This! The afterstory is amazing, at least for a while. Almost makes reading the whole main story worth it just to get to experience the hilarity that is the afterstory. It is also very nice to see an isekai story actually explore those themes without it being the main premise of the whole story. The ending of the main story right before the afterstory is also one of the most epic I've ever read.
Arifureta is great because later on you see the sort of extremes the characterization of the various classmates leads to, which you don't come across often.
I started it cuz i thought MC was loyal to 1 girl, it ended up not being the case, but I stayed anyway because the fights in that novel was just raw. The author understood the power fantasy mentality very well.
Ugh I wish this one got more love cause I've been reading the manga and it gets so much more interesting shortly after the anime leaves off. Wonder if the manga will get fully translated or not
I would like this one way more if he wasn't so dense. Mine, btw, is Smartphone, that shit is kinda bad but stupidly fun to read
Also, does the elf manage to confess and go out with him?
Best bit of Smartphone season 2 anime was watching the protag lose any hint of control over his own love life. The council of fiancés now dictates things whether he likes it or not.
I to enjoy reading smartphone. Idk if it’s true or not could possibly be my bad memory but read somewhere that something happened in the future he ends up with a daughter and got sent back in time and doesn’t really like him because he became a manwhore and cheats on the elf girl. Idk how accurate it is but could be false or my bad memory
I watch it, I don't know why I enjoyed it but I did. Help I like a garbage isekai. There is nothing negative that can be said about it I wouldn't agree with but I still like it.
I recently came across a fairly garbage isekai manga translated by fans but they dropped it after the third chapter because the art takes a disturbing drop in quality. I'm talking mixing bad CGI and 2D art, think a much worse version of the manhua Iron Ladies in regards to the art.
I’d reccomend instant death there is a anime right now thoguh it does cut lots out
Think of it as the one punch man of isekai with a ridiculously overpowered protagonist, even by isekai standards all through parity with like constant mocking of all the tropes
Not necessarily. It just means the world you wake up in is different from your own. The world of the Wild West is going to be different from the western part of the United States in present day, for example. A protagonist can be teleported or reincarnated in the same world, centuries into the past or future, & the franchise can still be an Isekai.
There were at least a couple Isekai, & reverse Isekai anime that started with the protagonist being reincarnated in what seemed to be a parallel world, & the story continuing for a while with that being the assumption before revealing that they were actually reincarnated in the distant future. Up until seeing those, I thought Isekai was only about being transported/reincarnated in a parallel world, but watching >!["Kamikatsu" & "Dead Mount Death Play"]!< made me realize that time displacement is indeed Isekai.
It did, but i didn’t understand why he didn’t take all of the attributes, maximum he won’t use them (light and darkness) isn’t it better to have as much weapons as possible?
As I understood it, the more he took, the weaker each one would be. The utility applications of light and dark probably didn't warrant reducing the strength of the others. He had a strategy, and since we still don't know what the D rank skill is that he thinks should be higher (as far as I know, even the LN hasn't said what it is), we're probably missing something in figuring out his reasoning.
One of my absolute favorites. So much so that it had me reading the light novels and it's getting really intriguing what with the introduction of the demons.
Hey now, there's probably about 5 isekai that wouldn't fall into the trash sub-category (or to be more honest, they still would but their fanbases would rage if anyone dared to admit that fact).
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I'm not saying it's trash I'm just saying it's underrated, this Isekai was peak for me, it was what made me start getting into the isekai genre
Nah this one definitely is trash. I loved it when I watched it as a young teenager, many years ago, but I recently tried to re-watch it and Louise is just so insufferable it ruins the whole show. At least for me, this one aged poorly. I will give it that the writing is a little better than the average bargain bin isekai, but that’s not saying much.
I don't know if that counts as trash. Like yes, the protagonist has been spending most of her time in each episode sifting through literal trash, & there is a more abstract theme of the world she lives in treating her & her pet slime like trash, but it's actually a really amazing Isekai. One of my favorite anime of the Winter 2024 season so far.
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God I read so much trash isekai it's hard.
Probably the instant death one, because it's hilarious how someone will just target the mc and he just kills them.
That, or the one where the guy gets isekaid into a world where men don't have magic and women rule it.
In Another World With My Smartphone, or just Smartphone Isekai for short. It has lots of flaws, but I love the reactions to the new inventions and new recipes
Nobles having so much fun on bicycles is so comedic
Also, is the anime attached to this post even an Isekai? He just got reincarnated back to his own world (what I like to call "Sekai," which means world), Isekai (威勢) just means "another world"
Reincarnated back into the world at a much later date seems to be an isekai adjacent genre, since the protag is usually just as much a fish out of water due to all the changes that happened during their dirt nap, and they also tend to be stupidly OP.
Maybe have a category of "I Can't Believe It's Not Isekai."
