Why Did the Mass Teleportation Incident Happen? HUGE MUSHOKU TENSEI SPOILERS!

[@NatalieXHunter]

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[@lucasvanwijngaarden670]

I always liked the fact that Rudeus reincarnation was a coincidence. Getting summoned for some greater goal just wouldn't have fit with his personal goal of living a fulfilling life.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Yeah, and if he hadn't had the freedom he had then things would have turned out differently too - like if he'd been growing up thinking he had to achieve a certain thing he would have focused his experiences on that and done different things. Like with Lugh in Assassin Aristocrat - if he didn't have the mission he was reincarnated for, he probably wouldn't have wanted to be an assassin again in this life and would have done totally different things, but for his story he has to have that goal forced on him. Rudeus doesn't have any external forces directing how he lives his life, until he gets a boss!

[@bervirus]

Given the fact that Rudeus (soul) summoning was coincidence, when u think about it, Paul's family life was tragic in the proper timeline... Their first son was stillborn, and it would take another 5 years before Zenith conceive another baby. And when it does, their maid was also pregnant. Imagine how heartbroken Zenith was...

[@rajvirmalhans2073]

@@bervirus and without advice and discussion from Rudy that helped them get through with all that

[@kroposman2302]

Lol, Rudeus fucked up the whole prophecy

[@burck6113]

@@NatalieXHunter That actually brings up a good point to mind. What if Rudeus HAD been summoned properly and suffered the same fate as the young boy who was summoned? The specific nature of him being a complete anomaly in how the world itself works that the world initially fought was what gave him the opportunity to make the changes he did. I hope the people who summon learn that summoned people don't really have magic and I assume can't learn other skills that are seemingly unique to this world that otherwise wouldn't be possible on earth and stop expecting them to be heros lol pretty dark fate there. But maybe they went down with the kingdom so it might not matter.

[@Naix1511]

So this also explains why Orsted decided to heal rudeus after almost killing him in the latest episode... Nanahoshi made Orsted realized that Rudeus is never been in his loop.. and maybe something would change if Rudeus remains alive.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Yes, exactly - it's explained a bit more in the video about Orsted.

[@F3lipe-u8x]

Stopping to think I remembered about the destiny thing in Mushoku tensei Rudeus has a very strong destiny which basically is that he cannot die until he is old, so anyone who threatens your life in one way or another Rudeus will make it out alive so Nanahoshi's business was destiny trying to make Rudeus not die?

[@roggonval]

@@F3lipe-u8x the destiny thing doesn't mean he can't die it means hitagami cant do something to directly change their lives for example rudeus kids are supposed to help Osrted that thing cant change even if rudeus tries to interfere but Hitogami still can kill them all like in the bad timeline

[@treymiller5736]

Orsted neared messed everything up by almost killing Rudeus. First rudeus seemed to trust him very easily at their first meet. He didn’t even trust man god at first meet, he felt man god was up to no good.

[@fatwreck2104]

plus its the only one timeline where rudeus at. its like having a bug to win against hitogami

[@ribbon_dye]

I've always loved how the entirety of Ruddy's life was not only an accident, but pretty much everything is just a massive prequel to set up the -actual- story. Literally everything about the series is just a set up so some lovestruck girl is able to create a future with the guy she has a crush on.

[@chamllis]

Basically setting up for the typical fantasy story that Rudy thought he was going to get.

[@abnercamacho5505]

Rudeus is such a good wingman he's putting in work from beyond the grave

[@randomaccount-dq1jq]

@Da Contradiction If I remember correctly two boys were fighting with Nanahoshi before Rudeous saved them from Truck kun, Subaru hitting his head and not remembering properly the events that led him to another world would not be too out there for me if it tied the worlds together lol.

[@DayaRam-bs2cx]

@Da Contradiction wait.....they both are connected?

[@remnamilos3037]

Yup the title literally makes sense to me now As it is literally a "jobless" reincarnation He wasnt forced on anything (to save the world and stuff) He was just accidentaly summoned there to live his own life as he wanted to

[@kstoltzNHF]

I love this explanation. In a way, he was just as insignificant as he was in his previous life, but Rudy’s second chance and his determination to not waste it changed so much. The lesson I take to heart from the story is that it’s never too late to change yourself for the better and live your life fully. In doing so he defied expectations and I couldn’t be happier for him.

[@asw654]

I like it too. It was also a subversion of expectations back when isekai subversions weren't as common. You'd expect someone reincarnated into another world to be someone special, but nope, this was just an accident. His story is significant mostly due to his own efforts.

[@burck6113]

It's a really cool concept and kinda like Re:Zero, it's extremely motivating without trying to be. It's very fluid and natural and it really makes you question yourself and your own outlook on life, even if you're not necessarily doing bad in life, but not striving to the goals you know you could push towards, for plenty of reasons. Shows like MHA, however, kinda throw stuff like that right out in your face and they don't try to find subtle ways about it. Both methods have their ups and downs. I just really appreciate the road less traveled that shows like this take and how much thought and effort it requires. I guess from my perspective it's a matter of "the beauty is in the simplicity" meeting "the devil is in the details", and Natalie somehow finds a way to make it all palatable for us to understand and develop our own opinions and thoughts.

[@justgeneric2876]

Wholesome

[@saljpal3]

The thing I find interesting is that Rudeus isn't directly involved in the most important events in the Mushoku Tensei universe but he's the catalyst for these important events to transpire and the necessary individuals involved in these events.

[@saljpal3]

@@burck6113 I find it pretty interesting that both Mushoku Tensei and Re:Zero have a main character that are in the center of a time loop that affects both past and future.

[@humourlessjester3584]

Moral of the story: Don't summon random dudes from other worlds. There's no guarantee of them possessing any special powers or heroes destined to win wars. It's more likely they'll be random dudes eating chips and watching Netflix in their apartment.

[@caleb_artzs2533]

Or having a argument with their girlfriend before getting hit by a truck

[@johnwong5317]

The assassin Isekai show that after 500+ summons of people with different expertise which famous on Earth, you will bound to get a good one. That's why many dark Isekai just summon lots and lots and lots of people over, majority of them will die, but you only need 1 or 2 at the end.

