Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Episode 1 Discussion

The grandfather of Isekai, Mushoku Tensei is back after a 1.5 year wait for Season 2 since Fall 2021! A split 2-cour anime, let them cook. For now, it's the continuation with Volume 7 of the LN: the Depressed Magician arc!

The night that starts with Rudeus's lonesome journey to find his mother Zenith after he got abandoned by Eris going on her own journey, it's a tough pill to swallow. Archers Suzanne and Sara (who in a lot of ways, is like past Eris) asking him on that journey, it's a treacherous path ahead up the Northern Continent.

With the trio separating ways after arrival, the depressed magician is on his own again, his feeling of wanting Eris after the sobering heartbreak, but he has to move on. With the momentary hesitation of the disbandment of his Dead End party with himself, Eris and Ruijerd, he takes on adventurer quests solo, though feeling the aftereffects of his health. His only way is to team up with both archers who are also new to the Northern Continent, having formed their own party, but allowing him out of wallowing pity, And with Rudeus being a mage, his role in sub-leader Suzanne and middle guard Saya's party of Counter Arrow will be temporary, despite Sara not being approving of his last-minute inclusion. But this is not the Kingdom of Asura, and Sara can't afford to be selfish anymore, so she has to get used to people coming and going in and out of the party.

Targeting the night vision-less luster grizzlies, Rudeus serves as a vanguard to notice monsters from afar, while the rest will support from thereon. Timothy apologizing to Rudeus on Sara's behalf, it's clear that the teleporation is part of the issue. With that, Counter Arrow initiates the attack on the luster grizzlies, though Rudeus starts to notice something different about the grizzlies, which are mud types that start to surround them by the count with the normal luster ones. Rudeus, having enough, poses for his death while the rest play support, he doesn't understand why, but this reminds him of his time with Dead End, and takes action on the thrill of the adventuring to pose his massive power once again.

With that, the grizzlies are harvested for their skin the next morning, then burnt alive. Suzanne being grateful to Rudeus, he feels the same, and like it or not, Sara also gives him her thanks. The hide brought back as a means to treat everyone for finishing their first job, as a means to welcome both Counter Arrow and Rudeus himself, it's a joy everlasting. And that sets the resolution for Rudeus: despite Roxy's holy relic panties being his point of sanity, remembering how she took him out for the first time, those lessons back then, are valuable now. Rudeus has not lost everything yet, and as much as he remembers his journey in Season 1, he can't mope around anymore, and the burning of Eris's hair, signifies a new meaning of life for him.

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