"Kuso goddess, how dare she resurrects me as a literal demigod when I died? What about my dogshit life where I was borderline hikki playing some mmo grind fest 24/7? I'll never forgive her. Nani? Is that a literal monster that wants to kill me? What a pickle, if I defend myself I might feel bad because goblins look similar to humans"
This standard isekaijin moral checklist almost feels like a performance. Like a Truman's show actor going through his script. Who is performing for who, and for what though? Perhaps modern japanese are not unlike modern americo-anglos, and they too need a cheap get out of jail free card to appease their inner policeman, else they won't be able to enjoy their fiction.
Shit, makes a lot of sense when I think about it. Majority of these stories come from fanfic websites, and they live and die with the approval of the comments section. I was always under the impression that Japanese are free from living in a mental panopticon that ails the west, especially our youth. But what if they're just it having in a different flavor?