Anime fans have no standards for good writing. If an anime has good animation, that's all they care about and the industry keeps making garbage because audiences keep supporting it, so the publishers, production committees, and studios continue to make more of it.
Dude never got “character growth” he died as an incest, pedo, then went to world where it’s accepted got rewarded with a lobotomized woman that takes care of his kid for him and another that looks like a child forever. His morals weren’t tested and was instead reinforced.
I think a lot of people miss what the author was trying to explore.
Rudy wasn’t introduced as a role model. He was introduced as someone who wasted his life after years of bullying, isolation, and shutting himself off from the world.
People like that exist in real life today. They’re socially withdrawn, emotionally stunted, and escape into fantasy because reality has completely defeated them.
The fantasy isn’t there to reward Rudy’s past. It’s there to ask a question:
“If someone who completely failed at life was given a genuine second chance, could they become a better person?”
You don’t have to like Rudy. You don’t have to forgive everything he does.
But reducing the entire story to “the author supports this behavior” ignores the larger theme of redemption, growth, and rebuilding a life from absolute rock bottom.
Sometimes it’s worth asking what a story is trying to explore instead of assuming it’s endorsing every action its protagonist takes.
#mushoku_tensei
The story is just a pedophiles fantasy as an isekai. It's made for pedo men who want obedient women and a world where morals are never tested and their authority is never questioned. This isn’t just a problem with this anime it’s so common to see this.