The most impressive thing in Mushoku Tensei is 100% the charecters. I can't remember a series with so many distinct characters each fully fleshed out with their own motives and problems, every single character has flaws and each Villain in the show gives the reader a chance to Empathize with them. Most importantly no matter how fast or slow the pacing is everything feels important in some way.

as a LN reader, this show hasn't even revealed its true forms yet. the real fun begins in next following seasons. can't wait.

Mushoku Tensei - the great granddaddy of the modern wave of second grade isekais. Honestly, this is THE isekai that got the genre right. Probably because it kind of pioneered the fantasy.

Its crazy since the story is still ongoing and there is a huge potential to be a sequel. Like the Old Dragon's Tale was released a few months ago and I wouldnt be surprised if he comes out with another side story/more lore.

The last 2 volumes I hope should be fleshed out in the eventual adaptation. The final battle has serious Avengers Endgame vibes and Studio Bind should capitalize on that

This is different from my regular content, but I felt like challenging myself to make a video like this. Also it's worth noting that the problems I had with the pacing aren't as bad in the Light Novel, and are fairly non existent in the anime. So pacing is an issue mainly found in the web novel.

Yeah, the " Post Masterpiece Depression" is real, man. I can't find any other story do things remotely as good as MT. Shitty story aside, It doesn't help that most "good story" start up strong , then just keep meandering to nowhere just to milk the popularity. LOL, I also play Ruina. To be fair, the game just keep throwing new game mechanic until the end game. And they do such a shitty job explaining them.

To think that the end of Mushoku tensei as a whole as being the first part of the Story line is amazing how there is a whole new story line getting made right now after the end of MT

The light novel polishes the story draft that is the webnovel. Let's just hope Rifujin makes the already existing WN better than it already was, especially with LN7 and other original side-stories/details.

Ayyyy that's boss man. I read the whole light novel too after the anime. You ready to read all the after story content! And of course that prequel content too. But in any case, what would be your favorite moment without giving any spoilers to anyone that might leap into this video without have read the LN

Wouldn't be against more videos like this! Happy to see some branch-out content! 👌

All of the character of this anime mostly has a insane story. Ruijerd and his race, Who is Laplace?, Perugius, Man God, Dragon God Orsted, Zanoba, Nanahoshi, Cliff, Paul and his Party, Ghislaine, Elinalize, Zenith and her Family, Geese, even Pax 🤣. There's a Family Complex in Greyrat Family Politic really heavy How this world Work, Mage and Swordman Rank System, also have detail Sword Style (Sword God Style, North God Style, Water God Style) And the World it self have a story why there's a Demon, Beast People, and another race. And why every continent have really different vibes. Even there's a unique Magic from other Race like Migurdia that can use magic can telepath, and Beast People that can using unique magic Sound Magic. Even Orsted Dragon Race has a Unique magic that he use when he absorb Rudy Fire Magic. And the Multiple God and also Seventh Great Power. Mytholgy Refference And Past story like Laplace story that connect with our main character that try to help Ruijerd. When we get the complex story but our main character just want to live peacefully Even if our main character isn't reincarnated yet this world already have heavy history.

Putting the FF14 music at the end 👌 I just finished reading the whole story yesterday and I actually felt completely satisfied. No post-masterpiece depression which i’m actually really prone to. Im not a reader, never read a light novel before, and yet i read the entire thing, spending well over 100 hours cause I’m a slow reader. But i don’t regret any of it. Maybe this is recency bias but i enjoyed reading this story more than any other story i’ve read or watched. Mushoku really feels like an isekai simulator. I couldn’t believe how well thought out the story was with big plot twists at the end incorporating characters from the beginning. As if the author knew exactly how the story was gonna go from the very start to the very end. Like you said, if you see a gun it’s gonna go off at some point and that’s Mushoku 100%. “It polishes that rifle until it shoots a canon ball” By the way, if you’re experiencing that post-masterpiece depression, I highly recommend checking out the Mushoku Tensei Redundancy chapters. You can actually listen to them here on youtube where people have used almost human sounding text to speech programs to read it out to you so you can enjoy it w headphones while doing something else. Anyways, I really enjoyed your video, thank you for sharing your thoughts :D

4:17 Dude I've been constantly saying this about Mushoku Tensei. Follows Chekhovs gun like crazy. Everything in the story is relevant, full of content and yet feels so well trimmed down and refined.

