Manga idea: I don’t want be Isekaied

[immortalartisan]

A comdy slice of life about surviving every way to be Isekaied. The Managua starts with our old pal and ever used one
truck-kun. When our mc would be heading to school and crossing the street and then dodging out of the way of a truck and then having a glimpse into our typical fantasy world with swords and magic. He then swears to never cross roads again. That is our teaser. First chapter would be him in his 30s he has been avoiding deaths like these since his high school days and has seen hundreds of worlds always making sure to change his routine to never encounter them again. And thus you have your nearly infinite manga as I’m sure that there’s always a unique Isekai death out there.

 

[JJTheWeeb]

well there's this: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/i-already-said-i-dont-want-to-be-reincarnated-didnt-i-the-suffering-of-the-goddess-of-reincarnation/
basically a Goddess trying to reincarnate a dude (from what i've read) and him dealing with that

 

[immortalartisan]

sometimes i wonder if the saying that by iskaei trying to be more unique it makes them more generic is true sometimes

 

[JJTheWeeb]

it's true cause they all go the same direction lol, and most of the interesting stuff has been done
-> more edge -> betrayal --- was cool for the first few but then they all are kinda the same
-> slower -> slow life --- well this just because a trend on its own
-> reincarnated as a villainess --- yea
-> bad class -> healer --- but mah OP protag

basically, it comes to this: is the isekai slow or action
slow -> OP --- well he just does whatever, pretty common
-> not OP --- less common, hence making them more unique (thinking of the trash slime one)
-> no super powers in general --- usually cooking, and well... cooking
action -> "realistic growth" --- few actually do it right, and those feel like growth stories (which kinda already exists)
-> OP from the start --- well we know this

sub ideas (note that some are very prevalent in the fantasy genre):
"weak power" -> this is healer, bad class, stats/level based, etc. no need to explain why it's generic
revenge/betrayal -> "kicked out of the hero party"
just a medieval setting -> why not just read a medieval story
video games -> SAO?
school -> that's already a genre stupid
"hero party" -> the hero party has done everything already

EDIT: how could i forget:
reincarnation but not human -> onsen and vending machine
DnD -> like with the character sheet and everything

Other factors:
-isekai tend to just be fantasy, swords and magic, but the ones that aren't (some are like to sci-fi, i've seen from sci-fi, that one is cool) are more unique, but guess what, they follow the same tropes of their genres.
-there's so much that almost everything has been done multiple times, and a few of those are bound to be bad, making your perception of the whole derived idea (such as video games) feel like it's bad aka generic (usually why we say something feels generic

TLR generic =/= bad, it just means you've seen it before so it feels useless, hence "bad", but only so many classes of ideas exists/are worth trying, so it gets done over and over. And that is the sad truth of the isekai genre. Doesn't help that fantasy manga basically feel the same, so tiredness comes from both genres. Also applies when isekai school and isekai cooking and all that. subverting the isekai genre has also become a trend, thus making that not unique/interesting, and the cycle continues

Thank you for listen to my seminar,
this has been my Ted Talk
I've been JJ, signing off
_{bye bye}

 

[JJTheWeeb]

also there is currently a manga about a guy that failed to be isekaied: https://mangadex.org/title/44658/isekai-tensei-saretenee
i just remembered another one: https://mangadex.org/title/22816/class-ga-isekai-shoukan-sareta-naka-ore-dake-nokotta-n-desu-ga

now i learnt of this: https://mangadex.org/title/51883/kikanshita-yuusha-no-gojitsudan
and remembered this: https://mangadex.org/title/28735/isekai-shoukan-wa-nidome-desu
these are isekai about a guy that isekaied but came back (now im remembering like 3 more: strong in modern world, some other return of hero, and fathercon thing).

TLR concept of isekai that failed/modern world but isekai exists, well, aren't uncommon.

EDIT: read the first two pages of the "now i learnt this:" one, it literally has the word cliche, making it cliche.

also the concept of administrator for worlds has been run in the ground, so reasons for isekai aren't a concept to mess with anymore.

