Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1

Jobless Reincarnation is the epitome of a show being so good, you’ll excuse the one thing that would tank any other show.

As Rudy begins to succumb to his depression, we’re shown all the lives and people he touched up to this point.

In what is partly a recap episode, the completely unexpected happens left and right as Rudy and Eris finally make it home.

As you might remember, the last turning point preceded the Mana Disaster utterly changing the world. So what will follow this turning point which follows Rudy meeting the Dragon God?

Alongside seeing what led to Lilia and Aisha ending up in the Shirone Kingdom, we learn how Rudy will escape his imprisonment.

Familiar faces come back in this episode, and at least half of them aren’t people Rudy is fond of.

As Rudy and the members of Dead End reach the Central Continent, Roxy makes a trip home and we learn why she left in the first place.

After a tumultuous reunion, Paul and Rudy find themselves at a bit of an impasse. However, Rudy’s memories of a past life, and an unexpected person, trigger a reunion.

It’s an emotional episode as Rudy runs into people who haven’t been on his mind, but they have long thought and worried about him.

Three months in the Doldia village’s rain season leads to new connections and the reveal that a few familiar faces have been in the village before.