People Dislike This Episode of Mushoku Tensei Season 2, But Why?

Mushoku Tensei Jobless Reincarnation Season 2 Episode 2 is hated by a lot of people, but mainly its the light novel readers.
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[@deandredukes95]

The fact that Rudy is nicknamed Quagmire just feels appropriate 😂

[@assarlannerborn9342]

They didn’t explicitly say why he’s called that yet so many might not understand😢

[@speedshoes29]

Are people actually comparing Rudeus to Peter’s friend in Family Guy

[@UnderTakerSN1]

Gigity😂

[@ramoncastro4737]

I laughed too hard at that 😂😂

[@maroindefinitlyhuman6857]

Lmfao

[@magicflierplays]

Rudy working out just means he is working hard to improve himself, it also shows he is not lazing around with his current life showing he is actively trying to do something. Same thing seems to appear with him trying to learn and strengthen more magic

[@jjpark98]

He definitely is significantly more powerful than he was last season. The boy can stop a snowstorm like nothing.

[@b-radtop3557]

@@jjpark98naw he could always do this…..it’s part of being king level water mage….remember he had to create a thunderstorm..he basically just doing it in reverse…but in the light novel Roxy teaches him to no go around changing the weather because it could backfire in ways

[@b-radtop3557]

He’s already strong he’s not really getting stronger it’s the opposite he’s been holding back if you pay attention to the episode that’s what the other adventure that’s on his case is saying

[@Snzn_7]

​@@jjpark98like the dude in the episode say, Rudeus is half asking things at this point. Rudeus is really really strong at this point but his current mental state is basically hampering him down. Like most of the monsters Rudeus gets to fight in the human continent are baby levels compared to that in the Demon continent during season 1.

[@R3TR0J4N]

True it's an episode of his character, it's a reminder for me, love the episode

[@craciundacian7853]

I actually like the phasing of this arc, it resembles Rudy's mental state in a way. He's changing fast, from being happy to feeling down again. I think for him, the time passes much faster because of the state he is and the fact that he doesn't really know what to do and what to feel. The phasing is just right to convey this.

[@samebd8150]

yeah I have to agree, it felt like a transitional episode to me. Just like a break before getting back on track

[@Lesdrasill]

I think the correct term is pacing. The speed at which the story progresses. Phasing is just passing through an object, like a ghost.

[@jacobcomia5825]

Phasing sucks

[@bontalaabhiram1716]

​@@samebd8150h

[@greyshopleskin2315]

When you are depressed a day feels like an eternity, and 5 years feels like a week.

[@acid4413]

How they handle the next episode is what really matters

[@Seibahh]

will next ep have more action or lore?

[@acid4413]

​@@Seibahhit's gonna be controversial to say the least

[@gitosha]

​@@acid4413I've read the LN but I can't remember anything controversial, can you remind me?

[@foggymossman]

@@acid4413 what's controversial about it?

[@kromysol2189]

@@gitosha Rudy and Sara make out but Rudy can't get a boner because of what happened with Eris so Sara get angy and storm off of the room, Rudy become depressed and Soldat pop out to get him to a whore house so he can get laid but still can't get any boner as he has Erectile dysfunction, he gets himself drunk with soldat and when they pop out on the street he say some dumb shit about Sara being a bitch anyway outloud but she's there and hears it, so she goes crazy and storm off again, Rudeus then try to kill himself before getting stopped by Soldat.

[@Foxintox]

The plot is fine imo , but the animation felt odd . Some moments had weird micro-pacing , sudden sakuga that didn’t feel built up etc.

[@GoncaloPT-jb2ow]

I think the biggest problem was the pacing. The content covered in this episode could have very well be done in 2 if they gave the proper time for each scene!

[@Pohatarunic6]

Yeh the animation is no longer consistently good it can go from bad to sakuga levels so it felt very jarring. It is probably from the skipped content but a lot of moments felt off too, like that guy just hating on rudeus out of nowhere where in our perspective we barely seen them interact before then. Also that moment with Sara suddenly falling and rudeus seeing it and then coping a feel just feels so out of nowhere and confusing, like why was it even there?

[@JPSaga77]

@@Pohatarunic6 Yeah I'm with in that last part, I'm not mad at the animation I mean It wasn't unwatchable, the pacing was confusing af, i couldn't feel a thing about this episode actually it felt like I missed some episodes after I watched this one!

[@GoncaloPT-jb2ow]

​@@JPSaga77yes I think a pot of people will feel the same, if you want a better perspective and don't want to read the novels you can check the manga adaptation for this episode until chapter 12, it's a separate manga from the original called "depressed magician" they did an amazing job with what they covered so far

[@cheaterhusband4465]

I guess the studio doesn't give at all on jobless anime. I expect better but just plain

[@odee99]

Well, I'm a big fan of LN and I'd be lying if I said I did not enjoy the episode, Rudy saving Sara scene was made perfectly and overall it was really really good

[@MrArrmageddon]

Yes I agree but the anime is doing a not so good job at explaining things. It's missing some of the small details that really add up. The fights with the ice drakes were also seemingly lack luster to me. And also did they not skip a fight with a banche or ghast or something? Maybe I am wrong I know they talk about Divine magic in the LN. More and more it's entirely possible that small enough things get left out of the anime that in later seasons causes great impact. I still agree it was a good episode. I feel like the pacing is to quick though. We need like one more episode spliced in. Take things a little slower. But that's just me.

[@Epitome_]

@@MrArrmageddon I'm an anime only and by the end of this episode I felt completely lost. All of a sudden Sara magically likes Rudeas? And the pacing felt too quick. It feels like this one episode contained content for 3 episodes and I don't like it.

[@MrArrmageddon]

@@Epitome_ I know. It's kind of worse than you think. Well how about this. I am going to tell you a few quick things about Episode 1 and 2 that are neat from the LN. This will not spoil anything as the anime has moved past this and won't flash back on it etc. You do not need to read this if you don't want too. In fact if you plan to read the LN at some point I suggest you don't read any of my comment. Not all of this is that important. But your right content in the LN it's done a lot better to explain Sara's change in feelings etc. And there is a lot more I can mention but it's been a while since I've read those chapters but here are some things that demonstrate how the anime dropped the ball. 1. In episode 1 near the end with the battle against the white grizzlies. Rudy did not almost like let himself die. It played out mostly the game. Except the group was deciding to flee or not. They thought they were going to die. Rudy stepped forward and saved them. 2. The reason the mud covered grizzlies is important is that they were not properly scouted because the mud made them blend in with the darkness of the night. Making the group underestimate how many monsters there were. 3. You get a mono-log chapter from Sara's point of view I think and why she had issues with Rudy at first and misunderstood him. I won't go into what all that is about as it might actually be in the next episode. The LN included it already I think. But in the anime it may be pushed back an episode. But If it is it's out of place a little. But it helps transition from Sara growing to like Rudy in combination of Rudy working with counter arrow over a few months. 4. In Episode 2. There is a lot more plot behind Rudy working shovelling the snow. Trying to find work and the girl he healed. I won't go much into it but it's neat. One of the coolest things missing about this is that in the LN there is a magic implement that melts all the snow when you channel magic into it. Rudy does show this off here. But it's not explained in the anime. IT seems like he just went up to like a fountain and heated it etc. But in the LN it's mentioned that most mages can only melt a little bit a snow. Rudy just has an insane mana pool and he gets paid for a full days work of snow shovelling in no time at all as he does an amazing job. 5. In the LN I think Rudy does not recover from his depression nearly as quickly. Well we can see in this episode of the anime he is still carrying a burden. But in the LN it's more flushed out even still. There is more lore behind the other guilts including that guild leader to like goes off on Rudy at the tavern etc. 6. The quest into the ruins has some stuff missing. I know they talk about divine magic. They might even have fought some ghost like creature? A banshee or something like that. I guess I need to quickly re-read it. I may be getting some of that wrong. But also the whole Ice Drake situation has more to it. But the anime does good enough job. 7. Like others have mentioned there is more time between the scene were Rudy is crewed out by that swords man that reminds Rudy of his father. There is more time between that scene and the Counter Arrow returning after a mission with Sara and Mirmir missing or dead. 8. The quest to save Sara is done more slowly paced in the LN. More lore to it. However you barely understand the creatures involved in the Anime. First of the tree thing was an Ice Treant. They are known for capturing their prey alive. Rudy knows about them. In the LN Rudy studies most monsters in a given area. It's a way you survive as an adventurer and you learn lore from Rudy when he spots a creature. Actually Rudy is almost killled in both the anime but also the LN. As the Ice treant is bad at close ranged attacks. So it defeats most foes by forming and throwing massive blocks of ice up into the air from a great distance. Rudy actually hears noises like thuds going on. Not knowing what it is. And than he just barely dodge one that is going to crush him. In the Anime you don't really hear any of these thuds. It never spots to have Rudy ponder what kind of noise he is hearing. Rudy is also aware that Ice Treants sometimes take their prey alive. I think in the LN Rudy kills the tree once he gets Sara out of it instead of fleeing into the water? But maybe I am wrong. Sometimes it's easy to get various battle mixed up in this series.