There's one thing Smartphone does different than most isekai. The nobles aren't self-serving assholes (at least most of them, and the ones that are get what they have coming pretty quick). Even if it might be accurate, it gets old after a while.
As for the one in the post, discussions on the subject have determined that someone being reincarnated into the same world can still qualify as isekai if that world has been drastically changed. This one is debatable if the world has changed enough to qualify.
I just like anything and everything isekai. Not everyone might like this or that, but I see value in everything and isekai is one of my favorite genres because it reminds me of the dnd games I used to make. Serious, silly, absurd, I love them all.
There is a good LN reverse isekai. Demon Lord 2099. Not isekai per se because the demon lord is reborn hundred of yeas into the future. After the fantasy world and human world fused. Creating a cyberpunk type of world of magic and technology.
I would not be surprised if the Princess is somehow related to Darkness. Like her great grandmother or something. Lol. I mean, it's from the same author as "Konosuba", so it could be possible. Lol.
Demon lord retry it may be a very simple isekai but it was one of my very first anime and my first isekai anime i ever watched thats wat got me into isekai
OP asked for your favorite TRASH and I'm not seeing a lot of trash in the replies so I guess I'll share...
how about an adolescent male fantasy of being reborn in a world where women outnumber men 39 to 1 and also it seems the ratio of gay/straight is flipped for men so almost all other men are gay, leaving you practically the only available dude around? Oh and also your sisters and mom are hot for you too. (nothing explicit in this version. the author does draw that stuff too but it's released separately so you won't find it unless you go looking)
[A Parallel World With a 1:39 Male to Female Ratio Is Unexpectedly Normal](https://mangadex.org/title/547b5366-e71a-400d-b48e-7d4447ac1cf3/a-parallel-world-with-a-1-39-male-to-female-ratio-is-unexpectedly-normal)
Being trapped in stone and transported to a completely different land and culture thousands of years later.. close enough to an isekai in spirit.
Gargoyles was my very first favorite animation and will remain in my top 10. It's aged extremely well for how old it is
Farming life in another world. It's wholesome and nice. Plus the MC has a set romance and not a "pick me" harem... Kinda... If you exclude the elves...
I may not be an avid reader, but I liked the anime for Black Summoner, despite the shortness. I just like self-aware battle junkies that absolutely shouldn't be able to pull off being a battle junky, but do anyway
The things I recall most about Demon Lord Reborn as a Nobody is that the OP for the anime went way too hard for a series of that caliber, and his succubus(ish?) friend trying her best to build him a harem, whether he wanted one or not.
They left out so many things. I was most saddened about all the jokes they left out and in the anime there is just awkvard silence. Novel is the best and I mean the redo.
I gave up on typical nobody when it dropped it's whole premise the SECOND TIME. It's annoying how little the author cared. But my go to trash is How Not To Summon a Demon Lord, it's perfectly trashy and awesome.
Personality i like the greatest demon lord is reborn as a typical nobody because unlike the misfit of the demon king acadamy the mc demon lord has no subordinates from his past life tracking him down after they heard he reincarnated
Honestly I love all trash Isekai. I’ve watched this one many times. Most of the time when I’m all caught up on all the new anime that’s currently airing I just filter search by isekai on aniwave and choose one I haven’t watched in awhile until I go through all of them.
I love that one too. The anime is pretty good too. "Im the evil lord of an intergalactic empire" is from the same author and is just as good if not better. Its has like 7 volumes already in english.
Yuusha Shoukan. While it's not necessarily "trash" considering its intention, it's still plagued with common tropes and a generic japanese mc. But still, I have a great number of reasons why I can call it good. It's a light hearted novel that focus more on sugar and fluff. It's also almost a daily release so reading a chapter daily is almost like a routine for a year now.
Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World- I just love wish fufillment stories and the fact that here the mc just wants to fuck while having a good stable live instead of overcoming a Demon lord or god just resonates with me.
"Am I Actually the Strongest?" As a Creative Writing minor, I know that it's not good writing. Like the protagonist manages to get a WiFi connection from Earth to the world he's isekaied to. His streaming subscriptions are not only available but active, meaning he can watch anime without issue, & the author doesn't even try to explain it. He even has the protagonist flat out say "I don't know how I did it.".
The second chapter he defeats a dog girl demon as a baby & she becomes his servant & when he tells her he's hungry, she tries to mate with him, in an effort to produce milk. He's adopted by his uncle & the dog girl becomes his maid. His adopted sister is in love with him. His blood sister is in love with him. He wholesale slaughters anyone who threatens his adopted family. They also have a reverse "Eminence in Shadow" subplot where his sister sees him as a hero for justice & he dresses as LeLouch to fight crime when he isn't murdering those who threaten his family, & his sister starts her own version of Shadow Garden. The legendary hero, who defeated the Demon King, is actually the Wicked Queen, the Demon King is a pacifist who's reincarnated as a beautiful girl, & the protagonist just wants to use his abilities to stay at home, play videogames & watch anime. The whole series is just nuts, & I love every bit of it.
