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Friday Fun Thread for August 2, 2024

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I'm largely out of the anime loop, although I did watch more Baki lately, and have been pecking at Vinland Saga.

From what very little I've seen of Isekai, the protagonist is usually a loser until he ends up in another world. These are less stories of excellence and more stories of lowering the difficulty setting on life.

There are isekais (in particular the Russian brand) where the protagonist is a more classic masculine archetype (special forces, talented engineer, talented engineer with special forces background etc). Still, it is peculiar that people today rely on this plot device to such an extent to put the excelling protagonist into a setting that he can dominate. It seems that the modern world has been disillusioned of great men. Both in the moral sense and in the extent people believe a great man can make an impact.