Why is Rudeus from Mushoku Tensei such a mean and selfish person

I’ve been watching it recently and I can’t get myself to like the main characters because he feels like a horrible person and the way he exploits other people feels awful.

On top of that, I can’t get myself to like that he keeps falling up in life and doesn’t face any kind of consequence for his unkind behavior towards others.

It is unique compared to other isekai I’ve watched but even so a decent human being would’ve been a lot more likable and I hate that a combined personality of all the people I hate in my life having such a good time.

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xaklx202026-01-26 17:59

is this a troll? 😭 engagement farming?

Level-Travel75902026-01-26 18:01

Definitely

lordfreaky2026-01-26 18:02

one hopes

WolferineYT2026-01-26 18:03

Like... The post? The subreddit? Or reddit in general? Either way the answer is yes.

1000-MAT2026-01-26 19:06

The worst part is that this sub is actually pretty chill because of the moderation.

Lodju2026-01-26 18:04

Has to be.

Or then OP just loves goodyshoe cookiecutter MC that never do wrong and anything else is horrible.

I mean Rudeus is by no means perfect but that is what makes him a nice change from the typical isekai MC's.

1000-MAT2026-01-26 19:04

This will become standard practice with the third season coming out soon.

agitainabundance2026-01-26 18:01

The thing i really dislike about Mushoku Tensei is that the other characters actually like the MC when he is generally a shit person.

I find it to be NEET catering to people with bad personality traits that lack accountability and it does that by masking it with visuals or story or what have you.

BlooregardQKazoo2026-01-26 21:47

The scene in season 2 where his little sister rightly calls him out for being awful and is ganged up on people defending him, that was ROUGH.

lordfreaky2026-01-26 18:01

wut.weeb

WolferineYT2026-01-26 18:02

It's a power fantasy for mean and selfish people. Dude grooms children and sexually harasses everyone he comes across and yet people try to defend him. I watch the show because I like the magic but I know rudeus is a shit person. Anyone who says otherwise is a red flag.

1000-MAT2026-01-26 19:14

>It's a power fantasy for mean and selfish people

Sometimes I wonder if some people know what a power fantasy is.

>I watch the show because I like the magic but I know rudeus is a shit person. Anyone who says otherwise is a red flag.

You like magic, you like magic, lol

WolferineYT2026-01-26 19:20

yeah magic is cool. Its why harry potter was a best seller. He is insanely powerful with little to no effort. You can make smarmy comments while pretending to be intellectually superior without presenting any actual arguments but it just makes you sound like a pretentious dumbass.

1000-MAT2026-01-26 19:30

>yeah magic is cool. Its why harry potter was a best seller.

What? Like, you have a bunch of anime with magic, and you're watching this one, which doesn't even handle magic as well as the novel, lol.

>He is insanely powerful with little to no effort.

He trains every day, and besides not being powerful, he literally only loses when he's alone.

>You can make smarmy comments while pretending to be intellectually superior without presenting any actual arguments but it just makes you sound like a pretentious dumbass.

Sorry, but it seems like manners have ended here. I could leave a comment, but I prefer to block you.

feitan99692026-01-26 18:04

Jarvis, I'm running low on karma ahh post

Vincedaprince962026-01-26 18:08

Another one of those threads, huh?

ghostpickleonastick2026-01-26 18:26

As a question in character study, you answered it yourself. "Character who behaves in a way I dislike is never punished for this behavior and is in fact frequently rewarded for it."

1000-MAT2026-01-26 19:03

>Why is Rudeus from Mushoku Tensei such a mean and selfish person

Because people are like that.

>I’ve been watching it recently and I can’t get myself to like the main characters because he feels like a horrible person and the way he exploits other people feels awful.

He is not a good person, but he isn't something totally bad either, he also helps others, but he will never do something that harms himself for the sake of others.

>On top of that, I can’t get myself to like that he keeps falling up in life and doesn’t face any kind of consequence for his unkind behavior towards others.

Good things happen to him, bad things happen to him, it’s not just one extreme.

