Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari

[DarthEnderX]

A person on mars though doesn't suddenly go from being a little girl, to being a young adult instantly(also pretty sure humans on Mars would continue to use the Earth calendar ).

Yeah, she physically ages instantly, because magic. But did she also mentally age instantly? Or is that just the way a little kid that's suffered the kind of horrifying trauma that she has acts?

Personally, I'd be uncomfortable lusting after someone that was a little girl last week because some magic nonsense is giving me the green light.

It doesn't help that she's his slave. I realize she willingly requested to become his slave again, and the anime tries to pass that off as sweet, but in reality that would be a huge red flag that she's suffering from some serious mental issues.


MFauli actually mentioned earlier in the thread about what a Black person would think about that scene, and I agree with him.

"Well, I was freed from my slave master, but they were actually pretty nice to me. So as a symbolic gesture, I'd like you to put my shackles back on and give me a few lashes for old time's sake."

[Kraco]

A person on mars though doesn't suddenly go from being a little girl, to being a young adult instantly.

When it happens instantly, shouldn't it remove any shackles of logic? I only mentioned Mars because looking at numbers alone doesn't mean anything. It's possible Raph doesn't get any more mature than this before starting to suffer from old age (we don't even know how long her kind lives, maybe it's only a few decades?).

Personally, I'd be uncomfortable lusting after someone that was a little girl last week because some magic nonsense is giving me the green light.

Then you share the same opinion with Naofumi himself who still considers her a kid and doesn't feel any lust toward her. This causes much annoyance to Raphtalia herself as she would like to get closer to him.

It doesn't help that she's his slave. I realize she willingly requested to become his slave again, and the anime tries to pass that off as sweet, but in reality that would be a huge red flag that she's suffering from some serious mental issues.

I don't quite understand the Japanese obsession with slaves, so I don't have much to say about that. It's like the Japanese feel they didn't yet get their full share of slave ownership during their occupation of Korea and parts of China. Half of isekai series have people, usually women, willingly becoming slaves or at least having no objections whatsoever. It's quite disturbing. However, at the same time it means the whole slavery thing in most isekai (including this one), can't bear any objective evaluation whatsoever.

[Buffalobiian]

Personally, I'd be uncomfortable lusting after someone that was a little girl last week because some magic nonsense is giving me the green light.

@DEX: I read the manga after a few of the earlier episodes. It's quite a bit better than the anime. I can't comment on the novel version. But that's why I can still watch.

Also: Filo.