Would a "world-hopping" story have the Isekai tag?

[Anon_Y_Mousse]

Would a story where the MC 'visits' different worlds have the Isekai tag? According to google, yes, but I want to hear what people on SHF think.
Edit: to make this more clear, the MC is a god and descends from the god realm sometimes to visit some lower worlds, the focus will shift between various lower worlds and the god realm.

 

[DarklyReadsBooks]

I mean, I currently have a world-hopping novel just sitting in a word document, and I'd say it's isekai.
Edit: I believe that isekai means to travel to another world, I would consider yours an isekai.

 

[DarkeReises]

I'd say it's an isekai

 

[Cipiteca396]

Isekai just means 'Another World'. Technically even normal fantasy could qualify. However, I think the main distinction between Isekai and normal fantasy is that the MC actually starts on Earth and ends up elsewhere. Maybe it doesn't have to be Earth, either. An entire story about world hopping would almost certainly qualify. And even if it doesn't for some technical reason like mine, it should still have it. It's a common sense thing.

 

[Anon_Y_Mousse]

Isekai just means 'Another World'. Technically even normal fantasy could qualify. However, I think the main distinction between Isekai and normal fantasy is that the MC actually starts on Earth and ends up elsewhere. Maybe it doesn't have to be Earth, either. An entire story about world hopping would almost certainly qualify. And even if it doesn't for some technical reason like mine, it should still have it. It's a common sense thing.

Eh well, it depends on people's perspective, I just want to know whether or not people will murder me for ruining their expectations of the tag because the MC doesn't come from earth.

 

[Snusmumriken]

well, my isekai has a character from the same world. but MC discovers the world with readers, which in my eyes qualifies it as isekai. So far I haven't gotten any negative comments about it past chapter 1.

 

[Anon_Y_Mousse]

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well, my isekai has a character from the same world. but MC discovers the world with readers, which in my eyes qualifies it as isekai. So far I haven't gotten any negative comments about it past chapter 1.

Oh yeah I forgot that caveat. My story is sort of the MC and readers discovering their "own" world. The nature of Isekai is discovering a whole new and fantastical world with the MC, so in spirit, I guess mine does qualify.

 

[Biggest-Kusa-Out-There]

Isekai is the modern term for "portal fantasy". Examples are Alice in Wonderland, Digimon, Narnia, those kinds of stories. Starting in one world and ending up in another.
If world hopping by any means makes a story an isekai, then space travel would make sci fy an isekai by 'spirit' alone.

You don't call Blue's Clues a detective thriller.

 

[Cipiteca396]

I want to change my answer slightly, lol. In Sci-Fi, it's entirely possible for a character from Earth to jump on a spaceship and head to another world, but that's not technically Isekai.
So, my definition would be 'A character travels to another world/universe when doing so is outside the norm. There should also be a difference between the start and end points."

However, that's sort of unrelated. The tag is popular, and nobody will blame you for adding it. So go ahead.

Edit: Ninja'd.

 

[Jemini]

By technicality, and only because we don't currently have a better more acceptable tag since world-hopping is something of an underused sub-genre.

 

[Anon_Y_Mousse]

Isekai is the modern term for "portal fantasy". Examples are Alice in Wonderland, Digimon, Narnia, those kinds of stories. Starting in one world and ending up in another.
If world hopping by any means makes a story an isekai, then space travel would make sci fy an isekai by 'spirit' alone.

You don't call Blue's Clues a detective thriller.

Yes, I think sci-fi can be Isekai lol. It depends on the plot, if a sci-fi already has established space empires that span entire galaxies, then no, hopping on a spaceship is not Isekai. But if a ship crashes on a magical world that makes no sense to the main cast, then it definitely counts as isekai

 

[ArcadiaBlade]

'Isekai' is a term used by japanese which translates into English as 'Transported to another world'. Basically, everything is an Isekai when one person travels from one place to another, even if its not from Earth itself.

'The Devil is a Part-Timer' can be considered an Isekai since even if its from another world which is a fantasy that travels to earth, its still considered as Isekai since the MC is considered to have been transported.

It only been just portrayed as Isekai from earth to another world mainly due to the mainstream media that mostly talks about how people from earth have been transported to another world, not really considerin the main term it used before.

From the internet, Isekai is a used term which translates to 'Different World' or 'Otherworld' in which a character is unfamiliar with the landscape, culture or anything remotely similar to his world. Consider that and we can say that as long as the character is not from this world or that world and had just came from another place or even worlds/parallel dimension, its still considered to be Isekai unless one is transported to the same world but different place instead.

 

[CL]

I believe there was a thread somewhere around here that defined all types of Isekai. I'll see if I can find it.

Found it: Types and Styles of Isekai 2.0

 

[Anon_Y_Mousse]

I believe there was a thread somewhere around here that defined all types of Isekai. I'll see if I can find it.

Found it: Types and Styles of Isekai 2.0

Thanks, this helps a bit, though I wouldn't say it lists out all the Isekai.

 

[Cipiteca396]

Thanks, this helps a bit, though I wouldn't say it lists out all the Isekai.

Oof. If you have some that are missing, say so. I'm sure they'd appreciate it.