What D&D Alignment is Keyaruga? (Redo of Healer)
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Today we take a look at an extremely controversial character! This is Keyaru or Keyaruga from the anime Redo of Healer...WARNING: DARK CONTENT AHEAD.
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Obviously, I get very personal in this video. Just know that while we may disagree on certain things I will always respect a difference in opinion. What I don't accept from people is judging others for how they cope with trauma. Please know that if you want to skip this video, you have my blessing to do so and I won't get offended. I do not condone any actions done by the character in this video. What Keyaruge does to his enemies (even if they deserve justice) are evil. My reasons for publishing the video are more commentary on the internets reaction to the series
considering your a fan of corruption of champions explains co alot of this.
It’s a good show/manga but it is fucked up but if you can handle gore and all of what is in it is pretty good.
While I've personally been convinced to finish the show. I still think the people on the Internet are completely valid in their opinions of this show. Everyone has their morals, some good some evil. But not being able to enjoy this show is valid. Thanks for the analysis though.
This show would be better in my opinion if it was porn with plot than a actual fucking show.
Okay dude…sat through the end.
I get everything you’re saying. I really do. While not identical, I’ve been in a similar place where you find catharsis in the void. I see exactly what you’re saying and I recognize the artistic intent/execution. Before I drop the pretty big “but” that’s been hanging over my prelude, I want to tell you what I’m about to say doesn’t come from a place of condemnation or shame…
BUT
I do implore you to think about why this kind of power/revenge fantasy is so appealing to you. Not in a “this is my logical explanation of my emotional response” kind of way, rather: “why is this doing for me?” At the risk of being unfathomably pretentious, I’m going to quote and elaborate on Nietzsche.
-“He who battles monsters must be careful to not become one. When you stare into the abyss the abyss stares back into you.”
-“That which does not kill you makes you stronger.”
This quote of his, like most of Nietzsche’s work, is poorly understood because it requires the fuller context beyond the quote itself. A cornerstone of Nietzsche’s philosophy is not only the necessity but the good that comes from the facing down the darkness. There is catharsis and reprieve in it that the path of light, love, and forgiveness just can’t always provide. Sometimes it’s better to finish the war than to accept a begrudging and resentful peace. With all that said, one must also be able to exit the darkness. The darkness is useful, necessary, and out and out essential to a balanced and fulfilled life, but it does have an intoxicating allure. It feels good enough to dull the mind and scatter the senses. Not meant as kink shaming, but there is a point where defending your kink can just be justification for wallowing in the darkness.
While I wholly recognize the case against shows like this are often poorly made, mostly because they come from a place of shallow moral protestlitizing. There still is a very important case to be made against them. The carnal ecstasy it advertises front, center, and ceaselessly is precisely the allure of darkness of which I speak. That’s what gets people to wallow. It’s one thing to discover “the forbidden pool” and you go off to find it and even if you look into it, hell even if you go for a swim in it, not only is that not necessarily a bad thing but can even be a good thing for you in that moment. BUT if you find yourself returning to it time and time again, there’s a problem.
Shows like this are an example of society returning to the dark pool. I’m going to draw a comparison between shows like this and Berserk. Berserk is every bit as dark and morally black as any of the other shows that have sparked moral panic and outrage in recent years. The difference between something like Berserk and these kind of shows is that the former is a pool that wants you to get out of it. The latter doesn’t. The sexual power fantasy of Redo ends when the person consuming it moves on from/fills the void inside themselves. As such, the work itself has a vested interest in keeping you in that place. Berserk wants you to reach its conclusion; not just textually but emotionally as well. It wants you to defeat your “Griffith” and free your “Casca”. Guts is the exemplar to show you how to do it.
Redo is quite literally, by the text itself, about spreading the pain and misery of your traumas to the world in a never ending, lust fueled crusade of vengeance. This something we haven’t seen since the dark days of OVA ultra violence. This is something I haven’t seen since Violence Jack. Just because the animation is cleaner, character models more appealing, and the depictions of such acts is less brutal/more “alluring” doesn’t change the fact that’s still what it is.
So while I’m not “kink shaming” I’m also not going let people hide behind that flimsy ass excuse of a shield. Really ask yourself, “why am I justifying returning to the dark pool?” You might not like that answer but everyone who supports this kind of show needs to ask themselves that. As a society we also need ask why such “kinks” are rising to the surface. There is a deep sickness being spoken to by the rise of this “genre”…problem is that most of the moral panic crowd that’s complaining the loudest about it are really just authoritarians looking to justify a different but similar darkness of their own. They’re returning time and time again to another dark pool.
Shows like this aren’t “ruining the world” but they are symptoms of a deeper sickness in the culture that a simplistic moral dichotomy cannot handle.
Fun fact: in Japan several polls taken regarding this series revealed the majority of its fanbase is mainly adult women. Yeah, they LOVE this and even recommend it to others. Makes you wonder, huh? Also, was honestly wondering for a while if you would do this guy. Absolutely fantastic video
It's like 50 shades.
Kinda makes me wonder how this fact relates to Red Pill.
Japan also has a high sexual harassment rate because there is no real punishment for it.
Japan's weird.
The amount of women I've dated who tell me they are into CNC leads me to not be surprised by anything
Redo of healer is a story of a man who simply wants to “Heal” his pain & The evil length he will go to heal that pain.
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thank you for making this video, and I can’t wait to see who’s next on the list!
