How in the name of satans shiny butthole is this popular!? The protagonist is a fucking sociopath!
I'm sorry what? I only have a passing familiarity with the series but from what I remember other than having the fucked up mentality of being an adult in a kid's body he seemed like a bog-standard Isekai perverted protag.
Are you insane!? Your average isekai protagonist doesn't try to cop a feel first thing after getting isekaid. Your average isekai protagonist doesn't go full Hentai Kamen at the tender age of 6 months old (Also, fuck this show for not doing it's due diligence in researching what medieval underwear actually looked like!). Your average isekai protagonist doesn't objectify or reduce women into a bunch of moe traits. Your average isekai protagonist doesn't use magic just to try to sneak a peek at a girls underwear! And your average isekai protagonist most certainly doesn't treat human interaction like a dating sim. This asshole is all of the worst traits, and none of the good, of Saito from Familiar of Zero, Tanya from Tanya, Kazuma from KonoSuba, Subaru from Re Zero, and Shiroe from Log Horizon combined.
Are you insane!? Your average isekai protagonist doesn't try to cop a feel first thing after getting isekaid. Your average isekai protagonist doesn't go full Hentai Kamen at the tender age of 6 months old (Also, fuck this show for not doing it's due diligence in researching what medieval underwear actually looked like!). Your average isekai protagonist doesn't objectify or reduce women into a bunch of moe traits. Your average isekai protagonist doesn't use magic just try to sneak a peek at a girls underwear! And your average isekai protagonist most certainly doesn't treat human interaction like a dating sim. This asshole is all of the worst traits, and none of the good, of Saito from Familiar of Zero, Tanya from Tanya, Kazuma from KonoSuba, Subaru from Re Zero, and Shiroe from Log Horizon combined.
Seems to be on par with most of these regurgitated isekai trash nowadays where the protag gets closer and closer to human garbage with every next one that get crapped out. It really does validate my point that people are starting to embrace actual shitheads as something relatable in their stories as main characters and the idea of normal and decent, kindness and compassion are all but to be mocked or despised. It makes me sad to know this is the world we’re living in now. That humanity is getting less and less worth saving.
Let’s just give up and accept that those of us who enjoy stories with non-fucked up protags are old and out of date, that people only want terrible people to represent them and connect to.
Been awhile since I had started reading the manga for this series that I guess I had forgotten how the male lead was at the beginning. Mostly just remember the stuff after the shit hits the fan and the massive teleportation disaster occurs which firsts results in Rudeus and Eris trying to survive on the Demon Continent and make their way home, and then later turns into Rudeus trying to find and help save his missing family members.
Seems to be on par with most of these regurgitated isekai trash nowadays where the protag gets closer and closer to human garbage with every next one that get crapped out. It really does validate my point that people are starting to embrace actual shitheads as something relatable in their stories as main characters and the idea of normal and decent, kindness and compassion are all but to be mocked or despised. It makes me sad to know this is the world we’re living in now. That humanity is getting less and less worth saving.
Let’s just give up and accept that those of us who enjoy stories with non-fucked up protags are old and out of date, that people only want terrible people to represent them and connect to.
Flawed characters make for better stories than the goody two-shoes that come with your typical shounen setting. A lot of manga/anime aimed at younger audiences tend to utterly fail at humanizing their characters. After dozens upon dozens of blank slates with chronic hero syndrome, the "bastard protagonist" that avoids pointless heroism and just wants to get comfy in a hostile world feels like a breath of fresh air.
It sends a more realistic message about how the universe doesn't care about karma. Good deeds often go unrewarded, shit happens simply because. Characters have to do away with their naivety and act like adults if they want things to go their way, you know, like IRL.
How in the name of satans shiny butthole is this popular!? The protagonist is a fucking sociopath!
If anything, Rudeus is the closest depiction of how someone would act if he was reborn Isekai-ed; Did you expect someone with 30 years old mind with all that memories and everything that he used to live as, would flip the switch and suddenly turns goody-goody in his new life? And he's not your average isekai protagonist, the 30 years-old mind doesn't help much in his case since the Greyrat noble family gene (one he descended from) are well-known perverts with different favorite fetish for each individuals.
And sociopath...Did we really read the same manga/LN? Because, if he is a sociopath, then Redo Healer's MC will make Rudeus look like a saint compared to him.
KhorneFlaeks said: -snip-, basically the 'flawed' part...
Don't forget, unlike your run-of-the-mill japanese mc, he doesn't quickly try to recreate the comfort of his previous world after just A VOLUME or TWO (like bath, food, tools etc...I'm looking at ya Wendelin, Satou, and Touya!), hell, i think the author treated those as side story on the mid to later volume; i think the actual food-only story is part of the epilogue side story.
Seems to be on par with most of these regurgitated isekai trash nowadays where the protag gets closer and closer to human garbage with every next one that get crapped out. It really does validate my point that people are starting to embrace actual shitheads as something relatable in their stories as main characters and the idea of normal and decent, kindness and compassion are all but to be mocked or despised. It makes me sad to know this is the world we’re living in now. That humanity is getting less and less worth saving.
This isn't twitter so why don't you run on back there and join the rest of the outraged brigade who are bitching and crying over this show and go watch something you feel is "morally superior". Asshole.