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The Oxford English Dictionary’s latest update adds 23 Japanese words - "Isekai" is now officially part of the OED. (www.theguardian.com)

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It's official. You're not an otaku nerd anymore if you say Isekai but someone with an extensive vocabulary. Don't let anyone tell you anything else!

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[-] BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

As the other users have mentioned, its a genre about going to another world, and its real big in Japan right now, but you're definitely familiar with it in some form.

After all, The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe is technically Isekai.

Its actually really fun to look back and figure out what classic things are.

[-] zabadoh@ani.social 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The New Testament was isekai?

"My Father Is A God, So I Was (Re?) Incarnated In A Manger And Started A Religion"

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