@@TheLoadingCrew Yo, Naofumi Iwatani, The Rising of The Shield Hero. Also a betrayed character. Top it off with Nagumo From Commonplace to World's Strongest finish The Trilogy of Betrayal. ... prettyprettypleasewithacherryontop
Not only that, Keyaru can even serve to both give catharsis to people who have been severely wronged/abused in some way, and to also give people a sort of "mirror" to see what kind of person they could become themselves if they had ever allowed their past experiences to twist, warp, and corrupt them. It is never indicated that Keyaru's actions overall are "good" or "heroic" (sure, he has rare instances of showing a capacity for being a nicer and kinder person, but those moments are heavily overshadowed by his far more numerous malicious and malevolent actions), it's unquestionably wrong and evil, but Keyaru became that way due to the toxic influence and abuse of others. You can understand *why* he turned into a monster and pity the "death" of the kind person he used to be, all while also understanding that he is by no means someone worth emulating, and that in an ideal situation, someone would stop him.
There's a reason why I had a personal connection to Alice in Persona 5 Strikers: I knew *exactly* how she felt, and I knew exactly what kind of trauma she had gone through, but even so, I still knew that she was going way too far and needed to be stopped. She was a reflection of the kind of person that *I* could have become if I didn't have friends and family who were there for me when I needed them the most.
Hell, Keyaru's entire party would be a good "template" for a sort of "Villain Party", where they could very easily serve as recurring villains in a D&D campaign (as either PCs in an "Evil Campaign" or as NPC adversaries).
@@gamester512 I remember replying to another comment that Keyaru is the one we fear becoming.
“People threatened me if I even talk about uploading this video”
“Uploads video anyways”
That’s all I needed to subscribe
Exactly what i did.
Yeah that’s some serious “I do what I want” right there
Same
Absolutely based. I don't even watch Redo of Healer but this is such a power move.
Absolute unit
So, I finally want to say this, mostly because I think it's true but also because I feel it needs to said. Kayaruga and by extention the show addresses something that most people in modern society ignore. The effects of abuse on men. We see hundreds of ads and other media supporting abused women and granting them the support they need. However, rarely, if ever, is the effects of abuse in men discussed in society.
Men simply can't be raped, physically or emotionally abused. They can certainly do those things to others, but it can't happen to they themselves, especially, with regards to women abusing men.
Princess Flare may not be wielding the whip or knife or poisoning him directly, but she is the root cause of everything that happens to him before Kayaruga rewinds time. He falls to darkness by being a prisoner in his own body through the drugs he's forced to take to work with the "heroes." It's fitting for Flare to have the same done to her, if not worse.
it's a valid point I wish could bring up more but...yeah. the video was pretty loaded already
@@TheLoadingCrew One of my best friends feels trapped in his abusive marriage due to his son and the way that the court system treats fathers. I have been assaulted in a very personal manner by a former partner of mine. It sickens me to see abuse of men being used as a joke. I don't have the answers to the problem, but it's one of those things that many women ignore as they continue to push for more.
And even when being acknowledged, it will probably be paired with "women get abused more" card.
@@blueredlover1060 You are right. 100%. Though, not everyone has to fight every battle, to not do so when the attention is desperately needed is awful. People are so concerned about appearance, about not accedentially endorcing something you shouldn't endorce that they become blinded by that judgement, and most certainly by definition, bigoted.
I had something happen to me as a child. It was my brother who did it. I didn't say no at the time and he's autistic. I can't bring myself to be compassionate to myself beyond acknowledging it. I can't talk about it anywhere except maybe vrchat. I don't have any friends who I think would listen. Because listen to what? I don't even know myself and my own emotions enough to get it across. Besides the internet, what help is there for me, as someone who has never had an emotionally congruent talk with someone who was on the same page?
I clicked on this video mostly because of morbid curiousity. I never heard of Redo the Healer, or the fact this dude made a pillow with three of the main cast that fuck a lot. Your comment activated my motivation, my muse so to say, to write my own.
I wish you, and your friend, the best. Keep on rocking!
@@AstridRuna Thanks for the kind words. We're both doing our best. I've moved on with my life, but he's still stuck there, and it concerns me every day that something will happen to him or his son that can't be repaired. I'm hoping to be able to get a new house that he can use as his sanctuary, if it comes to that, but that's a ways off.
The "healing" should have been called reconstruction because of the many times it really changed shit, yeah it heals but it it also changes anything too. And thank god you hade an attempt to heavily censor the sex scenes.
It's bizarre for sure...and I thought I did a pretty good job. Obviously, I had to leave some in (because legit, some were either good, or major plot points) but yeah, lots of them can be solved with a "fade to black"
I think it has to do with knowledge cuz when you think about it all healing we do is is just returning the body to its form before it was hurt so the only way to upgraded that is to prevent damage aka reconstruction
@@TheLoadingCrew And I will say your final thoughts is just a bold part and I am on the boat for it too.
I think that "healing" doesn't work as name too.
Infraredseeing, memory rewriting and copy powers aren't very fitting abilities for something like that. Even time reset is questionable.
Basic healing alone would just give you instant regeneration so that you become immune against slice and distance attacks.
Cancer could also be a possible basic heal ability because through the healing of the cells you cause such reactions. This is however a far more advanced version.
Virus healing would also be logical because you heal functions of the virus so that it can become "alive" again ( I say "alive" because strictly spoken virus are currently not considered as living beings).
- Stamina restoration is also a logical ability.
Now, if we want go the same route like here and stretch the concept of "healing", then the "higher" abilities should be:
- repairing (because it is a form of restoration)
- memory restoration ( same reason)
- ressurection could work
- soul restoration would be possible too
- techniquelly you COULD let him give emotional manipulation in the sense that he restores the emotions from his target which he or she felt 5-10 minutes. But that's almost borderline.