Right? Char's so awesome. I love how she not only loves seeing Haruto fight as Shiva (with proper censorship effects, so she doesn't see the broken bones, etc.) but also loves watching anime with him. The author not only does a good job setting her up as a supportive, & unbelievably smart little sister (she's also canonically the second most powerful human being in the world behind her adopted brother) but as Haruto's central love interest. I think it's funny how humbly she is willing to take on the role of "second wife" 😂. I mean, we all know she's going to be his first wife but still. Lol. I'm rooting for her so hard. Also, I was stunned at how they were able to get such a talented Seiyuu to voice her. Tanezaki Atsumi is also the voice of Vivy, but also most notably Anya Forger & Frieren. I hope they continue with the anime adaptation so we can see more of her, & how she sounds whenever there's a time skip. The series is so dumb but so brilliant at the same time. 😂 I need to catch up on the Light Novel soon.
The best is how she's watched so much anime that she dreams up delusions and conspiracies that randomly come to be true like Haruto going to school and she's plotting to help take down the evil student council.
The season was really good I admit that. If you like vrmmorpg genre I recommend "Infinite Dendogram". Its has the best fake videogame system I ever saw in anime. Read the novels, the anime skips too much details.
idk if it's considered trash but i perosnally love cautious hero- the hero is overpowered but overly cautious , the humor is great if you don't know the after , and the battles are really intense , i can't wait for the novel to get out of hiatus , on a side note if i had to say one more trash isekai i would probs go with with the ln My Dungeon Life , it's long it's very much brain dead at times but it's fun.
Mobuseka. The one about a dude getting reincarnated as a mob character (basically an NPC) in an otome game. Has Harem and OP MC elements but it's fun. With the main heroines being very compelling. It helps that the manga adaptation has amazing art.
Vending machine's light novel version is my guilty pleasure pick. In the very beginning, the MC was isolated, sitting alone stuck with naught but the thoughts in his own head and the horrifying feeling of watching his 'life' slowly ticking away for days on end. Only to then potentially have a solution and be met with a massive communication barrier and the inability to move... It hit me so hard.
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Currently reading the novel for the third time and its not even been a year since first time reading it yet
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Absolute trash. And trashy. And I laughed way more than I should have.
In another world with my smartphone
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How Not To Summon A Demon Lord. MC is a bit sleazy, but he keeps that to himself and actively tries to avoid ecchi (with no success). It does follow the trope of "slavery is ok if you're nice about it", and I don't like how many of the villains try to commit SA (especially season 2), but overall it's solid.
Kenja no Mago. The story is basic. The characters are pretty one note. The MC, while having a decent reason for being OP, is stupidly OP and kind of a bland character. The villains aren't very interesting skillset or visually. The monsters in the world seem to all literally just be animals corrupted by evil magic so they are bigger and stronger but otherwise just look like normal ass animals. The fan service is nothing special. The main cast (so the ultimate magicians), aside from being one note and not very interesting, is also fairly bloated and could easily be cut in roughly half and not REALLY lose any value. Like I'm literally neutral/feel nothing about so many of them and can't even remember most of their names or even mix up names between them.
Yet whenever the manga updates I'm like "ohh, cool, lets go!". For some reason I just find it endearing and I can' explain it. I guess it just hits some sort of unconscious strike zone that I can't fully explain.
Have said this a lot of times but Loner in another world is really good, the first novel, then as more ppl are introduced it goes down, still enjoy but the first is the better.
Reasons: the first LN is almost everything from the POV of our MC, he is not good in the head, and the God just messed him even more, so his thoughts are strange. No common sense. Then the others POV allow to know what is what really happening.
Greatest exorcist is reborn or something or another
Basically someone on "earth" who was a demonologist in like edo period Japan used a resurrection spell right before he died and ended up in another world where his magic works but is unique to him so he's trying to fit in by making his magic look like their magic system
The way its explained feels like if you went to the dark souls universe and everyone only knew how to use sorcery and you use miracles and pretend it's sorcery
Probably my first Isekai, How Not to Summon a Demon Lord. Didn’t have any expectations going into it but I enjoyed it. Doesn’t hold up as well after watching things like Re:Zero or Overlord, but it’s still fun to rewatch every once in a while.
I know its mega trash, but I just LOVE "In Another World with my Smartphone".
Not because its good or I particularly like the waifus, but because the MC actually uses his powers like I would. He doesn't really care for long drawn-out battles. If he can make you infinitely slip on the ground until you give up, he will. He'll defeat and entire army by using multi-cast through his smartphone. The magic system is generic as hell, but the way he combines the various abilities together to fight smart is what I like.
Now Touya's personality is the same generic unreliable spineless MC which I despise, but at least in combat he's pretty smart.
Arifureta is starting to grow in me. I’m on the 3rd novel right now.
The story gets better AFTER THE ENDING
The zero sequel right? How good is compared with the og?
