aaaaaannnnd.... Crunchyroll somehow misunderstood the maturity of Mushoku Tensei, hence, excluding it from AOTY.

Correction on the sex scene on Episode 21, in Eris's Mind she definitely want to be with Rudy and is Gung ho with having a Family, but during the Sex she realizes how small Rudeus Hands are and is ironically in her Mind an forcing an Adult(Eris who just turned 15) to have Sex with a Child(Rudeus who is at the time 13) she felt Disgusted with herself(as she should) and then decides to leave to become the person who can protect Rudeus and is worthy to have his Child.

To expand on this. LN cut context. Eris had become so insecure after the orsted incident and finding out about her family that she had intended to use sex as a surefire way to keep Rudeus with her. It was actually her mom who has pushed her to Rudeus on his 10th birthday (which we don't find out until this Eris's interlude. Before it was very much implied that it was her dad's scheme), telling Eris that if she sleeps with him he will definitely not leave her. But like you said, during the act she realized how small he really was and how wrong it was to be so utterly dependent on someone who is still a child. She felt terrible that she would become his chains, prompting the separation.

The video is underrated

The video is underrated

Really a awe inspiring scene there with rudys two mothers, its like they share a spirit or somesuch idk its all just so overwhelming and loving .. Impossible to watch without choking up Learning more about irl aspects to it aint making it less so.

If it's based on true story, it would mean he fucked his own cousin.

I prefer that scene over the LN version of just "oh yeah, i still gotta find my family"

@@littlegamer2112 I know, when he suddenly says "Oh, I have to find zenith" it was kinda empty, like no feeling at all. In the anime they really emphasized Zenith as the reason he tried to stand up and walk again.

@@Brianworldwide_7 I mean, the man is incredibly depressed at that time. Of course it's gonna feel empty. He didn't choose that goal in any right state of mind. And considering he essentially had a deathwish in episode 1 of the new season, and people fighting their damndest to survive was what broke him out of it.

Was waiting for a fellow person of culture to notice. 🙏

It really does fit his character

I agree with you 💯👍

The Greyrat bloodline is a prominent old noble family of the Asura Kingdom divided into 4 Noble Houses, Notos, Boreas, Euros, Zephyrus, and many branch families. Their bloodline can be traced back to the Asura Kingdom's royal family. Notos, which Paul came from and Rudy too; Boreas which Philip and Eris came from; the remaining 2 branches are Euros and Zephyrus. They have common ancestry, but they are so far removed that it barely counts as incest.

Why ? It doesn't matter, objectively. Gotta learn to get over your programming, man haha

@@Yuel402 here we have massive amount of copium being huffed. Now please explain why it's okay for a 44 year old to groom the underage girls? Would love to hear what stupid shit an unwashed weeb can come up with

there is a group of Twitter snowflakes, who are convinced that Rudeus is a pedo ,because they still see him as a 40 year old, those people are also ignoring that Rudeus mentality also reseted in his new body (despite his memories he still behaves more or less like a child) and that he only shows interest in those who are close to his physical age and above

Ps. I've also seen some French viewers complain about this on twitter

Side note, this is off-topic, but i would love to see a story of a cheating wife redeeming herself, becoming a better person ( like Paul) because that would be interesting to see in anime, and it would be interesting to see the reaction of these people lol. I feel like they would be more harsh on women who cheat than men do 🤣( i say both are equally bad and are piece of garbag and i shame them both depsite people convincing me otherwise)

thats the plot of one arc in the series. sara was 16 and it was to show the reader/viewer how little MC expierienced throughout his life. the plot of the anime is a man who missed out on 90% of life and gets a second chance.