And the final borderline ability would be to turn people and matter into their "primordial form".
That means, human turn to cells and swords for example turn to iron ore.
But that's very very borderline.
That’s the point though. Discriminatory systems are inherently skin deep, so he’s misclassified based on a simplified understanding of who he is and what he can do, then thrown away when he doesn’t match that misclassification.
If I'm going to be honest ever since I saw that you were actually going to do a video on Redo of Healer I've been cautious but mostly morbidly curious
Evidently everyone is...this video is popping off....wow
@@TheLoadingCrew I am watching this video for the fourth time in two days. I rarely go back to videos at all, but this one draws me back.
So I'm going to post this prior to watching.
My initial impression of redo of a healer was that it's an exploration of how trauma effects us. And although I have seen every episode, my opinion of him went from "he's not a great dude" to "oh, shit" when he drugged and raped the swords woman. That's pretty much everything I remember.
Its basically “Well Well~ How to TurnTables”
@@JustSomeRandomGuy1063 In a really fucked up way, yeah, and it isn't like these are innocent people either so.....
@@JediMasterRevenantMADNESS
Except for the Swordswoman who's arm he healed. He legit raped her for no reason.
It's also horrifying because, as someone who was betrayed (nowhere near this degree) by someone close to me after a trying ordeal that left me emotionally unbalanced, I hope I'm Naofumi, I think I'm the MC from Uncommon/Common, and I was very, very close to becoming Healer. No lie, the one thing that saved my betrayer's life was THE LAW, they have no idea how close I was to breaking.
I don't consider Redo of Healer to be about a serious exploration of how trauma affects people and I think *no one* should get that kind of idea from this series. I say this because that implies that people who experienced the same trauma would act in anyway similar to Keyaru which is definitely not the case because the way they write the character and his trauma is extremely unrealistic. The character was drugged and raped by other people who consistently abused him for at least 4 years and yet despite suffering this horrific situation has zero problems with drugging others and becoming a serial rapist. It should be apparent to anyone that this is NOT how an actual victim of this type of stuff would behave. For some, even *consensual* sex is something that they aren't comfortable with immediately after such an ordeal. Keyaru's lack of squeamishness with using rape as a tactic should just go to show that he is a fictional character who does not reflect reality in any sort of way.
i don't know why, but seeing such twisted revenge really got me excited. I am a sucker for Characters that go off the deep end after years of abuse and the only thing in their mind is to get revenge on the people who abused them so cruelly in the most cruel and evil ways, literally damning everyone around them to suffer as they had suffered
I know right? It's soooo dam cathartic 🤤
Dude, same, The Rising of The Shield Hero.
@@deadeye4047 sadly Shield Hero fell off hard
I call it revenge sadism and it's one hell of a drug,I agree
@@557deadpoolwhat happened?
Wow, what a bold and daring video. I hope this video does well considering the effort and analysis you put in for it. Regardless of the controversial nature of the show, I am glad things were addressed thoroughly and that you made a compelling video to go over it all. Fantastic work 👍👍
Your talk about respect at the end hit me hard man, we need more people like you, we should let others enjoy what they want to as long they are not harming others
Agreed
"They should make a religion out of this"
No, but really, I feel like there should be a name for this mindset, but I can't put my finger on it...
@@Mortal2064i think it's just called acceptance. We don't need an ism for that. Just gotta be decent people
I think the one biggest point you made was the whole, "If you dont like it, thats fine, you do you. Dont try to shame or attack people who do like it though." That honestly applies to an awful lot in the world today where people seem to think the right response to not liking something is to destroy it rather than to just not take part.
Mostly in America they get triggered by everything
@@shodan2002 This is sadly true, which is why I don't really like the others living here. It's not even that most people are like that, just that there's enough that are, and they never shut up.
My personal philosophy in life is very simple. As long as it doesn't endanger or harm others, and as long as you do not try to shove your own beliefs down my (or someone else's) throat, then you're free to believe or like whatever you want. More power to you. Even if you believe or like something that I personally disagree with. It's when you try to force your own beliefs onto others that I draw the line.
The way I see it, if you use something like this for the sake of discussion, then there's nothing wrong with that. Sometimes it's good to talk and debate about this kind of thing. Keyaru's actions are undeniably wrong, but it's also a good indication of how "evil" people could simply have been good people at first who turned into monsters due to the abuse and toxic influence of others.
I mean, Alice in Persona 5 Strikers was someone that needed to be stopped too, but she was, much like Keyaru himself, a product of her environment. She only became the abusive bully she was because of the abuse that she was subjected to herself (a sad, classic case of bully syndrome). I connected with her on a personal level because, in a way, she was a mirror of what I could have become if not for my friends and family being there for me when I needed them the most. I went through almost exactly the same kind of abuse that Alice did, and so I understood her trauma and motivations, even though I knew that she was going too far and had to be stopped. Thankfully, in Alice's case you *do* stop her before she goes too far, and she goes back to being the good and kind person she was in the first place.
That honestly depends on how much the targeted "thing" affects real life. Would you walk away if you see your mother getting violated by some psycho? I wouldn't. Would you overfish a species of fish to extinction for the sake the "delicacies" people would make from their murdered bodies? I wouldn't.
But a lot of people do these things and it sickens me.
I mean the South Koreans eat hagfish. Fucking hagfish! They just mass murder entire groups of ancients jawless fish because the South Koreans consider them a "delicacy". I think delicacies should be banned from the food market.
