I being seeing recently a lot of new web novel with plot line that has "Transported to Another World" type of theme. It not that I hate these type, it all depend on the story itself. With all these "Transported to Another World", why not explain the different kind and how some ideas are similar in all these stories. These other worlds may have RPG game like stuff or not, all depend. Whether Summoned or Reincarnated, the person or people always or most of the time uses the knowledge of Earth (science logic and reasoning) to their advantage in the other world for whatever reason (such as feed themselves, to live, to fight, etc...) If the summoned or reincarnated was not given a purposed or task, they (the summoned/reincarnated) will do their own thing and start creating their own purpose and goal (desire) in this new world while starting a new life.
Summoned
- The Main Protagonist and/or Groups near the Main Protagonist get teleported from where they at (Earth) to the summoned places (the other world). The Person or People who get summon has no say in this.
- Common Characteristic of the other World
- Most Common: A Fantasy Medieval Europe-like world with Sword and Magic plus all the Fantasy Non-Human Races (Often called: Demi-Human while other are call Beastman) and monster you can think of in those Fantasy RPG Game.
- Common Characteristic of the Summoned Person or People in these Stories:
- Retain all original appearance (from Earth) and and their (summoned person or people) personal (full/all) memory and (earth) skill sets when arrive to the other world.
- If summon by someone or thing is known, then the summoned person or people are often given a purpose for there summoned. That purpose is usually solving a world crisis in that worlds and the summoned person or people are there to solve it while given the title and power of Hero/Heroine (depend on the gender) or something similar when arrive.
- Most common age group of these summoned person or people are in their Teen's, while older age group are also available.
- Most common gender that are summoned are male, while female are also are summoned (depend on the story)
- Common Summoner:
- Magic User (Example: Mage, Witch, Summoner, Sage, etc..)
- Super Being (Example: God, Goddess, Devil, Spirit, Etc... or something along these line)
- Unknown (The novel never stated it or its a mystery on how they got transported in another world). "Spirited Away" also fall under this category, that the only way to call it.
Reincarnation
- The Main Protagonist die on Earth somehow and get reincarnated in another world of some kind. In these stories, we as the reader and the main protagonist know they are dead or have die so it not a mystery on that part. This is the only common theme among the reincarnation type because after this, it up to the author to chose what the Main Protagonist to be. Another type that still count within reincarnation category is that the Main Protagonist reincarnated into someone (mostly and most of the time a game character of their) and they don't know why and how and it unknown whether they die or not on Earth but it often imply they didn't but they just happen to be here (in different world). "Transmigration" which is another genre that part of the reincarnation genre; usually I see this genre in Chinese novel more often. "Spirited Away" also fall under this category, where the main protagonist went to sleep like normal and then the next thing they end up as someone else or as baby in another world. [I'm not including reincarnation in the same world, that doesn't count as "transport to another world" part]
- The Main Protagonist Rebirth in:
- As a offspring (baby) [Within some family/household which our main protagonist is now part of] (common)
- Awaken in a child body [Within some family/household which our main protagonist is now part of]
- Awaken in a adult body [Within some family/household which our main protagonist is now part of] (uncommon & rare)
- In these uncommon plot stories; it often where our main protagonist soul replace or suppress the original soul of that body while retaining that body memories and skills & the main protagonist's memories and skills.
- A Video Game Character You used to played/or heard of from someone close to the Protagonist.
- New Body or Original body (Ages And Appearances Varies) created by "Super Being" (God/Goddess) [No relation to people in the new world, yet]
- Main Protagonist's memories (from their former lives)
- Retain all/full memories of their former lives (common)
- Retain partial of their memories of their former lives while only remembering the important part or information of that world (earth).
- Here are some possible outcome of his/her reincarnation (depend on the story) on what the Main Protagonist end up as:
- Same gender as his/her former Earth counter part
- Opposite gender as his/her former Earth counter part
- Original body and Appearance (age varies) or New Body (age varies)
- Human
- Demi-Human, Sub-Human, Beastman, etc... or something along these line (Example: Elves, Dwarf, Cat People, etc....)
- Monsters (any creature that the other world deem as harmful to people with inborn x-amount mana in their body that can uses a certain degree of magic) (Example: Slime, Spider, Dragon, Goblin, etc...)
- Object, Tool, and/or Vehicle (Non-Living Things but now with human mind thinks to the reincarnation) (Example: Sword, Truck, Vending Machines Etc...)
- Video Game Character (can be anything)
- Common Characteristic of the other World
- None but it usually common to have magic and sword in it.
- They might end up in a fantasy world
- They might end up in world similar or the exact world of a former game that the Main Protagonist used to play or currently playing before he/she die.
Reincarnated And Summoned
- There are stories that does not fit the above description of the two type as pure summoned or just reincarnation. Here are an examples that I believes that might fall under this section but I'm sure there more that I have not mention or remember:
- The main protagonist is reincarnated but he/she is unsure why and how he/she got there (other world), while at the same time we (reader and main protagonist) cannot confirm whether they (main protagonist) are actuality dead or have dye on Earth; our main protagonist could have being summoned but that unknown also.
- "Spirited Away" like situation: I already put this in both reincarnation and summon but let me explains what it mean. It simply mean what it mean, they were transported to another world (depend on the novel, reincarnated or summoned) by unknown mean and reason Or in another word "it just happen". There no summoner or super being involve, it just happen and you there. You doing something normal one day and next your in the middle of no where, something like that.
Reverse Summoning To Return Back To Earth/Other Worldlier Transported to Earth
- Return To Earth: In this type of story, the novel start when the MC return somehow from the other world and back to earth after being on the other side doing whatever the other side summon them to do. Here are some common theme of such thing:
- Possible chance MC retain all his ability when he or she return back to Earth
- Possible chance the other worldlier follow MC
- Possible chance Earth have and know about magic and can uses it but it a secret not known to the public
- Possible chance Earth have and know about magic and can uses it, and it not a secret because somehow Earth made contact with other worldlier while MC was away.
- Other Worldlier Transported to Earth: In this type of story unlike most transported to another world where it is always Earth people getting transported to them but in this type of plot it is them from the other world get transport to Earth.
Gate/Door
- It neither a summoning nor reincarnation but a gate or a door or a something similar to that affect (mostly) which allow the person to travel to another world (and back most of the time in most story). This will count as "summoning" in most novel. It will not count if they went to netherworld or celestial world because it still within the same world but different realm, but it will if it another world that similar in a sense like they on another planet.
A Video Game World where you can't Logout while playing
- Unlike the rest on the above, this one is different. The main protagonist and any and all that are effect while playing the video game (usually Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online [VRMMO]) can't logout. Now they are stuck in the video game world which count as transport into another world because video game is a different world. This is different from transport to a game world which count as reincarnated (most of the time) while this they are stuck in the game world while playing and cannot logout.
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