>It is unique compared to other isekai I’ve watched but even so a decent human being would’ve been a lot more likable

Yes, it's unique, so why do you want to turn it into a standard story where the characters are split between 'good' and 'evil'?

> I hate that a combined personality of all the people I hate in my life having such a good time.

"Then you should watch something else, because this isn't a story that gives answers, it's a story meant to raise questions, so it's obviously not for you."

WolferineYT2026-01-26 19:13

Good and evil are never absolute. Good people do evil things sometimes and evil people do good things sometimes. It is a judgement call based on scale. Hitler donating to a childrens hospital doesn't make him morally ambiguous he is still evil despite doing a good thing. The less dramatic the actions the more thought and nuance required in the judgement. Rudeus is pretty easy to judge. The goto is in episode 6 when he tries to steal the underwear off a sleeping child. That is pretty irredeemable. Considering that is only one of the horrible things he does he is pretty firmly evil.

1000-MAT2026-01-26 19:22

Are you really comparing Hitler to Rudeus?

Rudeus was the worst kind of person when he reincarnated, so obviously his actions, both at the beginning of the story and before that, are horrible and unforgivable, But that doesn't mean he can't change as a person, and again, change doesn't mean erasing mistakes.

WolferineYT2026-01-26 19:24

No I am not. I was providing a scenario to exemplify the philosophical point I was trying to make. That in no way compares rudeus to hitler. Also sure he can change and become better, I'm not saying he can't. I am saying it would have to be a hell of a lot of good to redeem himself from those actions. I think most people would agree someone caught doing that to a child should be imprisoned for life.

Rinyya2026-01-26 19:21

ahh, the "im a pedo piece of shit that gets reincarnated in a world where its totally ok to have a harem full of minors and continue being a bastard human bc what are consequences" anime

hes having a full on breakdown in front of god bc he cant keep diddling kids. character growth my ass. i hate this pedo show so much. everybody who keeps defending it so passionately is sus af

WolferineYT2026-01-26 20:26

Yeah there are entirely too many of them too. Crazy how as a society we can't even agree "pedophilia is bad"

DreadBert_IAm2026-01-26 20:34

That your negative karma says horrific things about this sub. Dude is an adult in a kids body and tried to rape child female MC. That CR didn't cancel it in the US after that episide was mind blowing. Isekei Reviewers being adults doing brothel reviews got quietly shuffled off though....

WolferineYT2026-01-26 23:08

Yup. People like that are why there is still a stigma around anime. If the creepy pedo shit was shamed out of the community I think anime would have become popular and well funded way earlier, although it is picking up a lot of momentum nowadays so that's cool.

timpkmn892026-01-26 19:27

>doesn’t face any kind of consequence for his unkind behavior towards others.

Does everyone miss the part where he was kicked out of home at age 8?

SouekiSennoSTM2026-01-26 20:39

> It is unique compared to other isekai I’ve watched but even so a decent human being would’ve been a lot more likable

Depending on how one defines a "decent human being", perhaps you and other viewers would feel that way if the character writing for him was changed to have him more aligned in that direction. I can certainly believe and understand that.

But myself personally, I would find that a lot less interesting, enjoyable, and engaging as it would make it more similar and indistinct to other more generic series than it.

MysteryNeighbor2026-01-26 20:39

Bruh just watched like the first two episodes of S1

TonyKhanIsAMoneyMark2026-01-26 21:18

Rudeus sucks not because of his "preferences", not even because he is a terrible person, but because of how cringe he is. The story is terrible and impossible to take seriously when, every moment out of nowhere, MC can start praying to panties, or somehow get them on his head. The worst part of the show was that super important conversation with his dad when he found him, but on the screen the entire time was a half-naked woman in ridiculous armour. So cringe.

BlooregardQKazoo2026-01-26 21:55

Somebody recently opened my eyes to my problem with Jobless Reincarnation perfectly - the only flaw the author sees in pre-isekai Rudeus is that he was a shut-in without a job.

All of his other awful traits never change, and are rewarded, because the author doesn't see any of them as a problem. Him simply venturing out to join his new society makes him the hero that deserves every good thing that comes to him. His other awfulness being rewarded and appreciated by those around him is his reward for getting a job.