FINALLY THIS SHOW GETS RESPECT
Edit after finishing the video: MY MAN YOU ABSOLUTELY NAILED THIS ONE MORE THAN KEYARU COULD EVEN NAIL ANYONE CAUSE GAH DAAAAAAWYUM THIS WAS GOOD. Im really glad someone other than me undestands this show, im not a victim of that kind of abuse so i cant relate to anyone really but i do like studying psychology as a personal hobby and this show is SUUUUUCH a good example of how people become screwed up bad
True. I saw a lot of memes about the show, but I actually think its not that bad. I just think it is interesting that we are more accepting of an antihero who murders and tortures than an antihero whose crimes are of a different variety. I also think the show has some decent first signs of character growth and great potential for character development should it ever get a second season.
@@noneofyourbusiness3288 doubt it will, even the usually no bs people arent supporting the show, so all we got is a season 1
God, this show is like a double edged sword for me, because it’s story and characters are amazing and thought provoking in how it shows once kind, normal people being broken and shattered by horrific monsters, then going back for his revenge against them, and how the stuff that he does is so incredibly awful, it makes you wonder “I mean I know they were terrible, but damn, did they deserve THIS?!” Because the protagonist’s actions are almost, if not just as reprehensible as the “heros’” themselves, but given the things they’ve done, you’re not particularly sure, and that moral dilemma is extremely fascinating to me.
On the other hand though GODDAMN some of the stuff that happens in this show is so screwed up even Jigsaw’s sayin “bruh” like that’s not a knock against the show itself, more so how spooked I was while watching it, but still, DAMN
Frankly, I’m of the opinion that death wasn’t punishment enough for some of them. Flare and Norn also deserved faaar more punishment.
THANK YOU. Seriously, the closing rant perfectly encapsultes everything I've always said about this series. You are not supposed to like the main character, you are not supposed to think he's justified in anything he does, you are not even really supposed to root for him. This is a monster of the villains' own making that is on a self-destroying quest to utterly annhilate them and everything they care about in a blind fury. This show is not one where the hero wins. This show is one where the villains eat each other alive.
Me: *sees this video after watching Nagatoro* Ah shit, here we go again
Also Me: *clicks on it anyway*
Now, watched till the end and there isn't much to discuss for me, it's not my cuppa tea, but it's not like I think people who do enjoy it are wrong. I personally think most content should exist and doesn't need to be banished al long as it's not harming real people, those are my two cents.
Those are good pennies :) thank you
I agree. Censorship in **most** cases is wrong. I don't like the show even after watching more of it, but hey, that's just me. If you like it, like it. I'll only ever criticize an individual for liking it if they try to justify the protagonist's actions (People like that exist yes). But other than that, this show has a right to exist.
@@user-mh9dx7nz2r Yeah, I can understand his actions and why he wanted to go down that path, but explanation isn't justification. Going to those lengths is absolutely abhorent to me and should never be justified and I will rightly argue with anyone who actually supports that kind of twisted thinking. To quote a new favourite character from a webcomic I read "the quickest path to *true evil* is to *forget* what evil *is* . In all of our lives there will be moments when there are *only* bad options to choose from. The easiest path is to make excuses. To say the *least evil* option is *good* . The more you *say* it, the more you *believe* it, and before you know it; you don't see it as *evil* anymore. You stop looking for other options."
HenshinFanatic the big problem with your idea and the quotes being use as a example, are that they heavily depend on if your already a “good” person in the first place or if you can even understand what a “good” person is. Have you ever heard of the quote that one man good is another man’s evil or even the villain Bane’s quote from DC , I was born in the darkness, molded by it, by the time I seen the light, I was already a man and by then it was blinding.
Light can’t exist without darkness, evil can’t exist without good. It perfectly ok to not like something but no one needs to justify there reasoning for anything, unless they want to and they shouldn’t have to just because someone else doesn’t like it. Plus you shouldn’t argue again a twist mindset because that usually never works out, you show accept it and work around it if you want to get anywhere fast.
Also all paths are valid of you allow them to be and there no so such thing as a easy path, it just a path that you think is easy but to someone else it could be the hardest.
@@nick25oo it's this kind of subjective morality BS that's led to this honking hellscape of a timeline.
Characters like these make for much more interesting videos in my opinion. Makes much more room for discussion compared to say percival in the last video. As long as the discussion stays civil i much prefer these types of characters for videos
So it begins… honestly I’d be lying if I wasn’t curious about this one
Another reason why this series is so entertaining, is that there are 3 versions of it! (A censored version - A semi censored version & A totally uncensored version).
After watching the entire thing, I've gotta say it was pretty brave of you to release this video. After hearing your explanation of the plot and characters, I can almost see why someone would be into a series like this, aside from the sex scenes. Villain Protagonists can be very compelling if done well. One of my favorite series of all time, Legacy of Kain has a main character who is arguably evil, and it's one of the best written series in fiction. However, Keyaruga, in my opinion, doesn't have enough redeeming qualities to make him compelling. Yes, he's miserable because of his trauma and the lack of genuine love and affection in his life, despite the fact that he always wins and always gets what he wants, and yes some of those people deserve justice, but for me it isn't cathartic to see a monster enact disproportionate retribution on other monsters. The video, despite your good explanations of the characters and their motivations and actions, didn't really change my opinion of the series all that much. I won't disparage people for liking it, as it's not harming anyone, but for me, I just don't get it.
