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Mushoku Tensei: Japanese Fans React to the Franchise's Most Unhinged Family Trait — "Mother and Son Both Just Chop Off Arms"

無職転生 本編後の覚醒キャラ紹介動画に海外反応集が沸く

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Mushoku Tensei: Japanese Fans React to the Franchise's Most Unhinged Family Trait — "Mother and Son Both Just Chop Off Arms"
“Both mother and son cutting off an arm — the fact that it's such a shared family trait is hilarious.”

母子共に腕切り落とすの親子すぎておもろい

— @himazin_789

Across 303 comments on a Japanese video breaking down what three Mushoku Tensei characters become after the main story ends, the top comment (3,181 likes) isn't about power scaling at all — it's fans clocking that both Eris and her own son settle an argument the exact same way: casually cutting off an arm. From there it escalates into a running bit about the entire Greyrat family being absurd. Getting into both a university and a noble swordsmanship academy is treated like basic compulsory education, one kid becomes a North Emperor as a teenager, Rudeus's children are all taught uncanted magic and blade work directly by legendary masters, and even Rudeus's own middling #7 ranking on the "Seven World Powers" list turns out to be a genuine honor once someone explains the history behind it. A side plot about Isolte gets fans debating just how strong she really is compared to Eris and Roxy. By the end, more than one commenter has half-jokingly concluded the franchise's real final boss fight is just the entire Greyrat bloodline showing up together.

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Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 303)

  • Rudeus's trauma, right there.

    ルーデウスのトラウマ

    — @Luvvbyte432 likes

  • Wait, does this world even have healing magic?

    この世界って治療の魔法ってあるんか？

    — @山田太郎-t4m7k183 likes

  • There's healing magic, sure, but Rudeus's arm never grew back even with it.

    ヒーリングとかはあるけどルーデウスの腕は治らなかった

    — @Luvvbyte13 likes

  • Wait, Eris cutting off her own son's arm is pretty messed up, no?

    エリス実の息子の腕切り落とすのやばくね？

    — @おけおけ-o9q716 likes

  • It grows back though!

    治るからね！

    — @どこにでも現れるおばば54 likes

  • Chopping off a family member's wrist is just way too much.

    家族の手首切り落とすのヤバすぎ

    — @Happy-b2g3k154 likes

  • Both the mother and the son are unhinged — just because someone in the family CAN fix missing limbs doesn't mean you casually cut people's arms off.

    家庭内に部位欠損を直せる人がいるからって容赦なく腕とか切り落とす母も息子も狂犬すぎる

    — @46shirowhite591 likes

  • Stop chopping off hands like it's just a normal family thing to do.

    当たり前かのように親子で手を切り落とすな

    — @ざぶざん23 likes

  • Well, there's a king-tier healing scroll for that... 😅

    王級の治癒スクロールあるから…😅

    — @眠気覚ましが足りない1 likes

  • The Greyrat family isn't just monstrous in combat — they treat getting into both a university and a noble academy like it's basic compulsory education. Absolute monster family, brains and brawn.

    グレイラット家って武力だけじゃなくて義務教育感覚で大学と貴族学校入る文武両道の化け物家系よな。

    — @度会隆輝973 likes

  • Being elite at even one of those would be impressive, and for this family that's just the starting line. No wonder they produce a world savior and a #5 and #7 ranked strongest-in-the-world lol

    どちらかだけでもエリートなのに両方を出てからがスタートラインだから超絶エリート家系 そりゃ世界の救世主や列強五位や七位が出てきますわｗｗ

    — @てらでいん54 likes

  • Pretty sure it's "for self-defense" that they teach every single kid uncanted magic and put them through max-mana-boosting training from early childhood.

    自衛の為にと言って全員に無詠唱魔術を教えて、幼少期には最大魔力上昇トレーニングをやらせているはず。

    — @こあらこあら-u8h38 likes

  • All of Rudeus's kids can cast without incantation AND got personally trained in swordsmanship by the Mad King of Swords and the North God. They're just monsters.

    ルーデウスの子供たちは全員無詠唱で狂剣王や北神から剣術も教わってる化け物だからな

    — @ストライフ833 likes

  • Becoming North Emperor in your teens is, to put it mildly, absurdly talented.

    10代で北帝って控えめに言って天才すぎないか

    — @電電-c1g79 likes

  • Rudeus making the Seven World Powers ranking with literally zero battle aura is the actual anomaly — being #7 by itself isn't anything to be ashamed of...

