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Mar 2, 2021 3:10 PM

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69ImNotAtroll69 said:
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my guy what you are doing rn is quite literally dodging, can you not on your own construct an actual argument as to why its "objectively the worst ever"? and no it wasnt the first few words it was 3/4 of what you wrote, the rest was labeling it as an hentai... despite it not being one.
"but this animation needs to go better series like (just as an example) Berserk or AOT, or any other series that has a meaningful message i.g Rokka no yuusha the future seasons"
so you mad at this series because it has good animation that could have gone to other series... my guy why are you here? studios exist animation isnt as simplistic as you think, if the studio who animated this would have animated something else it wouldnt be berserk or AOT...


Ugly bastard hentai but with good animation:Isekai ittara lolicon narimasu

A. not hentai
B. are you going to actually give me an argument, or are you going to dodge again and tell me to read other peoples arguments?
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Hyperactivy said:
69ImNotAtroll69 said:


Ugly bastard hentai but with good animation:Isekai ittara lolicon narimasu

A. not hentai
B. are you going to actually give me an argument, or are you going to dodge again and tell me to read other peoples arguments?


Unless you don't know what the (Ugly bastard) flair resemble, then you should have an idea on why i don't like it by now, is it so hard for a jobless fan to actually realize it? All what this fandom is capable of is reporting i guess.

He's 34 years old, and molests children which makes me want to puke.
It's trash but isn't treated as the trash should be treated.
Many life-changing series deserve this amount of budget more than this trash, fanservice, self-insert, harem, power fantasy, cash grab garbage. And above all of that the fandom justifies his pedophile attitude
Mar 2, 2021 3:18 PM
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FrozenSheep said:
I'll just say this:

The perverted stuff makes me feel extremely uncomfortable due to their age. I partially read the manga (almost caught up to where I was), so I knew what was coming, to some extend. It still made me feel extremely uncomfortable.

While not trying to excuse his terrible behavior, we have to remember that this is a fantasy setting and that our "norms and standards" don't apply there.

I personally think that the show would be even better if they just... had their more extreme perverted stuff happen at a later age (I'm well aware that they can't do it. It's just a general critic of it). I get that bad habits may transcend a lifetime, but it's still, like I said, extremely uncomfortable.

Regardless, it's still my favorite Anime this season, right alongside Wonder Egg.


Bruh! What about AOT?!
Mar 2, 2021 3:19 PM

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69ImNotAtroll69 said:
FrozenSheep said:
I'll just say this:

The perverted stuff makes me feel extremely uncomfortable due to their age. I partially read the manga (almost caught up to where I was), so I knew what was coming, to some extend. It still made me feel extremely uncomfortable.

While not trying to excuse his terrible behavior, we have to remember that this is a fantasy setting and that our "norms and standards" don't apply there.

I personally think that the show would be even better if they just... had their more extreme perverted stuff happen at a later age (I'm well aware that they can't do it. It's just a general critic of it). I get that bad habits may transcend a lifetime, but it's still, like I said, extremely uncomfortable.

Regardless, it's still my favorite Anime this season, right alongside Wonder Egg.


Bruh! What about AOT?!


Love it, but I feel like it's a bit slow right now. Rating is subject to change once we reach the climax.

Still salty about my favorite girl.

Mar 2, 2021 3:23 PM
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FrozenSheep said:
69ImNotAtroll69 said:


Bruh! What about AOT?!


Love it, but I feel like it's a bit slow right now. Rating is subject to change once we reach the climax.

Still salty about my favorite girl.


Ok then, all the set-up episode are done, the following few episodes of aot will show everyone how trash this show is in comparison.
Mar 2, 2021 3:29 PM

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69ImNotAtroll69 said:
Hyperactivy said:

A. not hentai
B. are you going to actually give me an argument, or are you going to dodge again and tell me to read other peoples arguments?


Unless you don't know what the (Ugly bastard) flair resemble, then you should have an idea on why i don't like it by now, is it so hard for a jobless fan to actually realize it? All what this fandom is capable of is reporting i guess.

He's 34 years old, and molests children which makes me want to puke.
It's trash but isn't treated as the trash should be treated.
Many life-changing series deserve this amount of budget more than this trash, fanservice, self-insert, harem, power fantasy, cash grab garbage. And above all of that the fandom justifies his pedophile attitude


"Unless you don't know what the (Ugly bastard) flair resemble"
so you dont like the MC before the reincarnation...? ok?
"All what this fandom is capable of is reporting i guess."
I guess you assume I reported you... going to ignore that pathetic remark, waiting for you to use it as to why you dont want to keep arguing.

"He's 34 years old, and molests children which makes me want to puke."
he isnt even 34... by the standards set on these forums hes either:
overall 44, mentally 44 physically 10, overall 10, theres no option thats 34 unless all you watched is the first episode...
"It's trash but isn't treated as the trash should be treated."
theres actual reasons for that, you may not be happy with them since they are admittidly just plot conveniences, but they exist... yet you act as if they dont.
"Many life-changing series deserve this amount of budget more than this trash, fanservice, self-insert, harem, power fantasy, cash grab garbage."
trash... wouldnt call it that overall, in several aspects? yeah.
fanservice... lots of them out there, and yes there are some that have fanservice on loli characters, tend to avoid them but sometimes its inevitable.
self-insert... ok?
harem... how do you know its an harem? it only turns into an harem very late into the series to a point the anime doesnt stand a chance at reaching for now... did you like, read comments from other people and decided thats how it is without watching?
power fantasy... shows you havent actually watched or heck even read the show, there are several instances where rudy

cash grab... how?
"And above all of that the fandom justifies his pedophile attitude"
the fandom is torn apart into factions who believe it is by default not/is pedophilia, which stems due to the age+reincarnation bit, the fandom didnt reach a conclusion everyone agrees on, due to that many dont even think of it as pedophilia... let alone the fact that many dont even defend his actual sexual abuse, he has done it more than once... and I have seen more than several people who defended the series agree that hes a vile character due to that, only the trolls justify such actions... just like how some trolls only watch 1 episode, read the forums and decide exactly how the series is...

just a small disclaimer, I dont expect you to actually respond with decent arguments if at all to this, if you will I will be bloody surprised, just know that whatever you use to dodge will make me laugh regardless so go for it.
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Mar 2, 2021 3:32 PM

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69ImNotAtroll69 said:
FrozenSheep said:


Love it, but I feel like it's a bit slow right now. Rating is subject to change once we reach the climax.

Still salty about my favorite girl.