HOWEVER
I would LOVE to see how this stacks up against Rise of the Shield Hero's MC, Naofumi, as their stories are INCREDIBLY similar.
he's definitely on the list
Naofumi and Keyaru arent in the slightest near each other. In fact, the are the opposite side of the same coin, an abused autodestructive individual that does what it's right by punishing the unjust and bringing salvation to the oppressed. But while Naofumi has a circle of people that care and love him, Keyaru is alone, his only companions are the ones he has manipulated to be by his side by sheer domination, he doesnt have loved ones, he tried to distance himself of his family to save them and failed miserable, has self destructive tendencies that some of his victims SEE and tried to repair just to be engulfed in the sheer Spite that he has for all existing thing and understand they can't help him, because they are a reason of his suffering. The Demon Lord is one of the very few whom would be, but Keyaru doesnt SEE her as a person but a tool, something to be used and discarded once all ends, not in the sense to kill them, but literally distance himself from them. In the scared beast test, he nearly lets himself to wishing for peace at death, but wakes up again for Sheer and utter Spite, his mission is to destroy everything that created a man like him and very likely the end ir such a Journey is death without proper companions
Firstly: the intro was hilarious. Secondly: I fully agree with ya on the idea that we should honestly talk about whatever we want. We shouldn't have to censor ourselves even if the subject matter is either complicated or dark as fuck. Keep going strong Stuart and God speed.
This show is disgusting, and it takes balls to tell you like something disgusting. I don't care if you like it or not, but will to say you do deserve respect. Two chaotic good dings and nat 20 video for you
I always thought this guy was neutral evil. On one hand, he does a lot of sick, messed up things which is chaotic evil, but on the other hand, he follows a code almost to a t, even if the code is based on revenge, which is lawful evil. Don't kill unless it's for revenge. That's why he laughed when his friend died. It meant he could actually stop what was going on around him.
Yes, he´s a neutral evil, but he´s bordering a true neutral, as he doesnt just go around killing/r@ping random people according to his code. He has some very specific targets, which, one may say, had it coming. One may even say that he cleansed the world by getting rid of those people (or by transforming them into his sex slaves).
Honestly, a very good break-down. While I would say I wouldn’t watch this without frequent breaks, I can say that this has given me a new outlook on the series.
They told me I shouldn’t watch queen’s blade. But honestly watching season two was one of the happiest day of mine.
I think Hartvigen did a video on that? Like, it's supposed to be very interesting at places. There is value to trash sometimes! :D
@@TheLoadingCrew well I really enjoy season two of queen’s blade evil eye and enjoy the main villain because I know what it’s like to lose a family member. Queen’s blade does have a few themes then just lewd rejection of nihilism and family also the manga and anime are both extremely different from each other. So anyway were this video do you have a link?
@@TheLoadingCrew given that the person who made season one and two passed away recently they are not trash in my eyes. That would be high school dxd…just kidding but high school dxd is kind of meh to me.
@@TheLoadingCrew I looked and I couldn’t find one
I still find odd the fan base for this series is primarily female(but also not surprised)
I hate the character but love the concept and of course he isn’t meant to be likable but it’s a sort of a revenge fantasy after all.
THANK YOU!! Yes!! exactly!~
I think it actually makes alot of sense. There's....generally a much higher ratio of sexual abuse victims in females so its almost a relatability factor. Which is something alot of the fans haters seem to either ignore or miss.
@@AlainaPrana I’ve seen one.
@@TheLoadingCrew what I find more fascinating is the bit of irony of what he became despite power the nature of his power. Yes he’s a vengeful, vindictive, hypocritical person all due to a combination of his circumstances and choices.
His power is one I would classify as empathetic healing. The original version of said power is to take ones wounds into yourself in order to heal another. The nature of his power is to allow him to emotionally connect with others suffering. However, he chooses to inflict the same pain he has endured onto others. Unfortunately this is something that does occur in real life.
Those that suffer pain choose to inflict that same pain in order to force perspective and so that they will no longer be the victim of such pain and instead its perpetrator. This where I argue the character is primarily a villain out right.
For if someone were to suffer such torturous pain, just to inflict it on others so they can exercise some control is far from anything good. They know the pain… and would choose to be a monster they so hated not to feel that pain again.
Just joined your discord so I’d love to talk more about this.
As i said in my own comment, it's kind of like watching a car crash. It's morbid, but you just can't look away becuase you want to know how it ends up.
I would actually say that his first action in the series should be chaotic good. As we come to find out later in the series, he was “awake” for some time before the raid on the demon king but chose to stay in the abusive environment because of the opportunity afforded to him to steal the stone out from under the heroes.
He could have done a whole host of things. He could have seized power for himself, undone the damage of the war, or just committed mass genocide, all of which could be seen as “healing the world”. Instead he let things play out a second time, knowing the pain it would cause him. It could have been motivated purely out of a sense of vengeance, but at that point everyone that had wronged him was dead, with the exception of Flare, who he could have toyed with and broken just as easily as we saw play out in the second timeline.
It really doesn’t matter at the end, but it’s interesting to me at least.
Keyaruga - What happens when you abuse the guy who stops you from dying too much
Your synopsis of the meaning behind the show is spot on and i subscribed just because you really did understand the show
There's a line in the F.E.A.R. games that sums up Keyaru beautifully: "It is the nature of men to create monsters, and it is the nature of monsters to destroy their creators."
