- Oct 3, 2019
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They didn't transported to another world. They were just playing VMMORPG. Yes, they are stuck in the game, but only in 1 arc, but its GAME, all NPC - is NPC, all world - it game, not issekai. Their bodies remained in the real world, so there was no transfer. Especially in another world.Isekai - Transported to or reincarnated in another world. SAO is Isekai.
If we take Issekai with elements of litrpg, like "Overlord" or "Yes, I'm a spider", then there is exactly rebirth / transfer, to another world, a world where NPCs are alive, and not NPCs, and the world there is not a GAME, but ANOTHER REAL WORLD.