Mushoku Tensei ~Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu~ - Ch. 104 - The Persistent Mage

[notAKAI_]

Thanks for the chapter! (uwu blush)

 

[Manu_2006]

Roxy deserves better she's acting like a lovestruck teen here

 

[Kuroku]

The drill hair elf is smelling an affair

He was never good at hiding his religion

 

[HuevoPodrido]

Thanks for the chapter~

 

[Xel-naga]

Thanks for the chapter!

 

[Korvalus]

In this case it's Roxy who is the pedophile.

I mean she is like 40-50 years old now, while Rudy is 16 years old.

Heck even Eris would be considered as a pedo, as she had sex with Rudy when he was 11 years old, while she was 14 years old.

So, why only keep blaming Rudy?

I think it's because Rudy is actually a full-memory reincarnator who was an adult pedophile who engaged in child pornography (if I remember correctly, he was convicted in the WN but his family bailed him out jail but not from the public outrage, hence NEET. Id'ntk if it was kept in the LN, but the porno I think it was) who never actually repented about it. He was never really a kid.

Also, well... Let's see how Roxy takes about the "married with child on the way" part... My bet: not well at first.

 

[YamiRi]

Roxy is so aggressive.. nice to see it

 

[NewMCWhoDis]

She lacks critical information

 

[Blackspace_2]

All according to keikaku shishou
(TL note: keikaku shishou is japanese for  plan master)

 

[chendu]

Yup the manga is doing a way better job than the anime ad adapting the work ..

Spoiler: Why ?

Simple it didn't skip the Fact that GOD was calling on rudeus to save her x) and rudy's frost nova being absolute zero is also being touched upon, which once again is an important clue for later on how the magic system works

Tanks for the food

 

[Mogima]

Rather than it being the issue of taking charge, it's more to do with fear of misinterpretation.

What if you as a man misunderstood the friendly interaction of a girl as advances towards you, and end up confessing only to learn that you were mistaken, ending in you losing a friendly relationship.

Atleast in my region, men are usually taught that you should always respect women and never be disrespectful to them.
And mistaking a friendly interaction as advances is a big disrespect to women (some even call this situation as the man being an incel for mistaking the situation).

This is the reason why more than 40% of men don't interact with women that way, and always maintain distance.

There is also the fear of being accused of being a harrasser in IRL, if you mistook the situation, which could lead to either getting beaten-up by people or imprisonment.

it's also because a lot of women want to play it safe. so they give hint while staying in the realm where it can be interpreted as a friendly banter, just in case the guys is not interested.

 

[Blackspace_2]

I think it's because Rudy is actually a full-memory reincarnator who was an adult pedophile who engaged in child pornography (if I remember correctly, he was convicted in the WN but his family bailed him out jail but not from the public outrage, hence NEET. Id'ntk if it was kept in the LN, but the porno I think it was) who never actually repented about it. He was never really a kid.

Also, well... Let's see how Roxy takes about the "married with child on the way" part... My bet: not well at first.

huh! he looked at cp in his old life??? i knew people called him a pdf for being horny for eris when he was technically already 40 when he reincarnated, but he engaged in that kinda stuff?? thats so much worse wth

 

[Morose]

I think it's because Rudy is actually a full-memory reincarnator who was an adult pedophile who engaged in child pornography (if I remember correctly, he was convicted in the WN but his family bailed him out jail but not from the public outrage, hence NEET. Id'ntk if it was kept in the LN, but the porno I think it was) who never actually repented about it. He was never really a kid.

Also, well... Let's see how Roxy takes about the "married with child on the way" part... My bet: not well at first.

No, in the WN he was never convicted.
He was just thrown out of his house because he skipped out going to his parents funeral.

The only thing I remember being different between WN and LN is that, while in LN he was apparently watching watch loli porn before being kicked out (no confirmation on whether it was actually pedo or not), in the WN he was apparently watching a bathroom peep video of his niece he recorded himself.

As for him repenting, how would you want him to do it anyway?
He was thrown out of his house and died just 3-4 hours after that.
Well in one way, you can say that him trying to save those high school kids (including Nanahoshi) from a traffic accident could be considered as repenting, as he died doing that.

And why mention about his upcoming child? When he already said that he would go with her exploring dungeon sometime after returning back home, at which time Roxy would learn about the child already.
If we consider olden days, usually talk about pregnancy is only informed to family members, and others are only informed after the child is born.

