The best Isekai anime to watch if you like the lonely life in another world

Key recommendations

• Loner Life in Another World & Trapped in a Dating Sim uses humor to show the protagonists with low abilities.
• Banaza and Haruka's powers go from useless to overpowered, leading to unique battles in their respective worlds.
• The characters in I'm Standing on a Million Lives & So I'm a Spider make strategic decisions as they struggle with loneliness.

The Isekai genre is becoming increasingly popular in the anime community, with anime such as Konosuba and That time I reincarnated as a slime paving the way for others such as Lonely life in another world.

Lonely life in another world is an upcoming series that, while following the Isekai theme, has its own unique twist. The anime tells the story of Haruka, a young man who is transported to another world along with his classmates and ends up with abilities that are considered low but are actually very useful. Now, he must survive this new world while helping his classmates who once ignored him.

10 Trapped in a dating simulator: The world of Otome games is tough on mobsters

Underdog humor amid insecurities

An ordinary man was blackmailed into completing a dating simulation game. Although he managed to put the game away, he was suffering from lack of sleep and hunger. To solve one of his problems, he loses consciousness and finds himself in the game as the Mafia, Leon Fou Bartfort. Now he must survive with the knowledge he has in a world he hates.

In addition to the insecurities the protagonists face, both series play with humor in their own unique way. The protagonists of both shows often find themselves playing major roles in important events, despite considering themselves mere humans in their own worlds.

9 The relaxed life in another world of the former hero candidate who turned out to be a level 2 cheater

Useless for overpowered ability

Banaza is summoned to the Magical Kingdom of Klyrode, along with other heroes, to protect them from the Dark One and his demons. However, something is wrong – he's average, no magic, no strengths, nothing. Failing as a hero, he is rejected and stuck in this new world. Little did he know that changes would come once he entered level two.

Both Banaza and Haruka have similar experiences. Not only did they both get the short end of the stick by being stuck with skills that were said to be useless, but they also came to realize that their skills were outdated. However, unlike Haruka, Banaza only wants to enjoy the benefits of being extremely powerful while living a relaxed lifestyle.

8 Lord Demon, try again!

Nice company

Akira Oono, the creator of an infinite MMORPG, decides to shut down the game's servers after 15 years of existence. However, at exactly midnight, he is somehow transported into the body of the game's Demon Lord, Hakuto Kunai. He becomes more puzzled when he starts encountering characters he didn't create in his game.

Questioning whether this is his game or not, he decides to discover the events that led to this transport. Despite being tyrannical, Kunai is generous to his companions and is always willing to help them whenever they need it, a trait that Haruka also possesses.

7 I obtained a cheat skill in another world and became unmatched in the real world as well

Oblivious to women

Yuuya Tenjou has always been a loner, and not by choice. Despite the fact that life is cruel to him, he still tries his best to do good to the people around him – but even kind people have their breaking point. As he approaches, he finds a door that leads to a house in another world, with a game-like progression and incredibly powerful magical items. Surprisingly, he can also go back and forth between both worlds while maintaining his stats. Life didn't seem so bleak after all.

Although both characters are extremely powerful, they also both have difficulty interacting with women. Just as Haruka finds it difficult to talk to women who are affectionate towards him, Yuuya finds it hard to believe that women see him in that light due to his low self-esteem.

6 Re: Monster

A desire for peace

After an unfortunate death, Tomokui Kanata is reincarnated as the weakest character of the weakest race: the goblins. However, he retained memories of his previous life and also gained the ability to become stronger through food. Now passing by Gabiru, he decides to live life to the fullest in a world where only the strong survive.

Even with so much potential to become powerful, all Gabiru wants is to keep his peace while enjoying what life has to offer. This is exactly what Haruka wants in her own fantasy world as well, wanting to keep herself as much as possible while venturing out at her own pace.

5 I'm sitting on a million lives

Both are strategic decision makers

• Japanese title: 100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru
• Number of episodes: 12
• Studio: Maho Movie

One day, Yuusuke Yotsuya, a student who hates people and prefers to live in virtual reality, suddenly enters a state of free fall and ends up in a game world where he must complete a mission in the next 14 days. Transported along with his classmates Shindou and Hakozaki, the three travel as a party to decipher the mystery behind the game world while trying to survive.

Yuusuke and Haruka both take pragmatic approaches to their missions in their respective worlds. Yuusuke is always ready to make difficult decisions, such as deciding between goals or people. It's just like Haruka, who always chooses survival and safety over heroism.

4 So I'm a spider, so what?

Genuine selflessness even in solitude

After an unfortunate school incident, a few lucky students are reincarnated in another world as important people. However, one of them is not so lucky. He was reborn as a spider – and not just any spider, but the weakest kind. Awakened in the dungeon of monsters far more powerful than her, with nothing but hope and knowledge, she tries her best to survive and evolve.

Her struggles and struggle with loneliness mirror Haruka's as she grows stronger. Although Haruka enjoys his life in solitude and solitude, unlike Kumoko, both are always ready to put themselves on the line for others, even if they don't normally talk to those characters.

3 Arifureta: From a common place to the most powerful in the world

Both reject The Heroic Limelight

Otaku Hajime Nagumo's life is turned upside down when he and his classmates are called to a fantasy world to save humanity, and he ends up with his weakest skill. He is betrayed by his classmate, ends up in the hands of menacing monsters and must fight to survive. With the help of Yue and other allies he meets, he is determined to find a way home, going from an ordinary place to the most powerful in the world.

Both Hajime and Haruka prefer the independence of heroism. Hajime refuses to fight battles that are not his own, such as helping the people of Tortus against Ehit's manipulation. Haruka also refuses the title of hero, preferring to be alone and avoid getting involved in conflicts.

2 Failure frame: I became the strongest and annihilated everything with low level spells

Similar power systems

Things start to get serious for loner Touka Minori when he realizes that he and his classmates have been transported to another world where the weak are eliminated, and he is supposedly the weakest of the lot. Using his skills deemed useless in a fight or flight situation, he realizes they aren't so useless and decides to take revenge on the goddess who eliminated him.

Unlike Haruka, Minori decides to follow the path of revenge. However, the two experience a drastic change in the potential of their abilities, which were once considered useless by the rest of the world.

1 Tsukimichi Moonlight Fantasy

Unconventional use of skills

After being promised the life of a hero with a goddess, Makoto Misumi's life didn't go as expected. The goddess, however vain, found him unattractive and banished him from human civilization, revoking the title of hero. Compensated with the ability to understand any language but human, Makoto develops connections with demi-humans and becomes extremely powerful, but longs to reconnect with humans.

Like Haruka, Makoto does not get the main abilities typical of most Isekai adventure anime. Instead, Makoto uses his unconventional abilities as he tries to make connections with people who don't appreciate him.