Isekai is a subgenre of fantasy in which a character is suddenly transported from their world into a new or unfamiliar one.
Bara the genre focuses on male same-sex love, as created primarily by gay men for a gay male audience
A doujinshi is a fan-created or self-published work, sometimes in the form of erotic manga.
(((i have very limited knowledge, so if i was wrong in any way please correct me)))
best i know its basically:
isekai- someone from modern day is transported back in time/to another world, usually after they die/are killed in the modern world. this is what all of the 'villainess' stories you see fall under (normal person dies and is reincarnated into the villainess' body). sometimes the 'other world' can also be a novel or book, and your mc is reincarnated into a character from the novel's body
bara- mxm smutty stuff written by gay men. this is usually where you'd see all those beefy big tiddie men
doujinshi- when a fan makes their own mini manga/comic that is based on an existing piece of work. for example, there are a lot of doujinshis for my hero academia, mainly ones that explore ships that aren't canon/wouldn't happen, like bakudeku, kiribaku, etc
Isekai means the protagonist was transferred to another world (sekai=world) usually after dying, but can be reincarnation, summoned, travelled to, etc. Doujinshi if im not mistaken are mangas that are self published or not affiliated with any publishing houses. Then bara, this im not sure, but like a character design trope(?) where the characters are all big beefy and muscled men
isekai is basically when a character travels to a different world or gets reincarnated into a different world, its usually used to give the mc a "second change" at life (ex: that time i got reincarnated as a slime, log horizon, re:zero). bara is basically bl/yaoi but with muscular men! and from what i can tell doujinshi's are basically fanmade comics/mangas ab a anime, manga, ect,,, so basically they're all kind of just subcategories
isekai- when a character travels from their world to another whether it be because they died or just woke up there. Isekai literally means "other world" in japanese
doujinshi-subgenre where it is based off of an actual series but doesnt necessarily follow the plot of the original so basically a fan made version of something
bara-same as yaoi but the guys are muscular
i didn't make this but here's a list~
http://www.mangago.zone/home/mangalist/840779/
this wasnt the h life i imagined after reincarnation, i was reborn as the villainess' father and i need to xxx to survive?, reincarnated into demon king evelogia's world, tale of the yellow dragon, the titan's bride, the affairs of the other world depend on the corporate slave, once upon a fairy tale
Can anyone please explain the difference between isekai, doujinshi, bara, etc? I only know shoujo ai, shounen ai, yaoi and ecchi.