Being a huge nerd, one of the things he does with his newfound wealth is sign up with a cryogenics company to have his head persevered immediately after his death… which happens the very next day at a science fiction convention. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) definitely falls into this category. But I do like using the Japanese term as it instantly lets you know what the setup is: Someone in familiar circumstances is thrown into completely unfamiliar circumstances and must learn to survive and thrive in it. As a genre, it has the advantage of the protagonist learning about their world at the same pace we do. It’s hardly a new idea, and far from limited to Japan. It could be a video game world, the far future, an alternate past, whatever. In anime, one of the prevalent genres right now is isekai, which translates as “different world.” It basically revolves around the adventures of someone who is transported to a world very much not like our own.
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