Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi

I have had a core principle for storytelling for quite a while. If you can use anything that isn't rape in your story, don't use rape. This show throws that idea in the toilet.

There isn't anything inherently wrong with using sensitive topics in stories such as rape, however, there comes a great degree of responsibility when it comes to these topics. An example of an anime that handles sensitive topics well is Neon Genesis Evangelion, however, I digress. The main idea here is similar to that of the quote, "Tell a good offensive joke, people laugh; tell a bad offensive joke, people get offended".

This story does not have enough of a reason to have the abhorrent things in it. The first episode, and the first sex scene has the main character having sex with his maid, for no reason. It adds nothing to the plot, it is just there to say, "Hey guys, we managed to sneak a sex scene into this anime, look at us!". And then episode 2 rolls around. What in the actual fuck?

The main character Keyaru takes his revenge on the princess in the second episode, and we are presented with the closest scene to hentai ever put in an anime. Yes, it turned me on, but that has nothing to do with the quality of this show. They just decided to throw in really fucked up shit for the sake of it, purely for shock value. The main problem with this show is that it only relies on shock value instead of having actual substance.

On a side note, I have neglected to mention that drugs are also a prominent force in this anime, and is used just as poorly as the rape is.

But back to the point, this anime not only puts rape in, but it is committed by the main character. And as I am writing this review, there are only 2 episodes, however, Keyaru erases the princess' memory, so I can tell you now that there is zero character development. There is no attempt at maybe exploring what a rape victim goes through, and shedding light on an issue and the effects of it on others. Rather, this anime makes rape seem like an acceptable thing to do if the victim treated you poorly.

So yes, the characters are all terrible human beings, including the princess that gets raped considering that she exploits the main character for his special healing power (not that she deserved what happened to her), and everyone living in the town stole the town from the indigenous people and used it for themselves, so everyone is just a monster in this show. And flat monsters at that (not cleavage-wise). Let's get the other stuff out of the way. The music is forgettable, art is decent, pretty enjoyable sex scenes, and story with a somewhat interesting setup that is immediately thrown out the window when the main character drastically oversteps his boundaries.

Overall, I enjoyed watching the last half of the second episode if I'm being honest, however, this anime is an abomination and avoid this at all costs if you happen to be a victim of sexual abuse.

Edit: Guess I'm kind of a hypocrite for being a huge Cannibal Corpse fan, but oh well

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The review will include spoilers.

Have you ever though the actions of a protagonist in a fantasy anime are hindering the impact and immersion of the show?

Things like the cheap ethics, "I can't kill this bad person" where the bad person goes on to kill more and more people.

This show tries to address these problems. I'll give one thing, it does go 180 in the sense that normally "average" fantasy worlds are a utopia where everyone is nice and here we see a dystopia where the people from the hero's party aren't worth even the dust on the ground. But there were only 2 episodes, so it'll have time to show the good sides of its world.

The setup is a pretty simple one, you know there is magic and the ambiance is medieval in terms of technology. It doesn't explain in detail how magic works, but then again, 2 episodes.

The beginning is quite ordinary. Our protagonist awakes "hero" powers and is it found by the Kingdom and brought to the capital. The princess appears your general kind person. Turns out the Healer job wasn't really good practically, and so, showing its true colors, the kingdom (with Flare being at center of it all) starts to use the MC as nothing more than object, doing despicable things to him.

There are some points that need a little highlight. The kingdom has individuals with godlike tracking skills, so in his redo, Keyaru wouldn't be able to escape even if he wanted. He lost all the levels he won in those years of abuse. He was weak at the beginning, and at the time he was being abused, the kingdom used him to cure high skills/importance individuals, so that was key for turning him OP, something he most likely couldn't do by himself.

Now, to the more complicated part. Is it what he's doing right? I don't know. Do I feel sorry for Flare? Hell no. You have to understand that Keyaru's mind is most likely broken, seeing as now he can use Heal without flinching, even if this would be unbearable for a normal person. For starters, you don't have the right to say what is wrong and what's not, you have the right to say what you "think" is wrong though. And of course, in today's society we have laws, and even those are interpreted by judges. What is the penalty of imprisonment, torture, rape for months on end? That's the right thing to do according to your country.

