Hot take: Half the anime community doesn’t actually care about morality in fiction. They care about whether the character is cool enough to get away with anything.
Light Yagami commits mass murdêr? He’s a genius. 🧠
Eren Yeager commits gênôçíde? He’s HIM. 🐐
Sukuna does horrible things? BRO HAS AURA. 🔥
But Rudeus Greyrat has genuinely uncomfortable flaws, and suddenly everyone becomes a philosopher discussing morality, accountability, and why he’s the worst protagonist ever written. 😭💀
Apparently, committing atrocities is acceptable as long as the character looks cool doing it, but a deeply flawed protagonist who makes the audience uncomfortable is where everyone draws the line.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIKE RUDEUS TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS WRITING. And if your moral standards in fiction depend on how much AURA a character has, maybe you’re not judging these characters as consistently as you think you are. 💀🔥