Which Superhero stories would be considered isekai?

[John_Owl]

Talking to a friend and we're trying to decide which superhero stories would be considered Isekai. Like, superman? No, that's just space travel. He's basically just an alien. Thor? Possibly, since I don't believe that Asgard is shown to be a planet or to even exist within the bound of our own universe, but rather, a different dimension on Yggdrasil. In fact, in the MCU, Asgard is shown to basically be a flat plane in space, kinda like a Discworld-style. unless that was a continuity error or I'm just blind (possible. I miss half the detail in such movies anyhow).

 

[Rhaps]

I think any type of multiverse crisis storyline would be consider isekai, Crisis on Infinite Earth for example. Its pretty specific. The Council of Reeds is kinda one, DC Metal is also one.

As for Asgard, the flat disc-world is the right one, Asgard in the comic is also a flat world.

 

[RedMuffin]

Which Superhero stories would be considered isekai?

Fanfics

 

[NotaNuffian]

To be honest, Booster Gold might count as an Isekai even if he merely did just travel back to the past.

Because Isekai (异世界) literally meant (travelling to) strange world/ unfamiliar world.

Superman doesn't really count because he had always been a second gen immigrant who lives most of his experience as an Earth Biy with superpower until the big reveal. Kara on the other hand can count as Isekai, considering that she had gone through Krypton before it went boom.

 

[Tsuru]

If we go by a certain (forgot his name) ragebaiter that complained about "isekai" tag terminology used and wanting its erasure bc its too broad,
and wikipedia isekai definition being simply "other world"
then
pretty sure TON of stuff would be included
It can be "teleported to past", teleported to future, entering watercity, entering hell, entering heaven, entering future, entering sci-fi, entering alternate WW2 world, entering another planet, entering another universe, entering reverse universe, entering void, entering, etc etc etc


but
if we go by a JP-slang-weeb-usage.
which is : teleported to another world with magic. Medieval stuff.
Then maybe there are a few.

(in this 2nd case, i can't help, but for first case, i indeed remember some Justice League cartoon episodes about Superheroes going to "other places" one of them having a scene about trying to wear normal clothes in clothing store trying to escape pursue of bird-men in a modern city)
(i mean, even Warhammer has even a fking isekai, with a youtube video spoiling-retelling about a Wmarine, fell on a medieval-ish planet and village saved him and welcomed him as their own, only for him months later for him to sacrifice himself as he fought a "screamer" tyranide on a cliff)

 

[cabbag3]

Do you mean Comic Book type Superheroes? (not necessarily only comics tho, but just like the vibe.)
For example, Narnia, Peter Pan, Legendary Mechanic, and Evil Dead are technically isekai but they're (more on adventures I think ) not comic book type (super)heroes vibe.

Idk how to explain this tbh, I'm sorry. T_T

 

[John_Owl]

If we go by a certain (forgot his name) ragebaiter that complained about "isekai" tag terminology used and wanting its erasure bc its too broad,
and wikipedia isekai definition being simply "other world"
then
pretty sure TON of stuff would be included
It can be "teleported to past", teleported to future, entering watercity, entering hell, entering heaven, entering future, entering sci-fi, entering alternate WW2 world, entering another planet, entering another universe, entering reverse universe, entering void, entering, etc etc etc


but
if we go by a JP-slang-weeb-usage.
which is : teleported to another world with magic. Medieval stuff.
Then maybe there are a few.

(in this 2nd case, i can't help, but for first case, i indeed remember some Justice League cartoon episodes about Superheroes going to "other places" one of them having a scene about trying to wear normal clothes in clothing store trying to escape pursue of bird-men in a modern city)
(i mean, even Warhammer has even a fking isekai, with a youtube video spoiling-retelling about a Wmarine, fell on a medieval-ish planet and village saved him and welcomed him as their own, only for him months later for him to sacrifice himself as he fought a "screamer" tyranide on a cliff)

I meant mostly in the sense of like how Superman fit "alien" better than "isekai", since he's from the same universe, played by this universe's rules, but wasn't from this planet. Meanwhile, Thor's Asgard isn't shown to be in THIS universe, so when he comes to earth, it is literally a reverse isekai.

In general, I personally consider things Isekai when they include traveling to somewhere with a different set of physical laws. Magic is most common because it literally breaks the laws of physics (Fire starting from a lack of material or heat or reaction)

Do you mean Comic Book type Superheroes? (not necessarily only comics tho, but just like the vibe.)
For example, Narnia, Peter Pan, Legendary Mechanic, and Evil Dead are technically isekai but they're (more on adventures I think ) not comic book type (super)heroes vibe.

Idk how to explain this tbh, I'm sorry. T_T

I mean typical comic book superheroes. DC, Marvel, Dark Horse. Superman, Thor, The Martian, Batman, Ironman, etc etc.