[@rollantcrajan2290]

Dose the manga cover the cut content?

[@ricomambozero3811]

wish they atleast extend Rudeus fight against the willow

[@ethangivens3597]

Personally, I really liked it, and I've read the LN. I understand there's gonna be issues, but it was good regardless of those issues.

[@terencebarnes7393]

Exactly same. Vol 7 could easily be 12 episodes if everything is in, but that just isn’t realistic. With a 24 episode season that’s covering 6 volumes. I see maybe 4-5 episodes dealing with vol 7.

[@azumag4432]

Ghislaine choose to eat shit instead of dying...it was "good"...like this episode!

[@Lipe326]

Well I'm more upset that they cut the fight scene with that tree and they cut the stuff about Sara and it's a grudge but other than that I don't see a problem

[@cheaterhusband4465]

The downside of this episode is only focus on LN reader not the anime in general. Defending on this is iconic

[@onesmileybaldy8303]

What did they skip that is getting people so heated up?

[@Cryogenx37]

The one thing I had an issue with this episode is the timeskip transition from Soldat berating Rudy in the Guild building to Sara and Mimir going missing. The way that scene transitioned and the fact it was all in the same exact spot makes it almost seem like it happened in the same day. However, that timeskip was supposed to take months I believe; there was no showing or feeling of passage of time. But other than that, I enjoyed the episode. Sure, it could've done some storyboarding and directing a bit better at times but it was still enjoyable for me personally. Also, finally getting to see Soldat in anime form berating Rudy for his half-assery is great. The previous episode ended with Rudy lamenting that he "forgot how to live seriously" and now Soldat is the one to truly rectify that mindset again onto Rudy instead of sulking around with a fake smile day by day.

[@jjpark98]

I definitely thought that was a weird transition. It happened instantly and I got 2nd degree whiplash.

[@HaxeRain]

The transition felt off and the reason I'd say is cus, in the novel, there is Rudy taking the small snow cleaning job before Timothy and Suzanne mention about Mimir and Sara, but we instead got that job as the sequence for the start of the episode, so it makes it feel a bit more immediate

[@dyllanrodriguez2828]

I could agree with that, I can see the time jumping around as an issue. We’ve had only one episode with this new group and I think asking every viewer to I guess invest in that part of the story right now may have been a lot. But I didn’t personally have any issues with the pacing that much. The core of this episode is Rudy’s inner journey of going uphill so to speak. He still has plenty to work on and this episode I think just shows his progress and did it’s job just fine. Whatever cut content from the novels people are talking about I mean hey man sure it would have been nice but “needed” is what I’m lookin at Ykna. I think maybe 1 more episode with this maybe will calm the complaints. I was expecting at least 2-3 episodes of this current point in the story and then we’ll move on so we’ll see.

[@MrArrmageddon]

Yes it's to faced paced and it's almost like it's made for LN viewers which is a bad way to make an anime. Most people have not read the LN. I just hope it can stay at least as good as it is now. It's still good but uh it's starting to feel like even someone like us being involved in the product could fix these issues. Had a transition show Rudy like training and mention more time has passed. In 40 seconds screen time or less you could have resolved this issue.

[@rektarduno9153]

@@MrArrmageddonit’ll always be that case tho,bcuz this anime is based from LN and many anime are based from LN too,I kinda don’t want to read manga bcuz it’s always suck ,even tho it is based from LN .

[@TheAnimeDude]

Light Novel reader here: I could knit pick a couple things- but overall I thought it’d be way worse based on the Twitter reaction I saw beforehand. Overall I liked it.

[@ZeroNishami-kun]

Dude... Twitter just sucks don't just trust anything on there. whenever they say "it's bad don't watch it" and ends up being a good and decent animation when you finally watch it.

[@blackout382]

@@ZeroNishami-kun twitter is the demonic continent of the real life xd, as a light novel reader, i overall i like it, but i think it would be better if the released this season in 2024, just to let the staff work without more stress

[@Sheamu5]

Twitter is the definition of the vocal minority

[@thomasyang2632]

Another LN reader here. The episode was good and I understand them wanting to get through this part of the volume, but a part of me kind of wished they slowed it down a bit.

[@blackout382]

@@thomasyang2632 maybe a 32 chapter season but thats somehow to much, i dont know, i hope it is only this episode with pacing mistakes because this hole season is very full with beautiful and emotional moments

[@omaribrown6937]

Based on how Rudeus fought in the second half of the episode I get the feeling he could have defeated the monsters in the first half of the episode all by himself. It feels like he fights at a lower level when in a group. Not sure if he's keeping his strength hidden to make his solo accomplishments look better.

[@dredgewalker]

He needed to tone down his magic or else he might also do damage to his allies that he isn't used to working with. If they aren't aware of his full capabilities then they wouldn't know how to act and react to his magic and they might get in the way.

[@b-radtop3557]

Yeah that’s why that other adventure was on his case ….he’s half assing …it’s basically depression he’s at the ..I’m ok smiles stage but he’s not ok

[@SABER_Knight-King]

My thought exactly when I watched how he fights when he's in a group compare to how he fights when he is solo, it's obvious to me that he hold himself back when there is other people around him & watch him, it's obviously intentional, he's hiding his true strength, Counter Arrow who fought alongside him for so long, for months, still has no idea for what is capable for, because Rudeus never show them, like it was funny when Suzanne told him that it was very dangerous that he went alone to save Sara & that he could have died, I mean that's laughable if she knew what his real strength is like she would never said that.. right?

[@aniphoenix9474]

​@@SABER_Knight-King lmfao, Rudeus is strong enough to drop a mini nuke by now. They should have gotten an idea when he saved their asses in the previous episode without breaking a sweat.

[@someguyy194_2]

People are giving all these reasons like his depression or he doesn’t want the attention and all that but I’m pretty sure the reason is simply that it would be an asshole move for anybody to join a party for a job and rather than be part of the team and do your job, you overdo it and do it all by yourself and take all the glory. Also in the light novel Rudy also says that he doesn’t want people to get to reliant on him because he only joins parties temporarily and if he constantly does everything then people will get reliant on him to be there.

