In my experience this only lasts for the initial arc at best and then the protagonist becomes fully integrated in the world and is no different than someone already living there, with all subsequent arcs receiving no benefit from having someone from another world. The vast majority of isekai make no effort to integrate the protagonist’s experience from another world into the plot and instead rush to sweep it under the rug.
There are of course exceptions to the rule but the vast majority of isekai I come across is as I described above.
Yeah 99% of isekais suck and don’t use the genre to it’s full potential in that regard, but that’s what the general appeal of the genre is supposed to be to most people and why they might choose it over a standard fantasy. Most popular/highly rated isekais do usually utilize this aspect to a reasonable degree afaik.
In my experience this only lasts for the initial arc at best and then the protagonist becomes fully integrated in the world and is no different than someone already living there, with all subsequent arcs receiving no benefit from having someone from another world. The vast majority of isekai make no effort to integrate the protagonist’s experience from another world into the plot and instead rush to sweep it under the rug.
There are of course exceptions to the rule but the vast majority of isekai I come across is as I described above.
Yeah 99% of isekais suck and don’t use the genre to it’s full potential in that regard, but that’s what the general appeal of the genre is supposed to be to most people and why they might choose it over a standard fantasy. Most popular/highly rated isekais do usually utilize this aspect to a reasonable degree afaik.