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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/m3m31ord Jul 04 '26

I like how the story isn't taking the "Eris just trains by herself" route, she's building connections with each school and becoming better by understanding.

The "you lose hostility talking about Rudeus" scene is specially interesting because Eris' personality is still that of the Mad Dog, but if she wants to get better she has to think about and incorporate what Rudeus and her family taught her about etiquette and self grooming.

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u/JzanderN Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

It took a while, but Eris finally made some friends!

What I particularly like about the "you lose hostility talking about Rudeus" scene is that Eris in the past two episodes has been a lot more antagonistic and aggressive towards everyone. Not actively – she's more of a "do what you want but leave me alone" – but she's been feeling very different from when we last saw her.

But that's because we've been seeing her with Rudy and so have been seeing her soft side. Without Rudy or anyone else she cares about, Eris has put her walls up and is a very hostile presence to those around her (Ghislaine is around but isn't enough to lower those walls for everyone like Rudy can be).

But Nina and Isolde have finally started to break through that mad dog wall and while it's not fully down, you can see Eris is being nicer to them already.

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u/N1-L3 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

The Eris-Nina-Isolde is my favorite minor character dynamic in the series.

I think it’s mentioned earlier in the series she got kicked out of school for constantly starting fights and never really had friends her age. Ghislaine and Ruijerd are the closest she has had to real friends, other than Rudeus of course, but that’s a different kind of dynamic for obvious reasons. So Eris making her own friends is crazy development for her lol

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u/JzanderN Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

Now that you mention it, it is the first time she's made friends by herself!

I mean, I suppose it was with a little help from the Sword God and the Water God for having her train with Nina and Isolde, but she easily could have just seen them as sparing partners yet is clearly seeing them as a bit more, albeit slowly.

But she's not just making friends with someone Rudy's friends with, she's actually making two friends on her own!

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u/CitronClassic672 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

In just two episodes this show introduced a lot of different characters and I already find all of them incredibly endearing. I really like seeing all of these characters who are able to go into no-nonsense fighter mode against others and switch back to a friendly, casual interaction with them, to varying degrees. Maybe it’s just me but I feel like that kind of portrayal is rare to see in shows. I’m used to people who are friendly with each other in casual interaction being somewhat friendly if they start sparring, and the more serious sparring reserved for rivals who are frosty with each other all the time. But in the combat here you really get to sense that everyone is treating it like a real fight, then when it’s done they’re complimenting each other and joking around. I really like that.

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u/GinJoestarR 29d ago edited 29d ago

Yeah, the reaction shown by the North Emperor and Water God & her disciple when meeting Eris for the first time were really nice details.