The Japanese word isekai refers to the desire to escape your miserable life and start from scratch in a new, better place /s Jokes aside, I live in Japan, and

The Japanese word isekai refers to the desire to escape your miserable life and start from scratch in a new, better place /s Jokes aside, I live in Japan, and I wouldn't take them as the example of a happy, balanced society. Given the explosion of popularity of isekai animes in recent years, quite the opposite.