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reverse isekai en · NOUN

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1. (Japanese, uncountable) A subgenre of isekai where people from a fantasy or fictional world are transported into modern-day Earth, rather than the other way around.
   • Quite a number of reverse isekai anime start with a human summoning a being from another world, usually to ask for some assistance. So, in terms of premise, Dropkick On My Devil! is about as predictable as they come; however, the show is anything but typical. 2024 February 13, Mark Sammut, “Best Reverse Isekai Anime Of All Time, Ranked”, in Game Rant, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2024:
   • Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid is a reverse-isekai show? That's actually a really cool concept 2017 January 22, @alltsun_nodere, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2024:
   • One of the biggest hits of the Winter 2024 anime season was Solo Leveling, a show that took the reverse-isekai formula and gave it a dark twist. 2024 April 5, Trent Cannon, “Solo Leveling season 2 release date: Crunchyroll set to Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadows when it airs - but when?”, in Popverse, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2024:
   • The anime is a “cute girls doing cute things” spin on the reverse isekai subgenre and follows a group of two angels and two demons sent to Earth, particularly Gabriel, who arrives on Earth in search of knowledge. 2023 October 18, Maham Arsalan, “10 Best Reverse Isekai Anime to Watch Right Now”, in Comic Book Resources:CBR, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2024:
   • Thinking intensely about the reverse isekai story that lives rent free in my head where a depressed writer gives up on her novel and the protagonist and the villain lose their powers so they find a way to travel to the author's world to make her finish her book 2020 December 29, @OccultasHQ, Twitter, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2024:
2. (countable) Any piece of media in this genre.
   • Idea for a reverse Isekai where tired/angry space alien gets to live life as a humble Japanese salaryman observing other humans 2018 October 26, @blackbookalpha, Twitter, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2024:

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