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EP. REVIEW: Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

What exactly was the plan when they walked in and made fools of themselves? Ruijerd was already disguised by changing his hair color, what did their bragging accomplish?

I'm surprised there was no mention of Eris flipping the #%@$ out on that guy for ripping her coat. I thought she might have grown up a bit and become more balanced, but clearly she's gone even further off the handle. Hopefully she learns to control herself before it gets her into conflict with someone who will be able to fight back

What exactly was the plan when they walked in and made fools of themselves? Ruijerd was already disguised by changing his hair color, what did their bragging accomplish?

The lack of this scene is missed, but the fact that it exists shows that the author knew what he was writting about and was not trying to promote(?)* or defend some of the things people accuse the story of.

*English is not my first language and I forgot what was the right word to say there. Like, when someone tries to convince someone that something bad is good... was it glorify?

Anyway, my main point is that I have been immersed on the anime culture for long time and I've seen truly disgusting things. Not in the sense that they appear disgusting, but that they show terrible behaviour and actions in a positive light, almost as if it was something normal. Even in shounen shows, there is plenty of things that would be considered criminal in the real world, and shown as if just being an innofensive joke.

And Mushoku does none of that, it shows bad behaviour flatly. The bad as bad, the good as good. It does not pass jugdement, but it does make it clear what it is for the viewer/reader without sugarcoating it. After all, it's target audience are adults, and adults should not need moral guidance from fiction. So it can show up fucked up things in this way.

Also on the murder scene, I do sort of agree that him arguing about not killing with Ruijerd is kinda out of place considering their position, but its the sort of thing that needs to be lampshaded so that its sorta meaningful in the future when the circumstances change, like at somepoint they will be in a less dog eat dog place and Ruijerd's personality will need to be more flexible.
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Are there no laws or enforcement of any sort in this realm outside of the gate sentries? I'm just wondering if it's ok to go around murdering anyone who can't stop you or who has no gang to take retribution here, since that seems like something that could bite them in the ass down the road if there are. If not, then no worries I guess.

It definitely seems like the other folks are very surprised at the killing, so I assume it isn't typical.

There is a flaw in your logic, How does it not pass judgement while also showing the good as good and the bad as bad? There is no such thing as being a neutral observer in fiction, since everything in the story was added there was done with human judgement.

Likewise here if they wanted to show fucked up things and have it be a message it better be [expletive] clear as daylight, not out of some sense of moral guidance, but just out of the need for clear communication, playing coy with taboo topics is something that any creator should knows not to take lightly.

To answer your question of why they did it, I do not for sure know what is in the writer's head, the only indicator of what he wants has been the contents of the anime and a few tweets, and you are free to make of it what you will. It can be that they see this behavior as bad but not that bad, akin to other perverts in anime, which I would consider to be a very misguided opinion at best but its up to them.

To add another note, I find it interesting that when Mushoko tensei's author or other creators talk about Rudy's behaviour, their argument isnt that he doesn't have regret about being a perv but he just becomes less of a perv and more "serious".

I think in another thread someone noted that the logic kinda goes that being a perv is in a sense part of him being a hikki/NEET and that as stops being a NEET , he becomes less of a pervert. Which is blindingly bad frame and also an insult to NEETs, like an internalised version of that "otakus are creep" argument that even Oreimo had to argue against.

In addition, as you have also noted, there are scenes where he shows regret for his behaviour, which was actually removed from the anime, so anime Rudy is even by that standard a less reflective individual and less forgivable by the LN standard, which again to me doesn't bode well for what the show wants..

I also find it funny how you mentioned that all of his rewards have been through hard work when the anime showed that he is basically a genius by their magic standard and his years of hard work was condensed and not shown with any struggles.

Are there no laws or enforcement of any sort in this realm outside of the gate sentries? I'm just wondering if it's ok to go around murdering anyone who can't stop you or who has no gang to take retribution here, since that seems like something that could bite them in the ass down the road if there are. If not, then no worries I guess.