Isekai Anime Survival Guide - Public Service Anime

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NARRATOR: It's a day,
just like any other.

You're out for a walk,
minding your own business,

Perhaps headed to your
local convenience store,

when a truck barrels through a red light,

and crashes into you.

Or maybe you're sitting at a bus stop,

playing one of those
new-fangled electronic games

on your smart telephone,

when all of a sudden,
a truck swerves off the street,

and into the bench.

Or perhaps you've wandered
into your bathroom,

only to find your local
tsundere in there, naked.

In a fit of rage,
she batters your head,

leaving you to drown in the bathtub,

and then a truck crashes through the wall,
and runs over it.

Or maybe a portal opens beneath your feet.

Or you fall into your television set.

Or you go to sleep,
and awaken somewhere new.

Or a storm hits your house.

Or you blink, and all of a sudden...

Look, there's a million
different ways that it can happen,

but they all achieve the same result:

You're not in Kansas anymore.

You've gone down the rabbit hole.

You have entered:

"Another World."

If this happens to you,

it's important to know

that you're not alone.

In fact, so many people across America

have been spirited away to other worlds,

that the CDC has officially
classified it as an epidemic.

That's right,
while it may seem like a result of magic,

sufficiently advanced technology,

or even the work of your diety of choice,

Those causes,
and your present circumstances,

are merely symptoms
of a dangerous disease,

known as (echoing) "Isekaitis"!

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This disease is caused when strains
of the common Light-Novel virus

infect and enflame
the vestigial Isekainum gland.

Once an uncommon illness,
that primarily affected women,

in recent years,
a mutant strain that targets males

has spread like wildfire,

claiming the lives of countless
nondescript blank slate-type men,

just like you.

So, what can you do about it?

As with any disease,

the first step,
and the safest,

is prevention.

Avoid common vectors of infection,

such as Massively Multiplayer Online RPGs,

convenience store comic book shelves,

and the "Free Hugs" guy
at anime conventions.

You can also reduce
your risk of contracting Isekaitis,

or suffering its symptoms,

by making your body and environment
inhospitable to the disease.

if you think that you've been exposed,

try putting down the video games,
going outside,

reading a book without pictures in it,

or showing even the slightest hint
of a discernable personality.

Studies show that these actions,

especially the last one,

can reduce your odds of showing symptoms

by as much as 95%.

all of these steps can help,

but without a working vaccine,

the risk of infection is always there.

So, what can you do
to manage your symptoms

once they start showing?

And how can you survive
in another world?

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the first thing you'll need to do

is identify what type
of Isekaitis you've contracted,

which you can figure out by looking at the type of world you've ended up in.

The original strain, Isekaitis-A,

is known for sending victims to wholly unique fantasyworlds,

awash with creative ideas and concepts.

In all honest, you probably don't have this strain,

as the last known case occured...

When was Digimon again?

Since Isekaitus-A is so rare,

we won't be covering it here.

However, if you find yourself in a parallel world,

and you always wear goggles, you can find more helpful advice in public service anime: caring for your collectable monster.

The much more common Isekaitis B,

mainly affects players of massively multiplayer rpgs.

resulting in them either being trapped in reality,

or being transported to magical realms identicle to their games of choice.

Symptoms can affect dozens, hundreds or thousands of people at once.

even if you don't immediately recognize your surroundings from the game you were just playing,

if one or more people have also been transported with you,

then you almost certainly have a case of isekaitus b

type c is the most widespread strain of isekaitus

frequently seen in players of offline rpgs,

such as dragon journey, the legend of good guys,

and final fictionalized medieval setting.

This variant is occasionally known to transport ** into the worlds of their favorite games,

but patients more frequently end up in knockoffs of more popular franchise

if the first monster you encounter is a generic goblin or imp

or a legally distinct variant of this slime,

there's a good chance you're dealing with isekaitus c

though the world you end up in could resemble other popular media too,

such as anime or books.

