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>“I’m feeling lonely today, so I might try something dirty you know?” -A thirty-year-old man seducing a twelve-year-old girl through a ten-year-old’s body. >This show could’ve done without the sexual scenes that took away from the beauty of a visually appealing and actually refreshing isekai. Even the law states that putting babies and perverts together simply doesn’t work. In this case, it hinders the show from being a genuine adventure story by adding uncomfortable messages in places they do not belong. >I am tired of people defending this show by saying that critics are being overly sensitive about it. If you actually read into the sexual comments that interrupt the show every two minutes, they aren’t just random. They’re also really sexist and offensive. >For starters, Mushoku Tensei uses sex and female submission as an allegory for masculinity and power. >Every example of sex being used in this anime was to show a man in power. The most obvious example of this is the way women were used in terms of Rudeus liking his father. In one scene, Rudeus admits that his dad is an asshole. He is. He cheats on his wife and punches his child. But Rudeus then goes on to say that even though his dad is an asshole, he still thinks he’s pretty cool. Why? Because he’s slept with so many women! >Is the strength of a man determined by how many women he’s fucked? Is the respect of a father earned only by the amount of women that submit to him? Am I the only one seeing the issue with this? Power and sex are used in this anime to bring men up and put women down. >The characters in the anime are both basic and irritating. Rudeus is a pedophilic pervert, all of the men around him are assholes, and all of the women around him are submissive pushover archetypes. >People will argue against this statement by saying that there are strong women in this anime (physically, there is one… and a half). But in the end, all of the strength found in a female characters’ actions and personality is thrown aside for the sake of sexual jokes. The moment any of the girls in this anime befriend Rudeus or any one of his asshole family members like his father, they downgrade into oversexualized pet rocks who have no other contributions to the overall plot. >One example of this is with Rudeus’ Family’s maid. The only important scene that she technically had a part of was one where she seduced Rudeus’ father despite him being a married man. After that, she swears fealty to a 6 year old child and then she disappears. We see her one more time in the entire show but she barely even speaks. Her sole purpose was to fit the seductive, house-ruining maid archetype and to show that Rudeus’ father is “so powerful because girls like to sleep with him.” Once that role was fulfilled, the writers tossed her character aside. >Another example of this is with Ghislaine, the father’s old friend who ends up being Rudeus’ somewhat guardian. In one scene, Rudeus gets her to pull her pants down so he can examine her backside. Ten minutes later, everyone literally gets transported to another side of the world and Ghislaine is no where to be found! How convenient. Talk about tossing aside a female character who has fulfilled her misogynistic role of being oversexualized. The moment rudeus touches her butt, she magically disappears! >I’ve heard people who praise this show say that Mushoku Tensei’s sexual comments are just a part of its “mature themes” because the show is “realistic”. But there are so many things wrong about this statement. >First of all, having mature themes does not necessarily make something realistic. Attack on Titan has mature themes but I don’t expect to fight titans every time I step out of my house. >Secondly, Mushoku Tensei does not handle sex maturely in any way. The show constantly uses sexual comments as jokes and as a way to show respect for men who have slept with other girls. “Wow, my dad is great because he’s so popular with women” is NOT mature. The idea that sleeping with girls makes you typically masculine and powerful is childish. Consistently praising men for their sexual conquests over women is just annoying and sexist. Mushoku Tensei handles “mature themes” the same way a middle schooler brags to everyone about how many girls have given him head. >Lastly, this anime is an isekai. It is not realistic. Even if you just consider the characters and their relationships, there is nothing real about this show. All of the men get away with harassing women and making sexual comments, and all of the women are some type of dere and end up being subjected to the harassment of men. There are no laws in this world. There are no consequences. There’s literally one scene where a relative asks Rudeus if he wants his twelve-year-old cousin tied to his bed like some sort of peace offering. People don’t do that in the real world. If they did, they’d go to jail. >There is simply no excuse for how this anime inserts offensive comments and over sexualizes everything. It’s all done just for the sake of creating misogynistic power dynamics between characters. Furthermore, some of the sexual scenes are just plain molestation. Every couple minutes, this anime subjects its viewers to watching a child sniff people’s underwear, touch people’s breasts, and find “clever” ways to get near and grope girls. In one episode, we even have to watch him try and remove a twelve-year-old’s panties off while she is unconscious. How is this allowed? Am I the only one concerned about children engaging in non-consensual acts? >When done right, I don’t mind ecchi. I also don’t mind mature themes. But blatant sexism is not okay. Pedophilia is not okay. Rape is not okay. Degrading women is not okay. These statements are not something we should be divided upon. No one should be defending this show. It’s not an issue of sensitivity. It’s an issue of morality. >I want to point out that I am mentioning the show’s flaws as objectively as I can. I understand that though messages are important, one can also rate the show based on its other relatively better aspects. But the sexist comedy and portrayals actually ended up making a difference not only on my subjective enjoyment but also on the narrative and atmosphere of the show. It drew away the audiences attention from actually important dialogue and from the visual appeal of certain scenes. The offensive messages were just so bad that they completely overwrote most of the good parts of this anime, turning what could have been a solid piece of entertainment into something I would never recommend to anyone. >4/10