#akuyaku reijou no tsuihougo! kyoukai kaikaku gohan de yuuyuu sister kurashi

[wonderingwhereileftreality]

What is a Role Isekai?

 So a while ago I made this post:

https://wonderingwhereileftreality.tumblr.com/post/181794156578/what-i-love-and-we-need-more-of-reincarnation

and given the amazing response from it, and the suggestions I read through, I think I finally managed to coin the term for something in the ballpark of what these manga/webcomics are. The term I came up with was “Role Isekai”

So what defines a Role Isekai? Here are the traits I’ve found so far:

- Main Character (MC) reincarnates somewhere; usually some medieval and/or fantasy world, though it can deviate.

- MC finds their self in a particular role in a story they’ve seen before; sometimes it’s a novel/game they came into contact with in their past life, sometimes they’ve time-traveled before a certain tragic event

- If the MC finds their self before/during the event, they usually set up with 1 of 2 goals: either they try to deviate from fate (normally because it results in their death/exile), or they try to stick close to it and end up deviating it anyway.

- If the MC finds their self after the event, they have to face 1 of 2 slightly different goals: either they find some way to escape their punishment, or they embrace that punishment and end up with characters coming after them anyway

- There’s usually some kind of romance/harem involved, though it’s not ultimately required

and these are the elements of a Role Isekai. Some of the entries I made on my previous post fit these criteria, some don’t and are just typical Reincarnation Isekai (which I should make a post about later). Here are the examples of Role Isekai I’ve taken from my list:

- Akuyaku Reijou Nano de Last Boss wo Katte Mimashita/I'm a Villainous Daughter, So I'm Going to Keep the Last Boss

-  Akuyaku Reijou no Torimaki Yameyou to Omoimasu/I'm Thinking of Quitting the Villainess' Entourage

- Akuyaku Reijou no Tsuihougo! Kyoukai Kaikaku Gohan de Yuuyuu Sister Kurashi/The Banished Villainess! Living the Leisurely Life of a Nun Making Revolutionary Church Food

- Akuyaku Reijou wa, Shomin ni Totsugitai!!/The Villainess Wants to Marry a Commoner!!

- Akuyaku Reijou wa Ringoku no Outaishi ni Dekiai Sareru/The Villiainess Is Adored by the Crown Prince of the Neighboring Kingdom

- Albert-ke no Reijou wa Botsuraku wo Goshomou desu/The Daughter of the Albert House Wishes for Ruin

- Koushaku Reijou no Tashinami/Accomplishments of a Duke’s Daughter 

and many more.