Mushoku Tensei Continues to Deliver Raw Character Study! - Review of Mushoku Tensei 2nd Season
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Review of Mushoku Tensei Jobless Reincarnation Season 2. Japanese title Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu.
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Before I even knew it was a Light Novel, I considered season 1 of "Mushoku Tensei" the best isekai anime of all time.
Overlord better
@@Roi184 you gotta be joking
@@piggysteelheart5403 Vending machine in another world is best of all time no cap
@@Roi184 Ranobe? Debatable. Anime? No shot, with all my love to Overlord.
I can now understand why a group of people formed an anime studio for the main purpose of bringing this epic story to life.
It's pretty crazy seeing studios have a goal. Sorta like Shuka taking over Durarara.
Wait really? I assume that means they will adapt the whole series?
yea mostly@@Agent_3141
@@Agent_3141 That’s the goal
There's no way Fitts' identity could have been much of a mystery in the anime (or the manga) without a major change to "his" design. Anyone with eyes will look at Fitts and say "Isn't that Sylphie?" You can get away with not "showing" Fitts in a novel. You can't in a visual medium.
Since you can't hide it, embrace it. Given the length of time since they've seen each other, Sylphie's physical changes, and all the crazy stuff that's happened to Rudy, you can handwave Rudy not recognizing her in a way you can't for the audience, so the basic storyline can remain the same. In addition, you can let the audience in on it and get to show Sylphie's (and by extension Ariel's and Luke's) perspective on their budding re-relationship while it's happening instead of only a bit before the reveal.
Being someone who was convinced who Fitz was after seeing the end of Season 1, was thrown off the scent a bit when I read the Side Story of Fitz being greeted outside Ariel's room. All it really takes is causing a separation. Simply have regular scenes of a cap wearing Sylphie heading out for morning jogs, passing by Fitz and greeting them.
Hands down one of the best animes I have ever watched. It has an adult theme, which is not your normal watch. The struggles are relatable, and the character connections are ongoing. When you can love and laugh at a character and hate them and then fall back and love them speaks volumes.
first anime you've ever watched?
I was shocked when rudy tried to kill himself after what happened that night. That scene got stuck on my mind. The realization of wanting to end it all is a scare feeling and mushoku showed this to me. Rudy was on a really dark place at that time and I was so happy when he finally meet slyphy/fitzs
I had my doubts with how shaky the first few episodes were, but I'm genuinely glad it managed to right the ship and keep me invested, engaged, and wanting more. S1 was simply just too high a bar to match, but even with the production issues, this 1st cour still managed to be amazing with how it handles its characters and subjects in a raw but profound way. It's kinda funny when I hear people say that it's too self insert, too melodramatic, or presenting too much convenience....when it's mostly been the complete opposite.
Easily one of the best things from this year imho, and I cant wait for Cour 2 next year!
Yeah, I agree that it was going to be very difficult to surpass Season 1... simply amazing.
I do believe that the strong part of this second season will be the second half.
no doubt!
hopefully they will do a great job with that big battle against a monster, if everything goes well it will definitely carry the whole 2nd season.
Being an anime only viewer (who's also made aware of spoilers because I'm one of those who enjoys the journey more than the outcome), your main criticisms about the university setting and lack of inner monologue is something worth addressing. Usually a lot of "missed" content I leave it as "well, the anime shouldn't tell you everything, and should be left to viewer interpretation". Such as Sara's feelings towards Rudy when he wasn't able to fulfill his... "Duty".
However you mentioning Rudy's inner thoughts about his previous school life in comparison to the current one went well over my head. Rarely did I ever sit down to make the comparison aside from thinking "Yeah, his school life sucked before". I didn't even think about it when Cliff was being ganged up on, and only thought about it in passing when Rudy met Nanahoshi.
I think if there isn't any inner thoughts about it, a visual representation would have gone a long way. Such as when Rudy first left his house, and you briefly had a glimpse of the school gates that traumatized him.
