We’ve been conditioned to think of isekai as either a case of transportation/summoning, being reborn, or some other form of portal fantasy. But Captain Corinth takes a different approach: the protagonist of this sci-fi isekai story ends up on a new planet that no one in the Galactic Navy has ever been on, pretty literally sending him to a new world. He’s not there by choice – Alan Corinth was the only survivor of the destruction of his spaceship, something that happened only because he was stuck in the bowels of the ship doing routine maintenance. As the lone human remaining, the ship’s AI elevates him to the role of captain and immediately makes it her priority to keep him safe. Since the ship is moments away from disintegration, this means getting him off it; before he really has time to process the loss of everyone he’s been working with, Alan finds himself in an escape pod…
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