Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Season 2, episode 1
Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show.
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At first I was surprised by how much visibly older Rudeus looked, but I think that’s just because I’d forgotten how much Rudeus aged in the final episodes of the prior season. Looking back and comparing them makes me realize how much subtler the change is than I first imagined: S1/C2 poster vs. Now.
Commentary:
- Is it just me, or is that “cinematic” postprocessing effect more intense now? It feels “shakier” than S1 and I was kind of hoping that they would only use it during sidestory episodes…
- This shot is giving me serious deja vu. This has to be a callback to a prior OP/ED, right?
- Oof. Been there, buddy. Time for depression arc
- Oof! Mega depression arc incoming…
- What’s up with the cliche of making panic attacks sound like a flash bang? So weird, but at least Rudeus gets over it quickly through the power of, uh… I hope that’s not hair, but it’s probably hair.
- How all healthy relationships begin. Calling this a “red” flag would be a little too on the nose, huh?
- I totally got baader-meinholf’d when the subleader called their battle plan a “dandoori”. Translator’s note: dandoori means “plan” 😄 – well, according to the Pikmin 4 translation team it’s “[…] the art of organizing your tasks strategically and working with maximum efficiency to execute your plans quickly”. Good word imo
- Sad Rudeus is kind of a buzzkill, isn’t he?
- Yay battle cured his depression and now it’s impact frame time!
- Wouldn’t be an isekai without one of these scenes. I give it 2 more episodes before they’re beloved and cheered upon… or not! I suppose bribery makes for an efficient shortcut.
- omg… it’s worse than I imagined. Why can’t you just be normal, Rudeus?
- Oh, right… yeah kind of forgot that he’s super depressed.
- I know I was against the hair thing, but somehow this now feels like a step backward. Can we go back to the hair thing, please?
It have been a while since I read that volume but I’m still surprised at how good egg and bind are at adaptation,this may be better than the LN itself.
WTH he was touching the panties this whole time???
What are you on about, do you mean Eris’ hair ?
EDIT: wait, is the white thing panties ? I though it was a rag in which he kept her hair.
I regret to inform you that your edit is correct. Rudeus has been huffing Hanes
Ok now that I udnerstand that it recontextualizes everything. He was actually clutching underwear in his pouch to stave off his panic attack… damn I agree with OP now: wtf
The author seemed intent on making it hard to recommend this show -_-Rudeus is a really, really flawed character, and it definitely means that the anime and LN won’t be for everyone, but if you can accept it, there’s a lot there to enjoy. I agree that it makes it difficult to recommend to people.
I’ve read up through volume 19 of the LN, and though I love the series, I’d absolutely prefer if Rudy’s libido were slightly less of a focal point.The flaws in Rudeus’s character are not something that viewers just have to tolerate, they are a very crucial part of the plot. Highlighting the contrast between the characteristics of his current and past self are pretty much the main point of the show.
That poor normal mage out there reading a book every time he wants to cast some weak fireball.
Then Rudeus just casually conjures a fire nuke without saying a word.
But in every discussion about the series there are fans that vehemently argue that Rudeus isn’t an overpowered MC. So, clearly, you must be wrong.
He is op but there still are bigger fish in the sea.
Good episode, I especially loved that circling around scene when Rudeus breaks out of his trance, looked like a trademark MCU scene in a way. As usual, the ED rocked and blended in perfectly.
@ayaya@lemmy.fmhy.ml, please also mention Muse Asia in the Streams list, it’s a licensed free stream on YouTube in many parts of Asia. It only streams 720p video for some reason though, does anybody know why?
I was wondering if he was gonna burn her hair, with how they foreshadowed it by those firefplace shots as he was fiddling them.
Now, how will Sara now treat Rudeus. The same way as Eris would ? Snce they are supposedly so much alike.And little question if anyone knows, is Rudeus in the north to actually find his mother ? Did we see him get any clue related to that in season 1 or… ?
I’m happy the animation is better than episode 0. Really great episode.