Also, I am not ignoring what Rudy had done in his previous life.
What I also want to point out is what Roxy & Eris had done from the point-of-view for those who don't know that Rudy had past life memories.

 

[Morose]

it's also because a lot of women want to play it safe. so they give hint while staying in the realm where it can be interpreted as a friendly banter, just in case the guys is not interested.

The problem is, the hints women usually give are quite confusing. As you can't differentiate between friendly interaction or flirting.
Also, women have quite less to lose even if their advances are misunderstood.

 

[Morose]

Roxy deserves better she's acting like a lovestruck teen here

Because that had been her ideal "love at first sight" situation.

 

[Morose]

She lacks critical information

Actually she does get that information later, but still moves forward.

 

[NotSomeone]

pedophile aside(roxy is short, yes, but not exactly a child), a lot of guys are dense IRL. often times, we don't realize that a girl is making an advance on us until a few years later.

and in the event they just shoot it straight, we wonder if this is a prank or not.

this is because most men was taught from a young age to take charge of things. it's just in our culture. we're taught by our parents. the media we consume advocated it. so when a girl make a move, that's a major curveball for us. we short-circuited.

It's not about Roxy being short, it's the fact that he was a 30 something year old man in a teenage boy's body when he first had sex with an underaged Eris.

 

[Korvalus]

No, in the WN he was never convicted.
He was just thrown out of his house because he skipped out going to his parents funeral.

My bad then. I misremembered that he was. Even then the funeral thing I remember it was more like a "last straw" kind of reason and the family was already fed up something fierce with him for a long time.

The only thing I remember being different between WN and LN is that, while in LN he was apparently watching watch loli porn before being kicked out (no confirmation on whether it was actually pedo or not), in the WN he was apparently watching a bathroom peep video of his niece he recorded himself.

The peep video I do remember (in fact I thought it was because of that or a previous video he faced charges), but I think it wasn't the only thing there was on his computer. I heard about these things long after following this manga and had to check it on a translated WN and found that yes, he was a pedophile on Earth.

As for him repenting, how would you want him to do it anyway?
He was thrown out of his house and died just 3-4 hours after that.
Well in one way, you can say that him trying to save those high school kids (including Nanahoshi) from a traffic accident could be considered as repenting, as he died doing that.

Showing remorse or realising that he was kinda a POS for engaging on that might have been a start. And while he DOES have an epiphany and regrets what he did, it was more on the familiar sense and being a colossal burden on the family, not his paedo tendencies.
Trying to save Nanahoshi and the kids WAS the right thing to do... but after reincarnating he doesn't seem like he learnt his lesson save "not to be a burden to your family".
Because of that (or lack of it) his behaviour as a child and with Sylphie and Erin was put into suspect (remember he actually was a 40+~50 y.o. at the time, then add the presumed paedophilia) and several have put the light it looked a bit like grooming. I don't know about that, just repeating what I've read.

And why mention about his upcoming child? When he already said that he would go with her exploring dungeon sometime after returning back home, at which time Roxy would learn about the child already.
If we consider olden days, usually talk about pregnancy is only informed to family members, and others are only informed after the child is born.

Well, she's his master and family friend, she's going to know soon-ish. And Rudy being a dense MF and Roxy nurturing a crush right know I can see he's going to mention it in a casual manner, specially with the adventuring duo business which a birth is something important to mention (he actually says it in this chapter, that maybe he should tell her he can't go for a few months and will probably spill the beans when she asks why).

Also, I am not ignoring what Rudy had done in his previous life.
What I also want to point out is what Roxy & Eris had done from the point-of-view for those who don't know that Rudy had past life memories.

Never said you were. I fact I understand that Rudy is not like he was on Earth.
And yeah, Sylphie, Roxy and Eris are none the wiser and has no fault, but Rudy is the only one who does and should have been the one taking his "real" age into account. I compare that situation with Ceres, another 30+ y.o. reincarnated isekai MC, where he doesn't find his same-age girlfriends attractive and like them like his previous age: adult and MILFy.

 

[Slingerman]

UwU

 

[Wildfire_desu]

well, we have insight into his head, he's being entirely reasonable. he's got a loved wife and a child, why won't he think of them first and foremost?