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| I'll be honest, I never cared much for Linia, but I always thought Purena was cute in the LN. Brought to life in the anime, Pursena is even cuter to me, and I love the VA choice they went with. I also like how, when adapting the LN, they decided to be frank with us a bit about who Fitz is. They could have tried to change things a bit to try and maintain that "Who is Fitz? Is it who I think it is?" As the anime stands, we can figure out easily who Fitz is, and they just let it happen, which is nice. It's not necessarily about US finding out who Fitz is. It's about RUDEUS finding out. |
poor__cow said: It's been like this from the very beginning, though. It doesn't make any sense to be upset about it now. It's a bit slow, but the story is progressing. Efrath said: No, it's called "Being able to differentiate fiction from reality". Rudy is not meant to be a "Role model", it's a long, slow story about someone slowly improving and changing themselves over time in a world with completely different morals and world views. "Calling it out" is like Christian moms calling out "Darkwing Duck" for being "Too violent" or "videogames for being too violent". It's puritanical and boils down to the inherently restrictive view that fiction should be limited by morals. A thing people need to learn is that "Bad writing" is not the same as "Fiction that makes me feel icky". Either you have the emotional maturity to differentiate fiction from reality and able to enjoy different kind of stories, including one of a scarred degenerate slowly growing up in his new life. Which is another thing people forget, Rudeus has been socially and mentally stunted due to his trauma, he never technically got to "Grow up" because of the circumstances of his last life. I love that the soy cope defense that everyone uses whenever someone criticizes the show is that they “can’t differentiate fiction from reality” or that they’re just tourists lmao. I can only imagine that the cringe people saying this stuff probably relate to Rudy’s past life a little too well. The reality is that people are holding this show to a standard of quality that it demonstrated in S1 and the show isn’t delivering in S2. This season is devoid of any interesting plot progression and is instead trying to use boring fanservice as a crutch to squeeze out a couple more episodes. Notice how people don’t freak out and “call out” scenes like the Eclipse in Berserk because the disgusting and awful shit that happens is actually an impactful plot point and it isn’t deployed for cheap humor or for fetishized satisfaction. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| Twas nice and fun but they dragged on the exaggerations a bit more than I would have liked. Was hopin to see them strip them felines. |
 Behold of my awesomeness~ controversial and/or sensitive topics likely devolve into the same repetitive, derogatory, abusive, and harassing comments can no longer be posted. But my feels. |
| People calling Rudeus racist now cracks me up, that's just too funny. The shit show in the comments every week is top tier entertainment. Looking forward to the next ep. |
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Stealth46 said: It's too bad we didn't get to watch it happen. We just saw them wet. And with how submissive they were afterward, dear lord something has awakened in me |
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| It really doesn't surprise me that this episode caused a certain amount of controversy. As with some episodes in Season 1, there should be a distinction between reality and fiction, and if it still seems unbearable, dropping Mushoku Tensei would probably be the best solution. So much for this topic. As for the episode itself, we see Sylphie's ever-growing affection for Rudeus. At the same time, however, her insecurity is equally apparent, which is likely one of the reasons why she doesn't reveal herself to Rudeus. I didn't rate Rudeus or Zanoba that way, but I'm extremely happy that Julie is now experiencing a better life and is not seen as a slave but as an apprentice and disciple. As you could see, she definitely seems to have a talent for magic, being able to spawn a piece of stone mass without incantation after only a single month of training. With the smashing of Rudeu's sacred Roxy figure, both Linia and Pursena crossed a line they shouldn't have crossed, as was easy to see from Rudeu's reaction lol. This small clash in the inner courtyard confirmed once again how strongly Rudeus has developed in recent years. This is what I call total dominance. I didn't even find it bad to tie up both beast girls. The breast grabbing, on the other hand, was a bit questionable, even if I don't consider it to such an extreme degree as many other people in this thread do. I was quite surprised that Rudeus even decided to show the panties to other people. This should only underscore his devotion to Roxy even further. Since Rudeus wasn't entirely sure how to punish Linia and Pursena, it was undoubtedly a good idea to include Sylphie. Furthermore, it can be assumed that both beast girls had already learned their lesson after a whole day without food or water. Not to mention that they both pissed themselves, which must have been extremely uncomfortable. With the color applied to their face afterwards, which both of them have to be seen with for the whole next day, this should be more than enough of a punishment. I can only reiterate how impatient I am for Sylphie to reveal her true identity to Rudy. Especially the scene at the end gave me a glimpse of hope for a brief moment, which unfortunately was quickly destroyed. Like many others here, Mushoku Tensei episodes fly by for me as well, which is often times a little bit sad. Oh well, what can you do? Looking forward for the next episode. |