[@Jburneyjr]

I love how they showed how much Rudy was holding back when he went to go find Sarah.

[@_tkd_6689]

In my eyes, this episode did it's job even if it was a bit rushed, so If this means they're taking their time with the next 2 volumes by reserving an extra episode for them, I'd say I'm happy with their choice.

[@assarlannerborn9342]

Exactly. I hope they have such a plan, and not just rushing for the sake of covering lots of content

[@HaxeRain]

The episode did good, when boiled down, volume 7 is a lot more of narration and internalizing Rudy mental state, as the events that happen aren't that much, ch1-2 is the carriage ride and the first mission with Counter Arrow, inmediately after, next chapter is already the time skip which is how this episode starts, and the Ruins exploration, followed by their spat with Soldat and then the forest rescue, they have so far adapted 2 chapters per episode of volume 7 as a pace, which is fine, it feels weird but that is how it's on the novel too

[@vinylz3511]

Im an anime only. And i think i would enjoy the episode more if i had binged it. Sure there were minor noticable animation problems early on but overall it was a decent episode

[@Snzn_7]

I mean of course, and so thus season 1 when it was airing. The big difference this time is internet people seems to complain a lot more about it this time.

[@Dubbel12]

@@Snzn_7 Well I mean internet people complain a lot anyways

[@ringuyenthi-z7x]

​@@Snzn_7 I think it's a expectation issue where people think they had been spoiled with perfect quality in s1 when in reality s1 has some pacing issues too, it just not as noticable.

[@vinylz3511]

@@ringuyenthi-z7x i agree. It definitely has to do with expectation for most. But despite that, mushoku tensei still clearly stands as a passion project and looking past the expectations its a beautiful season so far

[@elguardallavesdejaal]

The animation and direction isn't as solid as season 1, but still was really above average and I has feeling I was watching a premium level production most of the time. Like, there's a shit ton of animes that would love to look like Mushoku second season.

[@emperornguyen]

For me as an anime only watcher, there's 3 pacing issues I found. 2 minor ones being how antagonistic the green swordsman is towards Rudeus, and họ quickly Sara warmed up to him. The major issue I had was how a party member was not only killed offscreen, but also how it literally came out of nowhere. No indication that the party left to do a quest and whatnot. It took me a moment to figure out which party member died. That said, I still enjoyed the episode, Rudeus working hard for self improvement in particular got me a little emotional

[@LONKULADE]

exactly what I'm feeling（ ＾ν＾）

[@plompudu2529]

"The major issue I had was how a party member was not only killed offscreen, but also how it literally came out of nowhere. No indication that the party left to do a quest and whatnot. It took me a moment to figure out which party member died." The same happend in the light novel. It's there to show that adventurers die all the time..

[@jameslarkin4567]

@@plompudu2529sometimes people suddenly die

[@miniisaac3916]

One thing this episode reminds me of with depression is the passage of time. Time sometimes feels like it's going too fast and they end too quick. And the pace of this episode reminded me of this and sort of gives me an idea that to Rudy, his time is just draining water.

[@astrojudebob]

I am a LN reader and I enjoyed this episode. It was just too fast. A lot of missed content that I thought would have split the two separate battle scenes into two separate episodes. I get it, though. They have 6 LN volumes to get done in just 25 episodes.

[@natsu1172]

Yeah but Season 1 put 6 LN Volumes in only 23 Episodes. So i Don`t see a problem here.

[@ilikememes1402]

​@@natsu1172same... I'm a LN reader too and wondering why tf are we complaining now??? 2nd cour was hella rushed with minor details and passage of time gone, but still enjoyed it. I'm wondering wtf LN readers smoking now

[@Lazyturtle1501]

@@ilikememes1402 well as an anime only the pacing was so good in season 1 that i would never have wondered if the ln was written differently, whereas throughout watching this episode on top of being distracted by the out of focus animation the pacing was leaving me confused as to what was going on and missed getting to know sara and the new guy a bit more to actually

[@okita_souji_alter]

I heard they may skip some stuff from the light novels based on the screenshots but i really liked the episode

[@terencebarnes7393]

It’s kinda like last season maybe other characters internal dialogue, and quicken a few events. This type of stuff is expected in anime in general. I still enjoyed episode.

[@rubiepie]

1/4 of the Rudeus Character development was slash in this episode.

[@oolongTea295]

Ep 1 really had good pacing and the transition was great, overall 9/10. But in ep 2, so much stuff was cramped in an episode. The snow drakes scene was decent, but the rescuing sara part was way too rushed. The treant(which was supposed to be covered in very thick ice) was smaller than I expected. Ep 2 overall was a 6/10 at best. Read the depressed magician manga or vol 7 of the LN, it's really great and you will see why that spinoff is better than the anime and the main manga.

[@terencebarnes7393]

@@rubiepie If your looking only through LN viewpoint I get that. Just out of all the volumes I knew this one was going to get most shafted. I’m going to try watch hold my judgement unless it’s just horrible, which it’s nowhere near that. The only way of fixing this is simply more episodes. I wish we got maybe 5 more episodes in this volume, but more likely 2-4.

[@MrGhosthacked]

Hot damn, as an anime only this feels like an incredible piece of story telling.

[@linustutulu5718]

10:49 that was the best thing you could say there. When you have a episode with this much content and so much themes it is hard to make it work. The Bad storyboards dont really help. One more thing i notice was the animation a lot of times the characters look of thats because the animation directors did not have the time to fix it what says a lot about the folowing episode we get .

[@megajugador4246]

The problem is that normally they adapt 1 volume of the Light Novel in 4 episodes but the first episode (episode 0) was the story of sylphie so they tried to adapt volume 7 in only 3 episodes, that´s why I think it felt a bit rushed

[@natsu1172]

It is not true. Season 1 put 6 LN Volumes in 23 Episodes. For Season 2 we have 25 Episodes for 6 Volumes.

[@megajugador4246]

@@natsu1172 ¨It is not true¨, Literally in the following sentence you agree with what I said... 1 volume every 4 chapters 6x4=24 (volume 3 was only 3 chapters like this volume 7 what are they adapting)

[@megajugador4246]

@@natsu1172 The new chapter came out to prove that I was right, volume 7 was adapted into 3 chapters, although it was already clear that I was right when you stupidly contradicted yourself with your own comment

[@LysergiaLand-L-25]

I thought saving sara was gonna be until a bit later. I’m not really sure anymore i have terrible memory.

[@yusixs]

LN SPOILERS BELOW Might change this comment, only halfway through the video now, but one thing I personally didn't like was that the treant fight was....nothing. It felt effortless. I remember when I read the LN, there was a rush of emotions and there was a lot more "weight" involved when I was reading it. Maybe all of this was cut down because they plan to do more episodes related to the next major arc? I personally would've liked more action against the treant since in the LN, he went to hell and back to save her

[@thomaszimmer371]

The point is you really cant make so many eps just one volume then not have not enough for the other two volumes there doing this cour which are VERY big.

[@garagara4849]

@@thomaszimmer371 Which is why I'm questioning... why even cover all those volumes in this same season? I don't think anyone would've minded if we finished this season next arc instead and have both arcs really well fleshed out like everyone wants... this just leaves a sour taste for everyone, and less content to have too! Idk, it just feels like a weird executive decision

[@thomaszimmer371]

@@garagara4849 Because for many reason first is they did the three volumes per cour last season and if they changed that then there would be hate coming from the fans crying saying what if the last arcs had more coverage and its not fair that this one and blah blah blah then we have the technical issues that the companies cant just all a sudden changed there schedule because they have there whole direction team working on this for months before release even happens it just ruins flow and dilutes the entire work ethic.. While even as person that been on coverage of this series for nearly 9 years while it was still releasing the WN this Volume in anime form just needs the important aspects done aka what they are doing rn and they cant just put dialogue because it would be 7 eps and people would complain either way because thats all that's really "Skipped" its just dialogue nothing too important but people love crying and making a big deal out of nothing. The more important volumes are the next two in this cour those are what changed the whole aspect to the story and stay relevant for MANY more volumes to come.

