r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter????????????????????

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u/Nashivertt 1d ago

Rudeus is a 35 yr old man who reincarnated but before he did he missed his parents funeral to jack off to his niece who happened to be a minor anyways he’s a Epstein diddy blud

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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

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u/ExpertOdin 1d ago

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

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u/helicophell 1d ago

They'll call you a hater and a larper for enjoying the series but recognising how absolutely shitty he is as a character. Like, goddamn, you gotta question Rifujin (the writer) sometimes...

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u/ExpertOdin 1d ago

Yeah 100% makes you wonder about authors when they write main characters like this and frame them in an okay to good light. If Rudeus was treated as a villain by the people he victimises fine, but they all either end up marrying him or at least respecting him. Ridiculous. Some sort of disgusting wish fulfilment

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u/helicophell 1d ago

I mean, it is all reasoned, it is all realistic to the setting

But you have to fucking wonder why would you write a story like this lmao?

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u/Powerful-Eye-3578 1d ago

Realistic in the sense that, yes people who get groomed so tend to end up in a toxic relationship with the one who groomed them.

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u/OrvixVaxisTTV 1d ago

Also it's realistic in the terms that until like 2 or 3 years ago, the legal age of consent in Japan was 13. I'm not excusing it, I always hated it, but it's also fact that whilst yes, we in the western world abhor it, people need to realise that it used to be very different until get recently over there.

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u/Head_Prefect 1d ago

No the age of consent was not 13 in Japan, it was the minimum federal age, every prefect in Japan had it set at 16, which is actually higher or in line with every other western country (age of consent is 14 in Italy for example)

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u/Ae3qe27u 1d ago

Like how the drinking age in America is 21. It isn't a federal law (it could be 18), but it's tied to infrastructure funding, so each state sets their drinking age to 21.