Mushoku Tensei: Japanese Fans React — "Only Orsted Could Pull That Off"
無職転生 水神流の奥義に日本ファンの反応
A clip titled "水神流の奥義がひどすぎるｗ" ("The Water God Style's ultimate technique is straight-up broken lol") from the reaction channel Anime-kun no Hanno-shu pulled in 181 comments arguing over whether an elderly swordswoman named Reida is simply too strong for the story around her. One heavily-liked comment lays out the technique in one line: move inside her barrier and you get shredded, unless you can deflect every slash — which basically nobody in the cast can. The thread's real argument was about power-scaling honesty: does an ultimate move that can neutralize four named heroes at once, and can only be beaten by Orsted walking through it and killing her, actually work as written, or does it just make everyone else look weaker by comparison? Commenters reached for other franchises entirely to make the point, from Jujutsu Kaisen's strongest character to Hunter x Hunter's speedster. By the end, the closest thing to a consensus was that the technique is fine in theory — as long as you never actually have to fight her.
This titleJapanese reactions to Mushoku TenseiRead all 8 roundups on the title pageThe reaction channel Anime-kun no Hanno-shu posted a clip on July 25 titled "水神流の奥義がひどすぎるｗ" — "The Water God Style's ultimate technique is straight-up broken lol" — and the 181 comments underneath spent most of their energy arguing about exactly that: whether an elderly swordswoman named Reida is simply too strong for the story to handle around her.
“If you actually break down the theory here, doesn't it come down to: "It's a garbage technique that only works on people weaker than you — except this old lady is so strong that basically everyone qualifies, so it's fine"?”
これって術理を突き詰めていくと「格下狩りしかできないクソ技だけど、この婆さんが強すぎてみんな格下だから問題なし！」ってことだよね？
One comment lays out exactly why that's the argument in the first place: the technique is described as an automatic death sentence for anyone who moves inside its range, with a single, very narrow exception.
“You get pulverized the moment you move — unless you can deflect every single slash, in which case you can move around just fine.”
動いたら粉微塵にされますが、斬撃全て弾けるなら普通に動けます。
That narrow exception has a name, and the comments made sure everyone knew it: Orsted, the story's nigh-unkillable powerhouse, is shown doing exactly that — eating every hit and walking straight through the barrier to end the fight himself.
“Meanwhile Orsted just deflects every single slash from the barrier completely and calmly walks up to kill Reida head-on.”
一方龍神は剥奪剣界の斬撃を完全に全て弾き、ゆっくりとレイダを真正面から殺しに来ます
- “Only the Boss could pull that off”👍98
- “Only Orsted could pull that off, lol”👍98
"The Boss" is the fandom's own nickname for Orsted — a running joke about his role as Rudeus's employer — and both versions of that same joke landed within seconds of each other, which is its own small sign of how instantly everyone reached the same conclusion. From there, the numbers got more specific: it wasn't just Orsted's own scene that convinced people the fight was lopsided, it was how many established heavy-hitters the technique had already taken out of the equation before he even showed up.
“Temporarily neutralizing Rudeus, Eris, Ghislaine, and Aubert all at once is just too strong. If the Boss hadn't stepped in, they might've genuinely been finished.”
一時的にルーデウス、エリス、ギレーヌとオーベールを無力化したの強すぎ。社長が介入しなければ詰んでた可能性もある
That's when the thread stopped being about one fight and turned into a debate about power-scaling honesty in general: does giving one character a technique this dominant actually make the moment more thrilling, or does it just make everyone standing near her look weaker by comparison?
“Might just be a matter of how it's drawn, but this old lady's portrayal is so overwhelming that every strong character introduced after her ends up looking weaker in comparison.”
描写の仕方なのかもしれないけど、このばあさんの描写強すぎてその後の他の強キャラより強く見えちゃうんだよな
A few commenters reached for other franchises entirely to size up exactly how far outside the curve she seemed to be, which ended up being the most efficient way to make the point.
- “This is supposed to be a pretty brutal, grounded world, and then this one lady is just out here doing a full Sukuna, lol”👍76
- “That's basically Killua's Godspeed”👍7
Even the praise for other characters came filtered through her — a comment about Rudeus's father Paul only landed because of what it took to dodge Reida in the first place.
“So basically, Paul managing to dodge her attacks while making his escape is genuinely impressive.”
つまりレイダの攻撃をかわしながら逃げたパウロはすげーてことよ
Nobody in the thread argued that the technique itself was a bad idea on paper. The closest thing to a consensus was simpler, and a little bleaker for anyone unlucky enough to actually stand across from her.
“If you can just out-fight her in a straight clash, it's manageable — the problem is that basically nobody can.”
普通に打ち合って勝てるならどうとでもなるんだよね、勝てる奴がそんな居ないのが問題で
Which, in the end, is really the whole joke the clip's own title was making: the technique isn't broken because it does anything unfair, it's broken because the one person capable of shutting it down happens to be the single strongest fighter in the entire series.
FAQ
- Who is Reida and what is the Water God Style technique fans are debating?
- Based on the comments, Reida is an elderly swordswoman who uses an ultimate technique from the Water God Style that shreds anything moving inside her barrier unless the opponent can deflect every slash she sends out. Commenters describe it as a counter-type ability built around superhuman sensing rather than raw speed.
- Why do fans think the technique is "broken"?
- One comment with 184 likes points out that the technique temporarily neutralized four named characters — Rudeus, Eris, Ghislaine, and Aubert — at once, and multiple commenters note that only Orsted, who can just deflect or tank the attacks and walk up to her, is shown countering it directly.
- What other anime do commenters compare Reida's technique to?
- One comment compares the technique's overwhelming presentation to Sukuna, the strongest character in Jujutsu Kaisen, while another jokes it resembles Killua's Godspeed from Hunter x Hunter — both used as shorthand for a character whose portrayal seems to outclass everyone introduced around them.
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