Ok then, all the set-up episode are done, the following few episodes of aot will show everyone how trash this show is in comparison.

oh yeah a story that barely even started vs a story nearing its end, thats such a good comparison lmfao, besides the community agree, look at the ratings, im sure you follow those religiously
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Hyperactivy said:
69ImNotAtroll69 said:


Ok then, all the set-up episode are done, the following few episodes of aot will show everyone how trash this show is in comparison.

oh yeah a story that barely even started vs a story nearing its end, thats such a good comparison lmfao, besides the community agree, look at the ratings, im sure you follow those religiously


LMFAO i don't have to follow them to distinguish the trash from the masterpiece, also, wait for a long ass rant I'm gonna be writing.
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69ImNotAtroll69 said:
Hyperactivy said:

oh yeah a story that barely even started vs a story nearing its end, thats such a good comparison lmfao, besides the community agree, look at the ratings, im sure you follow those religiously


LMFAO i don't have to follow them to distinguish the trash from the masterpiece, also, wait for a long ass rant I'm gonna be writing.

you do have to actually experience them to distinguish... and based off what you said you have no idea about anything in the series other than the fanservice, ill be waiting, hoping it actually comes, if not then oh well another evade.
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I like going into Anime as blind as possible. I generally have a much better experience, as a watcher, when I don't know what's going to happen. Once I learn that someone will get an adaptation, I simply just stop reading it.

I still get this sense of discovery since I haven't read the Manga in such a long time.

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In any case, there's no defending his actions. I'm pretty sure it's meant to be a redemption story. MC was a useless PoS in his previous life. The point of this show, aside from the fantastic fantasy world, is to watch the MC grow into a changed man.

He was a shut-in garbage of society. Now, he got his first job, is actually sociable and have dreams of his own (going to University with Elf Girl). He still has terrible flaws from his previous life, obviously.

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Unless you don't know what the (Ugly bastard) flair resemble, then you should have an idea on why i don't like it by now, is it so hard for a jobless fan to actually realize it? All what this fandom is capable of is reporting i guess.

He's 34 years old, and molests children which makes me want to puke.
It's trash but isn't treated as the trash should be treated.
Many life-changing series deserve this amount of budget more than this trash, fanservice, self-insert, harem, power fantasy, cash grab garbage. And above all of that the fandom justifies his pedophile attitude


"Unless you don't know what the (Ugly bastard) flair resemble"
so you dont like the MC before the reincarnation...? ok?
"All what this fandom is capable of is reporting i guess."
I guess you assume I reported you... going to ignore that pathetic remark, waiting for you to use it as to why you dont want to keep arguing.

"He's 34 years old, and molests children which makes me want to puke."
he isnt even 34... by the standards set on these forums hes either:
overall 44, mentally 44 physically 10, overall 10, theres no option thats 34 unless all you watched is the first episode...
"It's trash but isn't treated as the trash should be treated."
theres actual reasons for that, you may not be happy with them since they are admittidly just plot conveniences, but they exist... yet you act as if they dont.
"Many life-changing series deserve this amount of budget more than this trash, fanservice, self-insert, harem, power fantasy, cash grab garbage."
trash... wouldnt call it that overall, in several aspects? yeah.
fanservice... lots of them out there, and yes there are some that have fanservice on loli characters, tend to avoid them but sometimes its inevitable.
self-insert... ok?
harem... how do you know its an harem? it only turns into an harem very late into the series to a point the anime doesnt stand a chance at reaching for now... did you like, read comments from other people and decided thats how it is without watching?
power fantasy... shows you havent actually watched or heck even read the show, there are several instances where rudy

cash grab... how?
"And above all of that the fandom justifies his pedophile attitude"
the fandom is torn apart into factions who believe it is by default not/is pedophilia, which stems due to the age+reincarnation bit, the fandom didnt reach a conclusion everyone agrees on, due to that many dont even think of it as pedophilia... let alone the fact that many dont even defend his actual sexual abuse, he has done it more than once... and I have seen more than several people who defended the series agree that hes a vile character due to that, only the trolls justify such actions... just like how some trolls only watch 1 episode, read the forums and decide exactly how the series is...

just a small disclaimer, I dont expect you to actually respond with decent arguments if at all to this, if you will I will be bloody surprised, just know that whatever you use to dodge will make me laugh regardless so go for it.


I have problems with him before and after being Isekai'd, because he was jacking off to child porn, and after being Isekai'd he started to become worse and started to sexually assault them without restrictions due to plot convenient.
What i meant by the ugly bastard flair is that his age is 44 yet he sexually harasses 15 yrs old wither before or after being Isekai'd

His age is either 10 or 44 or 34; some people say that he was isolated for 10 yrs from the outside world; thus we shouldn't add these ten years, whatever it was, he's an ugly bastard before and after being Isekai'd.



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69ImNotAtroll69 said:
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"Unless you don't know what the (Ugly bastard) flair resemble"
so you dont like the MC before the reincarnation...? ok?
"All what this fandom is capable of is reporting i guess."
I guess you assume I reported you... going to ignore that pathetic remark, waiting for you to use it as to why you dont want to keep arguing.

"He's 34 years old, and molests children which makes me want to puke."
he isnt even 34... by the standards set on these forums hes either:
overall 44, mentally 44 physically 10, overall 10, theres no option thats 34 unless all you watched is the first episode...
"It's trash but isn't treated as the trash should be treated."
theres actual reasons for that, you may not be happy with them since they are admittidly just plot conveniences, but they exist... yet you act as if they dont.
"Many life-changing series deserve this amount of budget more than this trash, fanservice, self-insert, harem, power fantasy, cash grab garbage."
trash... wouldnt call it that overall, in several aspects? yeah.
fanservice... lots of them out there, and yes there are some that have fanservice on loli characters, tend to avoid them but sometimes its inevitable.
self-insert... ok?
harem... how do you know its an harem? it only turns into an harem very late into the series to a point the anime doesnt stand a chance at reaching for now... did you like, read comments from other people and decided thats how it is without watching?
power fantasy... shows you havent actually watched or heck even read the show, there are several instances where rudy

cash grab... how?
"And above all of that the fandom justifies his pedophile attitude"
the fandom is torn apart into factions who believe it is by default not/is pedophilia, which stems due to the age+reincarnation bit, the fandom didnt reach a conclusion everyone agrees on, due to that many dont even think of it as pedophilia... let alone the fact that many dont even defend his actual sexual abuse, he has done it more than once... and I have seen more than several people who defended the series agree that hes a vile character due to that, only the trolls justify such actions... just like how some trolls only watch 1 episode, read the forums and decide exactly how the series is...

just a small disclaimer, I dont expect you to actually respond with decent arguments if at all to this, if you will I will be bloody surprised, just know that whatever you use to dodge will make me laugh regardless so go for it.


I have problems with him before and after being Isekai'd, because he was jacking off to child porn, and after being Isekai'd he started to become worse and started to sexually assault them without restrictions due to plot convenient.
What i meant by the ugly bastard flair is that his age is 44 yet he sexually harasses 15 yrs old wither before or after being Isekai'd

His age is either 10 or 44 or 34; some people say that he was isolated for 10 yrs from the outside world; thus we shouldn't add these ten years, whatever it was, he's an ugly bastard before and after being Isekai'd.




