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#16180604 at 2022-04-30 02:03:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20466: Truth Is A Strong NUMBER ONE : By The Way BIG NUMBERS Edition
Characteristics
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The genre can be divided into two types "transition into another world" (?????, isekai ten'i) and "reincarnation into another world" (?????, isekai tensei).[2] In "transition into another world" stories, the protagonist(s) gets transported to another world (e.g. by traveling into it, or being summoned into it).[2] In "reincarnation into another world" stories, the protagonist(s) is sent to another world after dying in the real world, often suddenly. Common methods of death including being run over by a truck, spawning the meme of "Truck-kun", a truck which appears in many isekai series that sends various characters to the next world.[citation needed]
In many examples, the main character is an ordinary person who thrives in their new environment thanks to things normal in the real world being seen as extraordinary in the "other" world. This can be physical characteristics, such as hair or eye color, or normal, every day skills they learned in their previous life such as cooking, engineering, basic education, or medicine, which are far more advanced in the modern, real world than in the world they are sent to.[3] In Sorcerous Stabber Orphen, an entire population of humans appeared in the magically created world, transported from Earth, and were partially mixed with local dragonlike Heavenly Beings.[4]
While the protagonist of a classic isekai work is usually a "chosen hero", there have been a large number of alternative takes on the concept. One trend is the protagonist inhabiting the body of an unimportant side character, or even a villain (as in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!). In these stories, the goal of a protagonist is typically to reform the character in order to avoid a bad fate or death, often being so successful that they become the new lead. There are even instances of protagonists becoming inhuman creatures, such as in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, where the protagonist starts as a slime with special abilities rather than a human, or even inanimate objects, like a magical onsen.[5] Others, known as "reverse isekai", follow beings from a fantasy universe who have been transported to or reincarnated on modern-day Earth, including the anime Laidbackers and Re:Creators.[6]
An offshoot of the isekai genre is the "second chance" or "reincarnation" genre, where a protagonist who, upon dying, finds themselves transported, not to a different world and new body, but into their own younger self. With their new knowledge and older intellect, they are able to relive their life avoiding their previous pitfalls, such as Replay and The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. Another offshoot of the genre include the "slow life" approach, where the protagonist was overworked in their previous life, so decides to take it easy in the next.[3] Another offshoot is where the protagonist uses the new world to explore an interest, hobby, or goal they had in the previous world but where unable to achieve, such as studying or perhaps opening a business, like in Restaurant to Another World.[3]
In many works, isekai overlaps with the harem and LitRPG genres, where the protagonist gains the affections of several potential love interests, who may or may not be human. One example of this is Isekai Meiky? de Harem o.[7]
Writing for the Journal of Anime and Manga Studies, Paul Price in his article "A Survey of the Story Elements of Isekai Manga" argues for the existence of four kinds of isekai, based on Farah Mendlesohn's framework of organizing fantasy: "portal-quest", where the protagonist enters the isekai via some kind of portal (Price sites Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody as an example); "immersive", where no such portal exists and all the action takes place in the other world (Slayers); "intrusion", which are akin to reverse isekai in which the fantastic enters the real world (The Devil Is a Part-Timer!); and "liminal", where the portal becomes a liminal space where the real world and the isekai mix (Restaurant to Another World).[8]
History
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The concept of isekai has origins in ancient Japanese literature, particularly the story of a fisherman Urashima Tar?, who saves a turtle and is brought to a wondrous undersea kingdom. After spending what he believed to be four to five days there, Urashima returns to his home village only to find himself 300 years in the future.[9] The folk tale was adapted into one of the earliest anime films, Seitaro Kitayama's Urashima Tar?, in 1918.[10] Other precursors to isekai include portal fantasy stories from English literature, notably the novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), Peter Pan (1904) and The Chronicles of Narnia (1950).[9]
#7486859 at 2019-12-12 05:45:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9576: Night Shift Taggin for Q! Edition
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Resignations in the news 12/10/2019 - part 2
Dennis Perkins' attorney files motion to resign from case
https://www.wbrz.com/news/dennis-perkins-attorney-files-a-motion-to-resign-from-the-case/
Zahradil resigns as rapporteur on EU-Vietnam trade deal
https://euobserver.com/tickers/146877
Hoschton official who decried interracial marriage resigns
https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/hoschton-official-who-decried-interracial-marriage-resign/NRdRaPpfEOSWBO6snxjceL/
Singapore stock watch: Forise CEO resigns after just 4 months over pay
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/singapore-stock-watch-forise-centurion-low-keng-huat-del-monte-ireit
JEA confirms board member's resignation
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2019/12/10/jea-confirms-board-members-resignation/
Employees Fired After Tennessee Juvenile Detention Escape
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2019-12-10/employees-fired-after-tennessee-juvenile-detention-escape
Aker Energy CEO Resigns
https://www.rigzone.com/news/aker_energy_ceo_resigns-10-dec-2019-160533-article/
EXCLUSIVE: Topshop / Topman CEO Paul Price resigns
https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2019/12/topshop-ceo-Paul-Price-resigns-topman-arcadia/
O'Neal resigns as Ambulance Service Corp. executive director
https://wcluradio.com/56762-2/
Cuyahoga County budget director, who says she knows where 'bodies are buried,' is fired
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2019/12/cuyahoga-county-budget-director-who-says-she-knows-where-bodies-are-buried-is-fired.html
Menlo Park district assistant to superintendent resigns
https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2019/12/10/menlo-park-district-assistant-to-superintendent-resigns
Susan Parks resigns from Perryville City Council
https://www.amnews.com/2019/12/10/susan-parks-resigns-from-perryville-city-council/
Axis Capital COO Richard Strachan resigns
https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20191210/NEWS06/912332127/Axis-Capital-COO-Richard-Strachan-resigns
UW-L art professor resigns after sexual harassment allegations
https://wxow.com/2019/12/10/uw-l-art-professor-resigns-after-sexual-harassment-allegations/
Krop High teacher resigns amid probe into alleged sex acts with student
https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/krop-high-teacher-resigns-amid-probe-into-alleged-sex-acts-with-student/
Reed Union School District trustee resigns
https://www.marinij.com/2019/12/10/reed-union-school-district-trustee-resigns/
Court: Officer Resigns After Court Conviction
http://bernews.com/2019/12/court-officer-resigns-after-court-conviction/
Western NY Town Justice Resigns After Harsh Words Aimed at Cuomo, Others in Open Letter
https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2019/12/10/western-ny-town-justice-resigns-after-harsh-words-aimed-at-cuomo-others-in-open-letter/
Helena Civic Center manager resigning amid advisory board turmoil
https://helenair.com/news/local/helena-civic-center-manager-resigning-amid-advisory-board-turmoil/article_4455eee6-ab77-5ded-b5bc-db3f31fe5628.html
Forterra's CFO Shatish Dasani to step down at end of December
https://www.sharesmagazine.co.uk/news/market/6705899/Forterras-CFO-Shatish-Dasani-to-step-down-at-end-of-December
Lethbridge City Manager Bramwell Strain resigns
https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2019/12/10/lethbridge-city-manager-bramwell-strain-resigns/