Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu

Despite being bullied, scorned, and oppressed all of his life, a 34-year-old shut-in still found the resolve to attempt something heroic—only for it to end in a tragic accident. But in a twist of fate, he awakens in another world as Rudeus Greyrat, starting life again as a baby born to two loving parents.

Preserving his memories and knowledge from his previous life, Rudeus quickly adapts to his new environment. With the mind of a grown adult, he starts to display magical talent that exceeds all expectations, honing his skill with the help of a mage named Roxy Migurdia. Rudeus learns swordplay from his father, Paul, and meets Sylphiette, a girl his age who quickly becomes his closest friend.

As Rudeus' second chance at life begins, he tries to make the most of his new opportunity while conquering his traumatic past. And perhaps, one day, he may find the one thing he could not find in his old world—love.

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Greyrat, Rudeus Main

Uchiyama, Yumi Japanese

Migurdia, Roxy Main

Kohara, Konomi Japanese

Greyrat, Eris Boreas Main

Kakuma, Ai Japanese

Sylphiette Main

Kayano, Ai Japanese

Superdia, Ruijerd Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Orsted Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Dedoldia, Ghislaine Supporting

Toyoguchi, Megumi Japanese

Greyrat, Paul Supporting

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Greyrat, Zenith Supporting

Kanemoto, Hisako Japanese

Greyrat, Aisha Supporting

Takada, Yuuki Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Yamanaka, Takahiro Producer

Oosuga, Shouji Producer

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Nov 21, 2024

tramontina

Recommended

I don't watch much of isekai. This, however, is a truly masterpiece. It has the refreshing story that deviates from the cliche story line of others. The story is really good with quite a fast tempo. The high fantasy world is just nice, not too corny and the class structure is well explained.

Some people gave bad reviews because they do not like the "immoral" behavior of the protagonist. They think this anime should not be recommended because it shows a boy with a 40-year old memory from previous life is having sex with a 15 year-old girl in medieval era and that is gross. The ... same people probably recommended anime that involve killing human, satan worshiping and killing one own parent, and these are okay to them.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Sep 14, 2024

Azeyun

Mixed Feelings

The best part of Mushoku is its degeneracy. Let’s atleast be honest with ourselves here. Mushoku wouldn’t be this popular if it wasn’t as shamelessly self-indulgent as it is. Even I, a deviant of the highest caliber, one who can almost call Rudeus my equal, felt inspired. I revere Mushoku for its honesty. Its disregard for vain and illusory confines is key to its ascendency. It’s one man’s vision reigning supreme; his perverse fantasy stands alone. Let the moralists sneer! Or as I delineate them: Liars. Oh those self-deceivers! – those tartuffes, who masquerade as moral. Don’t let their vanity fool you, dear reader; to ... delight in Mushoku’s deviancy is a marker of good taste and of an impeccable conscience.

Anyway, apart from its titillating comedy and the occasional decent action scene, Mushoku is quite mediocre. There isn’t much to say; it executes the isekai genre completely straight and does all the trite tropes to an acceptable level of quality. It’s fine. But there is a but.

My problem is that Mushoku is too honest, even for me. And I’m not talking about lusting after lolis, or – for those of finer taste – all the gropey, rapey stuff. When I say honesty, I think of Mushoku’s appeal as akin to a VN/eroge: You know very well that you’re going to die alone, so you boot up that 2000’s bishōjo game for the 10th time and replay your beloved waifu’s route to pacify yourself – it’s this level of honesty is what I’m talking about. It’s precisely what Mushoku is but for isekai.

The entire show is a revenge power fantasy that’s been turned up to 11. It's genuinely sad to watch. With no tongue in cheek, it's unironically going "if only I was born in a different world... then everything would've gone my way!" Full blast on its cope. The main character gets fellated by everything and everyone all the time. It never stops.

The author expects me to believe that suddenly this 30 year old hikikomori can now navigate the world and is superior to all the other characters, all because he was born with better circumstances. It has this nasty undercurrent of spiteful arrogance for the world. There was a scene where Rudeus condescendingly lectured his new father on being better. It was here where I initially dropped it. The author seems oblivious to the fact that the protagonist is supposed to be a complete failure at life, and not suddenly a person who’s in a position above others. There’s no room for actual character development in a way that’s believable. It’s screaming “If I was born better… If my circumstances were better! It’s all the world's fault… I’m going to have it my way…” It’s taking this sad, juvenile, and resentful view of the world and affirming it. It’s disconcerting to say the least.

Compare this to Konosuba: NEET hikikomori gets isekai’d, but he’s still a complete shitter in the next world. It’s hilarious and it does isekai correctly – if there was a way to do it correctly. There’s a distinct difference in attitude between the two: Konosuba has a lack of hatred for life. It doesn’t cry about unfair circumstances or blames the world; one never gets the sense that it's shaking its fist at God for all its problems.

But Mushoku? Rudeus quite literally sneers at God and holds him in disdain for the problems in his previous life. (Note: I’m not talking about God in a religious sense; I do not care for that. I’m talking about a life-affirming/denying – hatred for existence sort of sense.) This would be fine IF it was just Rudeus’ specific character flaws, and many will proclaim that it is; however, I argue that Mushoku does a piss-poor attempt at exploring that, and really is just the author’s whiney diatribe about existence. I can’t help but feel that I’m watching a toddler throw a temper tantrum because reality slighted his fragile ego. The author ended up writing the most self-gratifying and self-aggrandizing fanfiction to date.

Weirdly enough, I don’t recommend against Mushoku. The ecchi-comedy is fun, to those with taste, of course, and it has some good action too. It’s just the cope though; it needs to lighten up. Take notes from Konosuba or that slime isekai.

Bye bye!

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Nov 5, 2024

Flame11011

Not Recommended

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Mushoku tensei, or Diddy tensei. Is the worst annime ever idk why anyone can’t see it just glorifies pedophilia, grooming and misogyny. And if anyone says he has a redemption arc you’re all wrong no one should ever be redeemed of pedophilia and he still groomed minors. Remember this is a 40 year old man in the body of a child having sex and grooming 15/16 year olds. All I can give this anime credit is the world building and animation are very good but this should not be a top anime what so ever. The story is alright, the writing is pretty bad. (Too ... much pedophilia)

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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