"I have problems with him before and after being Isekai'd, because he was jacking off to child porn, and after being Isekai'd he started to become worse and started to sexually assault them without restrictions due to plot convenient."
thats fine, hes an actual character he isnt flawless and has bad sides, not to say hes mostly good, no one is defending his sexual abuse either, at least excluding trolls.
However, hes still an actual character disgusting or not, not giving him a bad side would be incredibly poor writing, he would just end up a generic isekai MC.

"What i meant by the ugly bastard flair is that his age is 44 yet he sexually harasses 15 yrs old wither before or after being Isekai'd
His age is either 10 or 44 or 34; some people say that he was isolated for 10 yrs from the outside world; thus we shouldn't add these ten years, whatever it was, he's an ugly bastard before and after being Isekai'd."

few things here, first of all I kinda guessed you were referring to him before reincarnation, you are however starting to show incredibly inconsistencies showing you didnt actually understand what you watched in the first episode, assuming you even did so ill clear some things out before responding to this in full.
his age is either 10, 44 or both during the latest episodes, 34 is only for the starting episode for his mental age and ends at that point, he was isolated for more than 10 years although I couldnt tell you exactly how many years, the reason people use that as an argument tho is because during said time he had no interaction with society, he gained knowledge but didnt mature, I dont think the argument is worth much but thats that and this is this.
"yet he sexually harasses 15 yrs old wither before or after being Isekai'd"
he hasnt done anything before being reincarnated, in some versions of the story in I believe the WN or LN he did, but we arent talking about those right now, correct?

now for the rest:
you having a problem with the character is fine, it doesnt mean the writing is poor, it just means you disilke the main characters actions.
he didnt sexually assault characters with no restrictions, let alone the fact every time he actually did he got beat up, it doesnt excuse his actions, its just correcting your misunderstanding.
so much for a whole rant, if theres more later on ill respond, all I can say is... you should watch it before actually deciding..? I guess?
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I'm just going to bring Game of Thrones for a hot minute.

In GoT, we saw some messed up actions from plenty of characters. Attempted child murder, incest, murder, etc. It still didn't change the fact that a lot of people loved the show or the characters (up until the last few seasons anyway).

Just because someone does disgusting things does not make the show garbage. It doesn't mean that we're defending their behavior. It just means we can watch how a character evolve and, ultimately, decide if it's a character we appreciate or not.

The writing and the animation will ultimately decide if it's a good show or not. If you don't appreciate it, then it's fine. Others do appreciate it. It doesn't make it overrated. It just means it's not for you.

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In short, "If you don't like it, then don't watch it."

Last I checked, this is a different dimension/universe, with different rules in absolutely everything. Don't apply your standards to something that doesn't even exist in your reality. I bet you hate "Rick & Morty", because they break all your moral rules.
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Ya it is kinda off-putting some of the things involving him, not that I'm gonna drop it or anything. It feels somewhat of an Araragi situation where there's things with the MC that makes me think "aight Japan that's kinda fucked ngl".
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HigekiTragedy said:

If you've read Lolicon for example you're not supposed to "understand" or "root" on the MC. When you read Heart of Darkness you're not supposed to cheer the MC as he went down the insanity rabbit hole. If you read crime and punishment you're not supposed to think "Man I want to be like the MC!"

Is this by chance your very first series you've know with shitty protagonist? Not something done for a joke like what cheap mainstream media did but something that REALLY have shitty protag with shitty personality?

Then welcome to the new page of your literature horizon. Get used to it.


ah yes, here we can see the protagonist fighting his inner demons as he goes down inside the insanity rabbit hole while groping a sleeping child and wondering intellectually complex questions about the future breast size of his victim in his creepy 40+ years old mental voice, everything being portrayed in a serious dark atmosphere and TOTALLY NOT as the generic "tsundere hits pervert" cheap joke everyone knows in anime:

Truly the horizons of literature have been expanded!



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I believe you utterly failed to understand my point OR any of those novel I mention for that matters

My point is flawed MC is not a problem. A lot of great or famous literature featured a flawed MC or deuteragonist with questionable character but still deliver a great story. From classics like Machbeth, works by Dostoevsky, recent series like broken empire trilogy to even popular Light Novel like Youjo Senki or Overlord. To name few Japanese seinen manga we got stuff like Hommunculus, I was a trash, Onanie-master Kurosawa, Aku no Hana or works by Kazuto Okada like Ibitsu or Sundome.

ALL of them have gut wretching protag that doesn't lose to Rudeus but most of them are great in their own way. That is to say the protag managed to actually deliver what the author wanted to deliver to them by the end of the stories.

The problem is that people are too used to the "sterile" environment of mainstream media where the author avoid making the hero too controversial in order to cater to the easily triggered mob. Living in this kind of "sterile" literature environment people tend to react harshly to anything beyond their comfort zone.

The worst thing is that people tend to wish for conclusion that are "acceptable" for them, e.g Evil should be punished, or happy ending. Sometimes this ruin a series ending such as the finale of Broken empire which feels really forced for me which goes against the villainous tone of the MC from previous 2 books, or the finale of Yuuki Yuuna which.. again feels really forced and went against everything the shows stood for.

While going against the popular wish doesn't makes you good but some author actually did that. Dostoevsky works always ends with the evil protag get away with his crime physically but he opt instead to show how crime torment the mind. That is basically his theme.

Mushoku Tensei took different route, this series shows that how utter bottom of the bottom human trash can actually be happy if he worked hard and stayed on the correct path. To deliver this narrative the author made him to be the lowest of the low, scummiest man you can imagine. Someone who even bottom rung of society can look down into.

For me at the very least any kind of moral crusade is just resistance for someone to expand their horizon. I know because once upon a time I was there. The more you get used to this the less you nitpick and the more you look at the big picture.
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"You're a virgin"
"No, you're a virgin"
"No, you're a virgin"

Lmao, this thread is amazing
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HigekiTragedy said:

I believe you utterly failed to understand my point OR any of those novel I mention for that matters (...)


Thanks for the well thought out response. I appreciate finding good arguments in the middle of this junkyard forum. Hopefully the mods will clean up this thread a bit instead of deleting everything.

I got your point and I can also enjoy a good story that explores taboo issues and challenges the viewer morals. That's why my response included one clear example of how Mushoku Tensei is NOT one of those. I wish you had commented on that as well.

Simply including pedophilia, rape, incest, murder, etc doesn't make a show smart by itself. It depends on what you do with those themes in the story. You mentioned good examples, take YOUJO SENKI for example, in which the protagonist is also reincarnated in the body of a child. Do you see the protag killing people in the middle of a cheap joke scenario? or depicting their sexual life as a child? Do you see DEATH NOTE's protagonist killing people as supposed comedy?

Now consider Mushoku Tensei; it decided to explore such issues, the dude is a hikikomori + NEET + pedo and gets a second chance. What happened in the first few episodes? After decades of reclusive life his issues magically disappear simply by being escorted outside by a loli. So he quickly (in terms on total story lenght) can now go outside, socialize, work, everything except that he's still preying on children and will do it as comedy gags. Can you really take that as serious literature?

