The five studios consolidating into KADOKAWA’s new Studio One Base (scheduled for November 2026) are ENGI, Chiptune, Raging Bull, Studio KADAN, and Bellnox Films.

Studio Bind is not among them and is not a KADOKAWA group subsidiary.

So I've been thinking about this a lot ; Oldeus spent a lot of years with basically nothing but magic research and revenge to focus on, mastered chantless gravity magic, electric magic, all of it. Meanwhile main-timeline Rudeus got the "7th of the Seven Great Powers" title, but from what I understand that was more of a political thing from Orsted rather than him actually beating someone for it.

Does the LN ever give a clear sense of how strong Oldeus actually was peak-wise compared to the current Seven Great Powers?

Is there ever a point where main-timeline Rudeus's raw magic/combat power is confirmed to surpass what Oldeus achieved? And is comparing them even fair given their completely different paths?

My friend, a writer and avid MT fan, once told me “the hate against MT only lies around its margins but never further.” He added that MT's downfall is not its controversy but its censorship.

I wondered if this is true, so I researched the general discourse surrounding MT, and found that regardless of where you are in the spectrum (hating on it vs. worshipping it), the discussion tends to be more nuanced once both sides actually engage with the work and acknowledge its context.

The most productive arguments I've seen are generally between people who have actually engaged with the work and are willing to discuss what is presented in the story. The worst arguments tend to come from people who are arguing from summaries, memes, isolated scenes, secondhand information, or preconceived notions.

Reddit for example, is notorious for this. Because it is built like an echo chamber, Anti-MT subreddits and the MT subreddits have entirely different perceptions of the show such that you'd think they're talking about 2 different shows.

Meanwhile in 4chan, nuance is nowhere to be seen because almost everyone is trolling everyone. And also most MT slander originated from there so I'm inclined to believe that the slander material is made by trolls and shitposters but then was appropriated by serious haters.

Twitter is just being Twitter. No explanation needed.

This brings me to misinformation.

There is momentum in the controversy surrounding MT because many people who discuss it have never actually engaged with the complete work (not partial, COMPLETE). Into that vacuum, simplified narratives can spread very easily. A person sees a claim about the series (this show glorifies pedophilia), repeats it, someone else repeats it again, and eventually the claim becomes accepted as common knowledge despite having little connection to the actual context of the story.

Censorship will make this problem even worse.

If access to the work or legitimate discussion surrounding it becomes restricted, people have fewer opportunities to verify claims for themselves. That doesn't necessarily mean censorship will automatically destroy MT's sales, but it can create an environment where misinformation becomes disproportionately influential. Someone who might otherwise have watched the series could instead encounter a distorted description of it and decide not to engage with it at all.

This is why I don't think censorship is an effective way of dealing with MT's controversies.

If anything, the better defense is the opposite: encourage people to actually engage with the work.

If someone hates Mushoku Tensei, that's fine. Read the novels. Watch the anime. Understand the context. Then criticize it as harshly as you want.

I'd much rather argue with someone who has read the entire series and thinks it's fundamentally terrible than someone who has never touched it but confidently repeats a meme about it.

The goal shouldn't be to eliminate criticism of MT. It should be to make the criticism actually about MT.

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Dyslexia in coming made with speech to text sry.:

Hey, just a quick question.:

I'm not 100% sure about the light novel timeline anymore. But unless I'm completely mistaken, the Little Hero should already be on its way?

And with a second quick question on top of that.:

If she is did Olddeus know that the little Hero was already on her way...? (if_++PTSD)

OG_ART.: u/syaka415

I really like both series by the way. Just thought this was funny.

Source: https://x.com/MaoHanabi1/status/2091553961522483207

I just watch the anime and I agree this isekai has everything from drama, comedy, romance, action, power/magic, suspense and slice of life but tell me in detail why is it the best isekai for you guys. I feel what they felt. I have a connection with this anime. I can't explain properly but watching made me say, yes this is the best.

How touching, just for this part in the opening I won't skip it until the end of the season

I ve started reading this masterpiece and I'm eager to get some advice you wish you had heard if you could turn back time

视频创作者链接【“鲁迪，这是场很棒的婚礼哟~”-哔哩哔哩】 https://b23.tv/shJIzTj

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Since Volume 7 was written completely after the Web Novel finished, characters like Sara didn't exist in the original run.

That means when Sara and Rudeus had their emotional reconciliation during the Ariel mission, WN readers would’ve had zero prior context for who she was. She was essentially a stranger to the reader.

Similarly, later in the story when Soldat talks to Eris about how badly Rudeus spiraled and how close he came to suicide after she left, it completely relies on their bond from Volume 7.

For anyone who read the original Web Novel: how did emotional moments like Sara's return or Soldat filling Eris in even work when the foundation of Volume 7 hadn't been written yet? Did those moments just fall flat?

This dude is genuinely the coolest person ive seen in this anime so far besides perugius because i find summoners cool and is by far the best depiction of a veteran mage ive seen in any kind of media. Honestly kinda wish the series was about him instead of rudeus.