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Avicebrons said: Ah, someone is still around with some media literacy to their words.Efrath said: The thing is, I'd maybe buy into this. There's only one gigantic problem. His horrendous actions, morals and everything is played for laughs. The viewer doesn't watch this and think to themselves "man that was really messed up" and then get to see the journey of his self-improvement. The scene is played as a total joke and just go through the comments here and you'll see that people find it funny as shit. Which to be clear, I'm not saying is wrong. It's fiction, not reality. So if the author wants to make it a joke, they're allowed to and people can find it funny. But how are you going to make a story about improving these flaws, when you don't actually communicate to the viewer that these are flaws. In fact, the author even makes a point of having some of the characters be into his genuinely creepy behavior. Rudy is not meant to be a "Role model", it's a long, slow story about someone slowly improving and changing themselves over time in a world with completely different morals and world views. You can't exactly have your cake and eat it too. If these flaws are played for laughs, then the viewer isn't gonna take them seriously as a result. And if the viewer doesn't take them seriously, then his journey out of them will essentially be rendered meaningless. Although seeing the direction the story is going and seeing how people already in season 1 said that he had grown out of his creepy behavior and even now they're still saying it, despite what this episode showed us, I very much doubt the validity of the statement that he will grow out of it as the journey progresses. People perpetually throwing around the 'not a role model', 'morally grey', etc seem to have the most skewed reading of fairly common tropes to isekai but because it just happens to occur within something they seem to agree with and thus enjoy, they read some depth of meaning into someone groping, kidnapping and bemoaning his lack of erection followed by a mini-spiel about panty religion as anything other than shlock content. There isn't a portrayal of moral greyness or moral flaw happening here, it's just an anime protagonist doing casual sexual harassment as a lot of them do. Cue Meliodas from Seven Deadly Sins. |
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| Rudeus has been crying since episode 1 about being bullied in his past life, how that made him hikikomori and he does the same thing to those girls? He kidnaps them, sexual abuse them, but plot armour makes them accept that instead of reporting him to the authorities. This show is targetting the same audience as Re:Zero. |
| What do you do if someone breaks your favorite figure ? Treats them like dogs and slaves ! |
Arctic_Lonewolf said: animejas said: How old is Rudeus currently in the anime?This episode was so great and chaotic, I loved it. The animation was excellent and super expressive to watch and made scenes feel even funnier in the process. Episode flew by so well and the pacing was great as a whole. Sylphie's perspective before the opening being added was really good, showing her feelings of what she is undergoing with Rudeus there and showcasing glimpses of her daily life too in the process. Rudeus and Zanoba's scenes were so eccentric but hilarious to watch, especially with how over the top the facial expressions were when Zanoba felt that he was so fucked when Rudeus asked him about Roxy. He sure did react and purge the heretics in Linia and Pursena there. The animation with Rudeus taking down the beastfolk girls was great and reminiscent of some of the Rudeus-Eris scenes in season 1 cour 1, even with the music there. Fitz being supportive of Rudeus at the end there and not letting Linia and Pursena go scot-free was really good and again, loved their interactions as usual towards the very end. That slow build has been super satisfying to watch. Music was exceptional too as usual, whether for the more action-driven scenes, or goofy, chaotic scenes, it all works. This was a weird yet fantastic episode, definitely the best adapted and visually animated episode in this season of MT so far, very reminiscent of S1 quality. Direction was top notch too and the pacing was great. The overall execution was so stellar, and Volume 8's adaptation as a whole has been phenomenal and a vast improvement from Volume 7. Around 15 yrs old. |
| Insane tease at the end, but oh well... It's still a great show despite the budget cut, and that's all I hoped for. |
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| Just binged watched the show & caught up. Season 2 is not as good as season 1 but it’s still enjoyable. Would like to see the story progress more. |
| Rudy locking up those Doldia girls like that...shouldn't be surprised really. He's also getting even more curious about Fitz, wonder when the reveal will be. |
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| Over a figure.. wow. |
"......If I told you that I was a real witch, would you believe it?"  |
| Apologies for coming into this late forum, I've had a time catching up to stuff this season and finally got to this episode where I will have to stop for the night. That being said, I am absolutely loving this hilarious, but also somewhat heartwarmingly cute faux gay arc that is going on with Rudeus right now. For those who aren't able to remember, Rudy mistook "Fitz" for a boy the first time they met as well, but was so young then he never had any feelings like that. Now he's mistook her again but there's this "will they, won't they" thing going on, and he's actually questioning whether he's gay or not. It's genuinely heartwarming to see someone write confusing feelings out in the open like this, many writers are not able to capture that. Of course we know he isn't, and we know who Fitz really is, but I don't think that takes away from the very real feelings that Rudy may think he's having for a guy. IDK, I find it super cute. I also really appreciate that not everything is being revealed to him immediately, and he's actually able to see her as a real friend first and foremost rather than another piece of his possible harem. It's cute that Sylvie is even willing to go along with his silly punishment game for the beast girls, showing how much she cares and how much trust she has in him. This was a very good episode, one where you blink and it's over. |
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| A weird episode to be so well directed, I guess they know their audience well or something. |
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| Well, that was weird, how did those girls feel fine with that afterwards? xD |
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| I mean her eyes are very clearly visible behind those shades come on nothing is being hidden there |
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| noooo why there was no oppai shown?! |
| (づ￣ ³￣)づ ちゅっ ちゅっ キス (´｡✪ω✪｡｀) I hate it when anime/manga that I enjoyed ends, especially when there could be much longer plot and when I love main heroine :P I wish I had magic glasses that let me see real world in anime colors ;) |
| This is truly peak fiction. |
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Man takes his figures too seriously.
A funny episode, which was welcome especially after the depressing episodes that happened this season.
A funny episode, which was welcome especially after the depressing episodes that happened this season.
| @redorzo Can't really blame him, though I don't particularly care for figurines, I'm a true believer in Teddy bear supremacy. |
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