    ルーデウスが闘気0で列強入りしてるのがおかしいだけで7位は恥では無いんよね…

    — @Nalukami556 likes

  • By Rudeus's era the "Seven World Powers" title has fallen out of fame, but it used to be a name that shook the entire world — so being ranked #7 is still a genuine honor.

    『七大列強』、ルーデウスの時代では名が廃れて知名度が低いですが、昔は世界に名を轟かせていたランキングなので、７位でも十分名誉あることです

    — @猫草-p8n91 likes

  • Nobody thinks being #7 in the world is anything to be ashamed of lol. Honestly Rudy's legacy is less about raw combat power and more about the connections and tech he built — without him, Orsted would've been stuck alone (plus Nanahoshi) this whole time.

    世界で７位が恥だなんて誰も思っとらんｗ ただルディは戦闘力以上に人脈と技術開発で業績残してるから、ルディが居なけりゃオルステッドはずっと一人（＋ナナホシ）だったわけだし

    — @takotuboooo29 likes

  • By the way, the first person to actually combine wind magic with swordsmanship, like Arus does, was the eldest daughter, Lucie — because that's how a fairy from one of her dad's bedtime stories looked. Is she a genius or what?

    因みにアルスの風魔術+剣術を先に実践したのは長女のルーシーちゃん。 理由はパパから聞いた御伽話の妖精がそんなイメージだったから。 天才か？

    — @柿葉秀118 likes

  • So the Seven World Powers ranking goes from being basically "Laplace's relatives" to being "the Greyrat family," huh.

    7代列強がラプラスの親戚からグレイラット一家に変わるのか、

    — @ハク-s8m62 likes

  • Come on, at least tell us Isolte eventually found a good partner and got married lol

    イゾルテ、ちゃんと最後はいい相手と結婚できたことまで語ってあげてよｗ

    — @livingradical236 likes

  • His face leaves something to be desired, but sure.

    顔はダメダメだけどね

    — @さゆ-w7g3q5 likes

  • Isolte can tank the War God without a scratch and even counter him, plus she's mastered all three of the Water God's ultimate techniques — she's genuinely a tier above the other two. Eris one-shots things too, but only with gear and her spouse's mana boost stacked on top, so Isolte still feels a clear step ahead.

    イゾルテは闘神に無傷でなんならカウンターかますタンクできるし水神条件の奥義三つ習得してるしガチであの３人の中でも群を抜いて強いよな。 エリスも装備＋妻(夫)の魔力上乗せでワンパンしたとはいえイゾルテは頭ひとつ抜けて強い印象

    — @十六夜大和16 likes

  • This whole Arus story is new material added in the light novel version — Zeke's story hasn't been novelized yet, so we don't actually know how his turns out.

    このアルスの話は書籍版で新たに書かれた話でジークの話は書籍にはまだなっていないのでまだどうなるかはわからないかな。

    — @カワセミ-f2v32 likes

  • Isolte's marriage hunt, the kids growing up — even the "extra" epilogue material is packed and genuinely great. Honestly I wish the anime-only crowd could see this stuff too. Mushoku Tensei just has too many great characters, it's a problem.

    イゾルテの婚活や子供達の大人になってからの話とか、蛇足編も内容充分でメッチャ面白い 個人的にはアニメ勢とかにも見て欲しいくらいには面白い 無職転生は魅力的なキャラが多すぎて困る

    — @beelpheg0r34 likes

  • The Greyrat family is basically a monster nest at this point.

    グレイラット家 巣窟すぎるだろ

    — @end74926 likes

  • Well, the real final boss is probably just getting taken down by the Greyrat family plus a few allies anyway — even Rudeus's grandkids and great-grandkids are basically all strong.

    まあ真のラスボスはグレイラット家+αで倒しに行く流れだしなぁ ルーデウスの孫ひ孫まで大体強い

    — @ainii14912 likes

FAQ

What is this Mushoku Tensei video actually about?
A Japanese fan channel breaks down light-novel-only epilogue material (published after the main story ended) revealing what happens to three characters afterward — and just how absurdly overpowered the extended Greyrat family becomes.
What's the "arm-cutting" joke commenters keep bringing up?
Commenters note that both Eris and her son settle an argument the exact same way — by casually cutting off an arm — and joke it's basically a shared family trait, since the family happens to have someone who can heal it.
How strong do commenters say Isolte becomes?
One highly-liked comment claims Isolte can tank a hit from the War God without a scratch and even counter him, and has mastered all three of the Water God's ultimate techniques — putting her a tier above Eris and Roxy in commenters' eyes.
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