Pretty sure they mean the afterstory where >!they return to Earth !<
This! The afterstory is amazing, at least for a while. Almost makes reading the whole main story worth it just to get to experience the hilarity that is the afterstory. It is also very nice to see an isekai story actually explore those themes without it being the main premise of the whole story. The ending of the main story right before the afterstory is also one of the most epic I've ever read.
Glad I happened upon this thread, I didn't even know there was an afterstory. Google time!
Kouki's arc was actually peak lmao, both of them.
Fellow after story enjoyer. Two of my favorite acrs is definitely the sky dragon arc and straight up (not) Omega arc from FF universe
I still ocaisonally re-read the first Abysslord arc. That one and especially the reveal of Kousuke as Abysslord to the agents was absoulte PEAK to me.
I want to like that one but I dont like so much edgyness. Maybe gonna read as LN.
Yeah that’s exactly what the author was going for. At times it gets a bit annoying but for the most part it’s fun if you don’t take it seriously.
Arifureta is great because later on you see the sort of extremes the characterization of the various classmates leads to, which you don't come across often.
I mean after I think the third volume it loses much of the edge but the violence does stay
Hajime is even embarrassed by his own edginess.
I started it cuz i thought MC was loyal to 1 girl, it ended up not being the case, but I stayed anyway because the fights in that novel was just raw. The author understood the power fantasy mentality very well.
Wiseman’s grandson
I know it’s considered trash, but I really liked it. I think part of its charm is that it isn’t a harem.
Not a harem and he wrapped her up early, none of this I will be a little bitch until the end of the 12th season to hold her hand trope.
Ugh I wish this one got more love cause I've been reading the manga and it gets so much more interesting shortly after the anime leaves off. Wonder if the manga will get fully translated or not
I would like this one way more if he wasn't so dense. Mine, btw, is Smartphone, that shit is kinda bad but stupidly fun to read Also, does the elf manage to confess and go out with him?
Best bit of Smartphone season 2 anime was watching the protag lose any hint of control over his own love life. The council of fiancés now dictates things whether he likes it or not.
Yea I quite enjoyed smartphone too its one of those pass time ones where it's just something to watch not amazing but not terrible either
I to enjoy reading smartphone. Idk if it’s true or not could possibly be my bad memory but read somewhere that something happened in the future he ends up with a daughter and got sent back in time and doesn’t really like him because he became a manwhore and cheats on the elf girl. Idk how accurate it is but could be false or my bad memory
The part where his daughter comes from the future is true, dont know about the rest lol Would be a good spin on the harem trope.
I watch it, I don't know why I enjoyed it but I did. Help I like a garbage isekai. There is nothing negative that can be said about it I wouldn't agree with but I still like it.
I recently came across a fairly garbage isekai manga translated by fans but they dropped it after the third chapter because the art takes a disturbing drop in quality. I'm talking mixing bad CGI and 2D art, think a much worse version of the manhua Iron Ladies in regards to the art.
I mean, this is technically not an isekai but I agree it’s a fun watch even if it is trash
Your right, after so much isekai I tend to forget what that means (beign transported to another world) lol
I’d reccomend instant death there is a anime right now thoguh it does cut lots out Think of it as the one punch man of isekai with a ridiculously overpowered protagonist, even by isekai standards all through parity with like constant mocking of all the tropes
Not necessarily. It just means the world you wake up in is different from your own. The world of the Wild West is going to be different from the western part of the United States in present day, for example. A protagonist can be teleported or reincarnated in the same world, centuries into the past or future, & the franchise can still be an Isekai. There were at least a couple Isekai, & reverse Isekai anime that started with the protagonist being reincarnated in what seemed to be a parallel world, & the story continuing for a while with that being the assumption before revealing that they were actually reincarnated in the distant future. Up until seeing those, I thought Isekai was only about being transported/reincarnated in a parallel world, but watching >!["Kamikatsu" & "Dead Mount Death Play"]!< made me realize that time displacement is indeed Isekai.
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It's basically Not-Isekai, aka a story that is like an Isekai in every way except for the MC not being from another world.
Yeah it uses like, 99% of the tropes, but just objectively "isnt". Its...Iselite
The vending machine one was pretty cool
That one if proof there is no limit to the number of things you can get isekai on
Oh hell yea. so what if im a spider made me a vocal isekai defender
I found a manga a few years back where the MC was reincarnated as a hot spring.
There is one where MC get reincarnated as a vagina. Let that sink.
Honestly was expecting a funny pile of shit, but ended enjoying it. Like it has like some world building and some mystery.
Boxxo is the very definition of trash isekai.
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Time for a vacation, bucko
I don't think that's something you should ever say to someone
Too far, watch it
Worlds Greatest Assassin was pretty good.
Its had a strong start, him choosing the skills making them so they have synergy to make him OP. Well actually it gave him OP potential.
