Why Talk About Death March? On Trends and Mechanics in Isekai Fiction

A common conception of isekai is that of laziness. Outside of very popular series like Log Horizon or Overlord, most isekai anime don’t get more than one cour. As the vast majority are fantasy and most follow common genre threads, such as dying and being reincarnated or being summoned as a hero. Without thinking, a lot of people consider most isekai anime to be thoughtless clones of each other. An anime that was aggressively steeped in this conception was ‘Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku.’