I don't get the hate.
It's not that I didn't try to understand it, I just don't get why people hate it so much when their is so much to love about this show.
Mushoku Tensei or I will seriously try if I go to another world is what you expect from a show that is called by some fans "The father of isekai genre".
It follows the story of a guy who died from truck accident and got reincarnated to another world. It's typical isekai. But what elevates it is the beautiful art work and animation, amazing world building and incredible details put into the world
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by a talented staff.
With all this going for it why would someone hate the show? Let me start by that first.
A flawed character. Rudeus our protagonist has had a tough life or rather a scummy life in the other world. He was a pervert, a scum and didn't care about other peoples feelings. The way the show introduces him is almost like the author wanted you to not like him. Even hate him. He got exactly what he intended. Rudeus is not supposed to a relatable main character and was not meant to be. He was a 36 year old man with nothing going on in his life who get's thrown out of his house and get's his by a truck. All what he deserved.
Then he get's born in another world to Paul and Zenith as his parents. He makes a promise that he will try this time. Try for real to become a better person than he was in his previous life. Now here is where the problem starts. As a 36 year old scum is in a newborns body, people watching the show expected him to change instantly to a better person. Not really how it works. Rudeus is flawed in many ways even after he is reincarnated and the show never stops telling you that. His past life is not thrown away like most isekai protagonist. Jobless Reincarnation is a story about redemption and Rudeus getting over the traumatic experiences of his past which led him to become the way he was. The show deals with his previous experiences like bullying, depression and the trauma you go through because of that.
Rudeus is not a hero and never will be. He has good and bad qualities like any person but the problem is people see his bad qualities more than the good ones. It's completely opposite to me. I'm talking about the time AFTER he got reincarnated because before he really was a scum. Rudeus this time really wants to try and I admire that. He wants to change and do something good with the second chance he got. He tries hard no matter what happens. He cares about others and when helps people. He tries hard to overcome his fear and when he does you can't help but cheer for him. With that I would like to end it about Rudeus and get to the actual review about the show.
The story takes place in a beautiful world with it's own magic system and creatures. It's awesome and it shows that the author has put some thought into it and it's easily better than most of the isekais we see and even many fantasy anime in general. There is so much lore here with the backgrounds and histories about the different creatures that live here to the environments and the structure of society that you can't help and be amazed by it. You get introduced to all these aspects episode by episode and it never feels out of place or too forced and just fits.
Special mention to the incredible animation staff at the newly formed Studio Bind who added to the show by adding elements and detailed from out world and real life to the show so beautifully to really elevate the beauty of this world to another level.
The magic system works like any magic system. You might have been lucky and have good genetics to learn faster and much more than others in a short amount of time if you put some work into it. The show does give some benefit to the main character as he can learn quicker due to him being a grown man in a childs body but not too much because he is nowhere near the most powerful character even in his hometown. He has to train and work towards it. Something that I don't like here is that the progression of the main character happens really fast and even though it is cool to see him learn new spells we don't really feel a lot of satisfaction as it all happens too fast instead of gradual progression something the novel does better.
And another thing now is the characters which I am not a fan of. The only one I like so far is Roxy who is not even that of a great character. They all seem weak and not well written enough, especially the female characters. The male characters like Paul and Ruijerd have some personality and some backstory to them to make them more engaging. And as much as I talked about Rudeus him acting perverted does feel extremely forced at times. Even if the author intended those scenes to be seen as comical they still made me uncomfortable at times. Coming back to Paul and Zenith, I don't like the portrayal of their marriage. I get how Paul is supposed to be like this but he just feels like and asshole and the show tries too hard sometimes to make him look like the good guy.
The story is progresses a little slow until the last few episodes but it never feel like nothing is happening and there is always some action going on or the magic system, the character development and the world building takes the center stage in the story and it's always entertaining. Not many dull moments I can think about except for some unnecessary fanservice of both male and female characters and some extremely unnecessary implied sex scenes which are impossible to take seriously and are sometimes treated as a joke. There are some funny moments here and there which are a hit or miss most of the time.
When Rudeus leaves his hometown we see the actual worldbuilding and story which the show has to offer. The story progresses faster and we introduced to the structure of the world. Sometimes though there are somethings that you question like the idea of Rudeus that he wants to learn new languages without any reason than "he finds them interesting" before you-know-what hits. How convenient. He doesn't just learn these new languages, he learns them really fast which he tells how it's because of his young brain which is just a cheap attempt by the author to convince us that this is not just plot amour. The thing that I do like about different languages is that they exist and are used and yes I know that it should just be normal for another world but it's not in anime and the main character actually have to put some effort to learn it rather than him just being able to speak it by default.
Now to wrap thing up.
I would say that that Mushoku Tensei is a traditional isekai at the genres best. It is a fantasy which uses the isekai troupes at their best level and elevates them by a good story surrounding a big cast, amazing world building and good character development. You can watch it as an introduction to this genre or even if you are bored with all the same isekai with no effort put into them that we get nowadays. It's memorable and a good experience and very enjoyable as it progresses with some issues. Truly the father of isekai.
Mar 21, 2021
I don't get the hate.
It's not that I didn't try to understand it, I just don't get why people hate it so much when their is so much to love about this show. Mushoku Tensei or I will seriously try if I go to another world is what you expect from a show that is called by some fans "The father of isekai genre". It follows the story of a guy who died from truck accident and got reincarnated to another world. It's typical isekai. But what elevates it is the beautiful art work and animation, amazing world building and incredible details put into the world ... |
