The isekai trope is very popular, depicting ordinary people who reincarnate into or travel to a fantasy world. With the classic stories told a thousand different ways, authors have been thinking of new, unique, and sometimes downright strange ways of depicting people sent to another world. Thanks to the excessively long titles, readers are able to discern the entire summary of what they are about to read.
The most eye-catching titles are so outrageous and far out there that readers can't help but be drawn in. Titles like Killer Shark In Another World usually deliver what they promise, taking the readers on a wild ride that they won't soon forget.
10 Middle-Aged Man's Noble Daughter Reincarnation
After dying in a car accident, Kenzaburou Tondabayashi is reincarnated as Grace Auvergne, the Duke's daughter. The character was originally meant to be the villainess of an otome game that his daughter used to play.
He attempts to play the role given to him, but his experience as a parent makes him treat others more kindly than he intends to. Despite spending most of his time with the game's capture targets, he can never seem to remember any of their names either.
9 Kemono Michi
No one loves animals more than the pro wrestler Shibata Genzo. When he's summoned to another world and asked to kill monsters, he flies into a rage and suplexes the princess. From then on, he decides to live out his dream of owning his own pet shop, meeting various monsters and beast people along the way, and showering them with love.
His devotion is so strong that he often burns through all of his funds, going on paid quests that only end in him bringing even more monsters home.
8 Dragon Ball: That Time I Got Reincarnated As Yamcha!
Of all of the Dragon Ball characters that someone could be reincarnated into, Yamcha is one of the worst. However, a huge Dragon Ball fan is the one lucky enough to be reincarnated into the world he loves so much.
He uses his knowledge of the Dragon Ball world to become one of the most overpowered characters in the story as he attempts to win Bulma's heart. Although the story is only three chapters, it's a very entertaining read.
7 Summoned To A Parallel Fantasy World Many Times
Sometimes, being summoned to another world is a dreadful experience rather than an exciting one. Unfortunately for Takafuji Inori, he was summoned to different worlds over and over again, his time spent in each world lasting mere minutes.
Each time he is sent back, he meets a goddess and gains a unique ability. Being dragged to many different, unpleasant worlds forced him to stack many overpowered skills, until he is finally stuck in a world that already has three heroes.
6 In Another World Where Baseball Is War, A High School Ace Player Will Save A Weak Nation
Tokonatsu Taichi was a prominent baseball player who died long before God intended him to. In exchange for bringing him back to life, God asks Tokonatsu to go to another world, in which nations play baseball in order to solve political issues.
Tokonatsu has to help a tiny, underdog nation rise to power by utilizing his advanced baseball knowledge and skills. He quickly becomes the star player of the team, but that isn't difficult since most of the players are elderly.
5 Killer Shark In Another World
Looked down on all of her life, the summoner Shiromi wants to do everything she can to prove herself. Her goal is to help the world defeat the Demon King, but she ends up summoning a monster far more frightening: A shark from a B movie.
This shark quickly grows attached to her, but she quickly finds out that it has the powers seen in many shark movies: it can turn into a giant Sharktopus and even summon a Sharknado. It's usually well behaved, but goes on a murderous rampage when it sees happy couples, which it calls "normies."
4 A Story About A Cat Reincarnated In A Different World Where There Are No Cats
In a new twist, a simple feline is transported into a world unfamiliar with cats. It meets an aspiring adventurer, who quickly falls for the cat's charms. The growing need to pamper the cat leads to the adventurer losing most of her funds, her meals, and her equipment, which the cat uses as a scratching post.
Even the Demon King comes across kittens, who make his heart melt immediately. However, he'll never admit it.
3 Transferred To Another World, But I'm Saving The World Of An Otome Game
The protagonist is sent into an otome game by his sister, who tells him that he has to complete the game. He finds that he is way more popular than he wants to be, as he has the coveted power of the maiden's embrace. When he embraces someone, they become stronger.
Each flowery line uttered by a male lead makes him angrier and angrier. His sister, who had intended to send herself instead, can only root for him from outside of the game, but her encouragement doesn't make him feel any better either.
2 I Took A Trip Into An Otome Game
A boy accidentally clicks on an advertisement for an otome game and finds himself in that very game. Unfortunately for him, the male leads start to treat him like the female protagonist.
He soon discovers that the only way out is to complete the game, and struggles towards the friendship route. All sides are struggling, for the male leads sometimes break character and admit that they don't actually want to be a part of this either, but that this is their job.
1 Though I May Be A Villainess, I'll Show You That I Can Obtain Happiness!
This isekai manga is actually an anthology of one-shot stories in which the villainess comes out on top in an unexpected twist. The stories often begin with the prince annulling his engagement to the villainess.
In one such story, a prince cancels his engagement to a woman without realizing that she wasn't actually human. It turned out that she was a dragon who had cast a spell over the entire country in order to make everyone beautiful. With his betrayal, she has no problems lifting the spell and making them ugly again.