Is Harry Potter an isekai

the wizards world is interconnected with the real one and it's not in another dimension, so no. Narnia's Chronicles could be considered an isekai

@RikaDerufu
Interconnected, yes.
But it definitelly is in another dimension.

@matana @RikaDerufu
There is no way you can walk to a 9 3/4 platform. There is no place you can walk to reach the Diagon Alley. The only way to reach the wizzarding word is through magic. It is a different dimension, even if closely connected thourgh many means..

It's not. The geography of Harry Potter is largely uninspiring. They're not in separate dimensions, merely hidden from view to the uninitiated. The series still broadly fits the isekai genre thoughever.

@rher @matana @RikaDerufu
They literally are though. The platform 9 3/4 is placed exactly where platform 9 is. There are trains passing through trains. It is a separate space.

It's not. It's a complete platform that is impercievable from the outside.. The whole thing still has to be connected to the english rail network and wizards are cheap bastards.
@LukeAlmighty @matana @rher
It doesn't help that the movies showed things differently. IIRC The Black house in the books had that secret keeper charm on it so it was invisible to everyone that didn't know the secret. Instead of the buildings moving as shown in the movies.
@LukeAlmighty @matana @RikaDerufu
@Awoo @rher @LukeAlmighty @matana @RikaDerufu in the book when harry is given the secret of #12 grimmauld place the houses around it are described as moving so it can appear

but

that doesn't mean that's actually what happened. it makes more sense that it's just an illusion being removed in a visually creative way

however it's clear that magic can do some kind of pocket dimension business because of all the times the inner volume of an object is enormously larger than the exterior
In my defense I have the books burned into my brain because I read them at age nine. Same way I still remember all the Toa names and the same way you remember the first 150 pokemon.
Those kids are going to have valuable brainpower permanently allocated to harry potter trivia. It's over.
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