(CR) Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2

[frubam]

Originally Posted by Frontier

I feel like now Rudy would view Roxy more as an idol or mentor he worships than a romantic interest, especially when he's so committed to Sylphie. I'm not sure how Roxy will react to how much he's grown.

I think both of their views of each other are based on the relationship they had when Rudy was young. She did a lot for Rudy, but at the very least, Rudy has grown quite a bit since then. It's very possible that he could find the person he idolized to be more down-to-earth and relatable than he thought, especially considering Roxy harbors a lot of insecurities, and that could open the door to him having feelings for her, even unexpectedly/unintentionally. This is basically what happened with Sylphie.

[kagato3]

Originally Posted by Jaden

Kinda frustrating that Rudy forgot about Nanahoshi. As another isekai'd person, she could possibly work miracles that go beyond the local gods' precognition.

If Rudy stayed and helped with the summoning research, then in that process they could re-discover teleportation magic as well. That'd solve this problem and would be very convenient for the future.

As an otaku hero, he should realize that he's the main character, and these kinds of stories always boil down to fighting against fate.

Now who's gonna help Nanahoshi? Sylphie? Maybe they get sent back to Japan together by accident, and we get a reverse isekai chapter.

Nanahoshi doesn't want to be involved in this world at all. She's also pretty powerless. Her research is also nowhere close to being useful yet.

Barring Rudy is an otaku from the last generation (his reference is centered around the 90's the age of deconstructions of heroes and anime as the book was written over a dacage ago) the world doesn't work that way. He isn't the be all OP MC that later isekai's have. And what fate is he to fight against all we know about is what a very sketchy "god" told him.

[Cloudedmind]

*went and spoiled myself so just sits here eating popcorn*

[thundrakkon]

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Originally Posted by Frontier

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I remember that he was pining for her at the beginning of the series, and she said for him to wait 10 years or so. It might have been puppy love then, but it is with full hormones now, so it could trigger something else.

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Originally Posted by Jaden

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For most series that deals with teleportation magic, the castor has to have been to the location first before he can teleport to that location. Where Rudy is going now is somewhere he has never been to before; hence, I don't think teleportation magic will help him in this case.


However, after traveling all over the place like he has been and is going to do, I do believe that acquiring teleportation magic will be very useful at that point. They can skip right to destination instead of doing travel stories, kind of like what Weiss and Benioff did with Game of Thrones.

[GDB]

Originally Posted by Mad Pierrot

No episode next week apparently.

That's very unfortunate. I'm almost out of manga knowledge here, this will soon be new to me, don't make me wait MT!!

Originally Posted by Strahan

Paul said send help; it didn't mean it had to be him.

Geese sent that letter, not Paul.

[Strahan]

Ah, forgot. Doesn't change the sentiment though.

[Frontier]

Looks like Rudy and Elinalise are going to be traveling companions again! And because they both mutually agree they don't want to sleep with each other, Elinalise will probably need Cliff's device to manage her curse during the trip...and the fact that she hadn't talked with him about it, or breaking up with him, says all that needs to be said that her heart wasn't in ending things with him .

It's a bummer for Nanahoshi that she and Rudeus won't be able to continue their experiments for the foreseeable future, but the least she can do is give him access to teleportation circles around the world so he can cut down on travel time and hopefully make it back in time for the birth of his child. And to continue their experiments, of course !

Sylphie is a supportive wife, but she's just as worried about Rudy knowing everything they've gone through up to this point...but Rudy won't leave Sylphie like this, and reassures her. He also puts his faith in his little sisters and even kisses his wife in front of them .

Man, I hope he gets back in time to make sure his child isn't saddled with "Rudeus Jr." .

Rudeus says his partings to all his friends at school (where is Badigadi though?) and it's time for the partings with the loved ones...and Cliff proposes to Elinalise before she sets off. She's the only girl for him and he wants to make her a married woman, and Elinalise truly, genuinely, loves him more than anything. And with that finally settled, they're off, as a tearful Sylphie bids them farewell. Be back home soon, Rudy !

Good news, the teleportation circle actually works! Just a bit of a time lag I'm sure won't complicate things...I hope. Also, here's Orsted's clothes stashed somewhere which has got to be pretty surreal .

Rudy, rein it in! You're married to her granddaughter! Though it was also just the effect of the hot desert succubus. Though Elinalise will probably never let him live down the "let's get crazy" line. But it's adorable how Elinalise was thinking of Cliff in her sleep .

We finally get to see Elinalise fight and Rudy back in action as an adventurer .

Elinalise back to man-hunting, but she doesn't have a choice. She was probably thinking of Cliff the entire time .