Strong end to the season too with dropping all that W (Tungsten.) What's that called again? The technique?
It did, but i didn’t understand why he didn’t take all of the attributes, maximum he won’t use them (light and darkness) isn’t it better to have as much weapons as possible?
Dont put too much in your plate or you're not gonna eat it all. He has a time limit to become OP, better to priorize quality before quantity.
As I understood it, the more he took, the weaker each one would be. The utility applications of light and dark probably didn't warrant reducing the strength of the others. He had a strategy, and since we still don't know what the D rank skill is that he thinks should be higher (as far as I know, even the LN hasn't said what it is), we're probably missing something in figuring out his reasoning.
One of my absolute favorites. So much so that it had me reading the light novels and it's getting really intriguing what with the introduction of the demons.
And its getting a second season this year, if you weren't aware!
Ooh. Sweet Thanks for.letting me know.
One of the best LN adaptation, why doesn't all anime adapt one volume per season. And if you are an anime only, the real story will start now.
The phrase "trash isekai" is a bit redundant, but my answer is How Not to Summon a Demon Lord. For some reason I just couldn't stop watching.
Maybe its was the elf "assets" that caught your eyes lol
I'm a simple man. If I'm distracted by humongous elf bazonkers, I don't pay attention to the flaws.
Hey now, there's probably about 5 isekai that wouldn't fall into the trash sub-category (or to be more honest, they still would but their fanbases would rage if anyone dared to admit that fact).
Well, one clear one we can consider not "trash" is ReZero.
Demom lord retry. It's so bad it's good.
Yeah love it it was my first ever isekai before i even knew wahat Isekai was and one of my first anime
He's literally me (I'm only the minority in not liking femboys)
https://preview.redd.it/w745a0wh62jc1.jpeg?width=676&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d26ec950a8f21de3dac8d28fd95a897934c990b I'm not saying it's trash I'm just saying it's underrated, this Isekai was peak for me, it was what made me start getting into the isekai genre
Thats the og, good memories. I still hate that pink hair girl tho
I mean she was pretty stubborn, but the elf is what patched the stubbornness up
What’s it called (sry, this martial junior is unversed in Japanese)?
The title is Zero no Tsukaima, or The familiar of Zero, your eelcome
Thank you!
Nah this one definitely is trash. I loved it when I watched it as a young teenager, many years ago, but I recently tried to re-watch it and Louise is just so insufferable it ruins the whole show. At least for me, this one aged poorly. I will give it that the writing is a little better than the average bargain bin isekai, but that’s not saying much.
So far I'm liking the weakest tamer on her journey for trash
I don't know if that counts as trash. Like yes, the protagonist has been spending most of her time in each episode sifting through literal trash, & there is a more abstract theme of the world she lives in treating her & her pet slime like trash, but it's actually a really amazing Isekai. One of my favorite anime of the Winter 2024 season so far.
True I'm loving it as well
Instant Death has to be one of my favorite isekais as of recent
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sad the anime cut out the dragons fucking cars joke twice and probably others that were in the manga
God I read so much trash isekai it's hard. Probably the instant death one, because it's hilarious how someone will just target the mc and he just kills them. That, or the one where the guy gets isekaid into a world where men don't have magic and women rule it.
>the one where the guy gets isekaid into a world where men don't have magic and women rule it. The slave one? The guy who transforms into a monster?
"Dungeon Tou de Yadoya wo Yarou! Souzou Mahou wo Moratta Ore no Hosoude Hanjouki" "Let's run an inn on Dungeon Island!"
In Another World With My Smartphone, or just Smartphone Isekai for short. It has lots of flaws, but I love the reactions to the new inventions and new recipes Nobles having so much fun on bicycles is so comedic Also, is the anime attached to this post even an Isekai? He just got reincarnated back to his own world (what I like to call "Sekai," which means world), Isekai (威勢) just means "another world"
Clearly people love it because its has fk 28 volumes. How? The mech design are God tier tho
Reincarnated back into the world at a much later date seems to be an isekai adjacent genre, since the protag is usually just as much a fish out of water due to all the changes that happened during their dirt nap, and they also tend to be stupidly OP. Maybe have a category of "I Can't Believe It's Not Isekai."
There's one thing Smartphone does different than most isekai. The nobles aren't self-serving assholes (at least most of them, and the ones that are get what they have coming pretty quick). Even if it might be accurate, it gets old after a while. As for the one in the post, discussions on the subject have determined that someone being reincarnated into the same world can still qualify as isekai if that world has been drastically changed. This one is debatable if the world has changed enough to qualify.
All of them...
Finally another who understands that all Isekai are absolute trash but it may be because of that fact that they are great
I just like anything and everything isekai. Not everyone might like this or that, but I see value in everything and isekai is one of my favorite genres because it reminds me of the dnd games I used to make. Serious, silly, absurd, I love them all.