I totally agree with everything you said here. The part of MT that really sets it apart is that throughout the story, I constantly found myself wondering "who exactly is Rifujin that he can write such realistic characters with realistic personalities?" Every single character feels REAL, the world feels REAL, everything. I found myself making comparisons between these fictional characters and people I know in real life, then thinking "what would ____ do in this scenario?" and it would play out as I thought. I even consulted some of these people I know IRL just to see if it was just my bias! It's seriously a masterwork among masterworks, and both the LN and anime are my absolute #1 favorites in their respective mediums.

There’s one plot point you wouldn’t think was anything more than just some tasteful background, but like 14 volumes later it screws over the main character

I personally think 2 things that mushoku tensei did right or you can say it caught 1) World building and i dont need to say a lot about that 2) Family and relationships issues and causes- let me explain how. See this 1 thing that mushoku tensei grasp very strongly is our/viewers/humans tendency to always peak into someone else's life. We want to family issues or relationship issues of other persons. And that it has a lot. Re zero is amazing without a doubt but people could connect it to personal level. Even orsted has his own personal issues despite all other larger than life things.

finished reading the LN recently gotta say its amazing and i know what you mean by the anticlimatic scenes around the end but i think their good as well because the way the writer pulls them of still leaves it satisfying and good by using it as a chance for character development especially the orsted vs kalmann III and pax death

I was hooked in the first 6 episodes. I watched them over and over, no other Isekai starts this way, the wholesomeness of Zenith, combined by the comic relief of Rudeus the maid and his childhood friend Sylphie. Really brought the series to life for me, his development with Roxy also left an impact on me, the only thing I can compare it too was my relationship with my Aunt (minus all the perversion), as a kid she was the only maternal figure I could rely on, she taught me so much and offered me words of encouragement when I was down. Every time she came to visit my heart was filled with joy, those first few episodes reminded me of that, so maybe I'm a little biased based on my personal experiences.

I wish you did reviews like this frequently, I love your voice and your humour :) it's perfect for reviews

Forever will label this one of the greatest anime ever made and so excited when the next season premieres.

I don't understand why people say "the best of isekai" when it's honestly one of the best anime in general ! It has in-depth characters on par with Steins Gate, Sangatsu no Lion, and Code Geass. It's world building is the best I've seen in anime/novel/manga. And the ending is as fulfilling and warming as Clannad After Story and A Silent Voice. I would say my favorite anime is Clannad, but MT stands up there in my top 3 stories in weeb culture, alongside Steins Gate

Love the XIV ost in the back great video

I have read up to volume 17 of the light novels and continued on to the end of the web novels. I hope that when the light novel and anime get to it, they include the redundancy stuff before the finale or release them as an extra light novel and OVA, respectively.

Hope that the second season keeps with the qualitie, that is a lot of things that im anxious to see it in screen

I know what you mean by things being underexplained or anticlimactic. I felt the same way when reading it, but although it's anticlimactic it's just funny when looked at through another lense. Orsted is hard to get a read on but I'm pretty sure he knew what would happen once he saw Rudy wearing that ring. He just didn't explain it, possibly because it wouldn't have worked as well otherwise.

i come back and watch this every couple months cause i just want to hear someone say nice things about my fav story

5:25 " Post Masterpiece Depression" Same here 😭Just from watching ss1 and hearing about some spoilers alone, nowadays whenever I see any show, my brain just automatically goes to "yeah, this is good, but if it was Rifujin (MT's author) that wrote this, it would have been wayyy better". Suddenly, every show sucks and I realize how little character developments there are in most shows

I completely agree with you. This has to be the best single WN/LN I have ever read. Truly an endless masterpiece

I think the LN maybe give more explanation to the ending tho, if you already read some of spinoff and after story. I just hope the LN have a more chapter for the conclusion especially later on Volume 26 LN

That was a fantastic review! I give the review 10 out of 10!

