Rudeus Greyrat

Rudeus Greyrat is the main protagonist of Mushoku Tensei, an isekai web novel and light novel series. He was an overweight 34-year-old Japanese NEET who is reincarnated into another world after being hit by a truck whilst saving some kids. Because of his former life, Rudy is careful not to get carried away and become arrogant. As a result, he is extremely self-aware and humble because he does not want to revert to his old self.

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r/anime
While Mushoku Tensei enjoys a highly-upvoted presence in the r/anime subreddit, Rudy has a bad reputation among its users because of his perverted behavior towards young girls, which comes from his past life as a shut-in otaku and lolicon, and the fact that he is mentally a grown man inside a child's body. His initial characterization is often cited as a major turn-off by many people who have watched (or are planning to watch) the series.

Rudy first appeared in Best Guy 8 where he reached the third round of the contest, losing to eventual winner Hachiman Hikigaya.

Best Guy 8 - seed 84
 * (429) Mochizou Ooji @ Tamako Market -- 373 - 184
 * (173) Trafalgar Law @ One Piece -- 382 - 297
 * (45) Hachiman Hikigaya @ Oregairu -- 314 - 692

ISML
Rudeus was one of five males debuting in 2021 anime who were successfully nominated for ISML 2021's Main Tournament stage alongside Odokawa, Shin, Lu Bu, and Yomogi. He was the only one who advanced out of the preliminary rounds. Rudy then survived Split 1 of the regular season by beating Ash Ketchum, placing 5th with a 1-5 record. He started Split 2 Group C (a 16-man round-robin) with a surprising win against veteran Rintarou Okabe, but lost 12 straight matches en route to a 3-12 result, eliminating him at 14th place. Rudy finished 53rd overall after playing a 4-man consolation match.

Overall record:


 * Regular season: 4 - 16

Navigation
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 * Mushoku Tensei Wikia
 * MyAnimeList
 * Baike Baidu (Chinese)
 * Moegirl (Chinese)
 * Namuwiki (Korean)