[@namoma4922]

Or even worse if they end up being skilled but bad persons, or you end up mistreating them and they come up with a vengance

[@morgenstern7865]

Idk man i kinda need to isekai someone into our world

[@namoma4922]

@@morgenstern7865 if it's a demon, get rid of them by making them work in fastfood

[@Azure_Cry]

Imagine the whole story of Mushoku Tensei, the story of Rudeus from beginning to end, only to find out that he was not only a side character in the greater picture, but also just was there by chance, while the actual isekai "protag" were a divided couple through time, which stories we might just start to touch in greater depth in the future. This really makes the whole world of Mushoku Tensei feel more alive than it already is due to how everything keeps moving and the characters have their own story.

[@mr.savagetube8661]

Wait so rudeus isnot main protagonist ???🤔

[@Azure_Cry]

@@mr.savagetube8661 he is the protagonist of Mushoku Tensei, since he is the story we follow, but in yhe grand scheme of things or better said, in the story of the world, he was just a side character with a unique and interesting story. For the grand story (the cause of the teleportation event, the summoning that happened in the past and in the future, what caused changes in the timeline of the loop for the dragon god, the reason of the summoning) when all is said and done, rudeus really wasnt supposed to play a part in any of that. The story of the world is how someone sent someone to the past to prevent a tragedy. The story of Mushoku Tensei is how someone used that as an opportunity to live a second life Both interesting, related stories, but one has a bigger scale while the other is just personal.

[@vogel2499]

This is what I think is very lacking with numerous Isekai story, especially ones with cultivation concepts(WuXia/ManHwa/ManHua). They just relying on badass stoic morally correct mf without any substance.

[@Azure_Cry]

@@vogel2499 I call this type of stories MCU type stories, many stories collide, wether its through different series (Toaru Franchise) or in the same series (Every single season of Fate having multiple important fleshed out characters).

[@Mukichi]

Rudeus’ story ended with a bunch of few adventures and boom,we’re done. Holy shit can we like only see him till he’s 24? This could’ve been way longer but way more despressing when we’d see this bish Lara taking over the mc title

[@clintcarpentier2424]

I read Orsted's side story the other day and had a good laugh. All the work he'd put into remembering the details of the world during his loop. Rudeus comes along and fucks it all up. Answer? Let's write a diary.

[@roggonval]

the diary cant travel to time for Orsted he is in a loop, rudeus travel to time is two different things

[@clintcarpentier2424]

@@roggonval That's not the point. Orsted's relying heavily on memory because he can't leave a diary. But he only has to rely on himself keeping track of the details and making sure certain events line up. Rudeus' existence has thrown everything out of whack. Even so, certain events remain critical, and must be maintained. Orsted's memories are no longer reliable in this regard. He needs to write down what needs to happen, how Rudeus has changed the circumstances, and how they can be corrected. Of course there's always the more important reason to write a diary. "Today, a little girl rode my shoulders, pulled my hair and called me papa. It felt good to not hated."

[@jokeing7]

Orsted changes the timeline as well though he trys not to alter it to much but I have a theory that his actions caused something new to happen because realistically he's the only one who can change the timeline indirectly

[@animationfusion]

Dude the continuity in this series is awesome, the fact in the opening of the series when he's laying there dying and the cop says over the radio "2 teens involved were missing" gave me chills after knowing this

[@blackman7186]

Legendary foreshadowing

[@warrenbutler3943]

There are few things in life that are sadder than when Natalie posts a new video you can’t watch because of spoilers

[@NatalieXHunter]

Well, I did do a spoiler free video yesterday, but it was about JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

[@Rammsoldat]

I always say the tale is in the telling so I read/hear spoilers and it doesn't usually hurt my experience.

[@kstoltzNHF]

Not really. If the story is doing it’s job, spoilers don’t matter, the experience does.

[@Jacob6853]

The LN's and to a degree the WN's are a good read. I enjoyed the first episodes so much that during the break between pt 1 and 2 of the Anime I bought the translated LN's and finished off with the WN's because I couldn't get enough of the story. Took me all of 1 month to read through it all but am a fast reader. In short its worth it to read too to get ahead and see what is skipped in the anime (quite a bit)..

[@dango2917]

I usually forget spoilers soon after I hear them until they come up again. I am glad I have this odd quirk

[@OJSRT24565]

“I hate the word ‘fate’. The idea of the future determining the past is ridiculous. I won’t accept something like that. The very idea of it ridicules the past, and belittles the present. I won’t accept it.” - Perugius Dola

[@caleb_artzs2533]

That moment explains why Perugius have a petty hatred towards Orsted

[@Tooopper]

He is also kind of right. It explains one of Orsted’s main faults. He lives too far in the future (one that doesn’t exist now) that he loses sight of what matters in the moment. It actually manifests in a pretty big error on his part in the decisive battle. He kind of does belittle the present and pays very little heed towards the past experiences of others. Rudy helps anchor him and helps him build the resolve to trust more in the people he has now towards a loop of uncertainty….which is arguably a factor in the future narrative.

