The "Better World" Hitogami Sold Rudy Was Better for Hitogami | Mushoku Tensei

Fan thread mentioned at 8:31 (Animanch, Japanese fan forum): https://bbs.animanch.com/board/3358408/ Right before the basement in season three, Hitogami tells Rudy that if he'd never gone to Begaritt, Paul would have saved Zenith and lived, and Roxy would have been rescued anyway. Did he lie? I checked his story against the books: what he actually said, whether the rescue could have worked without Rudy, what the author said about it, why Hitogami told it in that exact dream, and the world without Rudy that Orsted has lived through again and again. When Hitogami said Paul would have lived, did you buy it? SPOILER GUIDE Everything before 7:02 covers the anime up to Season 3 Episode 14, plus a few lines from the volumes the anime already adapted and the author's replies about those scenes. After that it's light novel spoilers, with a warning on screen before each part: 7:02 Novel spoilers from right after Season 3 Part 1 10:24 Later volumes, the epilogue and the Redundancy side story Mentioned at 5:33, my video on Hitogami:    • Hitogami Already Told Us Everything   Mentioned at 11:17, my video on Ruijerd:    • The Real Reason Hitogami Sent Rudy to Ruij...   CHAPTERS 0:00 Did Hitogami lie? 1:02 What he actually said 3:09 Could it have worked? And what the author said 5:06 Why that story, and why then 7:02 Novel spoilers: what he admits later 8:27 A world without Rudy 10:24 The bill 11:44 The verdict SOURCES Footage and stills come from official clips, previews, trailers and the official website, used in short excerpts for commentary and analysis. The quotes on screen are my translations. Scene clips: Crunchyroll; previews, PVs and clips: TOHO animation Character art and episode stills: mushokutensei.jp Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Light Novel) by Rifujin na Magonote, illustrated by Shirotaka, English edition by Seven Seas Entertainment Quotes checked against the author's free original web version on Shōsetsuka ni Narō: ncode.syosetu.com/n9669bk, and the side story Redundancy: ncode.syosetu.com/n4251cr The author's replies to readers (activity reports, shown at 4:16 and 4:46): mypage.syosetu.com/mypageblog/view/userid/288399/blogkey/766225/ (14 Oct 2013), /blogkey/825178/ (18 Jan 2014), /blogkey/824005/ (16 Jan 2014), /blogkey/849749/ (23 Feb 2014) The comment shown at 0:11 is from the comments under a breakdown of S3E11:    • Turning Point 4 & Rudeus’ Alternate Timeli...   (names hidden) Mushoku Tensei © Rifujin na Magonote / MF Books / Mushoku Tensei Committee / Mushoku Tensei II Committee / Mushoku Tensei III Committee. This is an unofficial fan analysis, and all rights belong to their owners. #MushokuTensei #JoblessReincarnation #Hitogami