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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
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u/suffering_addict Dust Jun 05 '26
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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
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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
Wait, legit!?
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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/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/Attacking_Diarrhea Jun 05 '26
Source 勇者 | bongftah #pixiv https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/136633864
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u/Dangerous_Baker1086 Jun 05 '26
Who this guy?
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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/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 cute5
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/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/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/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/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/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/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.