Sufferers of the last known strain, isekaitus d, short for deconstruction,

can end up in any of the aforementioned worlds,

but will present additional symptoms upon arrival.

These symptoms typically include deluisions of grandeur,

genre awareness, a general lack of physical ability,

and just generally being an asshole.

this strain of isekaitus is far and away the most deadly,

so if you think you have it, you'd best pray to the anime pople.

While these viruses are the most common source of symptoms,

the isekaitus gland can on occasion become enflamed by other causes.

These cases of acute isekaitis will typically clear up on their own in a few days,

or even hours. However long it takes for you to learn an ironic lesson,

have an enriching lifechanging experience, or die.

Also, while they are much less common,

the symptoms of time travel-osis, and flew through a wormhold-anoma,

can sometimes be misdiagnosed as isekaitus. If you consider this to be the case, consult a doctor.

or if medicine hasn't been invented yet, or has been replaced by computers,

you have probably time-traveled.

Duh.

Lastly, if you have rencelty arrived in our world from another one,

welcome!

But also, this is not the video cassette for you.

instead, consult any other video in the public service anime series,

and don't forget to join the church of the anime pope.

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Now that you've identified your type of isekaitus, you're at last ready to deal with the symptoms,

and fight your way to recovery.

possibly literally.

the next thing you'll want to do is familiarize yourself

with the rules of this strange new world.

if you're lucky, some sort of god-like figure

will have conveniently appeared before you, and explained exactly what's going on in plain english.

However, this symptom doesn't appear in all cases.

so we're going to assume that you have no idea what's going on

or what you're doing.

looking at you, that seems like a good bet.

If you've found yourself trapped in a mummoh,

with other players, the first thing is figure out if you are this guy.

you may not have this specific face or haircut,

but if you look very similar, are stronger than everyone around you,

and have no pursonality or loved ones to miss,

then you are probably trhs guy.

if you are this guy, please watch the isekaitus c section of this video,

for more information about your unique predicament.

if you are not this guy,

then literally nothing you do matters,

so you should just focus on staying alive.

you can help yourself immensly with this goal,

by determining whether or not you will respawn when you die.

obviously it's a little tricky to test this out on yourself,

but fortunately, yoiure not the only player in this world,

give it time and someone will end up making a mistake

and trying out the respawn system for you before too long

but if you don't have the patience for that,

or your just worried that you might be the guy who accidentally tries it out,

all you need to do is find someone who looks emotionally unstable.

encourage this person to go fight some big monsters to blow off steam

or to jump off a clfif, because there's no way this can possibly be real, right?

if they come back to life, no hard feelings,

and if not, well, they can't be mad

at you anyway. if you do not quote, die for real, when you die in the game,

then dont worry about it. have fun in this world

just like you would if you were still playing

and enjoy watching a new civilization evolve lord of the flies style before your very eyes.

if death is permanent, then you should do pretty much the same thing,

except, you know,

try a bit harder not to die

if it's a game you played a lot previously,

and your character stats have carried over to this new world,

then maybe consider doing some light adventuring

otherwise, stay in towns,

let this guy do all the dungeon raiding,

and also probably don't tell anyone about that guy you murdered.

now if you are this guy,

or if you've come to this world alone,

you've got a bit more to worry about

you can find out much about this new world

you've stumbled into by simply heading to the nearest tavern and asking around

but i'll give you a head start

there's a demon king attacking the world,

and your going to have to kill him

there I just saved you about 20 minutes

around this time, other common symptoms of isekaitus may tend to manifest

you may sudednly discvver that you have incredible magic powers,

and despite being a total loser in the real world,

you may find that you're suddenly good at...

well, basically everything

and also irresistable to the opposite sex.

and whatever geeky minutia you wasted your old life obsessing over

will now suddenly be surprising appliciable to the world you now find yourself inhabiting

if you develop magical powers without any of these other symptoms,

there's a good chance you've come down with isekaitus-d

and you might want to hold back on using those powers,

as they probably have some sort of horrible ironic drawback

that you're not yet aware of.