@@devilsgrasp5561 and that doesn't excuse the intentional choice made to tell that story through him being a pedophile. There are countless better ways to portray that arc than pedo with erectile disfunction. Please for the love of God stop acting like pedophilia is acceptable or at least be honest and admit your a child toucher. Then at least people can keep their youngins safe

@@AshamedofmypastWatch One Piece or something

@@Ashamedofmypast I wonder if there are better ways. Nobody acts like pedophilia is acceptable, but children are sexual beings. Children tend to spend time with children. Eh, do I really have to paint this picture? This is one of the central pillars of the story. It all ties together to create something unique. You should look in the mirror, my guy. What do you see? A hero? Are you a protector of the innocent, or are you their true lord? Greater than Jesus? Would you have us all in your righteous fury? Are you an avatar? Are you any different from Rudeus? In the end, I might even agree that Mushoku Tensei does more harm than good. Yet, here we are.

@@BrickDaniels-qu7bz there is no fury. In all honesty the argument is almost entirely inemotive. Merely aware and accepting of the obvious issues cause thing is, "Eh, do I really have to paint this picture?", children tend to spend time with each other yet Rudy is not a child. He's an adult behind a mask. Least for the opening parts of the narrative that also happens to be when the children in question are at their youngest and most naive. By all mean continue to question my character, insinuate egotism or a god/hero complex on my behalf. I won't make any such assumptions about you as it doesn't really matter on way or the other. The truth remains truth after all.

@@HienPham-ow5ky That would honestly be a cool subplot to just go through Paul's story but I'm sure we'll get more of his arc in later seasons of the anime.

First of all, holy crap thats a feature on youtube now?? Second, HOLY CRAP thats messed up ngl

I believe there is more to the story than just those plot points, but it does raise a few eyebrows. I'd prefer to see some more spinoff action. Let us see some ramifications - the world building is strong enough for that. The happy ending could be pulled off, but.... idk about this one. heh heh .. I'll allow it, but I want to see some shit go sideways for all that tomfoolery.

Side note, this is off-topic, but i would love to see a story of a cheating wife redeeming herself, becoming a better person ( like Paul) because that would be interesting to see in anime, and it would be interesting to see the reaction of these people lol. I feel like they would be more harsh on women who cheat than men do 🤣( i say both are equally bad and are piece of garbag and i shame them both depsite people convincing me otherwise)

@@HienPham-ow5ky mate this is EXTREMELY off topic 😂. That would be interesting tho

@@static8062 👍

This is off-topic,but I have an interesting idea for a story i'm currently writting that feature love triangle, here the premise: A falls in love with B but then a event in the story happens where A is presumed dead by B and A is put into a coma for 1 month. 1 month after A is presumed dead and in a coma, B now has a relationship with C but due to B still holding feelings for A, the relationship with B and C continues to be stressed as both are trying to have a romance but B is too attached to the memory of A and C is becoming detached from B because of it which results in C finally deciding to break up with B, who is now rendered alone and heartbroken a second time. A few days later, C comes across a awakened but amnesiac A and not knowing what A visually looked like to B, C assumes this person is just as amnesiac stranger and for the next month the A and C work together and develop a romance despite C still being attached to the memory of B and A wanting to regain their memory. Eventually, something triggers A 's memory and they begin to remember who they are and their relationship with B but now A is conflicted because of their relationship with C and don't know what to do. Around the same time, C is beginning to yearn for returning to their home and rekindle a romance with C but doesn't want to break off their relationship with A and is also conflicted. A finally decides to confess to C who they really are and that they intend to return home and rekindle their past love which shocks C who is now dealing with the revelation that that their new partner is the old fling of B while A is shocked to find out B is the old fling of A. B also confesses to A they have been yearning to return home to B as well but theorizes that B will only accept one of them back and tells A to go it alone as B never loved C because B never let go of her relationship to A. A saddened by this, bids C farewell and returns home to B who is overjoyed to see A alive and the two attempt to continue their relationship again for the next month. But A and B both struggle to settle back into a romance because both A and B miss C but do not tell each other this because they are also trying to commit to each other. But eventually B confesses to A that B misses C and wants to reconnect and A reveals to B they also have been thinking the same. B proposes that both A and B seek out C and pursue a polyamorous relationship between the three if C takes them both back. A agrees with this and A and B seek out C and confess their love to C to which C reciprocates their love back to the two and all 3 agree to have a romance with each other. Does this sound like a compelling love triangle?

