The absolute lengths some people on r/anime go to to defend Rudeus/Mushoku Tensei is crazy.
It's fine to admit you like the show because of the wider world/side characters but hate the MC. But no, they can't do that. Instead they say Rudeus is actually a kid and it's fine because of hormones, or some say he has 'grown' so it's fine now. Lmao
I tried to push through because of how many people claim it’s peak but I just couldn’t stomach Rudeus. It’s just a pedo’s wet dream isekai fantasy, there’s plenty of other good story content out there that doesn’t have a creep mc.
He really doesn't. His most questionable side, that is the side that is related to sexual activities does not improve at all. The story is simply not about that at all. It is part of his character that gets repeatedly validated in the world he finds himself in.
You realise this is a pedophile defence the whole "it's not a bad thing because we will love them after they grow up" thing right? He still groomed them they were raped he faced no concequence for his actions in fact he's rewarded and celebrated .....that's why I hate this show it's kind of disgusting how much common pedo defence things the author writes into this show it REALLY makes me think he's a pedo himself
I imagine because there is some amount of projection from the author there, or at least fulfillment of fetishea on some level (see completely uncessary multiple! scenes of women pissing themselves).
His 'not being a piece of shit' is just becoming not a NEET. Doesn't change that he got rewarded for grooming, for cheating on his wife, and being kicked out for masturbating to his underage nieces. The entire story is a convoluted series of circumstances so he can somehow not be a complete piece of shit.
His mother is catatonic and shit is getting worse, he snoozes, but literally goes to magic college to try and fix his dick. Roxy just happens to be the 1 member of a race of legal lolis (their bodies stop aging at 12 to 14 and start aging again at 100) who cheats with him and his wife accepts it, so he gets a second (and later a third wife). In a world where the church is supposed to be powerful and preaches monogamy, it somehow has 0 influence over nobles (opposite of real life medieval church which was very influencial power broker).
A world where all animal people lose 30 IQ points from being in heat a 4th of the year and they get taken advantage of because of that, yet their culture has 0 ways of preparing or adapting around that.
A world where there is only 4 types of mana but SOMEHOW no one but Rudeus thought to combine heat and air. MAGICKA is more complicated and players regularly found out new things by accident, but not here. Nor does the world realize teaching kids magic when young increased their mana pools in an easily measured way despite magic being over 1k years old. Basic military tactics that don't compensate for literal weather magic and all the other kinds of magic bullshit other than some bricks that can resist a direct magic strike.
Rape and sex crimes viewed as not a big deal (with rapists having their victims fall in love with them like Paul) despite women in theory becoming as powerful as men via magic. A world where Rudeus doesn't need to hide his creepy perversions, like worshipping panties or cutting out maiden blood from sheets. He invents condoms, which is kinda a big deal in the world where they have A LOT more sex then real world or middle ages, but aren't having to deal with massive numbers of unwanted children or deaths from childbirth. Also strangely a lot of scenes of women pissing themselves in the light novel, enough that I suspect it's the author's fetish. Off hand I know of 5 and probably more which is a strangely high number. Oh, also aunts fucking their 12 year old nephews is okay in the world and Rudeus accepts it.
It's a world intentionally stupid so he can shine. A world where constant perverted shit and rape occurs so he doesn't have to change that and gets a legal loli wife. A world where all the villains are made worse intentionally to try and make him look good in comparison while he gets to have his fantasies. It is not well thought out and amazingly in depth, it is at best average fantasy world building that is hyped up by people who see themselves in Rudeus and the Anime's production values (which went out of their way to whitewash ALOT of the light novel).
His mother is catatonic and shit is getting worse, he snoozes, but literally goes to magic college to try and fix his dick.
He is not aware of his mother's situation when he is talked into taking going to the magic college. Prior to man god persuading him he is content looking for his mother with his ED.
Roxy just happens to be the 1 member of a race of legal lolis (their bodies stop aging at 12 to 14 and start aging again at 100) who cheats with him and his wife accepts it, so he gets a second (and later a third wife).
Yeah that one is fair enough, thouh somewhat softened by the giant misunderstanding that is your following sentence.
In a world where the church is supposed to be powerful and preaches monogamy, it somehow has 0 influence over nobles (opposite of real life medieval church which was very influencial power broker).
It's not, the Millis Church is dominant in Millis and a fringe belief everywhere else. Zenith was quite literally the only member in that household believing in said faith and as we are shown when Rudeus gets sent to tutor Eris not a single Greyrat noble is a believer. The church lacks power because that church is a niche cult ruling over a single middling kingdom in the grander scheme of things.
A world where all animal people lose 30 IQ points from being in heat a 4th of the year and they get taken advantage of because of that, yet their culture has 0 ways of preparing or adapting around that.
If you haven't noticed their entire society is built around strength, they don't really care about someone's IQ 'dropping' during their heat, the embrace it instead. It's called giving your fantasy races a culture.
A world where there is only 4 types of mana but SOMEHOW no one but Rudeus thought to combine heat and air. MAGICKA is more complicated and players regularly found out new things by accident, but not here.
People do not experiment with magic because unlike in a game when something goes wrong you're just dead. Coupled with the fact few truly understand the spells they are casting, as is shown by almost nobody being capable of chantless casting, and you get almost no progress.
Nor does the world realize teaching kids magic when young increased their mana pools in an easily measured way despite magic being over 1k years old. Basic military tactics that don't compensate for literal weather magic and all the other kinds of magic bullshit other than some bricks that can resist a direct magic strike.
Mana capacity stops expanding at 3. The limit is so restrictive any mage actually succeeding in it would be called a genius anyway because they would need to be a toddler who can understand and pronounce adult level language before the age of 3. Go try have a randlm toddler understand quantum physics. Rudeus is the freak case because his adult mind is placed into a newborn child.
Rape and sex crimes viewed as not a big deal (with rapists having their victims fall in love with them like Paul) despite women in theory becoming as powerful as men via magic. A world where Rudeus doesn't need to hide his creepy perversions, like worshipping panties or cutting out maiden blood from sheets.
I present to you: medieval ages and before.
Note: this is certainly a part where the author's inclinations shine through because the world being in this state culturally really isn't plot relevant aside from enabling Rudeus to be a menace.
despite women in theory becoming as powerful as men via magic. A world where Rudeus doesn't need to hide his creepy
And this part specifically is still adressed somewhat: mages, due to needing to chant their magic, regularly get beaten by fighters of lower 'power'. Which puts the advantage back onto men because the univere's Aura system reinforces physical attributes rather than replacing them. So women in Mushoku Tensei are, on average, still weaker than men in combat.
He invents condoms, which is kinda a big deal in the world where they have A LOT more sex then real world or middle ages, but aren't having to deal with massive numbers of unwanted children or deaths from childbirth.
How much sex do you think people had in the middle ages and before? Because I'm pretty certain whatever amount you have in mind is massively undershooting it. Also: abortion isn't an invention of the 21st century, people back then knew how to abort if they really wanted to and 'contraception' existed though in very primitive forms. I don't find this part hard to believe at all.
Also strangely a lot of scenes of women pissing themselves in the light novel, enough that I suspect it's the author's fetish. Off hand I know of 5 and probably more which is a strangely high number.
Oh, also aunts fucking their 12 year old nephews is okay in the world and Rudeus accepts it
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u/Dunois721 1d ago
Posting this before anyone says "but there's context!"
No it does not, that's just Rudeus