The ending of mushoku with rudeus made me question my mortality, like will I even be able to live like that or accomplish anything and will I be able to die with no regrets? (probably not cause I'm over here watching anime instead of doing anything productive)

Did anybody stop to think was that the truck that was taking the garbage out of his room? So he is the instrument of his own isekai truck

Underrated channel

It was too good. It's otherworldly exceptional. Great characters development, Characters dynamic, and most importantly the Bed Fights :)))

I never expected that Goldenglow theme coming

It's like i my self is living the life cuz in every isekai they have an already well developed character but rudeus he shows that how to not do mistakes and how to overcome them

wait wtf 4:54 how did i not notice this is this just me or is the lina that cat girl and peruna or some shi the dog girl from the magic school arc thing wtfff

Listening to the anime music and ost while reading the LN...... Aahhh peace

the best shi* I've ever read and still remember to this day even tho I read em like 4 or 5 years ago was vol 16 of mushoku. Where rudeus read a certain diary. That was the best arc ever. This was like the turning point of our MC finally, finally took things very seriously. I really want the alternative story to be written by the author based on vol 16 (if you know what I mean). If it exist, it'll prob gonna be another masterpiece. Tho more violent.

I know it has some good narratives and themes, but, from its concept, I don't care about any of that. All the good things in the story lose meaning because use the escapism of "isekai" and the "wish" for better given conditions (e.g. appearance, innate potencial, social background, family relationships, communication skills, etc) to enacte a false redemption story. False, because the protagonist doesn't make the innitial effort to change for the better, is just put in a conditional were he can naturally be better. Even if he later make an effort, the most difficult part, the innitial step was already granted for free. In contrast with other animes that just want to tell simple stories (which is the majority), of course it looks like something "mature", but just make a comparison with other media that want to have a deeper meaning, and you would see this anime is nothing out of the ordinary. And even then, the fact that the author end up giving the protagonista the classic "harem ending" make everything even more hypocritical that just giving the "harem ending" to the generic anime; because at least those animes didn't camouflaged their basic narrative.

Man... This series didn't had to be this GOATED honestly. I read it with some night I almost didn't slept lol

I wanna read the light novel cause I can’t wait for the next season

I really don't like reading without anything else. I sometimes have to put music so I have th patience to read. This is why I normally watch anime and once in a while I read manga, never ever touching the light novels. This is the single anime that made me actually want to see both Manga and Light Novel. I can safely say it was fucking worth it, no other anime made me want to check their TLDR, but hey, here I am interested in the Light Novel of Mushoku Tensei.

Mushoku Tensei did the impossible for me, it got me to pick up a light novel for the first time after strictly reading just manga for years!

5:30 man ik the feeling its so bad i got that post masterpiece depression after watching HxH and mushoku tensei, but witn HxH it hit me so fucking hard that cried a little the day after i finished it then proceeded to re watching HxH all over again xD

I started reading it after almost 2 years for wanting to read it, and I don't regret reading it from the scratch.

ty for the Nice Music every time i hear something from FFXIV I get goosebumps but srsly Nice video was great ty for sharing your feeling about it and the same for me it's 10/10 i Just finish it 3 week ago and still in this hole XDDD

Well, what I believe makes Mushoku Tensei so great, is its properly planned-out story. It's like you said, everything that is explored or given at least some focus in the story, has a purpose to play in it, even if it takes some time for the reader to understand what it is. This is the opposite of what most other isekai do, which just make up stuff on the spot and never actually think about proper setups and payoffs in their story. If their stories happen to be successful they then run into considerable problems, because their worldbuilding was never really thought through and they just end up making up a bunch of sometimes contradictory worldbuilding elements, retconning some stuff in the process. Classical examples of this would be after the defeat of the "unbeatably powerful" villain, a new even more "unbeatably powerful" villain shows up, who for some reason has never been mentioned up this point. In contrast, in Mushoku Tensei the 7 Great World Powers are introduced very early, effectively eliminating the possibility for the author to just endlessly add new more powerful characters, which would only ruin the established worldbuilding.

