Being a shifter is basically just being the MC of an Isekai anime ࿔‧ ֶָ֢˚˖𐦍˖˚ֶָ֢ ‧࿔
Isekai (n). Japanese translation (異世界): "different world" - a genre of anime where a character ends up in a world entirely different from their original one.
I have been to other realities before, and I only recently realized how much the concept of reality shifting is akin to the concept of an Isakai anime.
Basically, by shifting we’re just participating in an Isakai anime
(Also, just as a fun little way to push the limits of your brain a little bit - How do you know that you’re not in anime right now because if every reality and every media we consume is a type of reality on their own, for example Harry Potter, My Hero Academia, The Walking Dead, etc., if all of those are actually realities in their own rights, then a lot of the animes we’ve seen are also realities in their own rights and maybe we’re actually in an anime and it’s just hyper realistic for us)
*I just like to theorize and allow my brain to think anything and everything which is another way that I was able to reprogram my brain for shifting. Being open to literally any and every possibility.
Anyways, I just wanted to start a fun little discussion about how reality shifting is like an isekai anime and basically when we shift, we are the main character of an isekai anime.
I think the main difference is that usually, the main character of the Isekai doesn’t mean to go there whereas a lot of us intend to go to that specific reality or world through shifting (although there have been many times where I have accidentally shifted somewhere I didn’t want to be, and that felt very much like an Isekai, but in the worst way possible. I had been to an awful set of realities, I can remember at least five that were insane and even if someone paid me $14 trillion in our earth money I would not go back there).
So I just thought it was a really interesting thought and I was curious what you guys think about the similarities between shifting and isekai anime or shifting and anime in general.
I’ve always been a really huge anime fan and after opening my brain, a lot of times I see our world as animated too (but usually just for a few moments at a time). The outline of things seem more prominent and the colours look more "fake". But that’s just a personal experience I started to have after opening up my brain more.
To my fellow anime lovers, what do you guys think? Do you notice any similarities between isekai animes and shifting?
photo source: article from Backlot Magazine titled "The Best Isekai Anime of all Time, Ranked"
https://www.cgmagonline.com/articles/features/the-best-isekai-anime-of-all/