Why does Isekai have so much hate?

[Lysander_Works]

Summarized and self-answered, I don't think it is the origin, tag, or device of Isekai that is a problem. It's popularity has been boosting for years in both literature and anime. A majority seem to complain about the same issue: lack of quality control. I think readers are simply burned out by titles featuring overused plot tropes or writing that seems devoid of any style beyond very passive speech.

It's kind of sad. The tag isn't the problem, but some people blacklist it for themselves entirely.
I get it. If you smell a rotten egg sandwich once, chances of taking a second or third whiff will be lower.

That said, I think it is more or less a problem that will solve itself. The bar to make a good isekai is much higher now than it was before, and it needs to be, not in just the writing but in presentation as well.

 

[Kurayami]

I think it's well-loved. Anytime I write an isekai it gets lots of readers. Sure, there are haters, but they're a vocal minority.

 

[SacralSage]

I think it's mostly just oversaturation. Too much of anything can be a bad thing, and Isekai as a genre is just kinda one of those things.

Some people might not vibe with most of the wish fulfillment in most of the genre, no matter how much a writer might attempt to balance it out with a good story or interesting characters. However, I do agree that the fans of it vastly outnumber the ones who actually hate the genre.

 

[Cookiez_N_Potionz]

Had no idea Isekai gets hate

 

[Rezcore]

What I hate are the people who come to the tags they hate, just to shit on it. Like Bro, I don't come to you "I have no personality" spot and shit all over it!

 

[Bald-san]

Summarized and self-answered, I don't think it is the origin, tag, or device of Isekai that is a problem. It's popularity has been boosting for years in both literature and anime. A majority seem to complain about the same issue: lack of quality control. I think readers are simply burned out by titles featuring overused plot tropes or writing that seems devoid of any style beyond very passive speech.

It's kind of sad. The tag isn't the problem, but some people blacklist it for themselves entirely.
I get it. If you smell a rotten egg sandwich once, chances of taking a second or third whiff will be lower.

That said, I think it is more or less a problem that will solve itself. The bar to make a good isekai is much higher now than it was before, and it needs to be, not in just the writing but in presentation as well.

I don't think they get much hate though

 

[JayMark]

I discovered that Lit-rpg gets more hate than Isekai.

 

[GreenStudio]

If done right, an isekai can be one of the greatest fantasy stories you'll ever read (I'm talking stories like mt, tensura, konosuba, overlord etc).

In my opinion, stories like that are the epitome of immersion. The protagonists are almost always people from an ordinary world, living a shitty life. The idea of starting over in a new world is like crack for those in similar boats. So we find ourselves able to connect with them.

That said, the magic there is in the mc, not necessarily the world. Problem is, these days the mcs are just carbon copies of one another. No goals, no passions, no personality. I mean shit, half the time they don’t even have a memorable name. Get enough of that and the genre starts to turn into a hot steaming pile of doodoo made for the sake of self-inserting.

The same old stale piece of bread can only ration out so much before the people are fed up.

 

[RainyLiquid]

cause

 

[Lysander_Works]

Exactly.
Maybe more lovers but I do bump into a few forum posts of people dumping on the tag though

 

[Jerynboe]

What I want to know is what will be the next popular over saturated market! If I find out now I can clout chase by preemptively writing an actual book based on that premise and then releasing it while it’s still rising in popularity, thus becoming one of the classics of the subgenre through precognitive selling out.

 

[Eldoria]

I'd say a story with a simple, albeit clichéd, idea can be an amazing story if executed well. Conversely, I'd say a story with a bombastic, subversive idea can be boring if executed poorly.

In the case of isekai, I suspect that many (trial and error) authors take shortcuts to ride the 'isekai hype', resulting in a lot of half-baked or raw works circulating, thus lowering the quality of isekai stories themselves. It's like Sturgeon's Law.

 

[EdwinLovato]

Alice in wonderland is isekai too.

 

[Snake99]

The story of a person from planet Earth having an adventure in another world is simply very good.