@McMongoose @AWIVR @moth_ball

Rudeus was slick enough to manipulate his new mother into forgiving his cheating father for impregnating their maid, among other impressive feats of social savvy. For him to suddenly become too retarded to do anything other than low-level random fantasy fetch quests was a bizarre shift from the knowledgeable adult-in-a-child's-body character which had already been established for him before the teleportation event. After the teleportation, he spends way too much time sitting around doing nothing in the middle of nowhere when there are very important things going on that absolutely involve him, and there is just no good reason for him to be that way.

Mushoku Tensei had a strong start, and it was much more interesting when it wasn't The Non-Adventures of the Bum Who Sits in Random Unimportant Towns Doing Basically Nothing for Years at a Time. It's been more than long enough for a reasonable viewer's patience to run out. If you're not ready to bail after being subjected to the floppy weiner arc, the joke is on you and it's very strange that you're enjoying it.