[@garagara4849]

@@thomaszimmer371 "all that's really "Skipped" its just dialogue nothing too important"... You know, it's times like these when you can just tell which content a person enjoys most out of something... I mean hey, it's all right to like action more, I get it, but this thing you just called "nothing too important"... is one of the most important parts of Rudy's life and fleshed out development. I get it, it might be boring to you, but if it ever had been animated... idk just skip through the episode?? ...I have to wonder why you even brought up the production aspect when I really never implied that this should've been changed MID production and not before it was even started but hey I guess I wasn't clear enough. A first season will ALWAYS be a testing ground, especially if the studio was barely created and needed to see how the audience would react, so they selected specific content that they knew would please the most people, and not give the most thorough adaptation. When the sequel hits however, they can either let loose or cut budget depending on prior reception. Considering S1's reception... cutting content is NOT an excuse, especially if you're able to do good pacing. I'm really not saying the studio did a "bad" there since it's an executive decision and not up to animators and all but it's still not a good one. Since you talked about the WN here... Did you end up reading the LN too? Because this (EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ARC) was entirely missing in the WN, so I'm wondering if you're being a little biased here. "The more important volumes are the next two in this cour those are what changed the whole aspect to the story and stay relevant for MANY more volumes to come." Ah. Yes. Important depression arc and coming to terms with it. Very NON important to... the entirety of the series apparently... *sigh* You know... the series that is quite literally Rudeus Greyrat's life story? ...But sure, I guess lore, story and big adventures are more important right? But then you'll reply saying that they've covered everything they needed and to that I say... Yeah nah. there were like... 5 months total skipped or something? at the very least 3 and in this episode alone Rudy has had a growth spurt because they just skipped out on most of the mental gymnastics that were happening during this entire period. Ever wondered why in the LN we don't see Rudy go on more adventures than what's shown in the anime but instead the more "boring" stuff like morning exercises and helping people out? Yeah that's because the author and editor thought it was (deservedly) more important that having more action. Am I nit-picking? Apparently I am but when someone says that "people love crying and making a big deal out of nothing" when really, they're mostly correct... well that doesn't sound right does it? But I guess opinions exist for a reason, so here I go talking to myself I guess

[@thomaszimmer371]

@@garagara4849 I would like to point out I said I was following this series for many years Ive seen the LN's ive seen the Q&A's with the author im highly invested into this series I 100% agree with you when you talk about the 7th volume yes it has importance Im not one of those guys that likes the shonen battles and want mushoku tensei battles no as I said the next two are more important and they are the least action of the whole series so how would that make sense saying I only like battle yet I care more about the least battle volumes? Ima end this off without no reddit arguement and ill say this we both want this show to be good look good and feel good we both have good intensions and care about this wonderful world of mushoku tensei we still got one more ep of the 7th volume there is still hope they will dive more into the niddy griddy of the volume we will see..

[@baalzamon3593]

This episode had unique animation for the OP and ED. That's a huge win. The source material is usually better than the screen adaptation. I'm happy with the episode

[@asrafkhalid1231]

most of the ep in the first season are the same. the intro and outro music are playing while the characters interact with each other or with the world. they practically fully animate the whole 20++ minute especially for the 2nd half/course of the 1st season. i really appreciate that they continue with the trend (even if some of the animation abit stiff) with the 2nd season

[@baalzamon3593]

@asrafkhalid1231 the intro yes. The outro was rare

[@IsekaiApostle]

I’m waiting to binge the season when it’s completed. One episode a week just isn’t enough.

[@NathanaelCrapo]

so true.

[@PSOpwnage]

Yea ppl way to emotional week to week these days. Then will say terrible shows are good

[@Marr_reallyrich]

Ongg like why can’t they just be like ite y’all season 2 dropped here’s all 24 episodes like tf is this every week shi

[@faktCheck]

Tough decision

[@nikipompert]

Season 2 so far has been good, but there is no denying that the 'passion' and attention to small details which made the world of season 1 feel so alive is gone for a large part. The animation is also great in most of the episode but there are some stills which look very oddly drawn, especially noticable in Rudeus' face. Same goes for me what most people are saying, I did not hate the episode and I did enjoy it, but the difference between producers is very noticable.

[@billybob-uz6wz]

I think it needed an extra episode. This episode should have finished with Sarah missing and episode 3 being an action-packed journey to find her. There wasn't enough build-up. I felt a lot more emotion reading the manga at this part, when animation should be much better at getting that across. They tried to do too much in one episode but ended up with not enough character development or action for this part of the story.

[@iconoclast6555]

It's only the 2nd episode, and episode 0 and 1 were directed really well, especially 1, and some "fans" are already giving up on the series and saying that Studio Bind is not passionate about this anymore. I'm fine if this season will be like the season 2 of Re: Zero which acts as a filter for the real fans and the tourists.

[@Snzn_7]

The thing is most of those people already "preconceived" the new season would be "bad" before even season 2 started. And basically they laser focus only in all the things they can throw shit upon the new episodes so they can justify or try to explain their apprehensions. But we don't need to rake them seriously as those people will probably sneakily crawl back into the mushoku train if it will reach a peak that everybody will talk about on the internet again.

[@bryantwillard4942]

The anime is covering LN7 right now which was content that was skipped in the web novel, I think everything in this volume is important to know because it gives you context of the mental state rudeus is in, in the web novel they skipped all this info and started you at a 2 year time skip from eris’ departure which was jarring to say the least, also it explains certain things that rudeus can and can’t do after a 2 year time skip, like his physical training to be more fit and his alter that he now worships, just it’s kinda of annoying they’re picking up the pace so they can finish LN7 by next episode, at least that’s what I’m thinking they will do, personally feel like they could’ve used 4 ep to cover it but it looks like they want to get to the next arc asap 😢

[@megajugador4246]

You are wrong, the web novel is the beta version of the story, this arc appear in te light novel the version CANON of the series

[@jojosoni]

So that's why manga skips it. Also, first season also covered each volume in 4 episodes. So it's not like they r rushing more than usual. Unless they finish it in 3 episodes.

[@HaxeRain]

The thing is, this volume is a lot more of dialogue and monologues than events themselves, and the anime has the advantage of visually showing Rudy mental state without having to spell it out, notice details like how he has bags under his eyes, is always avoiding eye contact and stiff body language when interacting with others, that already tells you without spelling he is still in a bad state, as for the pace of the volume, they have covered it in a rate of 2 chapters per episode and each chapter is rather one event prolonged due to Rudy narration of his own mind, the anime rather did a fairly well job adapting it with the constraints the anime format has

[@braindead5442]

@@jojosoni manga didnt skip this part

[@KhanMann66]

@@braindead5442They did until fans got mad then they went back to adapt it.