@@HienPham-ow5ky Like I said there is some in story like that but there is reason why she does what she does. Not like Paul

Lmao TRUE 🤣

Lmao🤣

Still mature, the perpetrator's upbringing by the mom was the reason all that happened. Author said he's gonna re-write it though while the end result is the same, maybe the ages will change which could make it less weird.

LOL, very " mature"🤣

Lmao haha🤣

You don't know.

Guy does not know what maturity looks like

@@iancorder6133 That's what I'm saying.

FINALLY someone with a functioning brain. These commenters are disgusting with how they refuse to acknowledge the sexualization of children and even praise the author for putting this vile stuff in there all because they wish they could fuck 15 year olds too. Absolutely horrific

Some of it was actually necessary in order to give such an impact on the character development, but you can also argue that every anime has way too many details that add nothing to their respective plots depending on how deep you wanna go. I do agree that the *focus* on ecchi and perverted scenes were a bit overdone mostly for fanservice, eliminating it altogether would have cheapened the story.

I won't say that if you reach the ending of this story. Ending really connect with pervert moment.

@@baonguyenxuanthai711 thank you for expanding my points!

The point is that these flaws aren't ignored, not at all. They matter, in particular to Rudeus himself. I can't remember how explicit the anime was on the topic, but in the LN the disgust Rudeus feels towards himself when he touches Eris at the birthday is bit and important. This isn't to say that there aren't moments I felt gross about It, and everyone is entitled to put their own limits on what they want from their entertainment, but this cannot become a reason to give critical analysis. You may not like it, but that's personal. My not liking a certain sport (allow me the stupid comparison) shouldn't become a meter to evaluate a story speaking about players of that sport. The fact that Rudeus is a scumbag is the entire point of the story. It's about facing his deepest points and trying to change. He was a man at the bottom of everything IRL, to the point that he was HATED by his brothers. People change, but it's not easy and rarely it is cutsy. We do stuff and we regret, we fail to be rational or we fail to understand others, and we grow from it. This is the point of this story. It's ugly and gross. But that's part of human life. The whole age topic also plays into a certain degree of "symbolism" within Rudeus journey itself. It's only at the end of the journey with Eris that he is starting to think more of himself as "Rudeus" and less as "That fat japanese man". He is reaching the Age when he stopped living and became a socially troubled and clearly mentally ill person. That's when his actual "new Life" starts. Again, you are 100% entitled to not like this, but specific details of personal feelings on topics cannot be the reason to evaluate critically something.

@@Hyperversum3 It is a perfectly valid critique of media when it frames a person as morally correct when what they are doing is something they themselves know is morally bankrupt. You cannot go "but that's just personal feelings" on a critique based on moral character. Rudeus being a terrible person and regretting it does not justify it, especially when media exists to propagate ideas, whether intentional or not.

@@NecoLumi But that's the point, where the hell is it framed as "good" for crying out loud. The entire point of many of those scenes is that he feels guilt about It. That's how humans capable of self-critique operate, and many of those are also stupid idiots that can't get their shit together and end up falling for similar errors in the future. Over and over the series Rudeus calls himself out, he is aware of how some of his actions were just BAD, and how he fell for them on his own accord, circumstances were just the "bait" that he willingly took. At a certain point (and when he is already quite ahaed in his evolution into a better person, really this time) he thinks on why Elinalise (Elf lady) hates so much his father and asks her, also saying that his father was extremely sorry about whatever that was and would likely grovel in front of her when they meet. She just answers that he doesn't really want to know the answer and that Paul is a fucking idiot. At this event he reflects that while he is displeased at knowing that his father was garbage in the past, he is still on the road ro help him and "Good for nothing had to look out for each other". This is years after any of his last major fuck ups have happened, after he learned that Eris likely didn't leave him because she was displeased at him, after he married and has learnt to have a child coming and overall having become part of a social group of people that overall are all good people accepting of each major flaws, he still can't think of himself as a valuable person, but he is indeed improving by a lot. The point is, humans are complex. Change takes time, It doesn't happen magically. And nowhere along this he is presented as a good example. NEVER. He is another schmuck in the entire world, who has done good deeds and some bad ones. He needed help to improve and still has a way to go. The entire story is about that. If Art can't represent such stories because people might get bad ideas... Well, this entire discussion was pointless. Some of the best pieces of literature in the world are exactly about such topics, about horrible or questionable people. And this is also true for pop culture. Otherwise, we wouldn't have something like Monster or Chainsawman. And that would be a sad world.

