Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

[MFauli]

S2 Part 2 Episode 12:

It was a nice wrap up .... for a story that's still ongoing!

I really wish they'd have ended the season with SOME teaser for what will pull Rudy out of this massive comfort zone he's created for himself now. There's only one dangerous thing lingering above him rn, which is Hitogami's "you'll regret going there". Which I would have attributed to Paul dying, but Rudy himself said in this episode that that was sadness, not regret. And then the episode ends on "I want to live a live that I can end without regrets". So ... we probably haven't yet found out about the regret cause. And tbh, with 2 wives, a daughter, two sisters, a helpless mother and a secondary mother, there's SOOOO much potential for tragedy and thus regret. If I had to make a spontaneous guess, I'd say the regret will come from Zenith, maybe some evil spirit has her possessed and some day Rudy wakes up and Zenith has slaughtered some members of this big family.

That aside, I'm not sure whether the 2-wives-situation was done plausibly. I think it'd be best for NOBODY watching this to draw any real life-comparisons, because not only is this a fantasy world, we also had Sylphie explicitely give her okay for Rudy to fuck around, and Roxy was okay with it before they arrived. So, in this specific situation, it was a good resolution. I'd have preferred a little more Paul-references, more than they did. Some more jokes about how Rudy has become Paul for real now, lol.

Anyway, can't wait for season 3, BUT hopefully that won't be a slice of life-season stationary at their home.

[Ryllharu]

Given how garbage the overall episode of Mushoku Tensei was last week, I'm suitably impressed with how telling Norn went. Actual decent writing, natural reactions from Norn, and good acting of it.

Norn was probably the highlight of this episode for me. Even if people generally hate her, I think she had very natural reactions to the circumstances in this episode and it was refreshing for a character to be upset when she should, unhappy about the results, but understand that her father went out valiantly protecting his family. Rudeus missing an arm alone proved that the whole group went into a fight that surpassed their capabilities and paid the corresponding price.

Norn didn't immediately back down from being upset because of it, she only calmed down after they gave her the play-by-play of what led to the pyrrhic victory.

Norn is finally starting to feel like a complete character.

That aside, I'm not sure whether the 2-wives-situation was done plausibly. I think it'd be best for NOBODY watching this to draw any real life-comparisons, because not only is this a fantasy world, we also had Sylphie explicitely give her okay for Rudy to fuck around, and Roxy was okay with it before they arrived. So, in this specific situation, it was a good resolution. I'd have preferred a little more Paul-references, more than they did. Some more jokes about how Rudy has become Paul for real now, lol.

I think it did go plausibly. Sylphie is still a boring doormat of a character, so her accepting it was a given. Norn got to voice the expected opposition and was the perfect character to do so given how normally righteous she is. Rudy didn't deny any of what Norn was calling him out for, so we didn't get an obnoxious harem style speech about how being a pervy douche is okay behavior because of some bullshit or another. He knew he could get potentially criticized for it and did. They even nicely tied back in Norn's previous depression and to try to placate her, but while it didn't fully work, they even had Norn acknowledge that she was being a bit unreasonable and that not one of Paul's children is a follower of Millis.

It annoys me that Slyphie is such a passive character with very little spark to her. But it is consistent with her bland character.

[DarthEnderX]

I think it did go plausibly. Sylphie is still a boring doormat of a character, so her accepting it was a given. Norn got to voice the expected opposition and was the perfect character to do so given how normally righteous she is.

Really? I think it's weird she has such a huge problem with it. Given that the dad she worships also had 2 wives.

As for the whole regret thing, if Rudy hadn't had gone:

1) Paul probably wouldn't have died because he wouldn't have made it to the bottom floor.
2) Roxy would be dead, but if they never found her then they'd forever think she's missing.
3) Mum would still be missing.

But on the other hand, he'd still have...the other hand.