Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Season 2, episode 1

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At first I was surprised by how much visibly older Rudeus looked, but I think that’s just because I’d forgotten how much Rudeus aged in the final episodes of the prior season. Looking back and comparing them makes me realize how much subtler the change is than I first imagined: S1/C2 poster vs. Now.

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  • Is it just me, or is that “cinematic” postprocessing effect more intense now? It feels “shakier” than S1 and I was kind of hoping that they would only use it during sidestory episodes…
  • This shot is giving me serious deja vu. This has to be a callback to a prior OP/ED, right?
  • Oof. Been there, buddy. Time for depression arc
  • Oof! Mega depression arc incoming…
  • What’s up with the cliche of making panic attacks sound like a flash bang? So weird, but at least Rudeus gets over it quickly through the power of, uh… I hope that’s not hair, but it’s probably hair.
  • How all healthy relationships begin. Calling this a “red” flag would be a little too on the nose, huh?
  • I totally got baader-meinholf’d when the subleader called their battle plan a “dandoori”. Translator’s note: dandoori means “plan” 😄 – well, according to the Pikmin 4 translation team it’s “[…] the art of organizing your tasks strategically and working with maximum efficiency to execute your plans quickly”. Good word imo
  • Sad Rudeus is kind of a buzzkill, isn’t he?
  • Yay battle cured his depression and now it’s impact frame time!
  • Wouldn’t be an isekai without one of these scenes. I give it 2 more episodes before they’re beloved and cheered upon… or not! I suppose bribery makes for an efficient shortcut.
  • omg… it’s worse than I imagined. Why can’t you just be normal, Rudeus?
  • Oh, right… yeah kind of forgot that he’s super depressed.
  • I know I was against the hair thing, but somehow this now feels like a step backward. Can we go back to the hair thing, please?
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Is it just me, or is that “cinematic” postprocessing effect more intense now? It feels “shakier” than S1 and I was kind of hoping that they would only use it during sidestory episodes…

I didn’t remember it being like this either, but I rewatched season 1 before this and the effect has been there since the very first episode. At least in the blu-ray release. It’s possible it wasn’t originally there in the TV release but now that they’ve added it they’re sticking with it.

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This shot is giving me serious deja vu. This has to be a callback to a prior OP/ED, right?

ED 2

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17 points

That poor normal mage out there reading a book every time he wants to cast some weak fireball.

Then Rudeus just casually conjures a fire nuke without saying a word.

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But in every discussion about the series there are fans that vehemently argue that Rudeus isn’t an overpowered MC. So, clearly, you must be wrong.

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8 points

He is op but there still are bigger fish in the sea.

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5 points

He’s OP in terms of your average adventurer. He’s nowhere near OP when it comes to the big players in the world.

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9 points

It have been a while since I read that volume but I’m still surprised at how good egg and bind are at adaptation,this may be better than the LN itself.

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9 points

Good episode, I especially loved that circling around scene when Rudeus breaks out of his trance, looked like a trademark MCU scene in a way. As usual, the ED rocked and blended in perfectly.

@ayaya@lemmy.fmhy.ml, please also mention Muse Asia in the Streams list, it’s a licensed free stream on YouTube in many parts of Asia. It only streams 720p video for some reason though, does anybody know why?

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7 points

Yeah totally agree, that and the overlay of Eris and Gislaine over Sara and Suzanne blew me away, also I feel the decision to have less menta whining and have more show don’t tell make this episode way better than the source material.

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6 points

WTH he was touching the panties this whole time???

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What are you on about, do you mean Eris’ hair ?

EDIT: wait, is the white thing panties ? I though it was a rag in which he kept her hair.

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5 points

I regret to inform you that your edit is correct. Rudeus has been huffing Hanes

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Ok now that I udnerstand that it recontextualizes everything. He was actually clutching underwear in his pouch to stave off his panic attack… damn I agree with OP now: wtf
The author seemed intent on making it hard to recommend this show -_-

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