Anime: Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu (2024)

The initial segment of the story continues the monotonous pacing, characteristic of the previous season, predominantly depicting slice-of-life scenarios. The PDF protagonist continues to deal with inconsequential issues arising in his school and married life, resolving them effortlessly with a few jokes and casual conversations. The show had turned into a trivial school dramedy, devoid of action, adventure, or any exploration of the world, a.k.a. the main hook of the first season and primary allure that attracted a substantial audience.

Allegedly, the show is not intended to be an adventure but rather a portrayal of the PDF protagonist’s life in a setting that indulges his questionable desires. In this respect, the narrative does not necessitate constant action and adventure, and those expecting such elements essentially bamboozled themselves and as a result abandoned the series. Some argue that the absence of engaging adventures is not a significant drawback, yet it undeniably poses a major hurdle. The show retains the degeneracy of its previous seasons but no longer hides behind the world exploration. It is glaringly overt, with nothing to divert attention. Viewers can no longer claim, ‘I am here for the magic and the adventure’. They can’t avoid admitting that their continued interest lies in watching a PDF protagonist larping in what is essentially a waifu-gathering simulation, replete with numerous ‘call the feds’ moments.

The series attempts to convince viewers that the PDF protagonist has matured and is no longer a reprehensible character. However, this supposed maturity is undercut by his continued worship of stolen panties and the blood of the women he has deflowered. This incongruous behavior is presented as mostly anime comedy, with the show suggesting that it aligns with the logic of its isekai setting. And yet the more questionable elements are predominantly a direct consequence of the protagonist’s actions rather than the world’s inherent sexism.

Here are a few examples. The PDF protagonist gets horny in the presence of the furries he has tortured into submission (and who inexplicably show no signs of mental trauma because of it). They immediately discuss seducing him for personal gain. This reaction is not a reflection of the world’s norms but rather a result of the protagonist’s abusive conditioning. Basically, he reared them through torture to think that way.

The furries also go on to torture innocent girls, which is just mimicking what the protagonist did to them. They bully and threaten very young girls to take off their panties, because they know that is what their sick master likes. He is caught and guess what kind of punishment the school imposed on him for this horrible act. Nothing. They let him go without punishment. It’s not like a dozen little girls were bullied into removing their underwear in broad daylight and inside a school which will leave them with mental trauma because of it.

The author also makes sure to have such vile acts not having any visible consequences, by making the furries he tortured and the girls they bullied to instantly get over it. What a well-written story that truly respects your intelligence. Feel sorry when the PDF protagonist spends decades as a shut-in because he was bullied, but when he inflicts the same humiliation to dozens of others, laugh about it and move on. Then the author makes sure to have the entire school hand-jobbing the PDF protagonist for all the cool stuff he does, and to magically forget all the creepy stuff he did. It’s not like this is a sick power fantasy or something, where the protagonist is deified and all the terrible things he does are ignored.

Like most anime, such situations are treated like a joke, and on top of that as a filler side story that doesn’t matter in the plot. It’s there just as fan service, to please the sickos who like this sort of comedy. Does anyone remember that the main plot is about finding the PDF protagonist’s mother? Yeah, forget it and indulge in the sick power fantasy of torturing girls, bullying them into removing their panties in broad daylight, and then running away laughing as nobody does anything about it.

Be prepared for most episodes to feel as aimless and manipulative as the above. There will be one where they chase fake ghosts as if you are watching Schooby Doo. There will be another about that badly written masked bitch trying to return to her world, for which nobody gives a shit since this is not the reason they are watching the show for. They reveal the slutty elf’s relative, and some other nonsense. None of these side stories matter plot-wise. The only positive thing about them is that they don’t last as long as the PDF protagonist trying to cure his erectile dysfunction for a dozen episodes because his cousin ran away after he f*ed her.

Speaking of his cousin, he finds out it was all a misunderstanding and she doesn’t hate him. So much about being depressed for years about it, ahaha, let’s put it behind us and settle with how he can f* her all he wants when they meet again. Just another example of how the show handles drama. Oh, also his elf wife is so submissive and lacks agency to the point she shows how much he loves him by allowing him to f* as many women as he likes. And he loves her so much, he actually does exactly that. What a realistic depiction of married life and surely not some sick power fantasy.

By the way, there are many people who love the married aspect of this part of the story, calling it the ideal life, even though it’s completely sick. The PDF protagonist’s 10 year old sisters come over and the anime adaptation is forced to omit all the incest and pedophilic scenes where they seduce him just because he is being kind to them. As soon as the PDF protagonist leaves on a journey, he cheats on his wife. Where do you see the appeal in this supposed ideal married life? It jumped out of some sick hentai premise. And may I remind you again that it seems ideal only because the author never punishes the PDF protagonist for all the sick things he does. But hey, the show’s insistence on framing these behaviors as part of the protagonist’s so-called redemption arc makes it all okay, am I right?

Anyways, towards the end of the season the PDF protagonist remembers there is a mother he has to rescue, and he goes to the dungeon where she conveniently teleported and somehow survived despite being full of super strong monsters. That teleporting incident sure sent everyone to a random location, I swear. There he saves a girl who instantly spreads her legs as thanks and it’s when he cheats on his wife. Just like every other girl before her, he comes off as a savior and she is all over him when he acts sad. It has repeated so many times at this point it’s not even funny. Every girl in the world responds in the exact same way regardless of behavior or circumstances. What does that say about the writer’s inability to write something other than the same plot repeating over and over? Also, it’s your generic waifu collection simulator you find in most hentai games. Also, what does it say about the setting that the author created where cheating on your wife is promoted? His wife is fine with it. His mother in law is fine with it. And his harem girls are sure as heck fine with it.

Anyways, he saves his mother because the monster that was in front of her did not eat her for years. Why? Because plot. He also figures out its weakness is fire because the same monster in a Greek myth has weakness to fire. How this is possible when there is no real connection between the two other than a name? Because plot.

So his mother is saved and is now a vegetable, because why would you give agency to a woman in this awful show? It also happened so she won’t scold the PDF protagonist for doing the same thing her husband did to her. It’s also where someone major dies, but I personally didn’t give a shit because he also cheated on his wife. In fact, he was killed just so he won’t scold the PDF protagonist for doing the exact same thing.

It’s otherwise a redemption story, right? The PDF protagonist gets away with every crime he commits, but he otherwise corrects the mistakes of his previous life. Yay! And anyone who can call him out on his crap gets killed off, leaving only his harem bimbos and fanboys to praise everything he does. Yay! That’s what redemption is all about.

Is there anyone left who still thinks this show is not for weirdoes who hide behind the fake redemption excuse?