Elinalise has a lot of fond memories of Zenith, and remembers how Paul recruited her in their party to begin with, but why does she hate Paul so much? Did he try to sleep with her or one of her kids ?

We made it to Ranpan! Time to reunite with Paul and the gang and save Zenith .

[GDB]

Didn't quite catch up to the manga like I thought, but in exchange we got a whole bunch of battles and adventuring between the teleportation circle and the city that the manga only gave an off-handed remark about, so I'm still happy with this.

Will probably catch up before the first half of the next episode is over, if not within the first 5 minutes.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Frontier

It's a bummer for Nanahoshi that she and Rudeus won't be able to continue their experiments for the foreseeable future, but the least she can do is give him access to teleportation circles around the world so he can cut down on travel time and hopefully make it back in time for the birth of his child. And to continue their experiments, of course !

Frankly, I doubt she gives a single damn about Rudeus being there for the birth of his child. She was just very upset she'd have to wait two more years to get out of that shithole (from her perspective) and is willing to do anything to speed up the process.

Anyway, works out nicely for Rudeus. Teleportation sure is handy when it's actually safe.

[Frontier]

Originally Posted by Kanon

Frankly, I doubt she gives a single damn about Rudeus being there for the birth of his child. She was just very upset she'd have to wait two more years to get out of that shithole (from her perspective) and is willing to do anything to speed up the process.

Anyway, works out nicely for Rudeus. Teleportation sure is handy when it's actually safe.

I mean, she was treating it as a favor so I think she knew she was doing him a solid even if ultimately benefited her. She also handled it more maturely than I think she would have before.

[grecefar]

Convenient that there was the teleport cicle to begaritt. So he is safe to return quickly to be with sylphie, still I doubt it will be that easy.

Well, cliff device is not perfect but I’m sure he is aware that elinalise looking for another man would happen, but in the end is better if he doesn’t know and if he does he won’t care. Still kind of sad.

[frubam]

Interesting to see Elinalise fight. They did travel for a year already, so they are likely very used to how each other fights, but none of that journey was shown. Rudy would have been dead already if she didn't come with him(though obv it wouldn't happen if she wasn't), so its good that he has someone watching his back.

Originally Posted by grecefar

Convenient that there was the teleport cicle to begaritt. So he is safe to return quickly to be with sylphie, still I doubt it will be that easy.

Well, cliff device is not perfect but I’m sure he is aware that elinalise looking for another man would happen, but in the end is better if he doesn’t know and if he does he won’t care. Still kind of sad.

Yeah. I feel like the time lag issue will be some kind of obstacle, if nothing else. Chekhov's gun and all that. Maybe the gates'll be switched by someone. We'll see.

He certainly knows she will, and yeah, he won't care, but its interesting that something that was portrayed as comical when Roxy was blowing up her room while Elinalise was having sex is now taken very somberly. Now, they don't show her lavishly having sex either, not even indirectly. Glad the author understood what the feelings the readers would have.

Originally Posted by Frontier

I mean, she was treating it as a favor so I think she knew she was doing him a solid even if ultimately benefited her. She also handled it more maturely than I think she would have before.

Yeah, I'd like to think that she appreciated everyone in the episode who helped her figure out the multilayered idea for the circles. At the very least, I could see her giving that info to Rudy even if she had an alternative source of mana to help her in the meantime, if no one else.

[BWTraveller]

The lag certainly seems suspicious to me. Makes me wonder whether they really jumped directly or if there was some period of time involved in the teleportation, maybe in the worst case a random amount.

Anyway, I hope now that we're getting a labyrinth exploration that they'll actually give the explanation of how labyrinths work. I thought that was a rather interesting concept.

Spoiler for labyrinths:

Labyrinths in this world are to an extent a type of monster. Specifically, they're what happens when large amounts of magic collect within a cave or grotto or some other location. The magic forms a crystal core and a monster to stand and guard it, and the high magic concentration then draws other monsters in. Every monster that dies within provides more magic for the labyrinth to absorb, increasing the strength of its guardian and also potentially increasing its general size, until it becomes an endless maze of tunnels which monsters enter in pursuit of the magic at the core or other monsters, then either live there or die and become further food for the labyrinth. Most labyrinths die fast as monsters eat their cores before they can grow large.
Rather than having magic chests or anything like that, any object brought in, including weapons and armor dropped by adventurers, gradually absorb the magic and develop random enchantments. There's a fair amount of money and valuables left by adventurers, so there's reason to go besides just training, and while most enchantments are pointless every now and then an item will develop a really valuable magic.

[Mad Pierrot]

Wonder if animating a desert is actually easier than the school. Still, next episode should reach the labyrinth right?