Think of the big picture: he's cured magically of most of his flaws (except you know which one), now he's supposedly handsome, gets a loli harem, little sisters, can prey on children using his child body disguise, etc. It doesn't take a genius to realize those are the dreams of a "specific kind of otaku". This is what people refer to as a wish fulfillment story. Can you explain what is the narrative value of showing one of the lolis masturbating in the early episodes? Or the groping stuff? Character development? Or could it be that you have been bamboozled and it's simply like this?

Just an extra thing:

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For me at the very least any kind of moral crusade is just resistance for someone to expand their horizon. I know because once upon a time I was there. The more you get used to this the less you nitpick and the more you look at the big picture.


Assuming you're consuming other literature besides isekai, for me it is the opposite effect: Instead of getting desensitized, the more you read other mature works, the more you realize about low quality writing and the more nitpicky you get. I think it's narrow-minded to dismiss criticism as "moral crusades".
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skysurf said:
HigekiTragedy said:

I believe you utterly failed to understand my point OR any of those novel I mention for that matters (...)


Thanks for the well thought out response. I appreciate finding good arguments in the middle of this junkyard forum. Hopefully the mods will clean up this thread a bit instead of deleting everything.

I got your point and I can also enjoy a good story that explores taboo issues and challenges the viewer morals. That's why my response included one clear example of how Mushoku Tensei is NOT one of those. I wish you had commented on that as well.

Simply including pedophilia, rape, incest, murder, etc doesn't make a show smart by itself. It depends on what you do with those themes in the story. You mentioned good examples, take YOUJO SENKI for example, in which the protagonist is also reincarnated in the body of a child. Do you see the protag killing people in the middle of a cheap joke scenario? or depicting their sexual life as a child? Do you see DEATH NOTE's protagonist killing people as supposed comedy?

Now consider Mushoku Tensei; it decided to explore such issues, the dude is a hikikomori + NEET + pedo and gets a second chance. What happened in the first few episodes? After decades of reclusive life his issues magically disappear simply by being escorted outside by a loli. So he quickly (in terms on total story lenght) can now go outside, socialize, work, everything except that he's still preying on children and will do it as comedy gags. Can you really take that as serious literature?

Think of the big picture: he's cured magically of most of his flaws (except you know which one), now he's supposedly handsome, gets a loli harem, little sisters, can prey on children using his child body disguise, etc. It doesn't take a genius to realize those are the dreams of a "specific kind of otaku". This is what people refer to as a wish fulfillment story. Can you explain what is the narrative value of showing one of the lolis masturbating in the early episodes? Or the groping stuff? Character development? Or could it be that you have been bamboozled and it's simply like this?

Just an extra thing:

HigekiTragedy said:
For me at the very least any kind of moral crusade is just resistance for someone to expand their horizon. I know because once upon a time I was there. The more you get used to this the less you nitpick and the more you look at the big picture.


Assuming you're consuming other literature besides isekai, for me it is the opposite effect: Instead of getting desensitized, the more you read other mature works, the more you realize about low quality writing and the more nitpicky you get. I think it's narrow-minded to dismiss criticism as "moral crusades".


I don't feel like writing a long response for this but I'm just gonna say this: We all interpret things differently. Even though the scenes may have a comedic tone, It shows that Rudy is a scumbag & a pedophile (I think all of us can agree on that). I just want the dude to get a reality check, which is the main reason why I'm watching the series. After the 23 episodes, I'll fully judge whether the journey was worth it or not. Who knows, maybe there will be character development & Rudy will take the world & his life more seriously, which is the development I'm hoping most for. There's not much to say about these 8 episodes besides Rudy being a fucking ass, so It'd probably be better to argue once the show is finished.

Well besides that, I'm watching this because there's no CG dragons and the animators really cared. We've already got some decent sakuga in the 8 episodes shown so far. There's a lot of potential for worldbuilding & some more fight scenes.
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Even with all of the impassioned bleating of those supposedly shocked, outraged, and so on by the minor comedic scenes of a sexual nature, I still think they are as funny as can be. The purity of those who have marched forth from their Ivory Towers to educate the unwashed masses and show the ignorant the one true way is truly breathtaking.

I continue to think the series is very funny, including the depantsing scene. It's truly sad that the Lords in the Tower have filled their acolytes with hatred of comedy and a genuine fear of themselves in general and females in particular. In the long run this sterile philosophy will go by the wayside and be mocked.

To wrap up, Rudy is my hero, I'd do exactly the same thing, and maybe more if I thought I could get away with it. I sort of wish his mother would go swimming and take him to the changing room with her and the other ladies. That would have been fanservice galore, and the squeals of the shocked would have been a fine symphony to my ears.
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Even with all of the impassioned bleating of those supposedly shocked, outraged, and so on by the minor comedic scenes of a sexual nature, I still think they are as funny as can be. The purity of those who have marched forth from their Ivory Towers to educate the unwashed masses and show the ignorant the one true way is truly breathtaking.

I continue to think the series is very funny, including the depantsing scene. It's truly sad that the Lords in the Tower have filled their acolytes with hatred of comedy and a genuine fear of themselves in general and females in particular. In the long run this sterile philosophy will go by the wayside and be mocked.

To wrap up, Rudy is my hero, I'd do exactly the same thing, and maybe more if I thought I could get away with it. I sort of wish his mother would go swimming and take him to the changing room with her and the other ladies. That would have been fanservice galore, and the squeals of the shocked would have been a fine symphony to my ears.


I can not agree enough with this sentiment.
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Even with all of the impassioned bleating of those supposedly shocked, outraged, and so on by the minor comedic scenes of a sexual nature, I still think they are as funny as can be. The purity of those who have marched forth from their Ivory Towers to educate the unwashed masses and show the ignorant the one true way is truly breathtaking.

I continue to think the series is very funny, including the depantsing scene. It's truly sad that the Lords in the Tower have filled their acolytes with hatred of comedy and a genuine fear of themselves in general and females in particular. In the long run this sterile philosophy will go by the wayside and be mocked.

To wrap up, Rudy is my hero, I'd do exactly the same thing, and maybe more if I thought I could get away with it. I sort of wish his mother would go swimming and take him to the changing room with her and the other ladies. That would have been fanservice galore, and the squeals of the shocked would have been a fine symphony to my ears.
Well I mean it's fun to see everyone going ham in the comment section so I don't disapprove of the lords having their acolytes smash their keyboards in.
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I see we've adopted a certain someone's flare for regal speech and religious metaphors.
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I believe you utterly failed to understand my point OR any of those novel I mention for that matters (...)


I got your point and I can also enjoy a good story that explores taboo issues and challenges the viewer morals. That's why my response included one clear example of how Mushoku Tensei is NOT one of those. I wish you had commented on that as well.
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And you pulled that conclusion Based on what? on these last few episodes that barely cover 2 books out of 25 and hardly reached the mid point of the journey?

