#and there are also plenty of isekai that are good and arent edgy either way! because they are stories w care put into them

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i think you can give a million reasons why rezero is different from generic isekai because its a subversion or deconstruction, but at the end of the day thats not really the important part. i think what really sets it apart is how much love there is for it in its creation. its not a cheap cashgrab banking off of nerdy power fantasies, nor is it soulless in its characters and worldbuilding... theres so much care and effort put into it by tappei, and by the people adapting it into an anime, by the voice actors and sound designers and everything. theres so much love for the individual characters as more than flat tropes, and for the world they live in to be fleshed out, and for the main character's arc and struggles beyond being an isekai protag. i think anyone can take an isekai and make it dark, but without love it would be just as soulless as any other generic isekai. and remember, love is what the story is all about.