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Do people really pronounce it this way...? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 22 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The joke is that 'isekai' in Japanese translates to "another world" in English. 1985 was truly another world, as anyone who was there might attest.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Oh right, the "hit by a truck" cliche.

[–] eleitl@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

So was 1975.