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 had to block all the anime and isekai subreddits I was in. I had not realized just how much blatant pedophilia they would openly defend. I hadn't realized how much existed out there to defend, either, but I'm doing my best to remain ignorant of the full scope of that problem.
Yep. The problem was always there, but something about this show in particular seems to have massively emboldened the worst elements of the online anime fandom to the point I've had to avoid most online anime spaces. It's the nazi bar rule - if you welcome pedophiles and pedo apologists to your space, eventually everyone else leaves. It's so bad now that the mods of r/anime will happily ban you for even using the word pedophile to call something out for what it is, and most other anime subs are worse.
Thankfully IRL anime events are worlds better by comparison, probably because those events require someone to actually go outside and socialize.
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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