Some minor and one significant spoiler below. I loved how all the characters slowly changed throughout the story. Rudeus goes from a disgusting excuse for a human being to a respectable man who can draw 5000 people to his funeral. Eris learns how to calm down and becomes a competent Sword God Style teacher. Sylphy gains her own identity and learns to stand on her own without support from anyone. And Roxy learns humility and becomes a genuinely good teacher. Of course that is not to mention all the side characters and how they change. Perhaps the biggest change of all is Orsted and how he changes from someone who needs to do everything by himself to someone who leans on his comrades and friends. And there is also the fact that Rudeus is like stupidly overpowered by normal standards, yet when faced against any of the 7 great world powers, or even just someone at Saint rank or higher in swordsmanship, he suddenly looks weak by comparison and needs support from his allies to survive, much less win.

Mushoku Tensei is a perfect example of how you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. I remember listening to Comics Perch(a great channel), and he was doing a retrospective on Scott Pilgrim. He was talking with his guest about how nowadays, many webcomics are looked down upon because they often recycle a lot of tropes and don't do them well. Perch remarked how reading Scott Pilgrim reminded him of why those tropes got famous in the first place and appreciated how well they were crafted. Mushoku Tensei was the progenitor that inspired a lot of modern Isekai, like Slime, Re; Zero. But ultimately, Mushoku Tensei handles those elements really well. For example, Rudy isn't perfect. He's got serious issues and flaws which the series actively showcases why they are bad(no, you're not a bad person for liking Rudy. He's fictional). But the series also showcases how Rudy manages to slowly change. That his prior life was that, prior. He can change and become someone else. It's a textbook example of a second chance series(which are very rare in real life), and it is leveraged excellently. Plus, the series has an excellent supporting cast and fully fleshed-out world. In short, it's a series that I argue shows the best of Isekai, much like Now and then, here and there, Escaflowne, Twelve Kingdoms, etc. and the older Isekai that existed. Where the characters are at the forefront and also it leverages the concept of a world by making it believable, with races, creatures, languages etc. In short, it's pretty close to being a masterpiece, if the series can keep up the quality.

Bruhh that persona 3 soundtrack came outta nowhere 😢

on Vol 22 of LN, I agree it is a masterpiece

Bro I'm still in my depression state. As a light novel reader, I patiently wait a few months to get the novels to read and each time after reading a volume, I go online looking for a novel which is as good but never compare to mushoku tensei in the slightest. I wish I could unread it so I could experience it all over again. Mushoku tensei is one of the greatest pieces of literature period. I might be exaggerating but if u just take time to unpack the series I think it can rank really high.

I'm a failry casual anime watcher , watched mostly all of the big hits since DBZ was still airing watch some strange anime aswell but as far as media goes i always preferred western shows and I can honestly without a shadow of doubt say Mushoku Tensei is of my favorites , it does soooo many things right .

There is one, not a gun, but a tactical nuke that was never used. Like in Naruto if Madara was hyped the entire series and he didn't show up.

mushoku tensei is no doubt a masterpiece and my one and only fav isekai, the development of the character are stunning.

Another really great series that's similar to this is the beginning after the end

You'd think that the dorudia's punishment would be harder on rudeus considering the cause of his past trauma

Ya I did the audio books

Light novel story was great. Also ‘Ascendence of a Bookworm’. If you like Mushoku Tensei: read that too.

I wonder if you'd like the bookworm series.

The mushoku tensei slander makes me sad man, its easily one of my favorite stories I have read

Have you read the extra volume? If not, I highly recommend it.

I'm always an anime only, but this is the first time i've ever decided to pick up the light novel, because the story is that amazing.

