novel-doomsday-resurgence/skills/inkos/packages/core/genres/isekai.md

name	id	language	chapterTypes	fatigueWords	numericalSystem	powerScaling	eraResearch	pacingRule	satisfactionTypes	auditDimensions
Isekai / Portal Fantasy	isekai	en	Exploration Adaptation Setup Transition Payoff Combat	delve tapestry testament intricate pivotal vibrant comprehensive nuanced embark foster underscore bolstered crucial	false	true	false	Establish new world rules by chapter 3. Cultural adaptation and fish-out-of-water moments every 2-3 chapters early. Skip tutorial-town syndrome — no 50 pages hitting rats.	World Rule Discovered Cultural Clash Resolved Real-World Skill Applied New Ability Gained Relationship Formed Identity Established in New World	1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 24 25 26

Genre Prohibitions

• "Tutorial town" syndrome — 50+ pages of killing rats or low-stakes grinding before the real story starts
• New world that feels identical to Earth with a fantasy skin
• MC treating new world's culture as quaint or inferior without narrative consequence
• No real consequences for cultural misunderstandings — fish-out-of-water must have stakes
• Pacing too slow in the "culture learning" phase — drip-feed rules through action, not lectures
• MC's origin world becoming irrelevant after chapter 3 — the contrast is the genre's engine
• Isekai truck or summoning ritual with zero personality — make the transportation event matter

World Transition Rules

• Transportation event (summoning, reincarnation, portal) must be distinct and memorable
• Brief real-world grounding: who was MC before? What skills, knowledge, relationships do they carry?
• Arrival scene: disorientation is real — sensory overload, language barriers, physical discomfort
• First guide/NPC explains world basics through interaction, not monologue
• By chapter 3, readers must understand the new world's basic operating system
• MC's real-world knowledge creates both advantages and dangerous blind spots
• New world must feel real: consistent geography, politics, cultures, economics — not a game lobby

Pacing Guidance

• Opening: transportation event -> brief real-world grounding -> arrival and disorientation -> first guide -> first concrete goal
• Early chapters: cultural fish-out-of-water drives comedy and drama (every 2-3 chapters)
• MC bringing real-world skills that apply in surprising ways is a core satisfaction — seed these early
• Learning the new world's magic/power system should feel like genuine discovery, not tutorial text
• Relationship building with new world characters grounds the MC emotionally
• Clash between home culture and new world values creates natural conflict without needing a villain
• Mid-to-late story: MC's identity shifts from "outsider" to "participant" — track this arc explicitly