Re-watching Restaurant To Another World again, and I was thinking how usually, the isekai genre mixed with the harem genre lately, reminds me of a criticism of the "born sexy yesterday" trope: The guy is absolutely mundane but because the girl is completely foreign to his world, everything he does seems amazing. Restaurant To Another World functions on a similar premise, in that all the patrons are so amazed at the food from a very typical restaurant from our world. But instead of being an offensive power imbalance, like the "born sexy yesterday" trope, it becomes more an appreciation of the everyday things in our world. "Mundane miracles" is one of my favorite tropes. I love the focus on how everyday is actually full of amazing things. And I think Restaurant To Another World really emphasizes that point. In our everyday modern world, it's not often we think about how high quality all our ingredients and tableware are, but someone from a "sword and sorcery" fantasy world is definitely going to be raving about it. It makes everyday and everything feel special, if you just take the time to appreciate at it.
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