It was the cruelty of her father that turned Alma into the high octane nightmare fuel she is in the games, so much so that Harlan Wade becomes the true villain of the story in the third installment. So too did the cruelty of Flare, Blade, Bullet, and the kingdom in general turn Keyaru into the devil that brings about their ultimate ruin. It's pretty clear the man has PTSD, and I'm not talking the phony bastardized buzzword version that twittards throw out at the drop of a hat to justify their pathetic virtue signaling, but actual real trauma that leaves mental and emotional scars that fester and will never truly heal, no matter how much you desperately want them to fade. When you are that damaged, when your morality has been THAT thoroughly twisted and corrupted, yeah, you can justify some truly horrific acts in your mind, and committing them becomes frighteningly easy.
I honestly feel the haters shit hard on this show because many of them are the kind of people who will use their own victimhood, whether perceived or legitimate, to justify their own atrocities. We have a MC who started out a decent guy, but the things done to him have twisted him into an almost complete monster, and his trauma, his victimhood is his justification for his own evil acts. They hate Keyaru because he is their dark mirror image, and rather than internalize the lesson, they have chosen to deny it.
You're honestly not wrong, but I personally just can't watch this sort of thing. No matter what form, it is, the most trouble I've ever been been in, and bad thing I've done is get into fights but the shit in this anime just makes me too uncomfortable to watch its the same reason why I can't watch berserk or goblin slayer just way too dark for my taste.
This.
I... Didn't expect a F.E.A.R. comparison to be here, but honestly it's nice to see though.
I'm not gonna lie, your closing monologue. Make me cry...
Because it is 100%, true.
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart!
He's a fine example of how you can have a purely evil yet understandable character.
As someone who was hurt like that, it helps that most people will want revenge and become heinous for this.
Ik I am, and I have to fight that hate everyday.
Judgement is what keeps me held in hatred, and I release that and heal that by just being nice and wanting the best for people.
The only way you can get genuine love is by expressing it, and learning it
Lawful good, for sure
Based
Oh yeah the man the saint
@@thepackingpacjack7767 absolutely
Incredible. You pull zero punches in analyzing Keyaru/Keyaruga's character.
This anime was absolutely brutal and very dark, but you explain it all in such a way that there really isn't an argument and I like that. Furthermore, you wrap everything up very nicely at the end and make a very compelling point about the fans of this show -- I enjoyed the show myself for my own reasons.
Looking forward to watching more, and seeing more, of your content!
I keep flipping these concepts in my mind. On one hand, these other heroes of the kingdom were horrible people before meeting Keyaru but he also actively influences the heroes by redoing his actions in order to confirm his own biases in order to internally justify the horrible things he does next. Is this just stating how immovable the personality and nature's of the heroes(the ones in power) that even if Keyaru tried to be better that they would still be horrible. I guess, but I don't believe that is true in real life. The world he lives in is just all kinds of messed up and even the god in that orb said "Are you ready to save the world?" or something to that effect. Interesting character but all kinds of fucked up. No, I don't think the show wants to glorify this behavior but it cannot be denied this isn't a power fantasy.
Does the show portray is he happy; no I suppose not. Does the show drives home the point that this is the wrong path and this only leads to grief and destruction, idk. I know this is only season 1 and I haven't watched it for myself but he sure seems happy with himself and dedicated to his terrible mission.
It's a power fantasy that shows the price of power.
A warning I'd you will.
@@DkKombo The only thing is is that as far as I can tell, the world doesn't punish its protagonist. He is getting everything he wants. Accomplishes everything he does except healing his foster mom.
@@thatonecarlos
Yeah, and he's not happy.
He never gets the genuine love he wants and is miserable.
That's the price.
@@thatonecarlos yea he gets literally everything he wants and he is absolutely miserable. The price for this power fantasy is the fact that he was broken so thoroughly that he is physically incapable of being happy anymore. No matter how much he pursues his twisted dream, how satisfied he portrays himself as being he is fucking miserable. He could accomplish all his goals, rule over the entire world, and honestly, even then, i think his inevitable end would be suicide. He pursues this twisted ideal because it is the only thing giving him drive and purpose to move forward. After that twisted goal, that corrupted ideal is gone he has literally nothing left.
Man, i love the post analysis
Thankyou so much for talking about the series despite all the posible negative feedback and issues for you.
Thank you from my heart, because you given form to the thinks and ideas that i didn't fully understand inside my self, and now i can understand my self a bit better thanks to this video, thanks to you effort and thanks to you again.
Thanks from a person born in the wrong class.
I don't know how to respond to this. thank you
Thanks to the end talk I genuinely going to give this show another try knowing more of the context. I couldn't get past that first torture scene, but knowing how he's getting all these moments of revenge and is still sad, it opens my mind up to this show more and can probably help me feel better with my past abuse I've gotten. Thank you for just going "fuck you, it's my show" to everyone who was against you making this video.
I like this Series, It speak to Me ... Pain and Suffering make people Cruel and Cold ....
Your conclusion is spot on
cheers mate
I will admit at first I didn't plan on actually watching this, the show just didn't seem my cup of tea but I'm glad I did. The video itself is well done and the points at the end were incredibly well made its good that it was said
Think I'll go and give the actual show a watch even if I do skip a couple of the more gruesome scenes near the beginning
Honestly. It was hard for me to watch. I got through the manga much easier
If you watch it on Crunchyroll/VRV the majority of the most graphic scenes (Such as Flair being assaulted in Episode 2) are edited out. I prefer to watch the unedited myself simply due to the fact that, strangly, the graphic content is actually plot relivent. But if you've already watched this video then that extra context is unneeded and I would recomend the Crynchyroll edits for peace of mind.