but even for a magically embued teeneager with no real flaws,

a new world can be an intimidating place

you'll find that you're unfamiliar with local customs and culture,

and possibly even the local language,

and lets be honest here, you weren't all that good at talking to people to begin with

now you're alone in a foreign land

surrounded by strangers

with no clear purpose or direction in life

a literal world of possibilities is open to you

how can you possibly find your bearings in this overwhelming situation?

just find the first conventionally attractive female who's willing to talk to you,

and then follow her forever, letting her act as your guide to this new frontier.

your wholly inexplicable skills with the opposite sex should help immensely in this endeavor

over time other quirky characters will join you and the conventionally attractive female

as you travel the land

aiding in your adventures by standing at the sidelines

anmd talking about how great you are as you do all the fighting

these companions are generally harmless,

but take heed, if the ratio of females to male party members ever exceeds 3:1,

your life may be in grave danger.

Please consult our handy harem survival guide

for advice on weathering that particular storm

you might think that you can just ignore your harem

in favor of focusing on the vicious monsters and demons ravaging the world

but such thinking is shortsighted

the only thing scarier than a yandere,

is a yandere with magic powers

on the subject of those powers,

your own abilities may be great.

It's quite likely, in fact, that they are so strong,

as to defy all conventional wisdom in the world you've just entered.

Almost as though this entire world has been built with the sole purpose

of fulfilling your personal wishes.

These specific clothing choices and physical features of your female compantions

may add to this impression.

but do not let your guard down

1 out of 5 isekai patients suffer preventable deaths

simply because they get cocky and think they're invincible.

Two out of 5 actually are invincible.

but do you really want to play those odds?

you might be frightened of dragons, goblins orcs or other generic fantasy creatures,

but they probably wont give you any trouble

it's your fellow humans, as well as oddly sexy elves and other sentient races

that are your real greatest threat.

especially the wizards.

don't fuck with wizards

even if you have all the magical energy in the world, which you very well might,

that won't necessarily do you any good in a fight,

because magic is bullshit

it's tricky, unpredictable, and sometimes wildly inconsistant

a spell that works wonders one day might be totally useless the next,

and it may seem like god himself is arbitrarily changing how music works at will

in order to force events to play out in a certain way

you can't even fully know what a magic spell will do when it's cast,

which can make it very hard to prepare or defend yourself against it.

so if you're smart, you'll avoid fighting with magic in the first place

if you only remember one thing that I've said,

make it this, don't fuck with wizards

but what about the dangerous magical beings that you have no choice in fighting

what about that dfemon lord, and/or evil video game developer you've been summoned to this world to defeat

in short, don't worry about it

isekaitus may be highly infectious,

but like all variations of the light-novel virus,

it progresses slowly

very very slowly

late-stage symptoms such as actually confronting the demon king

can take months or even years to development

you can go on as many as 10 or 20 self contained adventures

without making any real headway towards defeating

or even finding your final foe.

And for being the supposed source of all evil,

demon kinds tend to do very little in the way of actual villainy on a daily basis

doctors have not yet determined why the disease progresses so slowly,

but studies have shown a correlation between the amount of money earned by individual adventurers

and the overall duration of symptoms

to put it simply,

the more you make,

the longer it takes

recent trials have found some success

in treating patients by literally throwing money at them

forcibly accelerating the spread of the disease and defeating the final villain quickly

but it seems as though this approach only pushes isekaitus into remission

before long, it flares up again, forcing victims to go through the same thing in slightly different settings over and over and over again

ultimately, it seems like patience is the key to beating this illness.

i know it's difficult to hear,

and the prospect may seem terrifying,

but you're just going to have to keep traveling this magical land of wonder and amazement,

surrounded by beautiful and exotic women,

making loads of money by fighting monsters,

you have my condolences

but one day, we will defeat this terrible illness once and for all,

and bring an end to isekaius

so keep up hope, not just for your future

but for all of ours

unless you have isekaius d

hopef only makes the symptoms worse

this video was paid for and approved

by his holiness, the anime pope

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