Where can i read it and when should i start from (after depression magician arc)

I had post masterpiece depressed after finishing mushoku tensei to. And after catching up with one piece

I read the slime one and mushoku tensei's light novel, but it's still on the "probably" side for me If I'd say it's better on the worldbuilding side of things.

weak is taking it a bit far when you compare him to the strongest being in his world but yeah, he grows a lot (mentally and and strength-wise) while growing up and is not instantly op like in generic Isekais

From the Isekai I've seen so far, mushoku tensei feels like the one true isekai. Not to say the others aren't but it feels like it really shows the potential of what isekai can be. A story about second chances, about making the best of those second chances and fucking it up sometimes. I think this is where the true theme of this genre lies. Not in the power trip fantasy or the lesson of friends being the real tresure. Those have places in other fiction too, but isekai seems to be the only fantasy genre where you can truly take a character who hasn't had a good run in our world, and make himself better through the hindsight of a shitty life.

This is the besr thing i've ever seen and the first thing i've been thinking about reading

I was really liking it but I got caught up on volume 13. I can’t find the motivation to continue after seeing the route the romance is taking. I would love to continue but I just cant get on board with that. Honestly I’d prefer it if there was no romance at all. How do you feel about that part of the story?

mushoku greatness

btw i have no idea if you did this on propose or not but come of the clips were perfectly placed! Spoiler: Examples : talking about the something being pointless and then chowing a clip leo xd!

Hunter and Mushoku Tensei as 10/10? Hunter×Hunter has been one of my favorites when I found it around 10 years ago. The only longer anime I watched twice. And I just finished the MT novels a few days ago, and it's just one of the best.

I'm only caught up with the English light novel releases. I've avoided the web novels because I hear the fan translations are bad.

I find it difficult to articulate what makes Mushoku Tensei so good, so transformational, especially to people who made up minds on their first impression of the series. It's rat rod of a series that somehow never loses steam.

after I read it I suddenly wanted to bcome a novelist

Well, at least he played Guilty Gear and was a Dizzy Main.

Bro plzzzz reply 😭😭 I just completed anime and I want to know the rest of the story sooo badly . Should I read WN,LN,or manga and what is the difference plzzzz tell me broooo 😭😭

This video is somewhat old and you said you didnt like to read, but i highly recommend you read, 3 other isekais. 1 of which you know and two others you might not know. Re:zero Lord of the mysteries Omniscient readers viewpoint

Remember, Reudeus is just a main/side character for that world

I've read everything from Mushoku Tensei, and now I don't know what else I can read. Please help me with a recommendation.

Should I read the web novel or wait for the light novels to be finished? What are the differences essentially?

post masterpiece depression is spot on for this show

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Rudeus Greyrat is disabled for life because he can't use magic around his body, like pretty much everyone in his new world does without realizing it.

6:28 what site did you read it from ?

Man I have only 3 books left bruhhhhhh I think I have 3, I'm on vol 21

And don't forget to read - Mushoku tensei redundancy - Mushoku tensei dragon's tale - Mushoku Tensei jobless oblige (Rudy's son story)

For a second i thought i clicked on a Scamboli video

After watching mushoku every anime that i watched felt generic like i just feel bad for people saying slime was better than mushoku in crunchy roll even gigguk loved this show it just shows how good it was Yeah the fan service was a little annoying but it was needed to fulfil Rudeus character how he wants to be a better person and we can see that as the story goes on and the fan service becomes less

what website is that at 6:25?

It will contain spoilers wn I agree that it's web novel feel's a little bit slow paced but i think that is what the writter was going for, i think the slow slice of life pacing of mushoku tensei was intentional because rudy main goal was to live a normal life. By the way what were the scene that you feel was anticlimactic, and what do you think about mushoku tensei ending

Brooooooo when i finished mt i started watching overlord but i kept thinking abt mt and thatd actually a bad thing lmao cause everything looked mid to me when it wasnt cause the anime is good i was just to spoiled bc of mt

Mushoku tensei is pure Kino. I read the whole thing over 2months. It's currently my second favourite work of fiction

Reading ln rn just reached turning point 3

there will be a sequel so no need to get depressed

I feel u, i need another masterpiece after i finished “The beginning after the end” to fill the hole in my soul. Thats why im here.

Ngl this is the only or one of the only good isekais