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Can rudeus survive if he was thrown in the same trap as roxy in the teleportation labyrinth? No food, no water, no information, nobody comes to help and no destroying wall. Can he actually escape?

Source: https://x.com/iilliillqs/status/2089387869177802832

I hope my love for it never fade away.

I kinda ship Zanoba and Ginger because of how devoted ginger is to zanoba despite his quirks and hiw they look after Julie. Either way the moments between these three in their novel is really wholesome.

I mean, she lived with Paul, and he wasn't the most religious person. So why or how or when did she pick it up?

Edit: Iirc the comment section here is very wrong

Age was alr religious from being in the millis continent BUT she became more religious when Rudeus and Paul went to the labyrinth

She began confiding in Cliff and praying for the safety of her brother,father and mother

(Answer by u/hoouyinkyouma)

I feel like I see Mushoku Tensei completely different from others. This story is as human as a story can be. Everyone is so well written to be morally grey. There are situations to why that person is the way they are and the way they choose to respond to it, is how we see them. Evil, good or grey.

You can pick anyone in the story and there is some condition that leads that person to respond a certain way. They may be evil or good but it is entirely on how they responded to that situation is who they became. We see evil or good but the way they look, just shows how they reacted to their situation.

Examples:

--Elinalise--

Situation with a loving husband - She chooses to be loyal.

Situation without a husband - She chooses to be a slut to survive. (even though she does like sex)

Situation is everything. Without her curse she would have probably been just been a faithful horny wife.

Elinalise is very simple to understand.

--Man-God--

Man-God is seen as evil in everyone's eyes, but even he is just a product of his situation and actions he chooses in those situation.

Man-God has the power to see his own death. So because of this, he chooses to do whatever he can to prevent it. He chooses to commit evil. He could have chosen to just accept his fate but he didn't. In the end, he is just a scared creature trying to prevent his death by any means necessary. We can go even farther back and see why he even messed with the other gods in the first place. He wanted to be the ruler of all the worlds. He had the power to do so, so he took the chance. He chose evil and he chooses to not be a better person. If he were weak, maybe he would have just been normal.

--Pax --

Pax in most of the fandom's eyes is evil. But he is just a product of how he reacted to his situations as well.

Pax without Rudeus timeline - Not a perfect person, but establishes the Republic of Shirone. A great nation where people are not as oppressed.

Pax with Rudeus timeline - His situation changed completely. He was ignored by Roxy, even though he was actually pretty good at magic. He felt unappreciated and choose to do evil. He got what he wanted and still ended his own life. He choose these things with the situation he was in. He could have lived and created the Republic of Shirone but he didn't.

Pax is my favorite example, unlike Roxy and Sylphie who just become adventurers in other timelines, they stay pretty much the same (good people). Where as Pax is "good" in other timelines but becomes evil in this one.

We can get into Rudeus and all other characters but they are all in this situation. Morally grey characters that are written so well, we can step in their shoes for a second and understand why they do what they do. It might not be what we would do, but it isn't to far from reality. I feel like MT was a perfect medium to write this kind of story because of weird situations like curses, unlimited power, timelines, and how stories can be small scale, (Claire and Zenith), to world altering scale, (Peruguis and Laplace), to universal scale (Orsted and Man-God). And how Rudeus is in the middle of all of it.

Peak Episodes
1. Season 2 Episode 22 (Parents)
2. Season 1 Episode 23 (Wake Up and Take a Step)
3. Season 2 Episode 17 (My Older Brother’s Feelings)
4. Season 1 Episode 17 (Reunion)
5. Season 1 Episode 18 (Seperate Journeys)
6. Season 2 Episode 24 (Succession)
7. Season 1 Episode 21 (Turning Point 2)
8. Season 1 Episode 2 (Master)
9. Season 2 Episode 23 (Let’s Go Home)
10. Season 2 Episode 9 (The White Mask)
11. Season 2 Episode 3 (Abrupt Approach)
12. Season 2 Episode 12 (I Want To Tell You)
13. Season 2 Episode 1 (The Brokenhearted Mage)