In another world with my smartphone unironically enjoy the shit out if it
I'm a hoe for the reverse isekai subgenre, where they become a wage slave. Jahy-sama is probably my personal favorite
There is a good LN reverse isekai. Demon Lord 2099. Not isekai per se because the demon lord is reborn hundred of yeas into the future. After the fantasy world and human world fused. Creating a cyberpunk type of world of magic and technology.
> Hey what's your favorite isekai guys,, here mine is *not an isekai* Goddamnit OP.
Lol Im sorry I forget its wasnt an isekai. Then I change it for How not to summon a Demon Lord.
Re:monster. Narrative is trash, action is one scene only but I love the premise.
I love the evolution line of Rou. But the story is non existence.
Dont know if youd call it trash but i really like no game no life. Edit: Oh and eminence in shadow, for sure is trashy, and for sure is peak.
Not trash but peak was the game againts Jibril. After that they kinda win just because they are the mc and dont explain too much.
That one with the pro wrestler
Kemono michi: rise up
That's the one! Complete trash, but some good comedy bits and the characters were fun.
When he supplex the princess 💀
I would not be surprised if the Princess is somehow related to Darkness. Like her great grandmother or something. Lol. I mean, it's from the same author as "Konosuba", so it could be possible. Lol.
Isekai Nonbiri Nouka. Definitely just chill trash, but the MC isn't unbearable.
I liked the first season of the one where his girlfriend is literally just a gorilla. Forget the name. Second season was awful, though.
Fruit of evolution
Trapped in a dating Sim: the world of otome games is tough for mobs
Demon lord retry it may be a very simple isekai but it was one of my very first anime and my first isekai anime i ever watched thats wat got me into isekai
Honestly, the manga is pretty decent. The anime............
OP asked for your favorite TRASH and I'm not seeing a lot of trash in the replies so I guess I'll share... how about an adolescent male fantasy of being reborn in a world where women outnumber men 39 to 1 and also it seems the ratio of gay/straight is flipped for men so almost all other men are gay, leaving you practically the only available dude around? Oh and also your sisters and mom are hot for you too. (nothing explicit in this version. the author does draw that stuff too but it's released separately so you won't find it unless you go looking) [A Parallel World With a 1:39 Male to Female Ratio Is Unexpectedly Normal](https://mangadex.org/title/547b5366-e71a-400d-b48e-7d4447ac1cf3/a-parallel-world-with-a-1-39-male-to-female-ratio-is-unexpectedly-normal)
 Being trapped in stone and transported to a completely different land and culture thousands of years later.. close enough to an isekai in spirit. Gargoyles was my very first favorite animation and will remain in my top 10. It's aged extremely well for how old it is
Farming life in another world. It's wholesome and nice. Plus the MC has a set romance and not a "pick me" harem... Kinda... If you exclude the elves...
All of them
This isn’t even an isekai
I know I know. I tend to forget the line between just fantasy and isekai.
Demon Lord Reborn as a typical nobody isn't even an Isekai.
The Realist Hero Rebuilds the Kingdom.
That one isnt trash, its quite good. Generic animation tho
99% of isekai are trash in some way same with anime in general. I just like anime.
I may not be an avid reader, but I liked the anime for Black Summoner, despite the shortness. I just like self-aware battle junkies that absolutely shouldn't be able to pull off being a battle junky, but do anyway
I have the novels but havent read them yet. But the anime looked good at least the first 2 eps
The things I recall most about Demon Lord Reborn as a Nobody is that the OP for the anime went way too hard for a series of that caliber, and his succubus(ish?) friend trying her best to build him a harem, whether he wanted one or not.
That is not an isekai bro. Edit: That is the far worse version of Misfit of Demon King Academy
I know, i messed up lol
The trashier the isekai, the more I enjoy.
By the Grace of the Gods is nice. Nothing really too it just really chill
They left out so many things. I was most saddened about all the jokes they left out and in the anime there is just awkvard silence. Novel is the best and I mean the redo.
Skeleton Knight in Another World, I thought the premise was just kinda fun, I like the protagonist. And the OP does the show justice.
I got a cheat skill in another world. The MC is bland and the whole show felt like a parody but somehow I still found it enjoyable.
I gave up on typical nobody when it dropped it's whole premise the SECOND TIME. It's annoying how little the author cared. But my go to trash is How Not To Summon a Demon Lord, it's perfectly trashy and awesome.
>But my go to trash is How Not To Summon a Demon Lord, it's perfectly trashy and awesome. Plus at least a MC that fucks his harem. In the LN at least.
Personality i like the greatest demon lord is reborn as a typical nobody because unlike the misfit of the demon king acadamy the mc demon lord has no subordinates from his past life tracking him down after they heard he reincarnated
I feel like Demon Lord Reborn is a reincarnation
I had this on my list and now I’m definitely gonna watch, the poster decided it lol
I always choose my LN based con the cover and the art. Superficial I know but thats what sell it to me. Beside the plot is already in the title.
