Rich Puchalsky :anarchism: (@[email protected])

I was looking at my pinned intro post and the one category I haven't posted here yet is " literary criticism I guess?" So here it is, literary criticism I guess. An examination of the isekai genre via some amateur lit-crit tools and too many references to previous things I've written. #isekai #mediastudies #anime 1. Does it matter that tabletop RPGs encourage a folk belief in reincarnation and demiurgy? For isekai, it does: http://rpuchalsky.blogspot.com/2022/08/open-posts-closed-works-other-worlds.html 2. Eros and the core moves of isekai http://rpuchalsky.blogspot.com/2022/08/open-posts-closed-works-other-worlds_2.html 3. Umberto Eco and closed works http://rpuchalsky.blogspot.com/2022/08/open-posts-closed-works-other-worlds_4.html 4. Where do isekai come from, how do they get published http://rpuchalsky.blogspot.com/2022/08/open-posts-closed-works-other-worlds_15.html 5. What advantages does isekai have over any other "escapist" genre http://rpuchalsky.blogspot.com/2022/09/open-posts-closed-works-other-worlds.html