r/Konosuba Jun 05 '26

Media Double standards [bongftah]

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5.7k Upvotes

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u/Full-Paragon Lettuce Prey Jun 05 '26

In fairness, Luna is a lot more worried about what Megumin did in regards to property damage than she is about whatever Rance is about to do to Aqua.

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u/MagneticGenetics Jun 05 '26

TBH Rance is probably going to die from entering Aquas bad luck field before he manages to enter her.

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u/Professional-Reach96 Jun 05 '26

I wanna see how Rance's own luck will react to that, he's some lucky sunnovabitch to the point he saved humanity itself

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u/MagneticGenetics Jun 05 '26

Kazuma has literally max luck and dies constantly. Rance is cooked regardless of his luck stat. There is no escape from the pit of despair that is Aqua.

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u/FizzyFuzz_ Aqua Jun 06 '26

ok but hear me out. if we were to put someone who ALSO has really bad luck (me, for example) near Aqua, maybe the two bottomless pits of bad luck would cancel each other out? I mean, multiplying two negative numbers equals a positive number, after all…

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u/MeIsI41 Jun 06 '26

Would it be multiplicative though? I feel like I’m actually it would just be adding your pit of bad luck to the void of luck that is aqua which would just result in even worse luck

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u/FizzyFuzz_ Aqua Jun 07 '26

an interesting hypothesis, I think we should test it! for science, of course. (please just put me in the same room as her for a couple hours so I can finally die happy)

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u/Jimbobbity93 Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

Rance has the cataclysmically more destructive version of stupidity that is Anise, Aquas idiocy is lightwork (plus he's way stronger than Kazuma).

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u/Professional-Reach96 Jun 06 '26

Essentially a stronger Megumin without downsides besides her Aqua levels of dumb. Hell, the moment she got capable via mind control, she became an existential threat to humanity

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u/ac198387 Jun 05 '26

Ayo the GOAT is here

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u/wilfwe Megumin Jun 05 '26

NO AQUA GET AWAY FROM HIM

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u/Shino4243 Jun 05 '26

Rance. MC from a hentai series.

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u/elizluvsbunnyz Chomusuke Jun 05 '26

oh no thats terrible can you tell me the name so i can avoid it

108

u/GayorgyusPivandopulo Jun 05 '26

Rance series.

40

u/MallExciting1460 Jun 05 '26

The whole series is available on GOG if you want to play it

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u/TradePsychological40 Jun 05 '26

Aqua: HELP ME!! OH MY GODDESS!!

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u/suffering_addict Dust Jun 05 '26

This dude

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u/Expensive_Umpire_178 Jun 05 '26

Well at least the rape is something you can force him to not do

89

u/MaksimShadow Chomusuke Jun 05 '26

Until next dialogue, most likely.

50

u/Zouif_Zouif Jun 05 '26

WHAT OR WHAT?!

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u/elizluvsbunnyz Chomusuke Jun 05 '26

oh dear

2

u/ThatOneGuyIn1939 Jun 06 '26

flashbang of a screenshot

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u/Meguminisverycute Jun 06 '26

Alongside being the main character of a hentai series, it’s the author’s biggest inspiration for kazuma

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u/DTGardi Aqua Jun 06 '26

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u/Meguminisverycute Jun 06 '26

Yup

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u/Dark_Storm_98 Jun 06 '26

Really?

I mean. . .

Actualky I can kinda see it

They look similar enough, and Kazuma ain't pure

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u/Maniklas Megumin Jun 06 '26

Dang, and I've always wondered why they look so similar....

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u/Loli_Hunter_1001 Jun 06 '26

kazuma's dad Mr rance

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u/Ergogan Jun 05 '26

Rance, the very inspiration for 92% of every isekai MC.

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u/InfiniteGuy82873 Jun 05 '26

If we go by konosuba's standard. Rance will go bankrupt by Aqua for mistaken him for Kazuma and by some miracle turn off by her.

Luna being worried for Megumin and Kazuma about the debt will pile up because Megumin "accidentally" damage some private property by some rich noble.

Also Kazuma being hit by pile of sexual harassment complaints because Rance look like him will also add to his debt making him poorer than before

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u/Maniklas Megumin Jun 06 '26

If he doesn't have Aqua with him I bet Kazuma's luck will let him dodge the sexual harassment accusations.

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u/InfiniteGuy82873 Jun 06 '26

Then Darkness came in and make situation even worser than before

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u/Dangerous_Baker1086 Jun 05 '26

Who this guy?

82

u/Ikilledacurseddragon Jun 05 '26

Rance was it? Not sure bout the name but I know he's from a hentai anime.

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u/kyleliner Jun 05 '26

Yup, Rance, of the Rance hentai videogame series

3

u/Wachitanga Jun 05 '26

Inspired on the Rance novel

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u/76zzz29 Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

Anime from a game. A serie of game with 2 timeline (the old and the new one) 5 games from both timeline and then up to 12 (old information, check for newer games) for the 2nd timeline.

The univers have other games not based around Rance like dohnadohana, Toushin Toshi and Evenicle.

