| Recently, we've been getting these types of isekai that are supposed to be targeted towards women. For those of you who do not know, Otome Isekai is a subgenre of isekai where a female MC gets transported to a world resembling dating sims made for women. Isekai fans, if you consume any anime from this genre, what do you think about this subgenre and the anime you have consumed from this specific genre? |
| I've played a few otome games and even watched adaptations of otome games. I haven't watched anything from this new genre of isekai, however, because they do not resemble any of my favorite games. |
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| Never heard of this one before, I guess. |
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| I just watched one of those this last season called I’m in Love With the Villainess, which I only picked up for the yuri aspect, and I ended up really enjoying it! It was ridiculous and fun and I liked the transported to a dating sim angle which was all very surprising to me (not something I’d ever imagine liking) I might just give some others a try now lol |
| From this fall season, Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Rekijou / I'm in Love with the Villainess. This is also my first exposure to the genre. I see there are so many titles with villainess in it but this one just hits different. I love the series not only for it's slowburn girls' love between Rae and Claire but also for how overt the story on homosexuality and queer struggles. These past two months have been a blessing ever since I completed the LNs, it's so good. I remember checking out this show because of its yuri element. So I'm not entirely sure if I want to see more from this genre but I think I'll watch one if there is other otome that catch my interest. |
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| "Anyone has ever heard of subgenre of isekai genre known as 'Otome Isekai'?" Wow, OP is like years late noticing those...and we are talking about the modern incarnations like Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei Shiteshimatta, which even name drops the whole "otome game" thing. Some of the earlier isekai were shoujo targeted too, like Fushigi Yuugi, Magic Knight Rayearth, Juuni Kokuki ect, |
| It's even more repetitive than standard isekai. |
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| Except for WataOshi I have liked every otome isekai I've watched so far. Gaming elements like levels and popup screens are what make me hate isekai which are rarely present in otome isekai so far. |
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| It's been my favourite genre of manga for a while, but I feel the adaptations usually aren't very good. Hamefura aside. Specifically I like the villainess ones. The anime adaptations tend to get the pacing wrong for webtoons and the resources they poor into these series tends to be on the low side. There's also the choice of manga to adapt, Raeliana for example was a webtoon that I entirely forgot the contents of once I finished reading it. There are a lot of dud manga in the genre though. My favourites ranked would be.
(I'm not considering The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady as Otome Isekai) (I'm also treating certain noblewoman fantasy series as Otome Isekai, I think hardly any of what I listed are actualy Isekai). |
Tenderizer79Dec 29, 2023 3:58 PM
| Not all of them are targeted towards women. Trapped in a Dating Sim is my favorite Otome Isakei. In this anime, the MC is a "background mob" character trapped in a super shittily designed dating sim. The premise can appeal equally regardless since the idea is more about being stuck in a shitty, unfair, and horrid world rather than being involved with a reverse dating sim. There's also Endo and Kobayashi Live!... but I guess that's not really an Isakei. Regardless, I think it's just a simple RomCom that anyone could potentially enjoy. It's only certain shows like My Next Life as the Villainess or I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss that are more towards the female audience since one of the big selling points is whether the female MC can find romantic success with a dating sim character. |
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| I've heard about it (quite a lot these last couple of years actually), but I did not have the curiosity/desire to watch one so far :) |
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