[@caleb_artzs2533]

@Tooopper That can also imply Hitogami since Hitogami's ability is to see the future while forgetting the present. Hell Orsted is actually kinda friendly, he calls the people who help him his comrade, he felt indebted by Norn since she helped him in the previous loops. Perugius just have a petty hatred towards Orsted. It's kinda imply that Perugius hatred towards Orsted, was because Orsted knows things that Perugius doesn't. (Well that just my interpretation on the part when they try to help bring back Nanahoshi to her world)

[@Tooopper]

@@caleb_artzs2533 He also purposefully omits the dying superd tribe to Rudy and Ruijerd despite their deep interest in finding it to…well….save time. Because of that, he loses an almost indispensable asset. Also in comparison to Rudy and the gang, his mercilessness towards Hitogami apostles could have resulted in Luke’s death since he’d rather air on the killing side of caution, despite Luke being important to Ariel and Luke’s ability to be reasoned with. He also would have killed Rudy mercilessly if it weren’t for Nanahoshi’s intervention, which would have costed him the greatest asset so far. He is friendly. He is amicable. He is even generous. A lot of his decisions (like the superd tribe) are informed by caution and failures after good honest attempts….but that’s exactly my point. He’s stuck viewing things too far ahead and sometimes fails to see what he has now and what’s important now. That’s why him pulling out his sword (which will harm in him in the future if he doesn’t compensate) against Alex saying that he wants to fight believing in his comrades’ ability to help him is a huge thematic moment. It’s him accepting a new future of unknowns and the role trusting wholeheartedly in the power of others plays in it. Perugius does hate him for being a know it all and referring to fate….but it’s also thematically an insult towards Orsted’s state of mind. Perugius’ work with Nanahoshi, despite not working in the end, his mindset and work is what allowed Nanahoshi to substantiate a theory that is crucial to understanding the time loops….but it’s also petty. Things can be multifaceted. That’s one of the themes in the story, to not view things myopically.

[@Rafaelrgm]

@@Tooopper In defense of Orsted, he's pretty much like Okabe Rintarou from Steins; Gate by the time the series start, he's being that for so long that he's basicaly just going throught the motions and doing some adjustments to see what sticks. Rudy and Nanahoshi ends up being his Mayuri and Co.

[@kristoffer2250]

Nanohashi is definitely one of my favorite characters in this series. Intelligent, charming, and very persistent, with real concerns and problems. I can't wait for the anime to re-introduce her again. I really hope that she has a good ending though because she really suffered a lot. Also, like you said, I find it funny that people assume immediately that a God summoned Rudy. In truth, it was all an accident. He was not even the hero summoned in this world. But, while he may not have been summoned as a hero, while he may have been born with the ideals that a hero would hold, while he may not have started with the characteristics you would associate to a hero-figure, he did become one by the end of the series, and that's pretty damn cool. Guy just wanted to live a normal life and grow as a person, but ended up setting the foundation for a bright future. (I also like how the end has a highlight of the Greyrat history as seen by future historians. Nice touch)

[@NatalieXHunter]

I really like Nanahoshi too. I feel bad for her though - everything else in her body stops changing but she can still put on weight if she enjoys all the food Rudeus brings her! That's some bad luck!

[@kristoffer2250]

@@NatalieXHunter Truly a tragic catastrophe

[@rajvirmalhans2073]

@@NatalieXHunter Spoiler: at least she doesn’t have to worry about hair unless she loses it since it doesn’t grow back. Interesting to compare the 2 isekai characters. If her partner, wants to stay she will have to leave without him

[@NatalieXHunter]

She might want to stay after whatever happens later. Or she might die. We don't even know what will happen!

[@rajvirmalhans2073]

@@NatalieXHunter ya who knows. She could join the harem or die. The new protagonist has a lot of options so it’s hard to decide who he would end up with (assuming it’s Akhihito)

[@nobalkain624]

Basically Rudius is the Hero who will save the world and no one, not even him, will realize it because it was a complete accident. This is such an amazingly well told story. My first LN was Overlord, but it looks like my second with be Mushoku Tensei and your coverage of it Natalie is what has made me decide this, thank you.

[@brucewayne1777]

Truly an example of "The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference."

[@Tooopper]

One of the things I love about Rifugin’s use of time travel is that he puts Rudy in a position of uncertainty (same with Re:Zero). A lot of audience members default to apathy when it comes to time travel. That said, with MT, Rudy is not even sure if he’s involved in time travel plots since he’s not even a part of the world’s natural order. It keeps the story grounded despite all the wacky time shenanigans and thematically, it keeps Orsted grounded, which leads to a critical resolution for the timeline. In Re:Zero’s case, it’s hard to take the apathetic [keep trying til you win] take when you’re face to face with the mentally crushing consequences of that mindset. :P

[@Foranoda]

DAT pause before "mana capacity"... brilliant, Nat, just... brilliant

[@hughdahand5711]

I don't think the Miko was in her own time loop but was instead just retaining memories of Orsted's time loops.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Yeah, maybe she just gets born in every one of his loops and her power means she remembers the world before it was reset. That makes a lot of sense.

[@burck6113]

But then her wish wouldn't have had the capacity to cause the mana calamity. If her powers are just memories, that's a whole different concept than actual time travel. Unless her simply being in Orsteds time loops meant she was somehow connected to him or his abilities and then she could have some kind of manipulative ability but it's a stretch

[@NatalieXHunter]

Nah, her power does manipulate time - it just rewinds it by up to a day. Burning out that power with her wish forces the time reset in the end. But her living the same life over and over and remembering her deaths could just be that she is born in every (or many) Orsted loops, but because she's special she retains memories of other loops.

[@TheTenzen12]

@@burck6113 Some superpowers can't work in vacuum. Superspeed is bad if you don't have super reflexes and durability bear G force. Laser eyes are useless if they aren't also heatproof ect. And if your "superpower" is rewind time you need retain memories when time is rewinded. And idea is that this "secondary superpower" work whenever time is rewinded regardless whether she does 1 day rewind or Orsted "curse" does 200 years rewind.

[@sandz000]

one thing i wonder about also is orsted loop is artificially created thru a technique or magic created while the miko is a natural phenomenon. i wonder if a natural magic( like a miko curse) or artificial one is of the same strength and capacity, which would take precedence??

[@fva1835]

My Theory : The mass displacement also happen in the old Dragon tale and it was due to mass mana imbalance it stop after the six world is united. The Playback Miko wish cause The Fittoa displacement incident which i guess is an act of the world trying to balance itself out due to the summoning causing an imbalance since it will interfere in a predetermine history of the world (and the world most probably is already in a state of imbalance once again due to the Dragon God Vs Hitogami space time kerfuffle).

[@Tylerf962]

Nah it’s a lot more simple than that

[@Rammsoldat]

Mushoku Tensei has quickly become one of my favourite series, I quite like how the story of rudeus is just part of a larger story that's yet to play out.

