Yami Kakusei Shite Shujinkou ni Bokosareru Kamaseinu ni Hyoui Shita ga Gensaku to Chigaisugite Tomadotteru - Ch. 8 - The Master's Change

[MangaDex]

 

[KurABOBA]

Why is the some so whole?
I mean, why is the maid so wholesome

 

[Nemo2342]

Awwww, that's unusually sweet for one of these reformed villain stories.

 

[Aran214]

yaay Ceres' wish comes truee!!

 

[19801980]

Thank you for chapter ✌🏻😎

 

[darkrap19]

How would Ceres feel if she knew Zenon is an entirely different person, that he didn't change, but someone else is in his place now.

 

[mutsutakashi]

The master she served doesn't exist anymore

 

[WonderingSFaiz]

I'M INVESTING ALL IN INTO CERES ROUTE

ROLL!!!!

 

[rrrrrr333333]

The master she served doesn't exist anymore

That's always the problem with bodyjacker isekai stories. It's not character growth that made him a better person, it's literally brainwashing. Yet they try to play it off like some heartwarming development

 

[Darkshade13]

That's always the problem with bodyjacker isekai stories. It's not character growth that made him a better person, it's literally brainwashing. Yet they try to play it off like some heartwarming development

A lot of times it's not even like it's brainwashing. It's like the old soul was plucked out of the body and a new, "better" one was jammed in. There's usually nary a trace of the original person left but we're supposed to be fine with it because the previous personality was an asshole while the new one wants to be better or decent (or at least is willing to be decent out of the self-interest of not dying)

Brainwashing usually implies that the original person is still there, just forcibly changed. This is like the original person simply ceases to exist as the price for our protagonist soul getting to live that life.

 

[HyperNom]

huh, the maid gives isekai vibes too.

 

[unnamederror]

lmao, she is so nice

 

[Psychronia]

They basically just killed the old version and replaced him with a better one.

This maid is a bit of a brat, but she's also way too patient and understanding of her master, all things considered.

 

[karappo]

Nah gurl I think you just awakened as a fujo.

 

[adi13841]

tbh, the best way to deal with these things is to go with reincarnation route, make it so mc reincarnated and only now did he unlocked his prev self memory

 

[rrrrrr333333]

A lot of times it's not even like it's brainwashing. It's like the old soul was plucked out of the body and a new, "better" one was jammed in. There's usually nary a trace of the original person left but we're supposed to be fine with it because the previous personality was an asshole while the new one wants to be better or decent (or at least is willing to be decent out of the self-interest of not dying)

Brainwashing usually implies that the original person is still there, just forcibly changed. This is like the original person simply ceases to exist as the price for our protagonist soul getting to live that life.

At this point we're just debating theology and the existence of a soul rather than if the story is well written or not. Some may disagree.

As I'm no priest I won't weigh in on a side however the point I'm trying to make regardless of dogma, is that isekai authors almost always handle these topics clumsily.

I'll preemptively answer Ship of Theseus-style rebuttals; I suggest that a person's consciousness is nothing more than a collection of memories and experiences. Just as debilitating diseases like dementia or amnesia rob us of our loved ones before they pass on, so do isekai bodyjackers. It's akin to body horror being framed in a positive light.

 

[JustaReader0031]

tbh, the best way to deal with these things is to go with reincarnation route, make it so mc reincarnated and only now did he unlocked his prev self memory

they aren't using this?

 

[AthalosJ]

That's always the problem with bodyjacker isekai stories. It's not character growth that made him a better person, it's literally brainwashing. Yet they try to play it off like some heartwarming development

Not brainwashing because it's an entirely different person

 

[spookyblast]

they aren't using this?

They are? It's an extremely common trope as well. I do prefer it over isekai just because it has less problems like this as well as isekai tends to make it feel more game-y.

 

[AthalosJ]

tbh, the best way to deal with these things is to go with reincarnation route, make it so mc reincarnated and only now did he unlocked his prev self memory

Nah I hate it when authors do that because then it makes no sense that just because they didn't have any memories they acting like a terrible person, like it would still be a different original soul from the beginning so things would naturally still change