Mashoku Tensei also takes itself rather seriously even if it has a few jokes in it. The comedy isekai is a kind of a new thing.
Mushoku tensei is probably the best isekai to date, i have very few issues with it other than some of its weird world building, like the several different groups of titles given to certain characters that get really confusing and aren't ever explained that well, the story also slows down a lot after homeboy settles down but it actually does effectively convey how much time has passed and how different characters/places have changed.
The pacing is also very good and it does well when it comes to mixing the lighthearted bits with the more serious ones to punctuate that it's not just a video game for the main character. A lot of shows tend to derail rather heavily as they get more seasons, with Re:Zero being a great example as season one is fantastic but then season two just feels like a mess that drags on. Sure, there's still good stuff about season 2, and parts of it are rather good, but it clearly has some serious issues. I didn't really get that from Moshoku Tensei, if anything the second season was tighter than the first when it came to pacing.
It only gets better tbh, Mushoku tensei starts out fine if a bit generic, the MC literally narrates everything the reader needs to know which i really dislike but it's common practice for LN, then it gets more and more interesting and hits its peak with the part that will become season 3 and possibly season 4, then its fine if a bit dragged out until it ends.
For some reason i never realized this was an isekai, i had heard of it but thought it was some sort of game or shounen and never paid much attention to it.
The laidback way all of the characters talk like they know this is all fake and are just standing around chatting about how funny the situation is, the meta commentary about isekai, the author constantly TELLING instead of SHOWING and blatant info dumps make me unable to go a paragraph without rolling my eyes. I don't think the premise or characters are bad but the way it is presented makes it a chore to get through even the first chapter.
To me kobosuba is like the shrek of isekai, it mocks and derides all of the tired conventions of its genre but that in itself has been so overplayed that it has ironically become a trope. I don't like any of the characters anyway, i wish the mc would just pull out and leave of all these leeches who do nothing but get him into trouble.
I'm fine with poor technical skills, as long as the world and story are interesting. Obviously, the former would enhance the latter, it's not a requirement.
Don't many LNs just begin as random stories posted by nobodies on webnovel sites? Mostly written between 2008-2014?
That is quite funny ngl, but not surprising, i have toyed with trying to write an isekai that fits my (stupidly strict) standards, but i'm admittedly not the most confident in my capabilities and i wouldn't be doing it to get famous since i already have a in-the-works career in something totally different.
Absolute kino, except for the current arc which is medicore
Gonna throw my hat into the ring here.
I think it fits with Re:Zero's fucked up setting. Worth noting Subaru has been killed by most of the significant characters either directly or indirectly. There's a whole thing in a later arc where Subaru realizes that Rem was justified in killing him earlier on the story
