rest of my reads.
For tropes, I don't really know; I guess I just take what's in my reach. There are a lot of tropes I dislike, though, but not a particular one I'm very fond of.

Edit: it seems like I have 10 titles with slice of life in my completed 10

 

[Basic_human]

I won't do statistics for the ratings below 10,

shame

people dont update rating, series that have good beginning but gone shit midway still gonna have 8-9 rating most case scenario. Sometimes even manga with 7/10 rating could be dangerously addicting. Searching through garbage and giving some coal chance to shine is my favorite thing to do

I'd say I prefer when what I read makes me think about life in general

thats new, usually people are like me, we read to make us dont think about life.

 

[Painasbread]

shame

Yeah, too bad it's just a hassle to sort through every title with my squinting eyes

people dont update rating, series that have good beginning but gone shit midway still gonna have 8-9 rating most case scenario. Sometimes even manga with 7/10 rating could be dangerously addicting. Searching through garbage and giving some coal chance to shine is my favorite thing to do

I do update mine when I feel like they should change, based on what happened in the latest chapter/update.
I keep the manga I rate above 7 in lists to know what I can recommend or what to answer when someone asks what I like to read, haha, so I have to update them assiduously! x)

 

[Basic_human]

Yeah, too bad it's just a hassle to sort through every title with my squinting eyes

someone have a job, i certainly not so i can do this without any restriction