Nah, a lot of that’s coincidence with Litrpg becoming popular around the same time that isekai started taking over western webfiction. It’s also why there’s roughly half a million litrpg “system apocalypse” stories where the isekai comes to Earth instead.
Wait, is SAO the reason so much isekai follows video game rules?
No, Spy Kids is, didn’t you look at the meme?
Nah, a lot of that’s coincidence with Litrpg becoming popular around the same time that isekai started taking over western webfiction. It’s also why there’s roughly half a million litrpg “system apocalypse” stories where the isekai comes to Earth instead.