Isekai
/ˈiːsəkaɪ/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A genre of Japanese fiction involving everyday people transported to alternative fantasy or virtual worlds. Japanese, uncountable
"It's not every day that an isekai author gets published out of the sea of isekai stories on there."
- 2 Any piece of media in this genre. countable
Verb
- 1 To transport (someone) into an alternative world, often by killing them. slang, transitive
Example
More examples"My favourite anime genre is isekai."
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 異世界 (isekai, literally “different world”).