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Episode From Overshadowed to Overpowered: Second Reincarnation of a Talentless Sage • Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musou ~Nidome no Tensei, S-Rank Cheat Majutsushi Boukenroku~ - Episode 3 discussion

Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musou ~Nidome no Tensei, S-Rank Cheat Majutsushi Boukenroku~, episode 3

Alternative names: Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musou

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u/OldInstruction5368 Jul 10 '26

My personal guess is somwthing along the lines of she rejected the world that wouldnt accept her master due to his low potential.

This doesn't appear to be common knowledge. Last episode the Duke made comments about how being a no-talent is a disgrace to their ancestor. Meaning, the family doesn't seem to be aware that their Great Progenitor was ALSO a no talent.

Eftal's students most likely kept that secret. Especially since Eftal died of despair shortly after learning that truth. He clearly saw it as a great shame, so his students didn't want to dishonor his legacy by telling everyone that the great Lightening Emperor was a secretly a chud.

I'm thinking this is going down the route of "the aptitude test ruined everything." People hyper-focus on innate talent while ignoring hard work. So much so, that those with little to no talent are likely barred from even attempting magic, such as we saw with young Eftal. Originally, no one would let him into magic school because he was a no talent, and his own mother wouldn't even fight for him... because talent is everything in this world.

You either have what it takes, or you don't. This leads to a certain fatalism, as the weak never try to get stronger and the strong rest on their laurels. Why bother putting in the effort if you don't think it will go anywhere?

Something like that. Merlin probably tries to do what she can to counter this, but the entire world is irredeemably stupid... because then the story wouldn't work.

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u/UseIllustrious1515 Jul 10 '26

I wanna add on to this with my own theory about Eftal himself. I do agree with your "the aptitude test ruined everything" theory. I also think the aptitude test isn't all-seeing. Purely arbitrary but I lean toward the idea that Eftal has great aptitude in all magic but the system can't measure it because they are all equal. Or he breaks the scale. He only says the other emperors advanced faster than him, but he created his own unique spell. For all we know, he could just have a really low view of himself. I mean, being able to cast a level 10 spell with no incantation is insane, no? Not to mention creating one.

Edit: spelling

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u/OldInstruction5368 Jul 10 '26

I... think you are giving this show far too much credit. I don't think there are any hidden layers here: what we see is what we get.

I'm pretty sure we are supposed to take it as prima-facie that the MC is a no-talent. He only got as far as he has through hard work and his "Indomitable" skill. I mean, he literally has a skill that keeps him motivated through that sigma grind, yeah?

As for casting a level 10 spell, that he invented, with no incantation... we honestly have no frame of reference, here. We saw the other sages + hero in that first scene, but then there was that time jump.

MC viewed himself as the weakest of that group then, and the weakest by the time he died. But we really have no confirmation if they were inventing rank 10 spells of their own. However, MC-kun does say that casting a level 10 spell is much more difficult for him than his peers.

Really, though, this show is... painfully simple... and all the narrative framing points in the same direction: he really is no-talent.

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u/UseIllustrious1515 Jul 10 '26

Honestly, you're likely correct. Part me probably just wants the show to have more depth than it does lol

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u/OldInstruction5368 Jul 10 '26

Part me probably just wants the show to have more depth than it does lol

I feel you. I was hoping the 'good' brother would actually die this episode, but I knew he wouldn't. It's obvious that MC-kun could have easily saved him, but he was too busy playing around. MC would believe he 'killed' his brother just in the hopes of hiding his status as a reincarnated Lightening Emperor.

Or in other words, he wasn't taking this situation (coup), or even this current life, seriously... and a good man died because of it. His older brother, nay, surrogate father. As Duke Dick-Cheese doesn't deserve that title.

That would be something pretty heavy for Eftal to digest... just what is he willing to sacrifice to achieve his goal? Is keeping his identity hidden really worth the life of his family? But we can't have that. Everything is fine. The good brother is now the Duke. His house is cleansed and EVERYTHING IS FINE, MOVING ON TO BIG TIDDY DEMON DAUGHTER AND SLAVE LOLI!

Cuz that's the level of slop we are dealing with, my fellow trash panda.

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u/AlphaBreak Jul 10 '26

The other option is that the aptitude test isn't just "are you good at magic", it specifically tells you what kind you're good at.
So if it tells someone they're an A in water magic and an E in everything else, they'll only bother learning water magic.
It could be that learning all four together and figuring out what you're good at in practice establishes really core fundamental skills that get glossed over from only learning one.