>How do you make a good isekai without relying on either parody or satire? Seems pretty simple to me.
The basic idea of most isekai series is that the protagonist has some kind of advantage in the new world due to some kind of meta-knowledge from their home world. All a good isekai story needs is taking that away from them. Have them go to a fantasy world that defies their modern day common sense where they make due with just their wits and strength of character.
It's not even inherently wrong for the protagonist to use modern world knowledge to their advantage as long as it's done sparingly, but most isekai are just overly reliant on it, but because most authors aren't smart enough to write a smart protagonist they have to make the isekai population retarded to make the protag seem smarter in comparison.
Also if I were allowed to make an isekai parody, it's title would be: "I read too many isekai novels so when I was summoned to another world and thought I could cheat my way to the top, but the people there have way too much common sense!"
Luke Martinez
>Don't make the world some place you'd never want to be in. nothing wrong with a setting that you personally don't want to live in you just have to make the worldbuilding interesting
There this fantasy manga where the bro character actually building a harem while he travel with the MC. Like MC have 2 girls that like him from the beginning while the friend keep raising flat with everyone else. It a series about the hero time travel back in time trying to prevent the war with the demons.
Jace Morris
Taiga of Genesis?
Carson Jenkins
When are we going to get a Sci-fi isekai instead of the generic fantasy isekai. Also no MC ever tries to get home.
How about this: MC is abducted by Alien poachers and now has to travel the galaxy to return to earth.
We can explore different sci fi and astrobiology concepts.
Hunter Ward
Fund it!
Daniel Campbell
Everyone knows best isekai must begin with the MC getting hit by a bus
Levi Richardson
Make the MC relatable, but not a self-insert. It's good if your readers identify themselves with the MC and he behaves in a way they think it's sensible; but don't make him a blank slate and put a "READER, THIS IS YOU" sign, this does not work for a main in a non-interactrive medium.
Develop other characters beyond the MC. The red shirt should be flat, but more important characters should get some depth. Yes, even the harem... or rather specially the harem, since they're going to get a lot of "screen time".
Sex sells and it's fine to "advertise" your work with some cute girls. However sex alone makes no interesting story. In other words: if you want fanservice to be your main content then don't write an isekai, write hentai dammit.
Judge every trope you're adding to your work. Why is the MC being isekai'd? Why him instead of someone else? Why beastmen and elves instead of something else? Why four magical elements instead of three/five/20? Why magic at all? Why game elements? When you do this you'll realize some tropes have a lot of value and should be expanded, while some are irrelevant/overused/harmful and should be disposed of.
