The Ecchiverse
Imagine if you will, a typical "3DPD" anon discovers a way to create a pocket dimension and true to form creates a pervy anime-inspired world; unfortunately, when he actually enters he loses all control over it and can't escape. As time goes on, some other people will occasionally get sucked in at random, some of whom are turned into waifu archetypes. This is the Ecchiverse.
When someone enters the Ecchiverse, they are immediately and permanently physically converted into a 2D anime girl. Their body, clothing, and even the world around them instantly obey the rules and aesthetics of an ecchi manga.
Two fratboys go in, one of them becomes a pink haired childhood friend pining over the other - now an harem protagonist; a cop in turn becomes a cute police girl in an 80s anime; a secret agent sent to investigate the anomalies sees himself becoming a delusional chunibyo who still acts like a secret agent.....and many many more join the cast of the Ecchiverse!
They all retain their memories. But now, they are characters in an ecchi manga, and the plot forces them to play their parts. How long can they resist not being "in character?"
How it would work:
It can be a single page pin-up or a long comic, hell, even ilustrated stories - the point is more to explore how a person gets converted in such world.
(Example of Animefication by Flashkill)
What I'm still pondering:
I'm not sure how "being transported to the Ecchiverse" could work. Some options I considered:
Option 1: The Accidental Intrusion (The Backrooms / Cursed Manga)
The Ecchiverse exists as a parallel dimension, a "glitch" in reality. It can be accessed through weak points: a specific forgotten alleyway, a website that only appears at 3:33 AM, or a cursed manga/anime DVD that acts as a gateway.
Cons: Dealing with "wait, isn't it sad that a lot of people are disapearing? What about their loved ones?"
Option 2: Isekai after Death
At the moment of death (or near-death), a person's consciousness is snatched and put in the Ecchiverse instead of passing on to the true afterlife, giving the person essentially a "second life".
Cons: Do I have to justify how ALL these people died? Or I can just ignore that detail?
Option 3: The Copy
Basicaly, whatever transports you to the Ecchiverse is actually creating a new consciousness that is, from its own perspective, you. The original you goes on living, completely unaware that a copy of him now is an anime girl.
Cons: Does it feel cheaper that the person TGed is a copy rather than the original?
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WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU THINK! WHICH OPTION YOU PREFER TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE ECCHIVERSE? WHAT SORT OF PLOTS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ON IT? WHICH KIND OF CHARACTERS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE TRANSFORMED?
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Some extra thoughts:"Hey Fenek, you are kind of a weeb, isn't animefication what you usally do anyway?". I say NO! There is a special appeal in taking a realistic normal flesh and blood person, and making said person into a big titty anime girl in body and soul. Animefication has a very specific appeal.
Lets pick "Ashton Smith, 26, majoring in Biology, from Dallas" and throw him into an anime world. Imagine:
>The ODDNESS of not only turning into a woman, but his entire world nw being 2d - when he walks his breasts bounce and LITERALLY make "boing" sounds, when he is dramatic sparkles literally shine around him, when he is caught doing something embarrasing everything goes dark and a spotlight literally shines on him.
>Not only a 2d woman! He, a threee dimensional multi-layered person now has a dominant personality archetype! Maybe an ojou, maybe a sporty tsundere, maybe a shy childhood friend or idol, or a lusty clumsy teacher and so on! He probably had no choice on the matter, or maybe a single aspect of him got exagerated into a parody of human behavior!
>Even if he keeps his memmories and mind, THE VERY FRABIC OF REALITY has decided his new role - his sole objective - he was crafted to become a fanservice fantasy; The universe will conspire for him to fall in love with the bland male self insert! For him to give acidental panty shots! For him to stumble and fall with his breasts in MC's face! If he is savy he will know that that if he marries MC his breasts wil grow as a reward, and he will starts saying "ara ara" as a MILF. This is his life from now on.
>Wait, as a 2d being, are you even "human" at this point? Is he no longer a human, but a character, designed to fulfill specific narrative functions?
>After years wouldn't it feel weird and out of place to run and NOT hear "BOING" sounds? To NOT be able to pull a hammer from his cleavage? If some outsider ended up in the same situation as him, wouldn't he assume that Ashton was always this anime girl? Wait, is somebody out there WATCHING/READING Ashton's hijinks?
>He might even start asking himself - was he really "Ashton Smith, 26, majoring in Biology, from Dallas - coming from a three dimensional world"? Or was he always Akimi Tachibana, the naive pink haired schoolgirl, with massive oppai and whose catchphrase is 'Munyun~' ? Looking in the mirror, doesn't it make sense that she is a bit deluded munyun~?