[@t.uuyu_]

Same

[@SouLvuR]

I don’t mind the spoilers it just makes me more interested in the plot and how it will be animated in the future, Thanks for the content been enjoying it.

[@resengan123]

This is just a theory. Given that she was born during the last 20 years of orsted's loop, the slight deviations in the miko's life may be the result of his own tampering with the timeline. Since they both keep their memories, there's also the real possibility that orsted hadn't discovered the playback miko in all of his 100s of loops. I theorize the reason he doesn't run into her is because it's at this point in time, orsted is either fighting laplace or preparing to do so. Going further, the orsted we see has no idea akahito exist because miko sort of forcefully reset the current loop. Lastly, because rudy was born, we may never learn what orsted did that resulted in the summoning to begin with.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Hmmm, that's interesting. I'd been buying into the theory that the Miko doesn't actually loop herself, she's just born in every Orsted loop and unlike everyone else, retains memories of the last loop. We see that the Miko doesn't know much about the world outside, and so was presumably very sheltered, so it would seem plausible that Orsted maybe didn't know about her - when she resets time by 24 hours he presumably would never know this had happened, so her activities could be kept secret. But by your theory, the loop (for the Miko) where Akihito was summoned is the same loop as the current loop (where she's reborn without powers) for Orsted, and in this one case it was her that forced the reset so everything that came later was forgotten by Orsted even if he did know about it. That makes a lot of sense.

[@mustofaakmal7493]

@@NatalieXHunter Dang! Crazy if its true. Rifujin really big brain in this one

[@jessyonugbolu2106]

@@NatalieXHunter actually believe it or not Orsted does know about the Milo as he told rudeus in vol 17 or 18 of the LN but he only knows she can rewind an object's time

[@alexthekiddo10]

Jeez this is some 4D chess the author is playing. The sequence of events in this series is very interesting. I can barely fathom how much careful planning this took to write. I don't know if I can possibly love this series more than I already do.

[@asuraspath2262]

I was waiting for this. Thank you for the video.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Hope you like it!

[@YukitoOnline]

Why? A certain wish granting Miko just wanted Akihito to live. Who just happens to be able to change the past just by summoning both Rudeus (by luck) & Nanahoshi.

[@corradoalamanni179]

Bless her heart she was a sort of unvoluntary orsted

[@johnwong5317]

In Another Eden mobile game, the MC is *Spoiler* Exist as the main character you control, the old man which the Dream Master and the grow up version as bartender at the End of Time. Basically you can't even tell the chicken and the egg scenarios since the MCs exist in the same timeline as 3 different roles, so who start the cycle? Or simply multiple MC from different parallel worlds converge into one. That's the point of Time Travel and Dimensional Travel, anything is possible. So I am not surprised if Rudeus can travel to the future with his wives and we will Sequel of them hunting down Hitogami.

[@cgecko3]

@@johnwong5317 *spoiler* Rudy is dead at the end of mushoku tensei jobless reincarnation having lived a good and fulfilling life. The sequel according to the author will follow the story of his children, with that being said it's hinted that Rudy will still be a character just not the main character or focus, and it's been stated before that his story is over.

[@richardkenan2891]

I think we're reading too much into that prophecy. Or not enough. "If you summon a hero, the kingdom will be saved," is not the same as "You must summon a hero who will save the kingdom." *NONE* of them was the hero who would save the kingdom. They were all just parts of the mechanism that would change the world in such a way that the kingdom could be saved. Akihito was the motivation to allow the Playback Miko to change the world, Rudeus and Nanahoshi and the time-space rift were the the changes the Playback Miko wrought that enacted that change. I hope the Playback Miko gets a good life this time, and that it's her last life, but that's not what the prophecy was about. The prophecy was about providing her the motivation to actually do something meaningful this time, rather than just living as a puppet of the kingdom which would be constitutionally incapable of motivating her to do anything out of the ordinary (for her) even if it knew it had to. And I can't help feeling like the Playback Miko is actually caught up in Orsted's time loop, and the only way she can actually escape is to have Orsted finally win. She's just somehow aware of having to re-live her life every time, probably because of her natural time manipulating gift. Which means that by summoning Rudeus, however inadvertently, she may have finally set the stage for her own escape from her hellish life.

[@johnwong5317]

@@cgecko3 Well, this series is inspired by Dragon Quest 5 and if you played DQ5, you will learn that later half of the game, you control the 3rd generations to rescue the 2nd generations from de-petrification. Not to mention like I said from Another Eden, anything is possible so don't be so sure about anything.

[@ikengaspirit3063]

I have to say, every ambitious and interesting how the story of MT is like a Prequel (with all the future threads it is setting up) even tho it technically isn't.

[@tmorg1029]

Hitigami was only out for himself and would use anything or anyone to "Protect" himself from the other Kami who were trying to delete him. As always another excellent video and very enjoyable! Thanks

[@vanthadoun1]

Wow nataliexHunter, your voice is melodic and soothing. I can listen to you read a cookbook recipe and fall asleep at night. but for now, I will listen to your anime filler contents. Great information and definitely a great presentation.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Wow, thank you!

[@Nakytzu]

Natalie you are very good at these types of explanation and summary videos!!

[@NatalieXHunter]

Glad you think so!

[@jax6501]

I love how different this Isekai is from other typical ones. The reader of course assumes every “big moment” that happens in the story is related to the main character Rudeus some how. We are thinking he must of been summoned but actually he is in this new world really by sheer luck or I guess a will to live. I do appreciate how Rudeus doesn’t waste his second chance at a new life. He could’ve easily fallen into bad habits. I mean he does sometimes at first but learns to control himself for the most part. Thanks for the video

[@elitespartnops1149]

Btw this is like the original isekai that inspired all of the others

[@joshuajimenez9950]

Excellent way to clarify everything. This is always the best part of the story for me tbh well done.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Much appreciated!

