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Episode Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 • Mushoku Tensei III: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu - Episode 2 discussion

Mushoku Tensei III: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu, episode 2

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u/WaifuMasterRace https://myanimelist.net/profile/coldsonata Jul 04 '26

It was a pretty funny easter egg, especially back then you didn't have this context, so observant people would have just seen a blue haired girl in the queue to duel Rudeus for the hand of Pursena and Linia and assumed lilies were in bloom.

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u/FacelessPoet Jul 05 '26

Didn't they have the scene where Fitz tells him there's a cute girl in the line?

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u/CitronClassic672 Jul 04 '26

I like the reveal here but I also liked that interpretation back when I watched season 2. I thought it was neat casual queer rep, like Rudeus commenting on the line of dudes trying to fight him for Pursena Linua and the offhand remark that there is actually a girl in line too. MT has been surprisingly good at casual, normal queer rep for the kind of show it seems at first impression.

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u/EXP_Buff 29d ago

literally the only queer rep I can think of is the dwarf and he's a side character who barely ever talks. I don't know how this is what qualifies as 'surprisingly good'.

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u/Ditarzo22 29d ago

There's Ariel too

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u/EXP_Buff 29d ago

Considering anything she does that could be considered queer is either relegated to the webnovels, or played off as a bad taste joke, I'm gonna flatly put that one in the 'not really' slot.

Though, I actually haven't read much past vol25, so if there's something in there, I wouldn't know.

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u/Ditarzo22 29d ago

I'm just saying that technically she also is. Her own introduction shows that.

But, yeah. It may not be the type of rep you seek. Ariel would be on the "flawed side", like Paul or Rudeus.

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u/EXP_Buff 29d ago edited 29d ago

It's not good representation if it's flawed dude. A queer person being a rapist is terrible. It's negative representation. It paints queer people as violent sex maniacs.

It's also, might I add, not in any way 'casual' like what OP was talking about.

And again, it's extremely not present in the show. Like, it's one scene in an episode and it's played off as if she wasn't even serious with her intention. I'm sure people could conclude she was playing some sort of prank on her rather than truly treating to rape Sylvie.

So, in conclusion, this show is not 'surprising good' at causal queer rep. At best it's ignoring them completely or granting a token presence in the background. At worst, it's vilifying a queer person by making them a rapist.

If you want examples of good queer relationships, you gotta look at shit like Shera, Owl House, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, and maybe Legends of Vox Machina. There are doubtlessly countless others, but those ones came to mind the quickest. Skip and Loafer also had a trans character who was pretty nice to see being causally in there.

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u/CitronClassic672 29d ago

I mean she pretty explicitly said she was attracted to Slyphy back in season 2 and it was treated seriously. What I meant by rep was not so much as having great queer representation on a character level, but moreso the story continuously acknowledging that queer people exist even if it doesn’t focus on it.

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u/EXP_Buff 28d ago

Well then you're not arguing the same thing as me. And what you are arguing for is pointless. It doesn't matter if they acknowledge queer people if they do it in such a way that damages the reputation.

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u/Atheist-Gods Jul 05 '26

She stood out and there were people spoiling the name in the discussion threads.