Where did you reached the conclusion that protagonist initial vices need to be somehow meaningful in the short run? Have you read Onanie-master Kurosawa? how about Bokutachi wa yarimashita? or how about the irredeemably evil and shallow MC from Dostoevsky crime and punishment? Or have you seen (or even better read) NHK ni yokouso? How about the utterly pointless life of MC in ningen Shikkaku OR EVEN WORSE, the whole book of Lolita?

This is why I call it "moral crusade", it's basically people crying about small details they don't like regardless of the big picture. They don't care about why the author made certain character is made to be this way but more concerned about their small nitpick before they even understand the whole stories.

Typical of those who can't stomach a lot of those, as one of the guy I've meet online once put it "Self torture" seinen. Which is fine, some people consume media to be entertained not to feel nauseous in stomach, absolutely fair and I understand their position. But that doesn't means that a works that doesn't give you instant gratification is not good.

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Assuming you're consuming other literature besides isekai, for me it is the opposite effect: Instead of getting desensitized, the more you read other mature works, the more you realize about low quality writing and the more nitpicky you get. I think it's narrow-minded to dismiss criticism as "moral crusades".


I disagree. The more you read the more familiar you are with different genre and the more you learnt not to mix up genre. The only thing you get more nitpicky about is limited to the writing skills and less about the plot and character content, at least for me. That is to say if a book is written well enough I will only pass my judgement at least after I read it all (if it's 1 volume story) or after I read several book of it.

That is also because I've seen a novel that are utterly nonsensical for me until I read the commentary version. e.g Until the end of Ningen Shikkaku I literally had no idea what's the point of this novel depicting this human trash life, turns out to makes sense of it you need to know the "External" context of the book which is for me back then is the first of this kind of book.

I also have hard time understanding german to english book like Hyperion or Thus Spoke Zarasthura that I given up making sense of without commentary version.
If we focus on modern literature a lot of my favorite seinen just have this fucked up beginning I don't like, again Kurosawa and NHK is great example, the utter human trash at beginning is almost a torture to read but the finale paid off.
Still on that topic some of the seinen I read doesn't have any paid off at the end too, e.g Ibitsu and Paranoia agent. Paranoia Agent itself are kind of interesting since it's the opposite of the likes of Ningen Shikakku, each of the episode contain a psychedelic story commenting on external world context but at the grand scheme of things it's meaningless within the story.

That is to say no, in short, no the more you read the less you're nitpick about what you read. You've seen enough "self torture" as that guy put it, giving you a paid off later so you just less judging on the little things and more about judging the whole book as a whole. Here's the problem, people who read a lot of WN, people who only read only the popular book, and people who read e.g mostly romance novel fall into the category of "People who read a lot" but that doesn't mean those people built any immunity ot fucked up shit.

I just happen to read fucked up shit early on and therefore I built immunity to it, and this is my two cents nothing more, nothing less.


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Oh and also this commentary also applied to those who are in denials about MT, trying to nitpick point to argue that the MC is not that bad. I imagine these people also have no tolerance to fucked up shit that they need to somehow made him redeemable

To which I said NO HE'S NOT. As I said the author started with depicting him SKIPPING HIS PARENT FUNERAL TO MASTURBATE ON HIS NIECE VOYEUR VIDEO. The former half is bad enough in Asian culture, the latter is bad no matter your background. He is trash human being for decades and he still act like trash human being after reincarnated because that's his core. Regardless of "his body is a kid" or "That world moral allows it" he is still A TRASH HUMAN BEING, a lolicon, a NEET, a selfish dude who leech off his parent wealth for decades and lack the basic decency to even show gratitude by attending their funeral nor even care about them.

Yet even trash human being is human being, that is to say he have his doubt, he have this desire to change that he failed to do and he made so many mistake and regret a lot of his decision that made him into shut in for decades. and that is the point of this series. How a trash human being started from his lowest can somehow make amends of his past mistake in the new world LITERALLY. While MT is not the best Novel ever in terms of character growth it got 9 out of 10 from me.

e.g let's start with his NEET romance tendency, he started with being unapologetic pervert while still within the house. When he meet Slyphy he wanted to groom her.
Fast forward a little when he met Eris he still thinking in Game terms like showing his skill as galge expert in conquering tsundere ojou sama or something.
After his 10th birthday he realized his thinking so far is a mistake, him being virgin and all failed to realize that real world are not games.
After certain point he's much more cynical in his view about love and sex
at certain point he's more caring about his partner feeling than his own
and at certain point dude will even prostate himself if it means to save his family.

Things you will never know just from 2 initial volume of his 20+ book journey
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I just happen to read fucked up shit early on and therefore I built immunity to it

Clearly. But I'm still waiting for your view on the points I raised about the show, like portraying MC's "vices" as comedy, explain the narrative value of having the teacher loli masturbate, the magical way in which his other flaws disappear, realizing what kind of "free gifts" the author is giving to the MC by setting up plots conveniently for ecchi situations, etc.

Dodging those points and instead continuing to support your arguments by mentioning other works is not looking so good.
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HigekiTragedy said:

I just happen to read fucked up shit early on and therefore I built immunity to it

Clearly. But I'm still waiting for your view on the points I raised about the show, like portraying MC's "vices" as comedy, explain the narrative value of having the teacher loli masturbate, the magical way in which his other flaws disappear, realizing what kind of "free gifts" the author is giving to the MC by setting up plots conveniently for ecchi situations, etc.

Dodging those points and instead continuing to support your arguments by mentioning other works is not looking so good.


Well since you seems to missed this point I made let me said it straight : It doesn't matter if a vices is portrayed as comedy, something mundane, or something unimportant. It is what it is. The only question that matters for me is was it necessary? and looking at the end of the series yes it is.

(P.S on note of comedic nature, note that this is a point I'm reluctant to touch because there's just too many things that can be said about this that are highly subjective and I tend to avoid going on the subjective vs subjective slippery slope)

I personally never seen it as passed off as anything comedic, instead I thought it as creepy but makes sense and are logical. In fact I get creeped out more than I thought it's funny the same way I can't handle ecchi harem series. To be more exact my line of thought is like this :

"Dude is lolicon, he went to minor that's creepy. But from people in that world perspective he is but a child and the moral is different so there's no ground for punishment"
If he's charged with a crime as a child then it would've been more illogical unless he done extreme deed like rape. This is logical
But at the same time us, the reader/viewer have their own opinion on him and normally said opinion would be negative AS IT SHOULD BE. The man should've been the worst out of the worst. It's just that he's been doing that for 34 for years and as (dysfunctional) adult he is already set in his way, which is again logical.