In my humble opinion he is completely justified, but only because this was a worst case scenario. Does that mean that anything wrong someone does to you call for retribution? Obviously not, in general people aren't inherently bad (selfish maybe) and you can have forgiveness and reconciliation for normal conflict, and in today's society this kind of extreme thing should never even happen. You can call out at the writer about making such a rotten and convenient character, but defending Flare as she is just as disgusting as the rape.

Finally, there is some people saying the story is just a excuse for our MC rape. Well, it's no like this show is introducing the genre in animation you know, it's not a novelty. If people wanted that the most from the show they could just go to a H site and go in most views pages, there they're gonna see a lot of the tag, and they won't have to wait for it.

Note: I would give a 10 for disruptiveness and to even out dubious 1's. It seems people are trying to say what we can and can't watch these days.

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This anime reaaaally pissed off some SJWs. Okay so first thing that I know lots of people are like "oh my god! rape in an anime, oh my feelings my anxiety I cant handle it" as you can see it is rated R meaning the show is aimed for mature audiences, remember this because it is important.

So the main protagonist is a guy who has been really wronged and been trashed and raped himself many times and overtime he turned into a sociopath with only one goal in mind, revenge. I don't know how the SJWs got the idea that this show is glorifying rape because it has the opposite goal, it shows that it is a very vile thing to do and that it can have extremely bad effects on your mental health and it can either turn you into a person who will have anxiety forever or it can give birth to another monster.

Also coming back to the rating of this anime, it is rated as R for mature audiences now please tell me how in the name of god these people get their panties in a twist over this show? As an adult you should have the maturity to understand that rape is a serious crime and you should never do that to another being and again, this anime does not condone rape, it only shows that it can turn people in some cases into rapists themselves.

If you are an adult who is actually mature and isn't a SJW go ahead watch this anime, if you're under 18 then what are you even doing here? Go watch some "power of friendship" type of anime where death and any other bad things from the real life dont exist.

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So if your looking into this show you already understand that there is alot of rape in it, so I'm not going to beat around the bush and I will spoil stuff.

Rape as a tool in storytelling can be extremely compelling and is often used to show how truly evil someone is. Much like Goblin slayer, it is used to show that there are no redeemable qualities to a person and they deserve to die. In fact, this show uses rape in this very way by letting the male protagonist(If you can call him a protagonist) gets raped by men and women as he is a prisoner. When he is raped by woman he is always show to still be in control and enjoying it, yet while he is getting raped by men he is suddenly shown to be drugged and mentally gone. This show also glorifies all the rape scenes involving women by obviously lingering and showing levels of "ecchi" not seen since Interspecies reviewer. Whereas once again when he is getting raped by a male it is shown from far away, discolored and only shown onscreen for 5-10 seconds.

And then we get to the really problematic stuff. Throughout the first episode one girl is shown to be the ringleader and they attempt to make her a nonredeemable character through how vile she is but in reality what she does to him in the first episodes is extremely tame for anime standards. So after failing to give us a truly despiscable character they then attempt to be subversive by flipping the stakes and allowing the mc capture this girl and unintentionally becomes the truly despicable character by violentally and brutally raping her. Now once again, rape can be a powerful tool in entertainment, but the amount of time they spend on this horrendously problematic rape scene is well over 1/4 of the episode. It is also obviously animated to get psychotic weebs horny with the jokes made and amount of time the mc spends raping and abusing his former captor. She is rendered unable to walk while the mc beats and brandishes a red hot iron rod and forces the woman to beg the mc to shove his "rod" into her.So funny.

It is obviously a torture porn rape fantasy written by someone who mostly likely has beaten and raped women before. And I would easily say anyone who actually tries to defend or validate this show is either a horny weeb who is angry that he can't get laid, or a psychotic trump supporter who is angry that he can't get laid.

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