I think as far as showing, they did a good job displaying the facial animations, or background settings. Especially when those background settings had something to do with the little guy down stairs. It's just a shame that there wasn't any sort of visual representation of his past life aside from his inner voice
A great example of the bully aspect is Golliade finding him with the pantsu. He literally fears being drug away and tied up again after Golliade claimed she'd interrogate him. He ends up rooting himself to the ground with earth magic in terror. Something Fitz actually notices. She seen the same leg-shaking boy that once chased off bullies surrounding her in Buena Village.
The gates representing rudeus seeing a barrier as he left his yard was completely anime original BUT was a great visual representation of his fear.
As a person who doesn’t really like this new era of isekai, I have really enjoyed this show.
The adult and serene approach themes there are taboo in mangas makes this season shine, even if the direction is more conservative.
I enjoyed the ride
I'm gonna paraphrase your words from the recent podcast you did: "Season 2 was good and above average, but it doesn't inspire the want to rewatch it as season 1 did". I agree with everything said.
As a light novel reader, I will say this part of the story is a build up for more interesting content later on. I think that is a big part of why season 2 seems less exciting than season 1.
I feel like people are forgetting this is only the first half of season 2. Things could easily ramp up over the next 12 episodes
Hoping things in cour 2 will satisfy more picky patrons preferring plenty of pulse pounding pugilism. In other words, hopefully the 2nd cour will be more action oriented for those who didn't care for the slower pace in this first cour.
Season 1 was just so damn gorgeous and perfect lol.
@otakuspirit S1 hit in a different way from the very beginning of EVERY episode. The way we just got 2min of art before the title card and then flowing into the story. I'm incredibly disappointed we just get a normal opening now.
Before this season I saw fiz on a Manga cover and instantly knew it was her didn't know it was a secret to the reader.
I gotta say before you pointed it out i didn't even realize that after the Uni arc Rudy is now basicly connected in one way or another to all the political powers from all continents.
11:15 wow that was so well said. What a great way to describe Mushoku Tensei
I actually liked the University Arc. It's a nice stop to chill for a bit before going back into the craziness
Rudeus going to school is definitely more interesting than deku going to school
On the Fitz thing, i feel like it would of been better served taking that first scene where fitz meets the princess and showing it as a flash back later.
Being told who fitz is right away kinda spoils any mystery. I feel like without that knowlage Fitz would of reserved some mystery.
In my opinion he actually is kinda op with his massive mana pool, silent casting, and being such a young water saint even with him having certain types of magic he can’t do yet he is extremely strong and capable but with his personality being so self destructive for so much of the series it balances it out very nicely oh and honestly my favorite episode is when he meets silent six and they start talking in Japanese and she mentions to fits/sylphi they come from the same homeland leaving her confused I sincerely hope they have Rudy at some point explain all of it to sylphie in part 2
In the manga syphy ask nanahoshi about that .. and she said it was just a figure of speech coz rudeus can speak her language
5:44 nah I'm sorry but in the LN by this point you already know that Fitz is Sylphie as we already have a picture of the character, there's no doubt about it, except for the scene where Sylphie refers to someone else (luke?) as Fitz. The mystery of Fitz was great when we were getting the side stories that were not adapted in the anime, like when they fled Asura or when Fitz defeats Linia and Pursena.
There is no isekai that actually tells the life of the reincarnated character. Every othet Isekai is basically teleported and gaining power, they don't age (except for the beginning). Mushoku tensei on the other hand tells Rudeus's life
Closest for me has been Ascendance of a Bookworm.
@@otakuspirit ah yes, I forgot about that
I did notice the drop in quality of the animation in season 2 during the first few minutes of the first episode but eventually I just got absorbed in the story.
The later half of the first part of the season did feel better regarding the directing/creative design. The last episode was beautiful and you could see more details in the backgrounds.
Really am hoping the Director is getting his footing.
@@otakuspirit let’s hope so… I know you said in all likelihood the old director isn’t returning so all we can do is hope 😫
I think part 1 of season 2 was a lot of setup for things to come. So many characters were introduced or brought back as they established this new base of operations for Rudy as he settles down into a new routine.
