Post #1900807
2026-04-08 17:25 UTC
@alexhaist The first book specifically was exactly what it needed to be to pull me in... the isekai-adjacent, but also H2G2-borrowing plot with a cat who casually mentions all the babies in the room after the fact. I like the sprawling universe that's unveiled gradually, I like that the systems mostly make sense, and I like that things don't just magically work out all the time for the protags... that's probably my biggest beef with isekais – in the big ones like Shield Hero and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, any time there's an issue, the protag is immediately like "oh no, there are bees now! good thing I have bee shield slime power!"
Also rallying against authoritarian dipshits. That helps a lot.
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@alexhaist@wandering.shop 2026-04-08 17:32
@oggydyer hrrrm okay all I can think of immediately are sideways recommendations. I love Isekai, too, but I agree on the everything is too easy to solve. A Memory Called Empire is twisty politics with one character working for the empire and the other trying to save her civilization from the empire. Less overt sense of humor than DCC, but varying from sharp to dorky. The other is Delicious in Dungeon, which will only work if you enjoy people eating weird things and being pleasantly surprised.