[@CRSB00]

One of the things I like of Mushoku Tensei is that unlike almost every other isekai like it, Rudy, its protagonist, it's NOT the chosen one, but just a very talented mage (really the soul of a 30 something hikikomori in the body of the would be stillborn child of Paul and Zenith)who happens to be in the right place at the right time by series of contrived coincidences there is no higher power who willed his existence as part of higher plan

[@leopard2690]

Playback miko basicaly just turned into a victim of Orsted. Looped with him but managed to keep her memories like subaru. Also i love the fact how epilouge zero implies the terrible future of the asura kingdom if ariel does not become queen. A once dominant country that now needs to put their faith into the summoning of a hero to survive. Also for the time, orsted said this is the only loop with Rudeus, it should imply that his loop only affects the 6 sided world, on earth the time progresses normal. That means even if orsted loops again there is no rudeus on earth to reincarnate

[@NatalieXHunter]

I don't know if it really implies anything about Earth's time - nobody tried to summon Akihito in any other loops so we don't know if that would have happened if they had. But since the Miko's wish was a one time thing she wouldn't have been able to open the rift more than once, because she's lost her powers after that, so we can never really know if it could have worked. It seems unlikely that things affecting time in the six-sided world would affect Earth too but that doesn't mean they couldn't be accessing Earth in the past or future in the first place, iykwim, so could possibly take the same Rudeus, Akihito and Nanahoshi from that point in time regardless.

[@MichaelDude12345]

A few weeks ago I left a comment saying that I missed some of your other chapter-reading style content. You promised that you had a lot of good things coming and I just have to say I have really enjoyed some of your newer videos as I have gone through and watched them too. Props to you, keep it up!

[@NatalieXHunter]

I read a bit of Eris' POV in the new video I'll have up later today!

[@orioncrawford9618]

I love this, he was literally just a mistake, but because he became a better man he has helped reshape the world. he was no destiny, no purpose but he did still have an impact on the world

[@maxtacjurai1980]

Wow. Just wow. The MC of the most amazing story I've been exposed to in decades just happens to be a random, was not selected and was not destined to do anything... Then I guess that's just a corollary of life then. Nothing is predestined, predetermined, or fated. You make your own destiny. Fortune favours the prepared mind. Do your best, with what you have, at the time. Love openly, care deeply, and give freely. Work to be your best you, and live your own life every day. Oh, and enjoy great stories, like this one!

[@DavePatrick001]

It's interesting how authors, who are friends, can influence each other's work. The authors of Reincarnated as a Slime, and So I'm a Spider are said to be friends as well. Though their stories are completely different, they both take on the challenge of characters reincarnated as monsters. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Lewis Carroll were friends as well, in a different Era of course, but they pushed each other, and the influence of their stories can be seen in most fantasy stories today. In fact, you could say that Alice in Wonderland was one of the first Isekai stories.

[@sleepyprinny]

Oh, a note on Nanahoshi! Apparently, Rudy becoming friends with Zanoba helps her out by him showing her that 'Layered Magic Circles' are a thing, which should help her! Oh, and Roxy's kid to Rudy is basically immune to Hitogami's scheming bullshit... which is good for us and Orsted but bad for that jerkass. ...And there *IS* at least one alternate timeline with Rudeus in it... The 'Rudeus Bad End bc Roxy Died and He Crissed The Despair Event Horison' timeline bc of Hitogami's bullshit

[@NatalieXHunter]

Yes, I know, that was 'the other time related thing I didn't mention' I spoke of at the end of the video. I'm going to do another video about that but this one already included way too much complicated time stuff, and explaining everything that happens in a story that's a couple of million words long in one video isn't really possible lol.

[@sleepyprinny]

@@NatalieXHunter True. Tbh. I was actually pretty durprised by how time travel was handled in this series. Tbh tho, I'm curious about that ReZero theory you mentioned.

[@rajvirmalhans2073]

Spoiler: Technically aren’t all kids immune to Hitogami as kids from thenisekai protagonist Rudy who isn’t from their world

[@abnercamacho5505]

@@rajvirmalhans2073 they are, since they're all inmune to orsted's curse as well

[@KW-tx6er]

@@abnercamacho5505 but they still can me appointed as one of his 3 apostles and can be manipulated the old school way

[@PaulEugeneManning]

Thank you for explaining it quite thoroughly. I read the web novels, I think I was just enjoying them too much to make a note of all the information that you brought forward. I've enjoyed your analysis of the different anime series. Yyou have tied up a lot of loose ends for me particularly concerning the gods of this world he reincarnated in. And how the various characters interacted with each other before and after the time Loop of Orson. Please continue to do these analysis I do enjoy listening to them. Enjoy your little toon character of yourself. It's always a surprise to see what you decide to dress your little anime character in. So far I've enjoyed all your little costumes and they seem allied with the discussion.

[@Firestrom]

I'm currently working on a DnD Campaign that takes place in MT's world (with some differences here and there to include some DnD races...) several decades after Rudeus death. All those videos are really helping me out a lot, thank you !

[@NatalieXHunter]

Awwww cool! Glad they help!

[@LionHunter832]

You know... Your voice is very smooth. I could easily fall asleep too

[@wewarren68]

I must say that I love you voice in these videos, very calm and easy to understand.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Thank you! 😃

[@lordmashiro1929]

Feels like the miko used a monkey's paw for her wish...

[@sagarbansal1659]

To create a summoning circle to bring a person from another world (which even Perugius or Ostred couldn't do). I think Technique God has a had in this and he will be a prominant firgure in sequel series

[@nothingiseverperfect]

AHH UR VIDEOS R SO GOOD THANK YOUU Mushoku TENSEI is one of the first animes I’ve GENUINELY BEEN INTERESTED in for a LOOONGGG TIME. I’ve seen so many tropes, and over used character tropes, stories, cliches etc. everything just became sooo boring But when I saw the trailer of s1 and then recently I started learning about the lore, AHHHHHH ITS LEGIT SOOOO GOOD and I think it’s SOOO well written. I can’t believe we had to have SAO before all of this kickstarting isekai anime instead of MUSHOKU TENSEI… because this is actually SO GOOD. I can’t wait for next weeks episode where they finally meet Orsted, ITS ABOUT TO GO DOWN BABY WHOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@NatalieXHunter]

Yessss, today's episode is going to be so good! I'm working on a video about Orsted that'll come out this evening!

