Summary
Isekai anime has quickly become a major genre in the medium over recent years by introducing some smash hit anime likeSword Art Online.However, not all isekai anime protagonists led fulfilling lives before being transported to another world as Kirito did. Some of them are victims of mental health issues or social anxiety that sees them spend all their time indoors without a shred of human interaction, and the medium is not afraid to portray it as such.
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They are also called NEETs, which means Not in Education, Employment, or Training. Several isekaianime feature NEETs as theirprotagonists and show how restarting life in another world can make them leave their shells, and here are a few of them.
5BTooom!
Sakamoto Ryota is an isolated, unmotivated, and unemployed 22-year-old with no interest in the outside world. His sole purpose is to dominate the online combat game calledBtooom!Like most NEET characters, he lived with his mother and depended fully on her. One day, he suddenly finds himself on a tropical island without remembering how he got there.
Unbeknownst to him, he had been nominated as one of the special candidates who would participate in areal-life version of the game. After a few interactions with players that tried to kill him, he soon realizes it. With the help of Himiko,his in-game wife, he must survive the brutal world he has been thrust into and escape before the other players kill him.
4Kuma Kuma Bear
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bearhasone of the most interesting NEET characters in all of anime. Yuna might be a NEET, but she is quite successful and the breadwinner of her home. With all the money she makes off the stock market, one can’t fault her decision to retire early, even though she is still a teenager. She spends most of her time playing her favorite first-person perspective online game, World Fantasy Online, where she receives a bear suit item as a gift for playing for so long.
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Turns out, the creator of the game is a god who ends up transportingYuna and her bear suitinto the game. The suit grants her abilities way beyond any other character in the world, making her practically overpowered. Despite initially objecting to living in a game, she quickly gets accustomed to it and starts preferring it over her real life.
3No Game No Life
The protagonists of this extremely intriguing anime are the inseparable pair of stepsiblings, Sora and Shiro. They became NEETs after the death of their parents, losing all attachments to society. They cannot do without one another, and if separated, their anxiety disorder kicks in, and they suffer panic attacks. In their solitude, they find solace in the games where together they dominate under the name of Blank.
Sora is a great tacticianand observer, while Shiro is great with numbers and logic. After defeating Tet, a god, at chess, they are transported to Disboard, a world that revolves around games where the winner takes all. In this world, Sora and Shiro must rise to the top and defeat all the other species in order to challenge Tet.
2ReZero: - Starting Life In Another World
Natsuki Subaru, the super relatable protagonist of this series, was born to a great father who was highly talented. Subaru worked hard to live up to the expectations of being his son, but his entry into middle school showed him a larger world with way more talented people than him. As a result, he began to develop an inferiority complex and feel like he was letting his parents down. He stopped trying to stand out and became a NEET before being transported to the Kingdom of Lugunica.
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This transportation was a chance to start over, but as the gods would have it, Subaru did not becomeoverpowered like most isekai protagonistsand was still rather weak in comparison to most characters in the show. However, he must toss his inferiority complex aside if he is to protect his newfound friends and loved ones from the Witch and her cult
1Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
Of all the protagonists, as mentioned earlier, none of them faced more grueling circumstances than Rudeus Greyrat. His life as a NEET was imposed on him by his peers, who continuously bullied and humiliated him till he lost all will to live and became traumatized by the outside world. He was thirty-four when he died in a road accident after his parents' death and his subsequent home eviction.
He sometimes views his deathand subsequent reincarnationas a blessing, but his past life still haunts him occasionally. With his new chance at life, he is determined to live to the fullest and appreciate all the beauties of the world while investigating the mysterious Teleport Incident that threw his new life upside down.
