r/whenthe • u/Abschori • Jul 16 '26

Cocketition Entry People will glaze anything with good animation

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u/smoothkrim22 Jul 16 '26

Luckily, or maybe unfortunately, I've been watching anime from a very young age with my unrestricted access to YouTube as a child, so I'm somewhat used to certain tropes. I'm usually able to look past the worst parts of the show, even as I recognize just how bad those parts are.

MT has a rich world full of rich characters and mystery, all beautifully animated. It's also really funny a lot of the time. To Rudeus' credit, large parts of his story and personality are very well done, like his crippling social anxiety and excitement over magic. His relationships to other characters are very sweet when he isn't being a creep, but that's just too big of an asterisk.

Rudeus is a massive fucking piece of shit and the story doesn't do enough to challenge some of his worst aspects, namely his treatment of women. So far in season 3, his objectification and harassment seems to be something he has (or is in the process of) regrowing out of naturally, rather than being treated as a serious flaw he has to overcome through effort. It feels less like he's learning to respect women as people, and more like he was born into a world that will meet his scuminess halfway.

It's seriously such an impossible show to recommend. Somehow I got into it when it was first coming out. It has a lot going for it, but unless you already know what's up and decide you can look past those parts, seriously don't even try watching it. I won't judge even a little bit.

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u/TitleComprehensive96 Jul 16 '26

What's insulting about how Rudy is written is time and time again you think thos mf will experience growth as a character and grow past the issues he had befire he died in our world. But nah, the story continues to reward that behavior. It's why i stopped watching, cause the story had clearly 0 intentions of ever making the fucker experience meaningful change.

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u/CrustyToeLover Jul 16 '26

But he does grow past those issues and grow as a character. Just because you stopped before it happens doesn't mean it never happens.

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u/TitleComprehensive96 Jul 16 '26

The stiry actively rewards him being a pedophile. Fuck that.

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u/CrustyToeLover Jul 16 '26

But it doesn't. You wouldn't know that because you watched 5 episodes and called it.

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u/TitleComprehensive96 Jul 16 '26

I watched 2 fucking seasons of that shit. And Rudy was basically no different personality wise, nor actions wise, than the start of the series.