[@WingZeroCustom001]

Very insightful video, I never read all the way up to the end of the WN so hearing that everything is actually answered quite neatly was quite nice to hear. Glad the video actually answered the question it posed and was a nice listen. I’ll give a sub to that 🍻

[@bitn0coin121]

my daily youtube life now consists this content ;)

[@NatalieXHunter]

Awww, thanks!

[@MrAnca]

Thank you so much for this videos, closing my eyes and imagining everything while hearing you is such an amazing experience, I hope I can live enough to see this animated.

[@samuelrougn6233]

I was just thinking this. Glad you made a video of this

[@michellef4269]

Best Mushoku Tensei review/discussion channel, go Natalie!

[@Desi_Nehra]

So glad I found this channel. You really explained it pretty well. 👍🏼

[@DabDabGoose]

With the sequel series what will be interesting is who will be involved. We know of some people that will still be alive but It seems to point to someone else not yet shown who it will revolve around, and with the different timelines and such many from the past could be brought back into it as well. It really has left a massive scope for what can happen, not something I was expecting when first getting into this series as the POV perspective of Rudeus story gives you the false idea that this story revolves around him. I Just found that really odd to be placed there regardless.

[@NatalieXHunter]

I think Akihito will be the protagonist, Lara will probably be important too, being the savior and all (I think the person she leaves to go and find in the end of Redundancy will be Akihito), obviously Orsted, Perugius, Laplace when he gets reincarnated, other new gen characters like Norn and Ruijerd's daughter... Elinalise probably given that if she figures out what we know from Old Dragon's Tale she could help Orsted. I don't think anyone from the past who should be dead will be in it because this is so strongly suggested to be 'the final loop', and anyone sending themselves to the future would have to have already done it in some way (like the Dragon God sending Orsted to the future or Laplace having things in place for his own reincarnation). Plus I think characters like Rudeus and Eris will just be allowed to have finished their stories and died, rather than being brought back - it just wouldn't fit the meaning of their stories for them or any of the other human lifespan characters to be brought back iykwim...

[@DabDabGoose]

@@NatalieXHunter I haven't caught up on the WN but isn't half of Rudeus and in turn Eris life explained very little. Like it skips from their 30s till the end which I thought maybe is done on purpose to come back later for something but it could be just a way to move on to the main story, maybe I'm thinking into it too much lol.

[@rajvirmalhans2073]

I do think we will have flashbacks from Lana when she was growing up and maybe other characters. We might actually know what she feels and thinks

[@rajvirmalhans2073]

Also Roxy and Sylphiette should still be alive although old. Lily should help with technology and gear maybe

[@NatalieXHunter]

Yeah, I don't think that means they're coming back - they had proper endings, and especially given Rudeus' final interaction with Hitogami I think it would actually take something away from the point of his complete second life if he is made to come back. I think those characters were supposed to live their lives, die with no regrets, and leave everything in the hands of the future, thematically speaking, so it'd feel cheap if they actually didn't and pop up and fight in the final battle or something.

[@conanedogawa4798]

Got some details here I hadn't caught when I read it myself. So, basically we have the playback Miko acting as the initial cause for what turns into a bootstraping paradox in which Nanahoshi has to trigger all of the subsequent loops. Neat. This would also explain why her unsommoning attempt failed. The world itself was resisting the efforts to send her back just the same as it had initially been resisting the efforts to bring her over in the first place.

[@MrBolo808]

WOOOOO LET'S GOOOOO!!! (I'm just excited to watch your videos and see you at this point tbh)

[@thevillainousqueenofhearts4976]

Interesting stuff, can’t wait to see it for myself!

[@erehinater]

Here my Theory. The one who always give Roll-back Miko a miserable life without fail is Hotigami himself. Since Hitogami will always seen his demised even if it just one of the possibility he instantly seen Roll-back miko as threat and looking for how to make her die most miserable way possible (Like how RudeusxRoxie incidents). He wasn't known that his action will cause an effect to bring Rudy and Nanahoshi into the world and End Al l loops.

[@Ser_meowsalot]

That's actually an interesting plot twist. Wow this story just became even better😱

[@cold4882]

Man Rudy was the ultimate side character of the story of the world of mt. Not only was he just a guy caught in between the war between orsted and hitogami, he was also one of laplace’s backups as he was born with the laplace factor, and also he was caught in a summoning that had nothing to do with him since it was only coincidence that he was there, and ultimately spent his years preparing the world for a fight with demon god laplace and hitogami that he didn’t even live long enough to take part in. Damn

[@Darkaneian]

Finally someone who is covering good content and is full of spoilers. I may be the only one who likes spoilers and then Still watches the anime.

[@NatalieXHunter]

I really like spoilers too, tbh!

[@videocliplover]

@@NatalieXHunter depending on the show and how they are used, they can enhance the enjoyment

[@josefonseca9178]

These MT videos are getting a lot of traction, nice! Keep it up Nat.

[@joseSanchez-ej2oh]

I can never figure out a coherent prediction Every time I think of something with the current info it feels like I hit major snag

[@deverious951]

Expertly done, Thank you 😎

[@NatalieXHunter]

Thank you too!

[@kuro5865]

wow the full story is so mind blowing, thanks for sharing.

[@VictorLiso]

I really love that Rudeus was summoned completely by accident.

[@sleepyprinny]

The Mana Catastrophe: In short, and based on what I can remember anyway, was all a clusterfuck of coincidences that started in the future and rippled backwards in time bc of the Rewind Miko on top of Nanahoshi's own failed space-time transportation spell to try and go home.... The Nanahoshi thing was just a coincidence though. All of the Rewind Miko's efforts were to save Akihito, one of the other kids Rudy tried to save... who died later anyway... oof. On the plus side? Mushoku Tensei became a thing bc Rudy's past incarnation's soul was pulled in as a side effect of the whole thing...