And on back on the topic the reason I called it Moral crusade is because these people want to be the judge, jury and executioner in face of anything they find unlikeable. For them a vices cannot go unpunished and bad ending for good deed is lamented. This stem NOT from rational judgement but emotional judgement, a wish that all evil to be punished and no good deeds go unrewarded which is, I don't think I need to tell you, hardly a true and yet people wished for it nonetheless which is again understandable.

What I advise in the nutshell is to discard such emotional judgement and see the big picture. This is not a children picture book to teach people moral so there's no need to argue about "it's bad education for people". A tragic can be as good as good ending, bad guy can also reach happiness, and vices can go unpunished and so on and so forth. Not the picture we want to see yet some author decided to do which I learned personally from Dostoevsky works but are not unseen in recent pop culture albeit rarely such as what can be seen on Joker.

The reason why I kept bringing up other literature is not for bragging. I just want to point out example of critically acclaimed "Fucked up" works to show that said "moral crusade" is not a good way to approach some of the fiction out there with argument provided above. But to simplify my point in 3 short summaries :

1. A flawed protag does not ruin a series
2. Evil action is not a bad thing in fiction, nor inherently should be subject to direct punishment, or any punishment at all.
3. Point 1 and 2 only true if the final payoff is worth it. Not in the popular way such as what the reader/viewer would like to see, but rather in the sense what the author want us to see or understand from his works.

MT while is not a masterpiece in any stretch of word, is regardless, a good series that managed to deliver it's entire message from start to finish in organic and yet logical way.

Now why did I put emphasis on "Author message"? That is because good or bad, or likes and dislike is subjective while a theme of a work can be analyzed objectively. You can disagree with author point, you can criticize that he failed to deliver his point or his method is flawed all of those is a valid criticism.

HOWEVER there's no way you can offer a valid criticism if you haven't even read 1/10 of the series like majority of people who criticize this series did. That are not critique, it's nitpicking rooted in emotional crusade compelled by emotion
(which is basically even more tl;dr version of my point)
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I have read some of the posts on this thread.And many people here defend Rudeus, arguing that the events take place in the Middle Ages.
But why does everyone forget that Rudeus is not from the Middle Ages. He is from our time. Why is he just accepting new rules of the game? Once in a time that has a critical difference in morality and ethics from his era, he feels great. We are not shown a very important conflict between a person from the future and a person from the past.
You can say that he had a psychological trauma, and his psychological settings were knocked down. Therefore, it is easier for him to adapt. This is a fair point. But there is one caveat.
Looking at Rudeus. Can you say that he is a downtrodden and withdrawn person who has experienced bullying in his past life? After one single episode with Roxy, he is "healed" of a psychological wound. From a wound that has been inflicted on him for decades. In real life, people need years of work with a psychologist to get rid of such wounds. And Rudeus in one episode completely gets rid of all the consequences associated with this.
Rudeus becomes very sociable, emotional and can perfectly feel the atmosphere between people. Where did all these qualities come from in a person who had spread rot for years? He literally isolated himself from everyone. How was he able to adapt so quickly? This is why the OP believes that Rudeus is a sociopath. He has all the qualities of a normal person, but at the same time does not have any moral brakes. This is literally a real sociopath.
The author tried to explain this by his persecution. But the person who survived the bullying could not acquire all these skills without proper psychological help. He didn't just get them. He's pretty damn good at them.
This whole conflict around Rudeus' behavior happened due to the fact that the author could not correctly spell out the character. We have an absolutely normal person to whom the author artificially gave the qualities of a sick ba***rd. He couldn't come up with a normal backstory for him. And I just limited myself to a story about bullying. But the bullying story doesn't fit this character. She cannot explain its features.
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I have read some of the posts on this thread.And many people here defend Rudeus, arguing that the events take place in the Middle Ages.
But why does everyone forget that Rudeus is not from the Middle Ages. He is from our time. Why is he just accepting new rules of the game? Once in a time that has a critical difference in morality and ethics from his era, he feels great. We are not shown a very important conflict between a person from the future and a person from the past.
You can say that he had a psychological trauma, and his psychological settings were knocked down. Therefore, it is easier for him to adapt. This is a fair point. But there is one caveat.
Looking at Rudeus. Can you say that he is a downtrodden and withdrawn person who has experienced bullying in his past life? After one single episode with Roxy, he is "healed" of a psychological wound. From a wound that has been inflicted on him for decades. In real life, people need years of work with a psychologist to get rid of such wounds. And Rudeus in one episode completely gets rid of all the consequences associated with this.
Rudeus becomes very sociable, emotional and can perfectly feel the atmosphere between people. Where did all these qualities come from in a person who had spread rot for years? He literally isolated himself from everyone. How was he able to adapt so quickly? This is why the OP believes that Rudeus is a sociopath. He has all the qualities of a normal person, but at the same time does not have any moral brakes. This is literally a real sociopath.
The author tried to explain this by his persecution. But the person who survived the bullying could not acquire all these skills without proper psychological help. He didn't just get them. He's pretty damn good at them.
This whole conflict around Rudeus' behavior happened due to the fact that the author could not correctly spell out the character. We have an absolutely normal person to whom the author artificially gave the qualities of a sick ba***rd. He couldn't come up with a normal backstory for him. And I just limited myself to a story about bullying. But the bullying story doesn't fit this character. She cannot explain its features.
I love Rufus, and wish him a long an successful career. If I was in his shoes, I'd be doing exactly the same thing. I don't have any weird sexual hang ups, like so many 'people' around here. I guess this is the age of tenderness, except for Fat Bastards, those guys can apparently be exterminated on sight. Considering that most readers of this forum don't miss many meals, I have to chalk a lot of this hatred up to pure self loathing.
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@HigekiTragedy at this point I'm worried about your ability to follow a conversation. Arguing is not about repeating your points over and over while ignoring the points raised by other person. That would be called a monologue.

While I raised several examples on what makes this a low quality writing work in my view, you insist in ignoring those and instead say that critics cannot handle a flawed protagonist, which makes it clear you're not putting much effort in getting the point of the other side. All your energy seems to be dedicated in over elaborating your own points, like talking a lot while covering your ears.

Here's one last time (more details on those questions can be found in my post previous to that one):

skysurf said:
I'm still waiting for your view on the points I raised about the show, like portraying MC's "vices" as comedy, explain the narrative value of having the teacher loli masturbate, the magical way in which his other flaws disappear, realizing what kind of "free gifts" the author is giving to the MC by setting up plots conveniently for ecchi situations, etc.


@Xopgoblin45 Very well put. Those are the kind of flaws in this show that are so evident that it's mind blowing that others can't spot them easily. The author tried to make the MC as a victim so the audience can feel pity for him but at the same time all his flaws were quickly and magically cured, except his lust for children. Not only that doesn't make sense, but also the author continued writing all kind of convenient situations to make the MC's creepy dreams come true.

PS: if you appreciate your time, ignore those ranting about some wacko conspiracy theories of "hatred" or "imperialism".
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@HigekiTragedy at this point I'm worried about your ability to follow a conversation. Arguing is not about repeating your points over and over while ignoring the points raised by other person. That would be called a monologue.

