Its funny they are so hung up on his "actual age" when you have a genuine actual psychologist on youtube analyizing and reacting to the series in incredible depth and he quite clearly and directly states that the main character is not a pedophile. Great youtube channel btw highly recommend. Its called psyculturists. While tiring, its still pretty funny to see all these people with pitchforks whining all day and night over problematic media or characters. Only to be in complete shock when professional psychologists disagree with them
Yea it's like people refuse to believe that just having memories of your past life doesn't mean your brain is also as developed as it used to be. He might have those memories, but his brain is still that of a child, basically. And the manga/webtoons that have the MC's brain as developed as an adult make it very clear in their behavior. Rudeus not a pedo, just a perv.
That being said, I still hate him. He's still trash. He's selfish, has main character syndrome, and cheats at the drop of a hat. The terrible stuff he's been through at best partially excuses it. But it's not exactly like he's trying to better himself either. He's content in the way he is.
Yeah i agree, its like calling the mc of 19 lives a pedophile because she has reincarnated 19 times and had a childhood romance with a younger boy, but theres no outrage there. Its just a double standard. I think its totally fair to hate rudeus, thats your opinion. But i disagree that he isnt trying to and hasnt changed himself, it just takes a lot of time and the change isnt a snap of ones fingers and hes suddebly done a 180.its not quick and not steady, but its there. In my opinion lol

You know, I grew up with a lot of boy cousins. I always thought it was normal for boys to be pervs. So I didn’t find Rudeus personality particularly awful. Are people mad because of his mental age from his previous life? Just checking. Also, I’m not too hung up about the many wives. Monogamy is more of a social constraint and if Sylphiette agrees then I see no problem. Good for them.