[@eliandanielgimenez282]

I am very disappointed because they not put the fight against the snow dragons that were shown in the trailer Another thing that disappoints me is the fight with the tree, Rudy left it there when he should have killed him

[@eliandanielgimenez282]

one more episode that would have covered the entire novel would have been better

[@thomaszimmer371]

@@eliandanielgimenez282 Sadly that just cant happen that would mean over 4-5 eps just for one volume while the other volumes have a ton of content it messes everything up sadly

[@EzFightGG]

Brother, i respectfully disagree. The amount omitted and left out is huge. As someone who faced clinical depression, when I read these chapters in the light novel, it resonated incredibly deeply with me. It was a lot of internal dialogue which some might argue is not great to translate to anime, but that is arguably why Mushoku got so popular in the first place. The slow burn, the world building, the attention to detail, the relatable and deep aspects. I was singing its praises to my girlfriend over and over on how this is one of my favorite sections of the anime, only for it to be reduced to a couple of opening scenes and one singular episode. Rudeus struggle through depression at the start of this arc is amazing, deep, moving. Explaining his reasoning as he became a mage for hire, going with other parties, building his name and fame, acquiring the nickname Quagmire, running every morning and circling the tower to cope and improve himself. Helping the city with his immense mana (this part would be so nice to see, its world building, seeing how a northern town deals with the constant snow and blizzards as well as the effect on the citizens like the less fortunate children), his relationship slowly being built with Counter Arrow, his "religious" side on basically praying to Roxy. It's sooo incredibly frustrating all of it being rushed and pushed to the side just to get to the "action" quicker. I'd love for Mushoku to be loved for being the beautiful slow burn that everyone fell in love with, and not being rushed into generic status. Edit: OH and don't get me started with the Treant fight! My goodness! That section was supposed to be a huge epic fight and him learning how to approach fights. The distances traveled were so badly transmitted too! Brother walked for hours melting snow with his huge mana capacity to get to Sara quickly, showing that it was something only he could have done. The Snow Drakes section! It was such a huge thing in the light novel too! Those fuckers were legit tanks that even Rudy was struggling against, he and Counter Arrow basically resigned to die at that moment, so his relationship with them and realizing that they came back for him was a huge deal! And just in general the introspective thoughts and explanation of the world through Rudeus' thoughts all gone. Reduced to atoms. Half of the arc was Thanos'ed and squeezed into one episode. Ahhh, I'm so sad! xD

[@faresbenmiled7833]

for me as a manga only, it was the best out of the three we got so far just because i felt that it explained a lot about Rudy without taking much time, but it could've been better expanded on two episodes instead of one

[@Axindoor]

I expected for this Volume to be done in 4 episodes, but it seems they will cramp it in 3, if so then it will be really bad The number of snow drakes was far too small to be considered a stampede from which a party needed to run away from, a situation dire enough for Rudy to think he could get himself killed by saving others, since he's depressed and all The treant fight was really shortened as well, treant scenes overall seem to have been deleted from the anime, it's fine but it takes from the world building trivia

[@LegacyLunatic]

This volume will be adapted in 4 episodes though. Next episode will (at this current pacing) be the final episode of Volume 7, and then the school arc starts. I wish the production team slowed down a bit for this arc. It felt way too rushed. Edit: I forgot about Episode 0 so I thought this was Episode 3 already. God damn I didn't even realize they're gonna adapt the entire volume into three episodes

[@randomjapsi]

​@@LegacyLunaticI think it might be a 3.5 episode adaptation or so since I dont think they can cram chapter 5 and 6 into one episode very easily

[@TainyaGaming]

​@@randomjapsilook at how much they crammed into 2 episodes and how much was skipped then tell me if you are really that confident they won't just put it into 1 episode.

[@reighn961]

the thing is this volume doesn't really have a major impact for the rest of the series, even in the web novel this arc is only told in side stories in several arcs lol. hopefully they rushed this one so that the rest of 5 volumes are getting more episodes because they needed it

[@Geavielamanoba]

I mean even the manga skipped this ark , so im not so suprised

[@jorvoyte6042]

The only problem i had was the lack of transitions between scenes, especially when it comes to the passage of time. Otherwise i think they did a good job with everything else.

[@akasahi9315]

it was kinda obvious with Rudy's height difference from episode to episode as when he's beside the members of Counter Arrow

[@partapbejai548]

It's not just this episode, episode 8 also had alot of problems, they cut out how RUDY felt guilty for what he did to eris, but the anime made him justify his actions, which is one of the main reasons people dropped the anime😢

[@justsomeguywithamustache2901]

Your right, I actually forgot about that

[@CleanUpNick]

the episode was fine imo but it def had it's issues, especially when it's back to back with how good last episode was, but it wasn't a horrible episode though, it's just that there was stuff i wish they lingered on because it felt rushed (which is obvious even for other anime onlies) but it was by no means bad, especially since people would be complaining if it was perfectly paced and more slow going anyways because that's the nature of anime communities rn which sucks

[@danielclv97]

for me the fast pacing and chaos in this episode really reflected Rudy's feelings and internal state for. He doesn't care anymore what happens around him, he doesn't REALLY care if people like him or not, but he needs good reputation to find his mother. That's it, he doesn't go with the party to help them, or to have fun, or to make friends, or to find a girl, all he does in this phase of life is respect the promise he made to his father, this and Roxy are the only things that keep him alive.

[@RajioOn]

As a LN reader I'm glad that anime onlies are enjoying it. It's just that the problem with the pacing is that many people are misunderstanding a lot of things. Literally no emotional impact when there's supposed to be. (other than annoyed or hating on some of the characters..) Well this probably already happened in s1... though I started reading ln at the start of cour2, and personally the pacing was perfect.

[@Wolfeson28]

11:56 (anime-only watcher here) What you said is pretty much what I was thinking with this episode, and episode 1 to an extent. I do get a clear sense that the showrunners want to move through this depression arc relatively quickly and get on to what comes next. I think part of it is that whatever comes next probably is more significant plot-wise (even without knowing exactly what it is), and part of it is that spending 5-6 episodes on depressed Rudeus probably wouldn't go over that well. The plot can't advance very much while Rudeus is in this state, and frankly I think the audience could just use a break from the depressing stuff after the end of last season and the start of this one. I can see where this episode was rushed in places, but overall I thought it was good.

[@Cheap.Adventures]

This is the first time Rudy was completely alone and became again his past self from his original world. If you think of it in his past life he really wasn't able to cope at all and later on die in an accident. Now, in the same scenario he is lost and alone again. I assume the story is going to tell us how Rudy grows from this point.

[@deandredukes95]

Not enough people are talking about how shredded rudeus is getting

[@azumag4432]

Very realistic for someone that was dumped for the first time in his life.

[@bras7855]

Honestly it did feel pretty slow and i felt like it didn’t need an entire episode to drag out what little content this part of the story had.

[@munico6055]

I dont know what happens in the LN but this episode was very nice to see how Rudeus is growing and recovering himself. Also I'd be lying if I said I don't care if Rudy starts having feelings for another woman knowing that Eris really does love him (Didn't really convey that though did she)

[@zmortis111]

Eris is notoriously bad at communicating effectively with other people. It's one of the reasons she and Ghislane get along well because Ghislane is also bad at communicating.

[@信衞門]

Did Rudeus use nonverbal healing magic? I don't think he didn't say anything when he healed that girl in the opening and Sara. Rudeus said healing magic was one of the spells he wasn't able to use without verbalizing, and he couldn't use it during the Orsted fight either

[@oolongTea295]

they probably just cut rudues saying the incantation

[@ClasherofWorlds]

in the opening everyone was muted so he could have easily have said that. While when healing Sara, I assumed we just cut to after rudeus had said the incantation.

[@kurimiaisukurimu]

As long as the anime onlies are enjoying it, I'm happy. But even as someone that had little to no issue with the rest of the series, this episode in particular felt very weak. Some of the faces Rudy made like when Counter Arrow went back for him and when Timothy thanks him for saving Sara looked so cursed and the ending scene felt like a Wiki page than a properly directed interaction.