While I raised several examples on what makes this a low quality writing work in my view, you insist in ignoring those and instead say that critics cannot handle a flawed protagonist, which makes it clear you're not putting much effort in getting the point of the other side. All your energy seems to be dedicated in over elaborating your own points, like talking a lot while covering your ears. .


Hmm I don't think I missed any of your point tho. Let's step back a little , are we still on the same topic? my initial answer are addressing OP and answering [Why OP feels disturbed with his character] and to your question I merely elaborate my point that "Majority point of criticism are due to culture shock rather than rational criticism on the subject"

I don't remember switching to other topic like what makes a writing "Low quality", heck how the fuck should I know what kind of writing is "low quality"? I'm not writer nor literature critic and as I said I'm very careful at using the word "good" or "bad" for matter of arts and taste.

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I'm still waiting for your view on the points I raised about the show, like portraying MC's "vices" as comedy, explain the narrative value of having the teacher loli masturbate, the magical way in which his other flaws disappear, realizing what kind of "free gifts" the author is giving to the MC by setting up plots conveniently for ecchi situations, etc.


I...am not really fan in discussing this kind of nitpicky point(for lack of the better word) like this, like seriously, for argument sake I can for example explain e.g Roxy whole character to explain why that is one of the important introduction scene to Roxy character but then I'll be writing several paragraphs worth of trivia that have no use for you or me. which is why I previously would rather explain it broadly as "How can you claim something is bad when you haven't even see 1/10th of it?" as blanket answer for all those point.

However fair enough, let me touch more on the more Interesting point from you that actually worth elaborating upon.

the magical way in which his other flaws disappear


This is NOT the case. What magically disappear is his agoraphobia which is the root of his shut-in but not the whole mentality he cultivate during his shut-in period.
As the story goes A LOT of his past trauma and mistake will haunt him during important decision and he reflect on said things in order to make decision. So far Anime skipped one of these reflection
(The root of his drive in learning language and figurine making is that in previous life he picked up figurine making but stopped putting effort because someone online is better than him. He regrets this decision thinking that his life might be different if he only preserve at it)
e.g Up to this point and slightly forward Rudeus still act like he's in game. He's not exactly "rooted" to that world yet. Treating market like MMORPG or relationship like Eroge. Roxy does not cure this part of him.
On his 10th birthday (last episode) he finally snapped out of it and stopped treating relationship like Eroge, but he still think the world is like a game till a bit later. and so on and so forth.

If you think that agoraphobia is the end of his trauma then think again. If you think the author tried to score pity point then I disagree with you.

To explain it in context, at that point we already know that he is trash but to add another humane side to him the author need to add another side of his personality to further establish that look this guy used to be normal person, heck the reason he got bullied is because he stood up for someone who got bullied. This in turn only serve to make him less a "token 1-dimensional trash Otaku" into a character with even more rounded humane character that makes you think "Ah, so he's just your average man before" as proper starting point for our journey in get knowing his history.
As the story goes they reveal how his personality got distorted as he made wrong decision after wrong decision for every chance he got to get out from being shut in. Each of this reflection are done in pivotal point in the series and at the climax he faced his mistake of not paying piety to his previous parent. At this point he already unraveled all of his previous mistake and trauma, and thus parted from his past and now complete as Rudeus Greyrat.

But back into present, to put it into TL:DR what we see right now is the personality twisted by 2 decades of being NEET shut in. He curing his agoraphobia is merely the first step of his whole "fixing his twisted mind" theme.

Now see how much space I wasted just to explain something this useless? I don't have that much time to explain every little details why something matters.

Which is why I merely ask this to you "How can you tell when you haven't even seen 1/10th of the whole series yet?"
Or to put it more directly: "Read it first before criticizing it, otherwise you'll ask obvious question that I need to answer with long ass useless answer"

realizing what kind of "free gifts" the author is giving to the MC by setting up plots conveniently for ecchi situations


"Free gift" is easy word to say, but MT world are so elaborate it is hard to call it free gifts. That is to say Mushoku is extremely rational series, each character are well written, complete with motivation, drive, rationale, and all of them act within their bound of their personality and in world rationalities perfectly

That is to say from his set up meeting with his wives candidate to his chance meeting with future friend and comrade all flow in extremely fluid manners to the point it feels like giant clockwork. I wouldn't call such elaborate setup "Convenient" at all. Author actually put effort in drawing relationship trees and it's relation to plot progress where vital character are introduced early on and that the dynamic of their relationship keep changing and shifting.

I mean in the first place I don't even see why this is a point of critique. Plot convenience exist in every literature, and MT plot convenience are not so bad to the point it break the suspension of disbelief nor it's cheap writing where things escalated so quickly it borderline parody like those cheap harem rom-com series.

Unless the reason why you find this plot convenience problematic is merely because you dislike the MC which is where I would point again on the "moral crusade" concept. Arguing based of emotional concept of "What you want to see" is not something that I would acknowledge as valid criticism.
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Which is why I merely ask this to you "How can you tell when you haven't even seen 1/10th of the whole series yet?"
Or to put it more directly: "Read it first before criticizing it, otherwise you'll ask obvious question that I need to answer with long ass useless answer".

You paint your position on Roodeus' psychological problems in a very cool way. But to do so, you use moments from the ranobe. And in the aftermath, you just point out that it's worth going to read the ranobe.
But that's a little unfair. It's obvious that even if the author was able to get his point across more accurately in the ranobe, the anime has a problem with that. And one should separate the evaluation of an anime from an ranobe.
I apologize if in the argument you've already moved on to discussing the plot of the ranobe.
And another question. You say he doesn't get rid of all the problems after one episode. And that's correct. You could say that as such he didn't have any problems. Emotionally, Rudeus doesn't even have a hint of a hammering. He is at ease with everyone in his small starting environment. And his agoraphobia seems farfetched. It all looks very strange. It's like the author is just missing some of the implications of his backstory. And he also misses the psychological consequences. Selectively leaving out only what he needs for the story. It makes the character look like a chimera.
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Which is why I merely ask this to you "How can you tell when you haven't even seen 1/10th of the whole series yet?"
Or to put it more directly: "Read it first before criticizing it, otherwise you'll ask obvious question that I need to answer with long ass useless answer".

You paint your position on Roodeus' psychological problems in a very cool way. But to do so, you use moments from the ranobe. And in the aftermath, you just point out that it's worth going to read the ranobe.
But that's a little unfair. It's obvious that even if the author was able to get his point across more accurately in the ranobe, the anime has a problem with that. And one should separate the evaluation of an anime from an ranobe.
I apologize if in the argument you've already moved on to discussing the plot of the ranobe.
And another question. You say he doesn't get rid of all the problems after one episode. And that's correct. You could say that as such he didn't have any problems. Emotionally, Rudeus doesn't even have a hint of a hammering. He is at ease with everyone in his small starting environment. And his agoraphobia seems farfetched. It all looks very strange. It's like the author is just missing some of the implications of his backstory. And he also misses the psychological consequences. Selectively leaving out only what he needs for the story. It makes the character look like a chimera.


for me, I think living alongside a loving family for more than 5 years solved some of his social issues. Also before being bullied, he was a friendly dude in the novels. He only got bullied as a consequence of helping someone undergoing bullying. Before that he was a normal kid.

