英和和英

名詞

reverse isekai (countable and uncountable, plural reverse isekai or reverse isekais)

1. (Japanese fiction, 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. [from 2017]
   • 2017 January 22, @alltsun_nodere, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2024-07-18:

     Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid is a reverse-isekai show? That's actually a really cool concept

   • 2020 December 29, @OccultasHQ, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2024-04-10:

     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

   • 2023 October 18, Maham Arsalan, “10 Best Reverse Isekai Anime to Watch Right Now”, in Comic Book Resources:CBR‎, archived from the original on 2024-04-10:

     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.

   • 2024 February 13, Mark Sammut, “Best Reverse Isekai Anime Of All Time, Ranked”, in Game Rant‎, archived from the original on 2024-04-10:

     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 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 2024-04-10:

     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.

2. (countable) Any piece of media in this genre.
   • 2018 October 26, @blackbookalpha, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2024-04-10:

     Idea for a reverse Isekai where tired/angry space alien gets to live life as a humble Japanese salaryman observing other humans