[@Lipe326]

In terms of faces and animation I don't complain much I am still traumatized by Nanatsu no taizai that I decided to lower my tolerance a lot the problem is how much content they cut

[@hewstonwehaveaproblem]

I kinda agree here. The faces he made in the opening sequence as well were a little off I think. But it really is a nitpick more than anything

[@MsDakota7]

I do agree with you here Chibi. There is a pacing issue where a lot happens. I genuinely felt like the episode was over at several moments due to the amount of stuff covered. However we also have to keep in mind that they got 24 episodes for season 2 and we hardly know what all they want to cover in season 2. If they could just keep on going continuously like the big shows like one piece and boruto.... you'd have a different story but that simply is not the case. I am an anime only and did enjoy the episode, would I have loved more? yes but I also want to know what this is all going to lead up to.I want to see sylfie and rudeus together again not to mention see roxy and eris again. For that they gotta keep up the pace a bit I feel like.

[@Bajan0taku]

The animation cut a few corners but that ain’t the end of the world… the Panties Shrine thing is very very weird. Might be a culture thing. I love MT though.

[@arjangoenagacastillo9689]

I agree, the panties is actually the only thing I don't like about the show rn. like bro just get rid of that.

[@AHermitNamedJoe]

I've read light novel and web novel and I still loved this episode. Like every anime they always have to cut little bit out cuz it's not a 1-hour long Blockbuster each eps. They still did a good job with contexts and development. People are unreasonable nowadays

[@justsomeguywithamustache2901]

Now I'm starting to get scared, I hope studio bind doesn't give mushoku tensei s2 the classroom of the elite and overlord treatment😭

[@mibber121]

Wld u mind elaborating on what u mean by dat

[@sharkmanro]

​@@mibber121Basically bad adaptation with trash production value

[@Pohatarunic6]

Would be so tragid if it did, because of course they are taking up other anime but they made the studio just to adapt this series, so making it a poor adaptation just makes zero sense for them to do.

[@partapbejai548]

Classroom of the elite and overlord had a good adaptation, but it could have been ALOT better, I'm here wondering if mushoku tensei will get the, rising of the shield hero s2 treatment 😢😢

[@LOUDMOUTHTYRONE]

I remembered reading the LN about the girl he healed, and people distrusting mages who'll heal just to put people in debt. Then the person cannot pay, and they get sold into slavery to pay off their debt.

[@kristoffer2250]

Honestly, as long as it's not as character assassinating as the Shirone arc in season 1, I'm fine with it

[@HellO-bg4oo]

I hate it, cuz it's too short, It feels like its only 5 mins, can't wait for next episode.

[@Pand0rasAct0r_]

Because they hate to see him depressed all the time. And just want to see bad ass rudy. Thankfully we see some of what he actually is capable of at the end of ep 2. Showing us that he is actually nerfing himself this entire time.

[@okita_souji_alter]

People really hate character growth this much huh...

[@GoncaloPT-jb2ow]

This is not true, novel readers know the plot and this is not the complaint that we have, the problem is pacing, everything felt super rushed and a lot of scenes didn't have a lot of impact. Even the manga adaptation that released last year did an amazing job! If you want to check the differences read until chapter 12 of that manga

[@matt20129]

As a LN reader, I was upset that they rushed the content but after hearing what you said about them having to consider the whole seasons pacing it makes sense. Especially considering how much content this season is going to have. I think instead of trying to cram all of the content into the episode, and assuming they only had the one episode for it, they shouldve cut more of the time in the Galgau ruins. As i see it that part of the story serves mainly to introduce Soldat as a antagonist so they could've still introduced him in the guild and reference the ruins so they could focus on Rudy savind Sara and the emotional struggle he's dealing with during that time as I believe it is more important to showing his character arc. Also i think to see his fight with the Icefall Treant animated to save her would've been so epic but hey, I still enjoyed the episode and cant wait for the rest of the season

[@thomaszimmer371]

As a fan of mushoku tensei FOR many years aka when the web novel was still being released this ep was done perfectly considering its a anime people need to realize you cant just do dialogue 24/7 because that's what makes this volume mostly and there doing 3 volumes per cour and we still got 2 more volumes you cant just do one volume for 5 eps and the rest so little..

[@jjpark98]

I'd say it's the similar situation to death note. In the manga, it was just MOUNTAINS of text thrown at you for exposition but of course they couldn't do that in the anime (though they definitely did do that in some areas with long dialogue scenes). So you have to somehow translate mountains of inner-dialogue and speech to a couple scenes to keep things going at a good pace. So of course things have to be forgone. Overall I liked the episode. I'd say the only weird thing was the transition from Soldat berating Rudy to just hard cutting to Mimir and Sara being dead.

[@thomaszimmer371]

@@jjpark98 I 100% agree with that I feel like the only thing that was odd about the ep was the transitions between the scenes it just the direction was off that's all.

[@rodolfotolentino5718]

Important thing is Rudy became the Rudeus Gainrat

[@jackoff-18]

Tbh compare to the first season the animation are a downgrade

[@machetank4045]

The issue is that they made 80 pages into a single episode, that's just too much. My poor treant boy.

[@sashavoid6106]

I am sorry, but I have to bring some criticism here. The episode released today, I watched it today and your video was also released today. I think it's unnecessary to put a 10 minute retelling of the episode's plot in this case, before actually talking about what's said in a video's headline.

[@brxnco]

Kinda sad that people now watch anime to look for flaws instead of just enjoying the art form

[@TyHalcyon]

A a LN reader, I understood the reasoning for the fast pace plot. Especially when the season trailer had shown material from LN13. This is going to be a chunky season. What I am upset about is the animation quality, I thought episode 0 was a fluke, but this doesn't show much promise. Especially when the trailer shots of Soldat and Counter Arrow fighting off the snow drakes are completely different. Why weren't those shots in this episode if they were already animated?

[@Snzn_7]

Bruh, animation quality wise it's about the same as season 1 cour 2 in a lot of areas. Season 1 has moments where a lot of scenes goes a bit rough around the edges in an episode containing fight scenes. And most of the time, mind you, those fight scenes overall are just short like just about a minute or two(Though we'll animated) This episode have consecutive multiple fights scenes. So if I will judge it by how season 1 did during season 1 of course this episode will absolutely dip up and down in quality a lot. But of course people seems to judge season 1 only by the BD versions (where it fixes a lot of those rougher scenes). Sometimes people should at least try to observe why a specific series sometimes dip in quality and don't just claim it dips in quality just for the sake of it.

[@Lesdrasill]

As an anime only. I think the pacing is great. Cutting out parts is essential for the anime. Because I want to see Rudeus progress and get to other parts of the story, instead of stay in his depression arc. 2 episodes is enough for the new party and his emotional journey, I can't wait for him to get to his next adventure.

[@pfunkdanw]

I feel like people just need to realize that when you adapt something from a novel to any form of visual media, you are going to have to cut stuff. If you tried to fit every little detail into the adaptation, the pacing would be slow as f**k. That sort of slow pacing only works in novels. In a novel you can get into the minutia of all the characters thoughts and motivations without bogging down the story. But that wouldn't work so well in an anime. Adaptation is a lot harder of an art form than most people give credit. They seem to expect nothing to be left out, but for it to still have good pacing. Which is just an impossibility.

