There is a lot of questionable content in this series the author absolutely doesn't seem to handle with any grace. I mean overall it's a solid series but you kinda have to let some stuff slide to get into it. The main character while not a villain is not a person with high ethics. This is one of those cases where a person who never had shyt and never was shyt suddenly comes into being an attractive person with options and they find out who they really are. The main character is a dirtbag who was repressed by his limited options in his previous life. He's the kinda person that deep down thinks he's an ok person but his behavior is incongruent with that.
It does some great stuff. This and Bookworm are easily my top 2 iseaki. But the weird aspects can be rough. But S2 has made it apparent that the weird stuff goes beyond Rudy. If you have low tolerance for that shyt I wouldn't touch it. I'm gonna stick with it personally, since the highs are so good.
Agreed. I was going to say, while s2 Rudeus is a bit more..
likeable tolerable... than in s1, there's still a number of cringe-worthy themes going on, and beyond just him. i.e. The slutty elf who has to sleep with every man or she'll die from a curse... and we see her groping and seducing teenage boys at the wizard school... that in and of itself is problematic. But to compound it, the only sorrow Rudeus feels for her subplot is that he can't take advantage of it himself. Any (heroic) thoughts of finding a way to dispel the curse just isn't a thing. The scene with the enslaved girl was another cringe. Him still praying to the pair of panties is another.
But yea, the series does certain things very well that keeps your attention. I wasn't wow'd by s1 but i thought it was good and how it ended was a high point. You definitely have to turn your brain off to certain things that they try to casually throw at you.