Week 10: Isekai

   Boy and the Beast was an incredible experience to watch. I loved every minute of it but I may be biased in loving the animation (as an animator myself). However this piece is a human going to another world- which doesn't seem to be the majority of manga out there in this genre. The majority seem to be a human being reborn as another species- something that lives in this other world that they've traveled to.
    I think this is really interesting because this format is open to so much symbolism for minorities, world problems, repetition of past human events, and then to show a character make different decisions and end up with a different outcome. This genre is so weird and has so much potential for influence and content from so many other pieces and interests. Going to another world really holds so many possibilities and potential for these stories.


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