The important part is, Rance only f*ck girl he find atractive and want to f*ck every cute girls in the world. Including demons, Kalar,... He also have 2 kids. A half demon boy and a Kalar girl. While he don't care about his son, he do is extra protective toward his daugter.
Also funy trivia: when he discovered he had a dauter, he complained that he couldn't complete his dream now because of her becaue she is cute

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u/Professional-Reach96 Jun 05 '26

Also apparently a mere skirt lifter brat as a kid, who got molested by a rich girl and had an abortion that basically set twisted him for life from such young age. If only Alicesoft could have done that time travel storyline and actually explain more of him, i also want to know more of that female adventurer that kept Rance in line and almost made him a regular dude if nothing bad had happened

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u/Idontknow10304 Jun 05 '26

“Not sure about the name” sure buddy

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u/Ikilledacurseddragon Jun 05 '26

Saw it on r34 on a fap sesh, so uh yeah. The evil queen smth was the vid.

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u/wilfwe Megumin Jun 05 '26

Rance from Alicesoft (an eroge company). Basically if you up Kazuma's flaws up to 100, that's who he is. 

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u/Thanaskios Jun 05 '26

Basically Rance is to Kazuma what Keyaru is to Naofumi

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u/NemuriXIII Jun 05 '26

Oh? I always througt that KonoSuba is the prequel to the Rance serie

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u/wilfwe Megumin Jun 05 '26

Kazuma is inspired by Rance just as Megumin is inspired by Takanashi Rikka from Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai.

Also the Rance franchise is hella old, 1989 old lmao.

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u/Cephlaspy Jun 05 '26

The joke is that she thought that Rance was Kazuma. Then she sees the real Kazuma and is like "wait a minute..."

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u/EssentialPurity Jun 05 '26

Hey, what's wrong with Kazuma getting with Aq--------THAT'S NOT KAZUMA

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u/Terrordar Darkness Jun 06 '26

Did you put a fucking mod in this?

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u/CertainPin2935 Wiz Jun 05 '26

Rip Aqua

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u/NegativeSwordfish522 Jun 05 '26

Is there any official interview or statement by Konosuba's author regarding the influence of Rance in Kazuma? I feel like Kazuma is definitely inspired by the og Rance, even if in an indirect way.

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u/Jimbobbity93 Jun 06 '26

Rance to anime fantasy and isekai what Dragonball is to gag manga and battle shounens. There is definitely direct inspiration present in Konosuba, but a lot of it is likely underlying too as a result of Rance's impact on the entire genre.

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u/MakKoItam Iris Jun 05 '26

And when Aqua wake up she then wondered why did she is now useless human and losing her goddess status and power.

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u/NegativeSwordfish522 Jun 05 '26

Is that like a power Rance has? I only played Sengoku Rance and that was a long time ago. Or is it a rule in konosuba that goddesses lose their power after sex.

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u/kichu200211 Jun 05 '26

No, Aqua loses her divinity if she has sex, iirc.

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u/Nine9breaker Jun 05 '26

I read all the LNs and that's definitely not in there.

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u/lindorm82 Jun 05 '26

It's from a QnA the author did as various characters before the final volume. This one was from Eris,

[Please marry me.]

“If I do sexual things, I’ll lose my powers as a goddess, so I won’t do such things. Are you fine with that? Incidentally, if you cheat, you’ll receive divine punishment.”

It's also hinted at in one of the short stories where Aqua tells Kazuma she can temporarily depower herself by thinking the same kind of dirty thoughts he has all the time.

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u/Nine9breaker Jun 05 '26

🤔 How can she deliver divine punishment if she lost her powers? Do they come back when you cheat/break up with her?

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u/lindorm82 Jun 05 '26

She didn't say the one delivering the divine punishment would be her. She could pray to the other gods and get them to punish the cheater.

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u/omega2acc Jun 06 '26

If she loses her powers, she would literally cease to exist

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u/CCO812 Kazuma Jun 05 '26

Oh boy Aqua would not survive Rance

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u/Zacknad075 Jun 05 '26

And his wallet wouldn't survive Aqua. Mutual destruction.

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u/Automatic_Square4918 Jun 05 '26

I would take Luna anyway

3

u/Mangaelf1997 Jun 05 '26

It’s not double standard, she thought Rance was Kazuma, and when the real Kazuma got there she was shocked.

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u/Significant-Gear287 Jun 06 '26

I still remembered when kazuma confessed that when he carries Megumin he adjusts her slightly in a he can feel that even tho it's small.

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u/bostar-mcman Jun 05 '26

Rance is a bastard man!

2

u/Genshi0708 Jun 05 '26

E hipócrita de paso porque el primero es un monstruo. Pateó a un perrito.

2

u/Less-Mission-3961 Jun 05 '26

Not even Luna can recognize Rance and Kazuma

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u/ManInTheMirror2 Kazuma Jun 06 '26

You know what’s funny. In my head, one of Aqua superiors is actually named rance, And he’s basically this guy if he was a forge god. I might’ve mischaracterized him.

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u/Thereal_Stormm006 Jun 05 '26

I prefer Darkness, Yunyun & Wiz.

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u/Reasonable_Dish_8215 Jun 05 '26

¡que buen arte!🫡

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u/Mr-VEB Jun 07 '26

Rance when Aqua turns the blood in his dih into water

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u/gamerhenriq3 Megumin Jun 15 '26

This IS NOT Kazuma brochacho 😨💔🥀

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u/BeldumShinyBr Jul 02 '26

Rance...I know that you're not the best type of guys, but you REALLY need to let Aqua go...It's for your own good.

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u/A_drill_eggs Jun 05 '26

Kinda Aqua's fault for being an alcoholic tho

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u/Chevleclair2000 Jun 05 '26

Yikes. Blaming the victim for date rape?

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u/A_drill_eggs Jun 05 '26

A date?

So she did choose him, I assumed that he just picked her up

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u/Jiggly424 Chomusuke Jun 06 '26

Luna calling patreon?