[@NatalieXHunter]

Nanahoshi's spell didn't really have anything to do with it, that just failed because the future takes priority over the past so she can't go back yet. But other than that yeah, it was more or less that. Took me 4k words to explain it though somehow haha!

[@sleepyprinny]

@@NatalieXHunter No, what I meant was just the timing of it all, not that it actually had anything to do with what happened. Like I said, a clusterfuck of coincidences that, whether or not they actually had an effect aside from being a thing that happened at the time.

[@Rakkakaze]

I feel it's less a 'cluster of serendipity' and more 'time is relative.' All things being true. Summoning event similar to Ni no Kuni occurs (near death causing world sliding) [Come up with a reason why Akihito would be picked in that instant, this seems very isekai] Akihito is pulled in, that puts a great strain on the world. Things happen, now Nanahoshi is attempted to be pulled into the world, due to Akihito now existing in the timeline, the world pushes back on being #2. In 'earth' time this would be likely within the same instant due to proximity to Akihito. (Pretend a hole appeared where he was) As Nanahoshi is pulled in, a freshly loosened soul is there. Nanahoshi, being a 'body' gets blocked, the soul arriving with her ping pongs around and finds somewhere to land. This essentially solves the 'timing' issue of somehow 3 people arriving at wildly different times. The only coincidence would be the summoning happening at a time relative to Earth's, as 'Rudy' dies the first time. (basically 2 arrive at the gate at the same time, but only one gets in due to a lack of physical state) Potentially if he wasn't there, Nanahoshi would just be stuck on the boundary between worlds.

[@rhythmmandal3377]

Well it's never confirmed the other kid died and in the anime he is out right fine as seen on ep1.

[@NatalieXHunter]

There were 3 kids. Nanahoshi, Akihito, and one other guy whose name I forget. It's that third guy who is OK in ep 1. Nanahoshi and Akihito didn't die, anyway - they were summoned as they were, so they just disappeared. Only Rudeus' former self died.

[@dramaking9559]

Truck kun to Carriage san: "There's a boy i accidentally sent over. I need you to kill him" Carriage San: "Got you fam"

[@charlesacker9174]

Interesting Algorithm thing I've never seen before uploading two videos within 24 hours of each other while notification is turned on. This jampacked your Stone Ocean Spoiler Free review with this one. It's weird KZbin mobile created an automatic playlist assuming it was some part 1 part 2 compilation.

[@NatalieXHunter]

That's really weird! I'm sure I've released two videos in 24 hours before, but it's kinda bad that it did that given the JoJo's video is fine for anybody to watch but this one is huge spoilers!

[@cgames5671]

I hope you make this kind of videos in the future. I like this kinds of explanation or spoiler. good job

[@Ronin11111111]

Finally, I can watch all your videos now that I have finished reading the main series :D! One thing about the final chapter: Akihito dying in front of Roa could also suggest that the Rewind Miko ISN'T from Asura, but some place south of it. But it could also mean Asura is being attacked from the south, seems like there's an inevitable war with a southern neighbor either way. The narration says the King in the Mikos time would somewhat, but could it be possible she's only born in loops where Ariel looses? Even without all the things that happen in the final loop it's suggested that she would steer Asura in a direction where they wouldn't treat a Miko with such abject cruelty, and if they truly loose and get invaded every single time, this could be the crisis Orsted talks about with Ariel.

[@popofabulous]

I'm starting to really enjoy this channel. Great video as always, Nat!

[@leonzeng6272]

The author said that Aisha is the Magic Knight who designed the Summoning Circle.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Ah, OK, I didn't know that.

[@namoma4922]

now that's ironic

[@Bahamutzet]

The times do not coincide, since Aisha was born in 413 and the Rebirth Miko was born after 500, and she is also human, so I doubt that her life expectancy is enough to be the magic knight who activated the circle, she could be the one who created it, but not the person who was with the Rebirth Miko at the moment of invoking Shinohara.

[@WoodysReptiles]

omg wow just wow im glad i found your channel

[@NatalieXHunter]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@FinderX]

Thanks you ! The thumbnail was my face about the teleportation incident.

[@iyess666]

Been waiting for ur content haha

[@megabolt5898]

I do get one very important lesson from this: "Expect havoc when you ****** with Time & Space"

[@joy4themightydonutchainsaw620]

Currently reading the Light Novels so I can watch your videos more in-depth plus it’s been one of my favorite series this year it’s always entertaining currently on Volume 2

[@NatalieXHunter]

Yay, thank you! Hope you enjoy the series as much as I do!

[@joy4themightydonutchainsaw620]

@@NatalieXHunter I couldn’t stop laughing at Sylphiette attacking Paul

[@aetherdraw]

I hope when the sequel comes, we get to see Akihiko reading Rudeus and Nanahoshi's diary. Especially with Rudy being her sole link to Japan before his arrival. Wonder how she would describe him as, especially if he'd already met Lara and his other descendants.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Well, he should meet Nanahoshi anyway - she will still be alive. So she'll be able to tell him first hand about it all.

[@shadowplayer8738]

@@NatalieXHunter True, Nanahoshi was kept in a time stasis hoping one day she can meet her friend again.

[@scottpowell8973]

That is so much information, and stirs up more questions

[@mob-2474]

the second half of this video just made me more curious about miko powers, and more eager for a milo video

[@NatalieXHunter]

Yes, I will do a miko video, but I think people are going to be more interested in Orsted and Nanahoshi related content for the next few videos *for some reason* :)

[@1Scimetar]

For the snowy backdrop, Natalie likes to do seasonal themes on her videos, and this one went up about a month before Christmas.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Wait till you see some of the Christmas themed outfits and stuff I have lined up for closer to Christmas lol!

[@gelbert12]

Can't wait for the Laplace video filled with all spoilers 🙌

[@tankeryy1566]

thank your for the explanation! i read the cause of the teleportation incident on mushoku tensei wikia fandom but didnt really understand it.

