By Haruko Kurimoto and Vinegar. Released in Japan as “Yugami no Kuni Monogatari” as a webnovel. Released in North America by Cross Infinite World. Translated by Amber Tamosaitis. When it comes to light novels, especially ones that have ‘another world” in the title, there is usually a certain blueprint that gets followed, and this goes for those written for a men’s marketplace as well as a women’s marketplace. But isekai has been around long before its rise to popularity in the 2010s. Most older fans who disparage the cliches and characters of modern isekai are quick to say “El Hazard and Rayearth don’t count!”. And then there’s Fushigi Yuugi, which I suspect more than a few people are going to think of then they read Reflection of Another World. The...

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