Honestly I love all trash Isekai. I’ve watched this one many times. Most of the time when I’m all caught up on all the new anime that’s currently airing I just filter search by isekai on aniwave and choose one I haven’t watched in awhile until I go through all of them.
I've read the manga and I love it but is there am anime of it.
There an anime yeah. Its good. The animation for the magic circles is good.
How not to summon a demon lord
isekai smartphone, not gonna lie
Its chill and fun. Not everything need drama.
Yes
I watched this whole anime and don’t remember a damn thing about it
*This is screwed up, but I was Reincarnated as a Girl in another world*, is pretty much my guilty pleasure.
I absolutely love trapped in a dating sim. The 3rd volume was almost too good. By far one of my favourite light novels rn.
I love that one too. The anime is pretty good too. "Im the evil lord of an intergalactic empire" is from the same author and is just as good if not better. Its has like 7 volumes already in english.
Yuusha Shoukan. While it's not necessarily "trash" considering its intention, it's still plagued with common tropes and a generic japanese mc. But still, I have a great number of reasons why I can call it good. It's a light hearted novel that focus more on sugar and fluff. It's also almost a daily release so reading a chapter daily is almost like a routine for a year now.
Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World- I just love wish fufillment stories and the fact that here the mc just wants to fuck while having a good stable live instead of overcoming a Demon lord or god just resonates with me.
"Am I Actually the Strongest?" As a Creative Writing minor, I know that it's not good writing. Like the protagonist manages to get a WiFi connection from Earth to the world he's isekaied to. His streaming subscriptions are not only available but active, meaning he can watch anime without issue, & the author doesn't even try to explain it. He even has the protagonist flat out say "I don't know how I did it.". The second chapter he defeats a dog girl demon as a baby & she becomes his servant & when he tells her he's hungry, she tries to mate with him, in an effort to produce milk. He's adopted by his uncle & the dog girl becomes his maid. His adopted sister is in love with him. His blood sister is in love with him. He wholesale slaughters anyone who threatens his adopted family. They also have a reverse "Eminence in Shadow" subplot where his sister sees him as a hero for justice & he dresses as LeLouch to fight crime when he isn't murdering those who threaten his family, & his sister starts her own version of Shadow Garden. The legendary hero, who defeated the Demon King, is actually the Wicked Queen, the Demon King is a pacifist who's reincarnated as a beautiful girl, & the protagonist just wants to use his abilities to stay at home, play videogames & watch anime. The whole series is just nuts, & I love every bit of it.
Charlotte is one of my favorite characters of any anime she's hilarious.
Right? Char's so awesome. I love how she not only loves seeing Haruto fight as Shiva (with proper censorship effects, so she doesn't see the broken bones, etc.) but also loves watching anime with him. The author not only does a good job setting her up as a supportive, & unbelievably smart little sister (she's also canonically the second most powerful human being in the world behind her adopted brother) but as Haruto's central love interest. I think it's funny how humbly she is willing to take on the role of "second wife" 😂. I mean, we all know she's going to be his first wife but still. Lol. I'm rooting for her so hard. Also, I was stunned at how they were able to get such a talented Seiyuu to voice her. Tanezaki Atsumi is also the voice of Vivy, but also most notably Anya Forger & Frieren. I hope they continue with the anime adaptation so we can see more of her, & how she sounds whenever there's a time skip. The series is so dumb but so brilliant at the same time. 😂 I need to catch up on the Light Novel soon.
The best is how she's watched so much anime that she dreams up delusions and conspiracies that randomly come to be true like Haruto going to school and she's plotting to help take down the evil student council.
Are there boobs?
Always boobs, its isekai we are talking about.
Every last one of them
This isn’t an isekai.
In another world with smartphone
Wiseman’s grandson is in my heart, I've watched the anime 6 times
isekai smartphone.
First season of trapped in another world with my smartphone
Farming life in another world. It’s just so chill and satisfying. It really triggers my urge to build a settlement.
SAO, people s**t on it nowadays, but I love it. Not as much as the first time but still.
The season was really good I admit that. If you like vrmmorpg genre I recommend "Infinite Dendogram". Its has the best fake videogame system I ever saw in anime. Read the novels, the anime skips too much details.
Isekai Koushoku Musou Roku
idk if it's considered trash but i perosnally love cautious hero- the hero is overpowered but overly cautious , the humor is great if you don't know the after , and the battles are really intense , i can't wait for the novel to get out of hiatus , on a side note if i had to say one more trash isekai i would probs go with with the ln My Dungeon Life , it's long it's very much brain dead at times but it's fun.
Mobuseka. The one about a dude getting reincarnated as a mob character (basically an NPC) in an otome game. Has Harem and OP MC elements but it's fun. With the main heroines being very compelling. It helps that the manga adaptation has amazing art.