[@tankeryy1566]

explanation: 17:24 to 23:28

[@shl24yw89]

We went through all that because of playback Miko in love with Akihito. It kinda remind me of another isekai anime, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom. Akihito could very well become like Souma if things are done right. He can change the world without magic. In fact, Souma situation is also sort of a time loop where the Queen is basically a Miko. Anyway, love the lore and complicated world of Mushoku Tensei.

[@eliasesteban6805]

Discovered your channel today and I had gotta say I love the explanation you gave. Thank you for putting in the time. 🙌🙌🙌

[@ZerCode]

Great video but it just makes me thirsty for more information because of the holes in it due to spoilers. Looking forward to more content diving deeper into this video's reincarnation lore. I may have to rewatch this video a few more times as im still confused in some aspects due to the mixed up time points. Thanks for covering this series

[@NatalieXHunter]

Yeah, it's all quite complicated to explain - I gave it my best shot!

[@GG-jm6gi]

thanks alot for the video!!

[@VictorECaplon]

I don’t know if I like that…Basically the long life and series of event of our great MC is just a prequel to a story that result from a love story in an alternate temporal reality. I know his existence literally changed the whole world, but setting a story like this makes me feel like Rudeus is not as important anymore…It feels like he was just there to make the following story happen.

[@playphasebutton2113]

Na it's the other way around the other story happened because he existed

[@shadowplayer8738]

His story is about what he did with a second chance in life. What he left behind, his descendents and legacy are side effects that becomes a part of the "sequel". He live his life with his own choices no destiny of being "chosen" was being force on him and thats it. In the overall story he may not be the MC but he was important he lived trying and overcoming things in life rather than waste it like his previous one

[@VictorECaplon]

@@playphasebutton2113 you are missing the point I was trying to make. Why was rudeus born in the first place? Because of someone else’s story in a now alternate reality. That in itself is fine. But then instead of having this event play a role in the story of Rudeus, the series is relegated the role of prequel to explain why the reality of our new main character is so different between the last timeline and current timeline. Not the other way around. So our MC is not this game changing character but more an abnormality that affects the real characters of the story. At least that’s my perception of it. Not hating, but I don’t like this type of story telling. I prefer when the MC is the key to the universe they live in. Just personal preference.

[@justjuniorjaw]

He was the father of what's about to come. He had left his legacy.

[@Joe-xq3zu]

Rudy is the perfect chaos element, a completely unaccounted outside factor with total freedom to choose his destiny in a way that Nanahoshi on her own never could.

[@mjalyt2874]

I always imagine the final fight of the story to be along the lines of Hitogami summoning Rudeus consciousness before he dies to the battle to fight for him against his descendants. And once Hitogami was defeated his consciousness returned to his dying body, but before it returned he actually saw the outcome of the battle. At least that's how I interpreted his dream.

[@bullettime001]

In fact there's another timeline that everything went South after Roxy's death when she was pregnant and old man Rudy went back in time to prevent Roxy's death

[@NatalieXHunter]

Yeah, I'll cover that in a different video - I try to stick to one complicated thing at a time in these!

[@bullettime001]

@@NatalieXHunter oh I didn't know that I read this novel 7 years ago plus the side chapters even the Christmas I'm just happy that people are talking about this series it's really all inspiring to better yourself and learn from mistakes and don't let the past drag you down

[@Kuro_kon]

So this is the biggest longest prologue?

[@emanrr2462]

I see, thanks for the explanation i appreciate it. It makes more clear

[@hideogayjima5699]

Oh look, a new video. let me click on this one before going to sleep at 3 am. I'll definetly sleep after this one i'm sure

[@NatalieXHunter]

Well, I even read out a bit of the novel near the end so you can count that as a bed time story :D

[@AlexxMeitner]

What a twist! Thanks from Panama city Beach, FL

[@istoOi]

My theory is that the Miko wasn't in her own time loop but in Orsted's and it was duo to her time related abilities that she's the only one besides Orsted who can remember past time loops.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Yeah, I agree with that.

[@ColonelBlock]

Rudeus being a cut out figure in the S2 ending, all makes sense now. 😮

[@OJSRT24565]

Another great video about episode zero. Here hoping in 4 or 5 years they either do 45 min OVA about this chapter. Hopefully by then the sequel is already out.

[@KWifler]

So the explanation gives me the impression that this story is a prequel to the real story. At first I felt a bit bummed out, because my destiny was unable to reach me and fill my life with purpose, and I'll die a shell of a person. But I'll try to enjoy the story as it is and not worry about discovering any greater purpose for the character. It is plenty eventful and interesting as it is.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Rudeus's story was always intended to be 'the beginning of the end' - the 'fate of the world' type conflict will be in the sequel, but none of it could work without Rudeus. That doesn't make it less of a complete story, given the point is to show someone living a complete second life and making the most of those chances, not someone saving the world. The fact Rudeus wasn't a chosen one is actually more interesting than if he was - everything changes in this world because of him, but only because he decided not to waste his second chance at life. If he hadn't cared about that and had just chilled and had a normal childhood, instead of pushing himself to learn magic etc at a young age, then Roxy, Sylphy and Eris' fates would not have been changed, the world would still have resisted the rift, and the world would remain unchanged other than having just one more general dude in it. ETA, one of the most common comparisons is to The Hobbit - one guy's adventure story that happens before the more 'epic' events of LoTR.

[@gamerex9378]

This is the best isekai, story, whatever. This is so fascinating and so thought out. Just layer after layer. Time to go reading again. edit: Thank you for the heart :D

[@DavePatrick001]

Wow, I look forward to all your content. I've read the Manga as far as I can, but it's still in the academy arc. I need to read the light novels. I love this story, and this world.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Thank you! And yes, the story is so good - it's well worth reading the light novels and web novel!

[@dazeitem]

This was an amazing video. Thank you ❤️ ❤️

[@wacojitsu]

Wonderful video. Makes me want to rewatch the anime again