[@nmlearnerforever]

Not a LN reader but definitely loved this episode. They are neither rushing it nor slowing down the pace. We have to take into account that he is going through a mental slump, and they should not make any portrayal that they slap a flex tape on his depression and he's back to normal. Taking into account his prior life knowledge, this is a new experience for him where he is depressed and confused what suddenly happened in his life with Eris to the point, he works to barely live because otherwise he will starve and can't afford housing. Let alone find his mother. Along the road he met new friends, and he genuinely likes the group and feels he wants to help them since they never abandoned him (which he subconsciously feels Eris did after giving him a form of payment for not abandoning her and getting her home safe). Eris wrote him a note but conveying the same verbally would have resulted in him understanding her intentions better.

[@oisif950]

This ep feels rushed to me. Like scenes kept on jumping with all these really minor timeskips. Like I'm not asking much, just some minor transitioning scenes to like smoothen things up a bit. This feels like they had multiple teams in charge of animating different scenes, and the director just told them to use the editing software to merge them all without adding anything else

[@fvnoah]

Good episode, but I was dumbfounded when they said the mage died and the girl went missing. Just felt like I missed something. The animation also seems awkward, stiff, or forced at times.

[@mezz09smezzanine]

Here's a thing about adapting a novel into a visual format. Some things that work in written word, DONT work in visual format, and one of those things is a slow build emotional arc in an adventure story. In a novel, that makes for a great build up and tension builder. In an anime, that puts the viewer to sleep. There *are* ways to make it work, but even then you're going to have to change things. That's why it's an adaptation not a direct conversion.

[@patyolo9627]

Maybe I misremembering something but (Minor spoiler) I thought Rudy couldn't use healing magic until later at the school or was it that he can't use it without a chant?

[@chocobutternat]

he could use it, but not chantless

[@patyolo9627]

@@chocobutternat ok, thank you

[@jeffbyrne5910]

I don't think Rudy was naming his muscles. Baskerville and Tindalos are literary references to hounds. It's a very nerdy and well-read way of saying his dogs were barking ie his feet/legs hurt from the running. I think it was a very Rudy way of doing it, too. I laughed.

[@yochananzaqantov7143]

I agree this is a fine episode although rushed in parts. I think we knew this that the direction was not agreed to by everyone in the production. We heard the rumors. I think the scope of danger was removed from the snow drake part. The monster frog was not even shown. They changed where Rudy met the little girl and the interaction could of showcased his people change ideology. Helping people w/o asking for something in return. After the melting the snow (which by the way w3as sorely lacking from how much was described in the LN. The battle with the snow buffalo was toned to just a day in the office. The Giant Treant battle was too short. There was a lot of danger. Other than that I was pleased with the episode. I agree that nothing can be completely animated like the light novel. The most stand out part of magic was his turning the blizzard into blue sky. That shows his potential of power.

[@massiveman87]

The fake smile goes deeper than just keeping people at arms length because of eris. In the LN he keeps it on his face and acts super passive/submissive because he is still traumatized by his run in with Orsted. He will do anything to keep from upsetting the wrong person again. This definitely could have been 2 episodes tho. It is what it is, as long as this leaves more time for later arcs.

[@IIdankII]

Mushoku Tensei is for child predators. Everyone in this comment section saying they like this show is not seeing heaven.

[@Deadlychuck84]

I totally expected these first couple of episodes, the whole adventurer arc, to be paced extremely quickly. Based on how many light novels the first season covered and iirc Roxy showing up in the promotional materials of this season. That creates a couple of potential end points for the season, but the adventurer arc and is significantly less relevant than the next couple of arcs that will likely also be included in this season in order to get up to, or past, the reintroduction of Roxy. Which at the current pacing, that means there will be a 3rd season that will wrap up the story. However, that does mean some of the minor story beats will need to be rushed, let alone how quickly things will start moving once Rudy starts traveling a bunch.

[@CMatt007]

Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. I don't hate this. But I'm mad, because I get mad when I'm anxious. And I have a anxiety disorder. And even on a fresh tab of Zoloft, I still am.

[@_KingoftheEnd]

I think this episode feels rushed, but not necessarily because of how much content is in the episode. In my opinion it's more how it's presented (and I'm not talking about art or animation). Although the characters say that time is passing, it never really feels like it. It's just one moment and then another moment and then the next one, without the feeling of time passing, which makes the whole episode feel disconnected and especially Sara's development at the end feel our of nowhere. That scene in particular feels off to me, because she very suddenly flips on her attitude towards Rudy. Yes, I know she already started to like him before and he just saved her life. But how it's conveyed to the audience makes it feel like she just suddenly went from a complete tsundere to openly liking him. And that's the thing with this episode. On paper, the plot points make sense and are really compelling, but how it's presented makes it feel rushed and disconnected. But overall I think the episode is fine as long as the next few episodes don't have the same issues. It's not a season-ruining episode by any means, just kind of weak in comparison to the peak that the rest of Mushoku Tensei is.

[@hermdude]

As both WN and LN reader, it's justified that this volume to be quick. Yes, I think the most pertinent critique with this episode is that the focus could have been better rather than being scattered around, but the episode the volume is based on, is an extra volume not told in the WN. It's expanded upon so that, I assume, to give LN readers, who pay for the volumes, extra value on top of the main story that they might have read for free in the WN. So overall, the pacing is fine since this is not the meat of the story.

[@azcatryo42]

I've read the light novels and most of the web novel and I found this episode as fine. It covered all the scenes I hoped we would see. I even remember reading the scene where Rudy uses magic to handle the snow being one I hoped they took the time to show. Don't know why that scene in particular stuck out as one I recall, but it did.

[@duckdictator6531]

I'm an LN reader, I liked the episode. It is next episode that is gonna be the make or break. Honestly, I kind of wonder how much they are going to try and cover in this season? Or maybe the current pacing is to try and speed us through the coming arc.

[@Megatrance9000]

I liked the episode even though I've heard they cut some stuff. I know they are limited to what they can show with air time so it's understandable, I'd rather have them focus on the bigger stuff. I am going back and reading the LN's and it's really great so far seeing all the additional context. I've also read the Manga and I highly recommend giving it a read with the additional scenes especially with the tree fight.

[@arcepasm]

People are crazy. I'm a LN reader, up until LN23 even. Complaininng aboutLN 7 being done quick is so dumb. Go read tthe LN like I did if you want the 100% experience people, I did it taht way after finishing Season 1 and have 0 regrets, hell I even started from the Vol 1 and as Chibi says, some content got cut because that is anime for you. Guess what, there was a bunch on content skipped on teh Rudeus and Paul reunion back in Millishion.... yes, so stop. LN readers should enjoy what they get and shut their mouths regarding spoilers. Peace.

[@peshlegen8037]

I’m so immersed into mushoku tensei’s world I am going to be truly devistated when it all ends. I wish it was along the lines of a show like Naruto where it is just fleshed out with many episodes and different changes in the character we could watch for months or even years to come. Instead of the typical 12 episode seasons most animes get.

[@Weizmann07]

I think this episode is more focused on how Rudy is getting by, I don't think the pacing is bad at all, I think its enough to show us his day to day and also his mental state as well as his relationship with the people around him. In fact I appreciate that they make into 1 episode rather than making into 2 or 3.

[@supmugi9]

never forget what Onimai took from Mushoku Tensei.

[@Akrymir]

Completely agree. This arc only has a few things that a really important and there's a ton of content they need to get through this season, so it's not surprising they are skimming past all of this. Unfortunately, one of them is a specific line of inner dialog that's been completely skipped, but they might be holding it off on it until next episode. There's been some very subtle hints, but we'll see next week. Another was Rudy's magic development, as he learned how to manipulate weather to stop the blizzard. This is kinda important to that side of his character development, but not too big of a deal to gloss over. I think next episode is gonna be where a some important events occur following a major realization... all of which drives the next part of the story.