 

[BestBoy]

@JJTheWeeb
@immortalartisan

There's also: https://mangadex.org/title/22875/goodbye-isekai-tensei

Spoiler

The princess has to kill the MC in his world to have him reincarnate as the hero in her world. The demon lord arrives to prevent this.

 

[immortalartisan]

But have we done sci-fi yet?

 

[JJTheWeeb]

@BestBoy don't forget the infamous isekai ojisan and this absolute piece of garbage: https://mangadex.org/title/41603/konna-elf-ni-you-wa-nai

 

[JJTheWeeb]

@immortalartisan
https://mangadex.org/title/44553/the-galactic-navy-officer-becomes-an-adventurer
https://mangadex.org/title/44534/mezametara-saikyou-soubi-to-uchuusen-mochi-datta-no-de-ikkodate-mezashite-youhei-toshite-jiyuu-ni-ikitai
https://mangadex.org/title/41850/ihoujin-dungeon-ni-moguru
first is sci-fi into fantasy, second is fantasy into sci-fi, third is sci-fi into fantasy

there's probably more, but these are the ones i think of on the spot

ask and it shall be provided (maybe)

 

[BestBoy]

https://mangadex.org/title/22017/manuke-na-fps-player-ga-isekai-e-ochita-baai

"scifi" into fantasy (Call of Duty player isekai'd into fantasy)

To address OP's idea, though, sounds kind of fun, but I think it'd get old.

 

[JJTheWeeb]

@BestBoy, that's why the one i suggested might be better (though the WN got deleted), since it has that + romance

also yours is Video game into fantasy, but video game character is now dude's real body (it actually does some cool things with the video game character aspects, so would recommend)

 

[BestBoy]

@JJTheWeeb I'm already reading it.

 

[JJTheWeeb]

i meant recommned to OP

 

[immortalartisan]

Oh I though you guys were just showing me degenerate trash

 

[JJTheWeeb]

@immortalartisan well it really all depends on taste, though i definitively gave you some trash, but some are actually not bad, here are the not bad ones from the discussion (personal opinion on worth a shot):
Anthem player into fantasy world: https://mangadex.org/title/22017/manuke-na-fps-player-ga-isekai-e-ochita-baai
sci-fi marine into fantasy world: https://mangadex.org/title/44553/the-galactic-navy-officer-becomes-an-adventurer
spaceship game dude and his ship into game world: https://mangadex.org/title/44534/mezametara-saikyou-soubi-to-uchuusen-mochi-datta-no-de-ikkodate-mezashite-youhei-toshite-jiyuu-ni-ikitai
sci-fi dude into fantasy world: https://mangadex.org/title/41850/ihoujin-dungeon-ni-moguru
guy that was supposed to isekaied but didn't: https://mangadex.org/title/44658/isekai-tensei-saretenee
guy survived a isekai but still has his powers (though only 2 chapters so far, it does do the i have superpowers better than strongest in the modern world): https://mangadex.org/title/51883/kikanshita-yuusha-no-gojitsudan

this is one you should not even look at unless you want to know what trash is https://mangadex.org/title/41603/konna-elf-ni-you-wa-nai (in all seriousness this one hurts to read, which is why i read it)

 

[immortalartisan]

You got warframe player into fantasy?

 

[JJTheWeeb]

i guess warframe is more accurate (i've played neither warframe or anthem, i just chose a more sci-fi game than COD), well basically MC has a FPS player skills, so weapon summon, power suit, inventory and map, etc.

refering to this: https://mangadex.org/title/22017/manuke-na-fps-player-ga-isekai-e-ochita-baai

the spaceship game thing was constant commented to be similar to

Elite dangerous

if you've tried it, i haven't (https://mangadex.org/title/44534/mezametara-saikyou-soubi-to-uchuusen-mochi-datta-no-de-ikkodate-mezashite-youhei-toshite-jiyuu-ni-ikitai)

 

[immortalartisan]

@jjtheweeb oh I already read to chapter 21 I’m currently reading for the terrifying shit that is real life glitches

And I’ve also tried elite dangerous more 2d brother starsector but I feel that manga might be even more power abusive

 

[Koremitsu_Arita]

@JJTheWeeb slow life should be eliminated from this plane of existence

p.s. you forgot farming simulator

bye_bye