Most reincarnation/ other world stories tend to be power fantasies or harem or both. This is by far more story driven with plenty of growth. Very much enjoyed the LN and the anime is just fine so far
Thanks OS for sharing the amazing perspective as usual.
Even though Rudeus is very strong in this world, he is not OP in the sense that he is the strongest character around. The fact that the anime deals with his strength and proficiency in magic, it is never a focus on the story lines. That alone sets it aside for most Isekai. His relationships with the characters and the story itself is what makes it so good.
Indeed.
I Almost never noticed any animation problems in season 2 except one scene of Rudy running. It's still a great looking show
Another great video. Love your takes on the series.
To me this is like the 'one punch man' S1 vs S2, for the first one they gathered an all star animation team and when they settle for a good but not stellar team people get dissatisfied.
S2 of mushoku is not ugly by any means it's just not eye opening like S1
we say good bye to an amazing show ( momentarialy) as an anime only i love this season as much as the first one because how much i connect with rudy and i love the characters i can't hate any of them they are all amazing.
But in the meanwhile we have another amazing show with similar vibes that promeses lot .Frieren could possible be comparable to mushoku first cour of season 1
Perhaps the only other Isekai that goes this deep within a character's angst with himself is Re: Zero, but if you consider who came before it in the light novels, that would be Jobless Reincarnation sets the trend for others to follow.
how we get from the plot "how to save my mother" to "how can i get one off" and you have to bare this over 12 episodes.
Don't let the flame die out!
lets not forget the jump in quality from cour 1 to cour 2 on the first season. This is only the first half of season 2 and being ln reader I can tell you cour 2 will be amazing if they stick to the novels.
I enjoy your review essays. Well written!
I don't know what has what, but I have watched the anime and read the manga and I enjoy both (minus the time frame between each chapter/episode, but that's part of keeping up with "current" series). I, myself, couldn't really put my finger on it but I agree that season 1 was astetically more pleasing, it just looked better, not that S2 was bad.
hey, I'm here 1st.
I started as an Anime only. I have actually gotten caught up in the manga and LN. I read because of your cut content videos. I will say that as an anime only the anime still stands pretty well on its own. The shortcomings mostly come from people trying to inject themselves and their ideals into the story of Rudy OR from people that feel like every single episode has to have some huge battle or a love scene in it. To many people cant handle a slow burn story or actual world building and character development at the cost of nonstop action. They also cant handle having uncomfortable content shoved right in their faces. I for one fine the story mostly relatable because the characters have reals struggles and flaws, even if there is magic and dragons. while I get that skipped content would be a welcome inclusion, I can see why much was sacrificed for pacing or to keep the story on track so as to make it not feel like its all filler arcs, like some shows are.
2nd bro
@@Darky0.204 3rd bro
Glad I could inspire another to join the LN crew!!! I agree though, reality is dirty, and Rifujin isn't afraid of getting messy.
Jeezus season one spoiled me with quality. I will miss its lack of (or rather the way they did them different) openings forever. Ive watched so many anime and this was the only one that I noticed doing so
5:40 I think recommending anime only watch ep 0 after the reveal episode could fix the issue. I don’t think there is any explicit spoilers in earlier episodes.
Wold be fun to run the experiment on some Mushoku virgins.
Than again visual medium consumers are not usually that good with delayed exposition. That is why mystery novels don’t often translate to live medium. Think Agatha Christie. Scoobie doo mysteries get very cheesy but we’re comics from the start. . Narrative and visual clues work differently.
I know you love Mushoku Tensei and it’s light novel and how critical and fair you give the anime from the light novel. I can’t wait till you be immersed in Ascendance of a bookworm and you are as Mushoku Tensei. And see what in store for you in bookworm.
Eventually!!!
My biggest issue with Season 2 is how the University arc felt like a visual downgrade from the first few episodes of Season 2. The shots are bland, animation is stiff, and it felt like Rudeus' personal conflicts were ignored more than they should have been. I think the biggest offender of this was his "fight" with the demon king, where Rudeus was stock still for his entire casting.