@@kaimagnus5760 Thanks for the tip!
Honestly, I recommend the show. I already explained my reason for watching, but like it really does get interesting.
@@kaimagnus5760 where can one watch it unedited? I prefer to watch things how they were created in other to get the intended intent.
AND THERE IT IS!!! You speak for all of us who have suffered abuse. Rising of the shield hero. Redo of healer. I even think Goblin Slayer to a degree.
These series speak to those who had to be strong to overcome the darkness thrust upon them. Who dealt with abuse from every angle. It speaks to the parts of us that gravitate to becoming villains and anti-heroes. The parts of us that would become pure heroes if it meant we could vent this anger and pain without regret or shame. Catharsis for the damaged goods of this world. To those who had no control, taking that control away from abusers in a more literal sense is a power fantasy. Take from them what they took from you. Show the world the same pain that made you strong and watch as you and all those like you rise to the top.
He robbed flame of her identity because that’s what she did to him. And wiping her memories completely was because she literally hollowed him out to use him.
Setsuna is like him. Abused and in need of revenge and so as much as it is still a partnership where he holds the power, in his twisted head, he is using that power not to take from her but to give her everything that he himself craves.
It is the catharsis and the scars we can never heal that make shows like this for actual abuse victims and it makes those who plan abuse scared because it reminds them of the reality that they can only push people so far before they create a monster that wants nothing more than to take everything from them.
I almost became a monster of a person like that when I was younger. I’ve taken the power back by owning my own choices and mistakes. By taking ownership and control back over myself instead of taking it from others. I like to show other people that they have that strength in them too. That we are not helpless if we remember that no one can choose for us. They can’t take anything more from us and anything they try to take will never be that which matters most. Our free will. Our identity. Our true power.
So yes, I think the main character is evil, but that evil speaks the pain that still resonates deep in my heart. An evil I choose to turn from every day of my life but one I can understand nonetheless.
Damn right.
It is typically harder to admit that in a world that encourages such abuse to such people
@@somuchtocook9159
Too many people believe this system has been run on abuse for too long for it to be changed and in a sense they aren’t wrong. But that’s why building smaller communities has always been so important for emotional health. Used to just be family’s and fellowships. Now with the internet it became fandoms. The problem is becoming the abusers have begun to realize the small corners of the internet they cannot control or be a part of and are fighting to either eliminate or manipulate these small corners that have otherwise escaped them. But they don’t understand that they can’t. Drive us off the web and we will find local comic shops. Drive us out of shops and we will meet in our homes. We will always find a quiet place to build quiet peace and find comfort and healing for ourselves.
I personally believe that if everyone could just start from small quiet places of peace and bring that peace out into the world with them everywhere they go it would become a virus. A gentle breeze to clear the air. Problem is all the noise pollution from people who believe that it is abuse or be abused. No accountability, just people abusing each other and making it someone else’s fault or responsibility instead of taking that power back.
@@blackchibisan8116 the internet has indeed been changing this abusive relationship dynamic there’s more interaction now between new experiences that in the end this cycle of abuse can end, I’m only saying it’s hard in the world that the anime takes place in due to the rules encouraging rape with the heroes. Rape is not something pleasurable for anyone and that is how it should be, we perceive that all rapists enjoy rape, but think about it, in their mind in a small community made by god with rules to give that community the most rape I would not be angry at god as he might not be real nor would I fix the source of the problem because I have become numb to it, I would rationally be angry at the people who raped me for their own benefit. I would definitely be the rapist because that’s the one thing that I think is the best solution. It’s not because I am inherently evil, I just happened to be born into an abusive relationship if I was in the protagonists situation and in the real world rape is a complicated beast that might have dated many generations ago that only now we know because of the internet and because of research but in the end humans don’t enjoy rape and our mind will go with what helped us survive than what we actually want
@@somuchtocook9159
And this kind of questions about setting is what writers with a heart struggle with whenever we make characters.
I have repeatedly put my characters through actual hell. The worst it could be for them and put them in very damaged places. So is that the fault of the god of the setting? Maybe, but if it is, am I not the one who made their god that way? Am I not the true architect of their torment? But why do I do that to them? To tell a story? Is that fair?
But really why I do it is because I know my character isn’t the only one, that these negative things are not without purpose and because I know that by the time they reach the end of their tale the journey they will have gone on will have made them into someone or something they never otherwise could have become.
a COMPLETE side note but my guess is that “healing” is actually two things 1. Taking from someone memories so you can 2. Reverse time on them better/return them to a Past point in time(the second before they got hurt) but you don’t have to do 2 and can just take someone’s memories which is how he copies abilities
I kinda see it as similar to Orihime's healing from Bleach. It is not healing by controlling the organic materials of a body, but is more like reversing causality thus making the wound as never having happened, or changing it to what could have been with the memory wipes or learned skills.
Like Orihime, it also works within a very limited area, unless powered up by an artifact like the Philosopher's Stone.
I also remember the manga mentioning that his healing is returning something to it's original state. And his corruption heal is altering that original state.
I just rationalize it as he doesn’t have the power to heal but has power over the concept of healing and over biology.
@ Reminds me of Crazy Diamond where some scenes depict "returning things to their original state" while there are certain outliers that prove to also be able to "manipulate* said states, as seen with the bully at the beginning scenes and with Angelo
@ crazy diamond
Now that's bold choice of you to cover, take my like please.
He's not a "good guy" because he was made that way by the people who owned him!
CORRECT!!
Doesn't really justify anything but I get it.
Never thought you would cover this show, color me surprised.