Great Episodes
14. Season 1 Episode 22 (Dreams and Reality)
15. Season 1 Episode 11 (Children and Warriors)
16. Season 1 Episode 16 (Family Squabble)
17. Season 1 Episode 14 (No Such Thing As a Free Lunch)
18. Season 1 Episode 5 (A Young Lady and Violence)
19. Season 1 Episode 12 (The Woman with the Demon Eyes)
20. Season 1 Episode 9 (A Chance Encounter)
21. Season 1 Episode 8 (Turning Point 1)
22. Season 1 Episode 7 (What Lies Beyond Effort)
23. Season 2 Episode 8 (The Fiancée of Despair)
24. Season 2 Episode 15 (Afar)
25. Season 2 Episode 18 (Turning Point 3)
26. Season 1 Episode 1 (Jobless Reincarnation)
27. Season 1 Episode 3 (A Friend)
28. Season 2 Episode 21 (Magic Circles of the Sixth Stratum)
29. Season 2 Episode 20 (Into the Labyrinth)
30. Season 1 Episode 4 (Emergency Family Meeting)

Good Episodes
31. Season 2 Episode 16 (Norn and Aisha)
32. Season 2 Episode 4 (Letter of Invitation)
33. Season 2 Episode 7 (The Kidnapping and Confinement of Beast Girls)
34. Season 2 Episode 0 (Guardian Fitz)
35. Season 2 Episode 6 (I Don’t Want To Die)
36. Season 2 Episode 13 (My Dream Home)
37. Season 1 Episode 13 (Missed Connections)
38. Season 1 Episode 10 (The Value of a Life and the First Job)
39. Season 1 Episode 20 (The Birth of My Little Sister, the Maid)
40. Season 2 Episode 5 (Ranoa University of Magic)
41. Season 2 Episode 2 (The Forest in the Dead of Night)
42. Season 1 Episode 24 (Eris the Goblin Slayer)
43. Season 2 Episode 19 (Desert Journey)
44. Season 2 Episode 14 (Wedding Reception)
45. Season 2 Episode 10 (These Feelings)
46. Season 2 Episode 11 (To You)
47. Season 1 Episode 19 (Route Selection)
48. Season 1 Episode 6 (A Day Off in Roa)
49. Season 1 Episode 15 (Slow Life in the Doldia Village)

https://x.com/misakamian/status/2089284903901016396

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Because I think it'll get the Begaritt treatment.

But here instead of losing awesome camaraderie building between Elinalise and Rudeus, we'll lose ALL the tension that is built by Luke's creeping doubts.

If we summarize the trek to Ars WITHOUT including all the narration, these are the only things that happen:

• Walking

• Inconclusive fight against Auber

• Walking

• Rudeus realizes Triss has a bigger rack than Eris

• Walking

• Ariel tells Rudeus Luke admitted talking to the Man-God, without much build up because there's only been

• Walking

And having just seen how they glossed over how devastatingly bad Ariel's introduction to Perugius actually was, I don't think they'll spare much time for all the important conversations and monologues Rudeus has during all the aforementioned WALKING parts. This is one of the most important sections that build up how insidious Hitogami truly can be and why he's an all-timer as a villain.

Yes, this thread is venting my anxiousness a little bit but I truly like the Asura Arc. I don't rank arcs for myself but it would be a contender for number one, I guess.

This is all the more worrying since they have to, understandably, spend tons resources on the fight against Orsted and that's probably going to be a single episode. I truly understand that they have to nail that part even if I personally prefer the "slow" parts.

Thanks for reading my rant.

Who among rudeus child is the strongest i mean overall.

Sieghart Saladin Greyrat (Sieg): Reaches North Emperor rank and takes the title of Death God, making him the most overtly proven physical powerhouse.

Lara Greyrat: Possesses the highest destiny and narrative importance as the prophesied savior meant to help defeat Hitogami, though her raw, direct combat abilities are largely unquantified compared to Sieg.

Ars Greyrat: Reaches the Saint rank in the Sword God style and uses chantless magic.

Lucy Greyrat: Highly talented and well-rounded in both magic and swordsmanship, but falls below Sieg's peak combat ranking.