@@NecoLumi The real point is that morality isn't the point here, as the story is exactly about a questionable person who has a very specific background of trauma and that was never exposed to someone or something that could teach such person to handle their anxiety and emotions, who ultimately grew up into an asocial lacking human relationship skills. He is a mighty and Rich asshole using his power to prey on people, he is a victim that never learned some stuff and developed ill behaviours as a result. One of many such "trash" that society (japanese one for sure, and we in the West similarly) like to leave behind because they aren't so interesting or visible. He isn't a "victim" to be pitied, he is just a guy with a past of trauma that now happens to be in a position where he might be the one abusing someone else. How we want to read the rest, if we believe in forgiveness and whatever is the point of the story of him as a person being Reborn. You may hate his guts and dislike his actions to the point of no forgiveness, but that's besides the quality and the actual point of the series as a whole. Personal conditions and critique work differently

I know, right ?🤣

lmao TRUE

ngl this is off-topic, but i want to see a story about a scummy wife who cheats on her husband due to lust but grows past from her mistake and becomes a better person and mother, it would be different from the typical loving mothers we've seen countless times in anime, not that i hate those of course😊

I Love MT for its beautiful visuals and Worldbuilding. But it was missing the x factor for me,something that hit hard/high note,the closes thing was Turning point 2. The characters are mixed bag for me but my main issue is the ecchi stuffi dont mind eris scene,but the constant focus on it like with Roxy figurine episode,panties ,That Bikni girl warrior with paul...etc. I mean just why ? why focus on that when you have such a great world and premise ? Hopefully we have left that behind us in Season 2 i don't mind it here and there but not constantly

FOR REAL. Why aren't more people outspoken about this disgusting garbage?

uh no he's a child. Mental age has nothing to do with it. Disagree? Go assualt a child and "identify" as a kid mentally and see how that far gets you.

@@Alckee6904 the difference is that children dont have a ""mental age"" bro quite literally has a brain of a 35ish year old man and he tries to sleep with a fucking 8 year old oh my lord this is why people hate anime fans

@@strvmpetHis early actions are his worst, but he deals with those age of his new life. Dude lives a full life in this world into his 70s.

he still ends up in a poly relationship with 2 girld he effectively groomed and his teacher@@terencebarnes7393

@@terencebarnes7393 you are correct he uses his younger avatar body to molest young girls yes. His soul/id/internal image is the same fat nerd he was before he was "reincarnated". By the laws of karma he would not have been reborn into a wealthy family as a god like being though. Nor would he retain his id. So much less like a reincarnation and much more like a pedo online hiding behind a falsified account so young girls think he's the same age as them.

world building and the side characters are great. so tunnel visioned

​@@vanilit6532shut up

@@gn1l262 Casual.

Keep going dude. It takes strength to fight addiction.

I'm starting to see their point of view. It's hard to recommend this show sometimes. I sure hope we haven't seen all the best parts yet. I hope they do some spinoffs. Ah. Idk. It's good regardless.

You already know bro, FF9 music just fits perfectly with MT

in the mean time rudeus committed suicide thanks to his compounding ptsd from his last life and the new life. How wonderful would that have been?