Just to let you know his trauma hasnt gone, it keeps coming back at important moments throughout the series.
Nagatsuki Tappei (ReZero): It goes without saying that "Mushoku Tensei" is interesting, but first of all, it's amazing that you were able to depict the life of one character, Rudy. People say that "CLANNAD" is life, but for me, "Mushoku Tensei" is life
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@HigekiTragedy So basically you won't address specific criticism because apparently it would take too much effort just to explain how a simple "fanservice" loli masturbation scene is somehow very complex and important to the story or character development... xD

This is why REDO OF HEALER doesn't generate as much controversy. At least most of their fans can see the work for what it is and don't try to come up with deep explanations for the fanservice fantasies.

Anyway, you're free to continue dismissing any criticism as "moral crusades" (a fancier version of that "sjw" word I've seen sometimes), or saying that no one should dare to have an opinion about this anime unless they've read the whole source material (anime-onlies begone lol). That's the easy way out.

For the reasons I've explained before, for me it's clear that the story was simply exploring some questionable fetishes just for the sake of it without adding anything of value to the narrative.
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skysurf said:
@HigekiTragedy So basically you won't address specific criticism because apparently it would take too much effort just to explain how a simple "fanservice" loli masturbation scene is somehow very complex and important to the story or character development... xD

This is why REDO OF HEALER doesn't generate as much controversy. At least most of their fans can see the work for what it is and don't try to come up with deep explanations for the fanservice fantasies.

Anyway, you're free to continue dismissing any criticism as "moral crusades" (a fancier version of that "sjw" word I've seen sometimes), or saying that no one should dare to have an opinion about this anime unless they've read the whole source material (anime-onlies begone lol). That's the easy way out.

For the reasons I've explained before, for me it's clear that the story was simply exploring some questionable fetishes just for the sake of it without adding anything of value to the narrative.


ok just for the roxy masturbation scene.

This is what I got from it.

Before that scene, in my mind, Roxy was just a simple character, a tutor teaching Rudy magic. A demon who has faced racism because of her race along with other stuff resulting from the demon war. From all her interactions with Rudy she seems mentally mature and almost emotionally standoffish. This is also one of the reasons, atleast to me, Rudy acts like a child in front of her.

After that scene however, Rudy recognizes that Roxy has desires after all and is just putting up a respectful face in front of him as a tutor. In their next interaction, Rudy acts more like his real self and puts down his guard ultimately leading to a more equal relationship, not in terms of power or age, more in terms of being their real self in front of each other. That scene to me is also a set up for the future scene, where she gets jealous of Rudy becoming better at magic at a fast pace as an indication of her desires and selfishness. Even way down the line, this behavior of Roxy keeps popping up when Rudy interacts with other girls.

Also that scene does have an impact on their relationship in the future, iirc, Rudy has doubts in his mind that Roxy may have had a crush on his father all the time but may not have acted on it. This puts a barrier in their relationship. I dont remember the details since its been a long time.

Anyways this is what I got from that small scene. This may be only because I tried to find meaning in these type of scene. It could just be as you said, author putting in a fetish just for the sake of it, but I am taking something else. After all its your choice.
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Nagatsuki Tappei (ReZero): It goes without saying that "Mushoku Tensei" is interesting, but first of all, it's amazing that you were able to depict the life of one character, Rudy. People say that "CLANNAD" is life, but for me, "Mushoku Tensei" is life
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@HigekiTragedy So basically you won't address specific criticism because apparently it would take too much effort just to explain how a simple "fanservice" loli masturbation scene is somehow very complex and important to the story or character development... xD

For the reasons I've explained before, for me it's clear that the story was simply exploring some questionable fetishes just for the sake of it without adding anything of value to the narrative.


No it's not

Do you know why I said my long ass answer is useless? not tiresome, bother, or hard but just useless? Because we don't stand on common knowledge, you don't know the source material therefore communication with you is a struggle.

It's useless because even if I wrote a long ass extremely accurate summary of what will happen next I would never be able to rely the full context of nuance that you can get from reading it by yourself. I cannot guarantee that you actually understand what's on my mind, or what am I referring to without any noise in our communication.

It's also useless because were you actually know about it then I only need to say short sentence to you and convey the even more density of information than that long ass useless paragraph.

Let's say if It's conversation between people who watch made in abyss they can say that "Man that elevator scene is horrible" and they'll convey TONS of information with that short sentence.

and parallel of our conversation right now is that you don't watch MiA and thus I need to explain to you what "Elevator" and why it is are horrible, which at worst will spoils you and at best you'll just have information but failed to understand it, be it it's significance, context or emotional attachment. Thus it's useless endeavor that waste my time and your time.

But okay I'm already this far let me explain the significance of Roxy Migurdia character.. without spoiling much and in the most concise way.

Every good character need a motive, and so does Roxy needs a motive as of why he travelled all over the land. One of the reason is really simple : She's looking for a mate, for someone to marry. Roxy being part of the long lived race Migurd are anomaly within her tribe, she can't handle living within his home tribe.

Other than that it's important in the context to set the tone in that series, from the first book alone it's already been set that no character is goddamn saint or caricature that doesn't feels anything. Everyone want to have sex, everyone made mistake, everyone is sometimes cool, sometimes goofy, everyone is.. just human, and this message is already clear from book 1. Roxy masturbating is but one of the MANY EVENT in book 1 that enforce this image, something that the author constantly hammered to drive the point in.

Well I might already written this much in but again this is still useless. Even if you now have the knowledge you're missing a lot of things that you need to actually understand the works. I'm just doing this out of obligation for your nitpick so if you understand my point (of our difficulty in conversation) please avoid doing further nitpicking in the future.




Oh and "Moral crusade" are different from SJW. SJW basically made their business to be offended by anything they disagree with.
People who did Moral Crusade on the other hand might just be regular people that are moved by emotional discomfort due to be exposed to alien set of value.

Just as tid bit of useless trivia about myself : I am VERY PECULIAR about my word. I called them Crusade because I feel they're similar to Crusade. Crusader are not standing army, they're basically only there when there's something that went against their faith but other time they doesn't exist.
and just like Crusaders these people judged people on from their high horse, riding on the moral superiority banner and warring against something that they barely even know based on some second hand knowledge and propaganda.

Again if someone has any valid criticism on the series I absolute don't mind, I would even welcomed it even, it's not like I don't have critique about this series in the first place. But again someone who barely know 1/10th of the whole picture would be hard pressed to have any valid rational criticism on the series.
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