Don't get me wrong, I still like Season 2. But really, I don't know if it was worth getting it so soon, or even if more time in the oven would have given it the edge it needed. I want those awesome camera angles back! But whatever, I'm still excited for Season 2's second cour. Hopefully sicker and epicer than the first.
wow, people are so strict, I think Bind already use the limited resource to do their best
im an anime only so far. ive read and finished vol 5. I thought season 2 part one was a let down. Huge downgrade.
The sarah arc was fine but I never really got to know counter arrow. I dont think we will ever see them again in the story so i guess it fine
Soldat was not built up. When rudy was beating him up in the bar mimicing his emotional moment with paul. It just fell flat. I didnt feel that rudy and soldat were close. Soldat was just there and then come next episode they are buddy buddy?
Zanoba and julie's relationship i feel like was not built well. Badigadi was there but i dont feel like he was set up at all. All the new character editions just fell flat for me.
For the main heart of this part. i did like what happened between rudy and sylphy was good. Although hearing the cut content from the books that you have made it feels like it could have been deeper.
Overall season 2 part 1 has been a letdown from season 1. i hope part 2 will suck me back into the anime. if part 2 also falls flat for me ill just read the light novel.
I haven't read the books, but season two disappointed me. It introduced a lot of characters, a lot of plots, and I know they are important to the plot and ML, but their plots were almost completely ignored. Soldat promised to be interesting and it would have been a fascinating episode or two to see Rudy on some sort of expedition with his team. Show, don't tell. The anime told us they were buddies, but didn't show us how the bond developed. The super awesome Demon King Badigadi shows up, has a great entrance and does nothing for the rest of the season but sit at the dining room table. So many great characters, and each appears for practically one episode. Absolutely, totally wasted potential. I have no problem with the fact that Rudy's problem was shown, but I do have a problem with the fact that the WHOLE action of the season revolved around that to the exclusion of everything else. They turned MT into a boring romance. Proportions, people, and balance.
Yeah, not knowing about the other 2 mediums, it might look like the story is grinding to a halt, but no, it's all very important to season 3 and 4 and is a big reveal on the character of Man-God.
As someone that can’t keep up with all the news, what happened to the season 1 team?
They were simply put on other projects at other studios. SOP for the industry. Getting all the talent S1 had together in the same place at the same time was nothing short of a miracle.
I personally gave up on mushoku tensei for good when I discovered that over the course of more 20 volumes rudeus makes the same mistakes over and over again and there are people like that in real life, but there's also something to be said for learning from one's own mistakes and thus not repeating them, and if anyone is wondering why I am watching this review if I find the show annoying ,well this is far from the only show I have enjoyed this content creators review of despite not caring for the aforementioned shows being reviewed!!!
Rudeus is a best main character jf all anime industri? befor Web novel
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Season 1 - "-Literally the best isekai ever!"
Season 2 (Part 1) - "-Probably the worst isekai I saw...if we take out the Volume 7 anime adaptation from it...Why?...because of the skipped content...also...why we should care about Zanoba, the cat/dog girls, the girl bought to make stone figurines etc....and also I liked the first season for the mature themes and the way they handle them...but here in Season 2...it was just way too much ED (I liked that it was there...but for a series that I think it is supposed to be just 4 to 5 seasons max...this is just cringe."
EDIT: For those that are up to date with JJK (anime)...most of Mushoku Tensei Season 2 was like that part of episode 6 of Season 2 of JJK...the part with that girl that it was fat and now she is skinny...it was just too much "random" stuff!
You're welcome to your own opinion (no matter how wrong it is). This season sets up characters that will play important roles throughout the rest of the series, the first half of this season may not have been as action packed and adventure centered as season 1, but it was honestly far more critical to world building and plot.
This is only the first half of season 2, let's wait to judge the whole season after the 2nd half is finished airing.
@@HenshinFanatic Even if you just compare Part 1 of Season 1 with ONLY Part 1 of Season 2.