In Literature, this is often referred to as a 'Portal Fantasy'. During the 2010s, these types of stories became so popular thanks to Japanese publishing companies like Alphapolis and Media Factory that, by the end of the decade, it had become an Undead Horse Trope: being parodied, subverted and even ridiculed to hell and back, while straight-forward examples still remain very much present. note From Shosetsuka ni Narou, a popular online fiction website A lot of these are also Harem Series, to the extent that a party of sexy heroines (or heroes) who are attracted to the protagonist has become part of the standard formula. Though it's been around in many forms of media long before the term was coined, the majority of isekai stories as we know it are derived from Web Serial Novels or old stories reworked into Light Novels, with their premises and writing style even being noted as a subgenre: Narou Isekai. In Japanese media, this is known as 'Isekai', note Literally 'Another World' with such protagonists typically being their local demographic's flavor of hero, note Stock Light Novel Heroes are common, though their Shonen and Shoujo counterparts are just as prominent and usually involves said character gaining RPG-like powers on arrival (or at the very least, is set in a Role-Playing Game 'Verse). These stories often feature alternate methods of bringing the protagonist to the new world, such as Reincarnation, swapping bodies with an inhabitant of the new world, or becoming their own video game avatar, though simple bodily transport is still common. Occasionally, they will then question if they even want to leave, especially when there is an ongoing Fantastic Romance. Usually there is no hope of their finding a means to return home until after the great threat facing them has been defeated. 'I'm Alive', Electric Light Orchestra, XanaduĪ standard plot/ Myth Arc for Speculative Fiction: The Ordinary High-School Student, frequently their friends, and sometimes their enemies are all transported (often summoned) to another world - distant planet, a Magical Land, Alternate Universe, the past, The Future - where they find they have an important role to play in Events of Significance that are occurring at the same time as (or sometimes because of) their arrival.

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