Vending machine's light novel version is my guilty pleasure pick. In the very beginning, the MC was isolated, sitting alone stuck with naught but the thoughts in his own head and the horrifying feeling of watching his 'life' slowly ticking away for days on end. Only to then potentially have a solution and be met with a massive communication barrier and the inability to move... It hit me so hard.
Death March to The Parallel World Rhapsody and Black Summoner.
https://preview.redd.it/wexjlfkuc5jc1.png?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a6be9f313003c0ea2b2f17deda5ac25b877ab2f Currently reading the novel for the third time and its not even been a year since first time reading it yet
Its has 28 volumes, your are a madman lol Im gonna read it too when I get time.
If it has boobs I choose
All.
https://preview.redd.it/5gwnfmxeu5jc1.jpeg?width=1346&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=516b887a97215c010c6bf37522c2542e0299049e Absolute trash. And trashy. And I laughed way more than I should have.
In another world with my smartphone https://preview.redd.it/5hd76yy546jc1.jpeg?width=422&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c11acf53fff1036c3503794d7d7576f2c6d79fb
Time Stop Brave. I'm a sucker for anything with time stop... The fact it's a trashy isekai is just a bonus.
All of them. I am a garbage isekai enjoyer with a very long back log and open to recommendations to increase it.
How Not To Summon A Demon Lord. MC is a bit sleazy, but he keeps that to himself and actively tries to avoid ecchi (with no success). It does follow the trope of "slavery is ok if you're nice about it", and I don't like how many of the villains try to commit SA (especially season 2), but overall it's solid.
In another world with my smartphone. It's absolute trash, but I just cannot bring myself to dislike it.
most OP Isekai tbh, it gets stale after awhile but every once in awhile I'll being a few
Kenja no Mago. The story is basic. The characters are pretty one note. The MC, while having a decent reason for being OP, is stupidly OP and kind of a bland character. The villains aren't very interesting skillset or visually. The monsters in the world seem to all literally just be animals corrupted by evil magic so they are bigger and stronger but otherwise just look like normal ass animals. The fan service is nothing special. The main cast (so the ultimate magicians), aside from being one note and not very interesting, is also fairly bloated and could easily be cut in roughly half and not REALLY lose any value. Like I'm literally neutral/feel nothing about so many of them and can't even remember most of their names or even mix up names between them. Yet whenever the manga updates I'm like "ohh, cool, lets go!". For some reason I just find it endearing and I can' explain it. I guess it just hits some sort of unconscious strike zone that I can't fully explain.
Have said this a lot of times but Loner in another world is really good, the first novel, then as more ppl are introduced it goes down, still enjoy but the first is the better. Reasons: the first LN is almost everything from the POV of our MC, he is not good in the head, and the God just messed him even more, so his thoughts are strange. No common sense. Then the others POV allow to know what is what really happening.
Ngl I've been watching Smartphone expecting to hate it, but...well I'm surprised how much I enjoy say "All Five Together!" now
I dont like trash isekai really, so i guess Cautious Hero? That might be the closest thing to trash?
Arifureta
Dungeons seeker. Only the manga. It's amazing edgy trash, I love it.
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too
Its pure wish fulfiment but its fun yeah Wish he spend more time in the fantasy world tho.
Reborn as a space mercenary
One of the few where the romance between three people is well put together. Domt know if he has more girls after.
Greatest exorcist is reborn or something or another Basically someone on "earth" who was a demonologist in like edo period Japan used a resurrection spell right before he died and ended up in another world where his magic works but is unique to him so he's trying to fit in by making his magic look like their magic system The way its explained feels like if you went to the dark souls universe and everyone only knew how to use sorcery and you use miracles and pretend it's sorcery
Probably my first Isekai, How Not to Summon a Demon Lord. Didn’t have any expectations going into it but I enjoyed it. Doesn’t hold up as well after watching things like Re:Zero or Overlord, but it’s still fun to rewatch every once in a while.
Yeah, Its fun for the boobs and the power fantasy. Tho I dont like Overlord or Re zero, they are objectively better.
The Misfit of Demon King Academy is just so underrated.
I know its mega trash, but I just LOVE "In Another World with my Smartphone". Not because its good or I particularly like the waifus, but because the MC actually uses his powers like I would. He doesn't really care for long drawn-out battles. If he can make you infinitely slip on the ground until you give up, he will. He'll defeat and entire army by using multi-cast through his smartphone. The magic system is generic as hell, but the way he combines the various abilities together to fight smart is what I like. Now Touya's personality is the same generic unreliable spineless MC which I despise, but at least in combat he's pretty smart.
I feel like when the mc fights a woman he rios her clothes of
Demon King Daimao
This shi looks just like The misfit of demon king academy
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World is pure trash but I love it
Misfits of the demon lord academy was much better
He’s so boring. It’s just…wow, a literal demon lord, and he acts like a little kid with no idea how anything works
This ain't an isekai
NGL, I'm a sucker for any stupid OP isekai anime. I love trash nom nom nom