[@wingbutler]

As a lightnovel reader, I've not watched family guy. So I was so confused when I told some friends about how cool a nickname Quagmire was. Then they started laughing and referencing family guy. I still think Quagmire nickname is awesome, but now I have think of family guy too.

[@fizzervc7264]

Just bc something isn't integral to the overall story doesn't mean it should just be rushed through and not given the time it needs. The small things are what separate the good from the great and Mushoku Tensei deserves all the love and care it needs to do the story justice. Also I'm sure that season 1 cut out some content but as an anime only I wasn't bothered by any of it BUT as an anime only who knows nothing about what's being cut out even I noticed how much content was missing from this episode that's just how bad this episode was in terms of pacing and cut content. In general I don't have very high standards for anything in life but Mushoku Tensei is one of the few things I do have high standards for so I'm really hoping they can live up to the greatness that was season 1 but I've definitely lost a lot of faith so with how season 2's been going.

[@akshatmishra9662]

As a light novel reader.... This episode missed a few important things but looking from the perspective of showmakers....they have to cover 6 volumes in this season(both parts)....they have to skip some things and pace it accordingly....so they did a pretty good job doing that.

[@senioradahug]

We're these first two episodes rushed? I'm just curious if I should be expecting season one levels of quality or not

[@JoseLopez-gi9sf]

From what i read on the website i was watching it on people complain about the fact he wasn't with them when Sara went missing. Because they assume since they went the after party together they would do more mission together. But he doesn't. The problem here is that he is still hurting and not wanting to do missions with others. Not only that, Sara team is a group that only really do lower level missions that shouldn't have high risk to them. But they have always been unlucky. Which is why they ended up in a lizard nest and then punched by that guy. It is also why the other lady said to Sara that she needs to learn to play nice with many people because one day she may need to go with a different group. That plays more on their bad luck. And why they call Rudy Lucky because he can do missions alone. People dislike Rudy because people in that area do missions make a living. Most people are poor and if they don't work they don't eat. Rudy doesn't really suffer the same because he remembers his schooling in math from his old life. So he knows how to finance himself.

[@LinksterGaming]

The problem with the transition from light novel to anime is the lack of inner monolog from different characters or explanations of the situation from an objective point of view. I read the light and web novel after turning point 2 in the anime, knowing good and well that there would be parts in the anime I wouldn't enjoy as much. I read after overlord s3 and loved the LNs but season 4 was trash to me since I read the LN. Season 1 of mushoku tensei and season 1-3 held up pretty well for me bc I watched them first and then went back to read the LNs. It expanded on something I enjoyed so much. when the new season started, it felt off bc I knew what was supposed to happen in detail, but they just just skimmed over what seemed to be crucial parts. I still enjoyed season 4 of overlord, but it was mainly for the animated combat scenes that I was looking forward too. I suspect the same will go for season 2 of mushoku tensei (and reincarnated as a slime sine I read ahead for that one, too). They will never animate all of what happens in a light novel, so you need to lower your expectations. That or just wait until an anime season is done before you read its LN counterpart.

[@Negi2468]

Volume 7 is a filler volume that was added for the light novel. It wasn't in the web novel, and it's also not in the manga adaptation. The regular story returns once he gets to Ranoa

[@annatardlordofderps9181]

4:00 In the light novels he spends more time at the refugee camp in Asura and does some jobs for them to save up money. Between that and Paul sending him some, Rudy has plenty of money to survive months without working, Rudeus is doing this to make a name for himself and hoping the fame and his good deeds lead him to Zenith.

[@EH-sp3wk]

Dude, I’m a LN reader and I enjoyed the episode. The only issue is that I feel like they skipped a lot of information from the LN. However, I’m already on LN 20 so I’m don’t remember much from this part of the story. 🤔

[@SoapSoapCrayon]

I'm an LN reader (and WN before that came out), and I also liked this episode. Definitely wasn't perfect, but it was fine. A lot of people criticize the pacing and quality, but I think they are trying to get to the later arcs a bit faster, and invest budget into those instead. Which is a good idea for a production schedule. They'll likely touch a lot of this stuff up in the blueray later.

[@tacogamingnetwork7936]

As an anime only, I liked the episode. I saw the title of this video before I watched it, and after watching It I thought that it was pretty good. One thing I was wondering is if the party member that got killed is censored, because half of the screen was black. If so, it just kind of sucks seeing more stuff being censored with the western/global release or whatever it's referred to as.

[@dannys6651]

It needed to go that way though. Just like a phase for Rudy. It still left out a big part though when he healed Sarah. He showed interest even though you know, he can't shown for it lol.

[@isttalksclubyt]

The pacing did really catched me and I missed most of the details whats going on in here, so thank you for this review 😇

[@annatardlordofderps9181]

I had a bit of a write-up explaining my issues with the episodes 0-2 in comparison to the Light Novels. The recurring issue the episodes have is that they seem rushed. Spoilers, obviously: I would have had the Sylphiette episode after Rudeus learns Silent Fitz is Sylphiette. It tied everything around Luke and Ariel together well and allowed the reader to sympathize more with Ariel during both assassination attempts. Episode 1 rushed Rudy getting over his despondency too quickly, this impacts Episode 2 by making Soldats' response seem completely baseless, where in the light novel, he is still depressed he just realizes that there is more to live for still and doesn't choose to die. He still acts distant to most people and is regularly described as having a fake smile and creepy, overly formal behavior. We only get it once, and it was from Sara who insulted Rudy in other ways by this point. The montage at the start of Episode 2 is largely book accurate but it rushes past a couple points of world-building. Like the girl with the bruised knee initially rejects his healing because scammers would force healing upon people, charge an exorbitant amount for the service, and sell the person into slavery if they couldn't afford it. The children also return in an upcoming event. The snow drake scene also gets the feeling that it's rushed. It's not as dramatic as the light novel and the anime doesn't let the situation breathe. It's effectively resolved before it feels like a dangerous situation. The same thing happens with the elder treen't. In the light novel Rudy _does_ stop the blizzard, but only for his immediate vicinity, not the entire storm itself. He does this because he doesn't want to disrupt the weather patterns too much. The fight with the treen't also simply takes a lot longer and the treen't is a lot larger in the Light Novels. Rudeus describes it as an "MMO Raid boss" where the target is huge but only has a select number of attacks. After realizing this, the treent starts acting more erratically, Rudeus thinks that it's getting desperate and uses an opportunity to get Sara out of the treents roots. The recurring issue in episodes 0-2 seems like the studio is being hasty and isn't letting anything develop in a natural way. They didn't have this issue in season 1. Theyre still serviceable and I might like them more whem I binge watch it with all the English voice acting, but it seems like just a couple of misfires are preventing this good show from being a great show in season 2.

[@troymanansala7739]

I don't understand why people feel the urge to overly insult a show's flaws. We're only at the Episode 2 for crying out loud. And consider Mushoku Tensei's track record, I'm pretty confident that it's going to go the up and up once we reach the end.

[@jamesbrost1367]

The 2 major things I did not like... 1, downplay just how many monsters were involved. 2, for anime only people, could have added a single line of dialogue explaining quagmire is the name of the spell Rudy uses.

[@TWYOP]

This episode felt more like the director trying to knock out plot points rather than focusing on a specific tone/theme. I think if they focused on Rudy's perspective of trying to push through and do his best to be socially pleasant contrasted with other people's perception of him, it would've felt more cohesive. So ultimately what's really missing from this was more internal monologue, especially during that bar scene