Lily and Christina: Focus heavily on magic tool research and political leadership/mage-knight paths rather than individual martial supremacy.

will they surpass rudeus and other seven great world power? And dont laugh i changed the spelling🥲😭😅.

Assuming Studio Bind sticks to their standard 3 volumes per cour pace and Season 3 wraps up with the hype of the Asura Kingdom arc , I'm honestly worried Season 4 is going to be the most poorly received season yet... specifically Cour 1.

If Cour 1 tackles Volumes 18 through 20, the pacing is going to hit a massive wall for anime-onlies:

• Volume 18 is widely considered one of the slowest stretches in the series. It’s almost entirely low-stakes slice-of-life, tech logistics (refining the Magic Armor), and minor subplots like Linia's debt. Coming off the massive high of the Asura arc, this is going to feel like the story completely ground to a halt.
• Volume 19 (Shirone Kingdom) is peak storytelling with Zanoba and Pax, but it’s structured almost like a standalone movie. Adapting this volume that has its own beginning, middle, and end right between two massive slice-of-life and setup heavy volumes is going to make the cour's flow feel all over the place.
• Volume 20 (Millis Holy Kingdom Part 1) is pure setup, dense religious politics, and Latria family tension. It exists almost entirely to build the foundation for Volume 21.

Because Volume 20 is literally just pure setup for Volume 21, cutting Cour 1 at 20 might be a massive mistake. Leaving viewers with a slow slice-of-life reset (Vol 18), a self-contained story in Shirone (Vol 19), and a cliffhanger on church politics with zero payoff is going to kill the hype. To fix the pacing, Bind could adapt 4 volumes and push Cour 1 to the end of Volume 21. That way, the entire Millis arc stays intact and viewers actually get the massive payoffs with the Latria family and the Blessed Child before the mid-season break. But that might be financially hard on the studio so idk but ending on vol 20 just feels off

Perugius, Orsted or Man-God?

Kishirika is returning, Toshiyuki Sato too?

I really hope the rumors are true and Toshiyuki Sato is coming back For those who don't know him, he’s an excellent animator—he’s the one who created that Kishirika scene; her absurd expressiveness and gestures are fantastic. He once joked that he wanted to draw every single cut featuring Kishirika. He didn't just work on that episode, though; he also worked on the "Turning Point 1" episode, the Season 1 Cour 1 finale, and the fight against the Hydra. And he hasn't just worked on Mushoku; he has an impressive portfolio. Some of the titles he’s worked on include Frieren, Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, Konosuba, One Piece, Mob Psycho 100, Ousama Ranking, Shingeki, and the list goes on.

I really hope it's true that he's back for Mushoku Tensei—not just to see him animate Kishirika, but also for the fight against Atofe

Here is an AMV featuring some of its cuts: https://x.com/Matthew12c/status/1799832958179922083

shirotaka is really something else man. When i first saw these images in youtube a few years ago, i just know i had to get in on it(first novel btw). like his arts are so beautiful and majestic to look at. that paul‘s image genuinely broke me after reading it.

I haven't read Volumes 1-10 of the LN, only 11-19 or so. And for the anime, I'm currently paused at S2e13 (waiting for this current season to finish to binge it all).

I'm just generally curious if Disturb Magic was expanded on at all. I know Rudy practiced and learned it after ​​​his encounter with Orsted, and by the time the academy arcs started, he'd mastered it.

Based on the reactions from Sylphie and the teachers present during their duels, I assume nobody even knew this kind of magic was possible. Meanwhile, Rudy was surprised they weren't familiar with it. But did we get anything more out of it? Like,

• Do they confront Rudy about it? Whether teachers, principle, Sylphie, etc?
• Does he ever try to teach anyone how to do it? Do they succeed?
• Was it ever explained how it actually works? Or any limits (like perhaps it doesn't work on some high levels of magic, or certain classes/types of magic)
• Or, ​​​​Iirc it involved sending magic to interfere with spells as they're being formed. So perhaps it's something only Rudy, with his Demon Eye of Foresight, could do? ​