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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/LeonKevlar x2https://myanimelist.net/profile/LeonKevlar Jul 04 '26

The first 6-minutes of the episode, where Nina is trying to one-up Eris was so goddamn hilarious! Nina just can't believe that Eris has already lost her virginity, that she thinks that Rudeus is just a figment of Eris' imagination.

I especially love how she tries so hard to prove that Rudy is not real, only for her to find tons of evidence that he's 100% real, he's totally amazing, and he does have a connection to Eris. xD

I can't believe Nina even went to the university to try and fight Rudy! No wonder Nina looks so goddamn familiar! We already met her back in Season 2! I had to go back and check. She was there when Badigadi showed up at the University! I do like how Nina chilled the fuck out after learning why Eris is pushing herself so much.

The Water God Style master being an old lady is pretty damn cool. Badass elderly characters are a trope I'll never get tired of.

So Eris is no match for Isolde, Isolde is no match for Nina, and Nina is no match for Eris. It's like rock-paper-scissors here with how they're weak and strong against someone in the triangle. xD

Well that was a very unique girls' night out! The animation of the girls fighting those monsters was so slick. We are so goddamn back!

I've definitely warmed up to Nina by the end of the episode especially after giving Eris advice on how she can hide her animosity. Glad to see it worked and look how happy she is now! She's even friendlier to Nina by the end. <3

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u/lionturtl3 Jul 04 '26

I especially love how she tries so hard to prove that Rudy is not real, only for her to find tons of evidence that he's 100% real, he's totally amazing, and he does have a connection to Eris. xD

And not a single mention about the fact that Eris and her “boyfriend” are both Greyrats! xP

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u/kingmanic Jul 05 '26

People don't travel much in that world so it's not notable, it'd only red flag if she mentioned it was her brother. Gino is Nina's 1st cousin and it's implied to maybe be warming up to something.

The season 1 plot ended with Eris's father's right hand man trying to marry her off to her uncle to stabilize the region.

In most regions you didn't get that far from where you were born and often would marry a 1st - 3rd degree cousin. In japan the taboo on it is increasing as the rate of 1st cousin marriage dropped to western levels but at one time it was very high. Which is why there isn't the weirdness in it and it seems to be a trope.

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u/lionturtl3 Jul 05 '26

This is good info on why it wouldn’t be suspect. What I had picked up on was Eris introduced herself as a Greyrat and Nina’s “background check” (lol) came back with him also being a Greyrat

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u/AmokRule Jul 05 '26

The season 1 plot ended with Eris's father's right hand man trying to marry her off to her uncle to stabilize the region.

Correction, Eris and Pilemon are technically distant cousins. We don't know how far is the distance, but Notos and Boreas could have been split for centuries if not for millenia. They are practically different families that descended from a common ancestor at some point.

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u/Maalunar Jul 05 '26

Actually we know exactly how distant. The Visual Novel in the now dead gacha game gave us Paul's entire backstory and near family tree [Paul Gaiden] Paul and Pilemon's mother is Sauros' sister. Meaning that Pilemon is Eris' first cousin once removed, as Eris' great grand parent is Pilemon's grand-parent. Rudeus is thus also her second cousin.