Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

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Political Correctness in Politically Incorrect Manga

There was a comment asking when Rudy would meet Roxy again. Someone replied when he could meet green, blue and red waifus again.
The person who asked was shocked and said, "I thought Rudy was already on an adventure with Eris? Why would they reencounter one another? "
Yeah, that's right. In general, these harems usually only have the sexual chemistry with main character until the MC choose someone to be together or marry at the end. Therefore, they usually accompany the MC and rely on him to be strong.
On the other hand, Mushoku Tensei let waifus improve independently and ... better themselves. For example, Sylphy learned to be independent and no longer relied on Rudy, and then she went to work as a guard for the princess. Roxy was going to improve her water magic and then she would search Rudy's family. Eris was going to train herself to sword skill.
Isekai harem usually have these waifus follow the MC everywhere. Make them have sexual chemistry with the MC. The jealous, sweet or hilarious interactions between the MC and the harems will delight the audience. The harems either accept the protection of the powerful MC, or become even more powerful because of his power or ability. Instead, the female characters in Mushoku Tensei can improve themselves even without Rudy, which is rare in the isekai harem story.
Some people said that Mushoku Tensei is deeply dominated by patriarchy. But I don't think so. The author has been trying to show the autonomy of women in this world.

Sylphy was forced to become independent by Paul's decision and the mana disaster, but becoming the princess's guardian to protect her is Sylphy’s decision, which is why Sylphy always decided to fight for the princess who is her friend.

Roxy went on an adventure and travelled around the world when she was young. She is constantly improving her magical skills and adventuring abilities. She was a well-known adventurer before she met Rudy, and had the remarkable achievement at the Magic Academy. Instead of being discouraged by Rudy's ability to cast magic without chant, Roxy's motivation to leave Rudy and improve her magic skills has been boosted.

Eris is one of the most improved females. She was spoiled child at the beginning and learned math, literacy and manners from Rudy. However, she realized that she is not strong enough to protect her boy and decided to train herself swords skill.

All waifus have left the comfort zone, either passively or actively, and are determined to take on the challenge, and in the end their efforts bear fruit.
This is why Mushoku Tensei is so good. Those dropped Mushoku Tensei immediately because it is an isekai harem. It is a shame that they missed out on a good show.

In painfully brutal honesty, I do not love this manga. Why is it painful? Because Mushoku Tensei is my all-time favorite novel series.

The manga, on the other hand, reads like cliché, half-assed isekai garbage. They've taken the rich storytelling and character development of the source novel, and watered things down so much that I can hardly recognize this series.

The scenes that *should* have brought me to tears lack depth and emotional weight. The characters who *should* have breathed life to my soul are depicted as hollow caricatures. The landscapes, the storytelling, the suspenseful dramatic irony, all of it is lost in translation, and we are ... only left with the manga version of LaCroix.

If this is your first encounter with the Mushoku Tensei series, PLEASE stay away from this manga. Either read the source LN / WN, or watch the anime instead -- which does a much better job of depicting the nuance and emotional weight of the source ... and in some cases even *surpasses* the source!

Well, I really cant bare to read this anymore and I'm incoherently rant about it.
Mushoku Tensei is as basic as it can get when it comes to the premise of it. The more "unique" elements of Mushoku Tensei are very out there(?) because the manga apologetically displays the deplorability of the Rudeus, the main character of a typical isekai with very bland worldbuilding.
I am not one to be disgusted very easily and I can overlook almost anything as long as it has some sort of significance to the story so I will not bash the pedophilic undertones that is being told through the perspective ... of Rudeus himself. Of course I hate the fact that Rudeus himself is a degenerate anime cave dweller that unfairly received a miracle in the form of a second chance in a new world, but I think that we all wished that we could restart and live a better life. And thats why I believe this managa, despite it's sort of boring story, is so highly rated. It is a series (which has a degenerate and pretty nasty audience) that feeds off of relatability for these weirdos. Now I'm not saying that everyone who likes this manga is a weirdo, but i kinda am. Rudeus' very morally questionable ideas and actions are things that he knows aren't good, but does anyway and he still is the same degenerate that he once was. He creates a effort to improve himself as a human being which is admirable, but I get the feeling that those with similar tendencies kind of live through this fantasy of self improvement and abandoning their responsibilities of human being on earth to just start over with a clean slate. That is probably what Mushoku Tensei did best, creating a story in which the audience of anime lovers and degenerates could dream through and fantasize about.
Otherwise, this manga falls short in tons of aspects that it needs to be become actually good. The general premise this story revolves around Rudeus improving himself as a human being in a new world alongside a clean beginning is not executed very well. The habits and internal ideas of Rudeus makes it hard for me to not judge him as a human and I am not on to judge normally as I mostly do not concern myself with how a character is made or done as long as it has some sort of significance in creating a good story. This however, is not a particularly good story at all and throwing the keys to Rudeus as the storyteller leaves a bad taste in my mouth that is hard to wash away with the scenes and developments that are decent in the manga.
Don't even get me started with the fanservice either, it is something I abhor in this manga as there it is so damn unnecessary. It degrades the already 1 dimensional characters ever further and the horrific pace of this manga does not allow me to read a little faster to escape them. The manga depicts these characters so poorly in the sense that they are just good and bad people with no humanity and agency of their own to do actions outside of their alignment. Rudeus is the only character that is sort of complex in character and the other cast is just... there.
The subpar world, plot, and development don't make it any better but I'm not going to get into that. Chapters 65+ are especially horrid and an absolute CHORE to read in every sense of the word; I'm not sure why I even read up until that point either but here I am.
I like the art tho, its good.

At first glance, this manga was okay and had some objectively decent qualities that created an okay first impression. That however went down is a spiraling descent into your typical copy and paste isekai with some unique but NOT good elements. It has essentially been infected with the desire to appease to a gullible and degenerate audience through the use of an almost unbelievable dynamic of relationships between Rudeus and the rest of the one dimensional cast.
I am not blaming Rudeus' nature of being a deplorable human being as the reason to this manga being bad as many others seem to be doing, but the bad execution of a typical but solid premise that was one of the first of its kind.