Isekai manga with more substance

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@boag I think your description of Mushoku Tensei (I assume that's what you mean with MT) with "everyone is horrible" is very inaccurate. Yeah, there's a prominent number of dickweeds and psychopaths, but the substantial majority are human. Significantly flawed (Paul and Lelia), way too angry (Ruijard), and I could keep going on and on forever, but they're all people just like anyone on this website.

It's a little hard to remember when so many manga have nothing but oversimplified caricatures of stereotypes as their cast, but a truly realistic story has characters that you don't fully like. People who, for all their good traits, sometimes do shit that just absolutely fucking infuriates you, because it's so much less than what you've seen them do before.
 
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Horribly flawed is a nice way to put it, but honestly, If I told you about;
a rapist that was 2 timing his pregnant wife with his maid.
a child grooming pedophile that worships underwear he stole from a young looking girl.
a psychopath that tried to torture and rape her best friend.
Yeah you wouldnt describe these people as flawed, now would you?

Like i said, MT is very competently written, at least up until Orsted takes over the show, then just like every other cookie cutter isekai, it falls apart.
 
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@boag Test question: If you were given the power to do something about these people, but with no guarantee of the outcome and consequences thereby, what would you do?
 
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I would put Rudy in his original body and let him live his happy life like that.
I would make Paul confront all the women he raped in the same room.
I would have The Princess exposed in front of her kingdom for what she is.
 

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