Isekai anime have been the trend for some years, mainly because of their formula, which usually maintains many characteristics among them: exaggeratedly long names, protagonists who die in a somewhat bizarre or ridiculous way; waifus and magical kingdoms. Narou-kei are invented as a tendency of novelists to use a fixed structure in their works, among these are the isekais, indeed, although not everyone is happy with it, being Japan the one who sometimes highlights its lack of originality.
Isekai anime and their formula for satisfying readers
In a recent thread opened in Japanese forums, more specifically Yaraon, where Japanese people discuss all kinds of topics; irrelevant or trends. In this have emerged a list of things that Narou-kei authors, relating to isekai or fantasy genres that share many characteristics and become trendy for this very reason. What is the formula to satisfy the readers of this type of series,
Here we show you some of these characteristics:
- Give the main character a purpose from the beginning.
- Advance at a good pace at the beginning.
- Do not include Kusocho’s worldview or explanation of the environment first.
- Readers want to see the main character succeed.
- The main character is not the one who falls in love, but the characters that follow him.
- Passive protagonists are not accepted.
- Decide on a direction and draw the reader into your appeal (don’t confuse the reader).
- Do not make parody jokes to other series.
- Keep the introduction as brief as possible and move the character quickly.
- Readers are looking for engaging characters rather than complex settings and deep stories.
Observing this, forum users have responded with their opinion about this data: “I feel it could be any genre”, “it is very general the characteristics mentioned”, “you are identifying a large part of the Isekai”, “Is it the same with MMO game series in virtual reality?”. Many of them agree and add features to this list, pointing out that novel writers know this formula in much of the trends in works.
Narou-kei is categorized in Isekai anime, which due to its long-lived trend has brought out hundreds of increasingly creative works to differentiate itself from the rest, exceptions such as Konosuba! Much has been said about this one, lately it is assured that the series in this category are getting worse and worse, even some Japanese exclaimed loudly that this one should lower its production, something that we have covered in this note of our page.
Narou-kei is a kind of trend under the community of Japanese novelists, this arises from a website where, novels are published continuously. Of course it is now used as a term to coin a group of series with similar characteristics such as isekai, to the point of being a somewhat offensive designation if taken as “They are all alike”, exclaimed by many of the natives of their language. Finally, it is just a term that is almost discontinued, replaced by new categories.
Isekai is a predictable genre, or is it simply its writers who have squeezed out almost every idea, perhaps they need to bring in another Frieren to break the lethargy of the fantasy (non-isekai) series, which also resided for a long time in a lapse where there were no series of such a level. Fortunately for many the isekai par excellence, Konosuba has arrived in its new season offering comedy and parody, fantasy and unbelievable situations to watch. We hope that soon there will be a new isekai messiah to break this seal.