Honestly...I'm surprised I hit "publish"
Honestly I figured he would be chaotic or neutral evil
I mean....he doesn't START there buuuuuuuuut...
I was shocked how far into lawful evil he was early on.
Also, I would honestly like to see your thoughts for Ainz Ooal Gown from Overlord and most likely along with a good chunk of the Nazarick characters that had a lot of screen time. Reason why is because the situation in that one is If you came from a world where life was terrible and we're transported to another world as an overpowered undead, how would live your new life? Reason why is because it might be just as thought provoking as Redo of Healer and Goblin Slayer.
In terms of analysis of a character & the explanation that follows, this has to be your best video to date!
thank ya ^^
@@TheLoadingCrew In the words of Maui from Disney's Moana ~ "What can I say except, your welcome!" P.s. if you haven't already, try your hand at Berserk's Griffith. My guess is that he's a neutral good but you can probably make a way better guess than I. Have a happy Nat20 New Year.
@theloadingcrew THANK YOU!!!! I don’t care if you have no idea how much this means to me. Your post analysis hits the nail right on the head for me. I broke down in tears because it’s true the reason why I like Redo. I don’t want to overshare so I’ll just say, being the victim for my whole life has broken me. I’m getting therapy and I’m working to end the toxic relationships in my life. I am glad you went through with posting this video, because it’s exactly what I needed to hear, especially in my current time of need.
bless you friendo. I hope therapy works out for you. I wish I saw this comment earlier but i'm just now finding time to read comments again.
thank you for the wonderful comment. I wish you the best. happy holidays!
Your post analysis was spectacular. I love how you acknowledged the people that either have a fetish for this stuff or feel that catharsis of having taken revenge on those that wronged them (even if it isn't related to the subject matter of the story). For too long, the internet has been able to get away with the idea of people being sick in the head for liking something the majority does not agree with (when it pertains to fictional works, of course). One final point, I love how you point out that despite doing all this horrible stuff, he isn't happy and after lossing his only family (which goddamn the manga version is really depressing) he is more unhappy then ever before.
So much alpha energy needed to upload this.
This video was the first of yours I watched, and I subscribed.
I heard about Redo of Healer from the reaction to it, and despite what some people think I like it.
There's something really interesting about Keyaruga, even though he can be extreme, he was made extreme by others who are worse, so in his own way he's a really good character and this show gets too much hate (I think some people honestly believe that anybody who watches what Keyaruga does will somehow turn into him, which is insane).
I haven't had the best life, and this kind of show speaks to me for some reason.
Oh, and I would describe Keyaruga's power as information manipulation.
When healing a wound, he experiences what it's original state was and what happened to that person.
When he first had the powers, he originally was overloaded with information and that was what caused him issues at first.
He can copy the skills of others he heals by copying the data of the skills when he heals them (and reads their data).
He can cause people to explode by corrupting their data.
He can transform things by modifying data.
But since he needs to touch to read data, he needs to be tactical at times.
Amazing video dude.
Same, if anything we are watching classic storytelling of a revenge plot against the most fucked up people in their world with authority proudly being their worst selves, and everyone is paying the price. If anything in the revenge setting the MC is being their judge jury and executioner. No one else has the skills or power to actually make them held responsible. Sure as he is not the most sain person, (largely due to his attackers). But I will say if you know someone is guilty as all hell and now you or someone else is making them pay for it. Everyone usually cheers, when a monster of a person is sent to their death, or finally put behind bars, everyone usually is rejoicing. Why? Because people need to be held accountable for their reactions and in a world where the very top is beyond reproach by anyone other than themselves. Redo Healers' MC is the hands that hold them accountable for their actions. When war criminals, rapists, and serial killers are caught and dealt with, the ones who deal with them are considered by most people to be viewed as heroes. I will leave this statement with two phrases: "The only ones who should kill are those who are willing to be killed themselves." "You get what you give."
This was initially somewhat upsetting to me but I’m glad I was able to watch the whole thing. You really did bring up something a lot of people forget about shows like this and I can respect that. I really do relate to what you said and I’m glad this show is at least serving to give someone some kind of catharsis even if I myself can’t really bring myself to watch it.
This reminds me about Quentin Tarantino and his mindset in making Django Unchained. There was an interview where he talked about a show he watched about a black man getting the chance to get back at his slaver with a whip and ends up deciding that he doesn't want to stoop to his level. Tarantino displayed his disappointment and decided to have the same situation play out in his film but allowing the black man to enact violence. I imagine something similar is happening with RoaH.
so if fucking gives exp....that just gives grinding for levels a whole different meaning
hah! nice :)
This episode was amazing! I, myself are one of the people who would fall under the dislike/hate (however you see it) side of Redo of Healer. (specifically the show, not the people who watch it. Don't at me) I mainly feel this way because Keyaruga is someone who gained power beyond anyone's imaginations, but used it in such an evil way that he only gains what he wants and not for the general populace. In D&D I played one character who I would consider Chaotic Neutral, that essentially hated the human race in its entirety and wanted them dead. Both my character and Keyaruga were sort of nice to the people who didn't immediately lash out at them. So I can't really fight against Keyaruga's decisions but still found it slightly disturbing. Also to those who hate on people for loving a certain show, just keep it to yourself.
Bro this really needed to be said and thank you so much for saying it. As someone who has read the monga and really enjoyed the story I think it's refreshing to see this being brought to light. 👍 👌
I liked the series before but after your video i have a much larger appreciation of it.
The guy in redo is definitely on Santa's naughty list .
I like this show, finally a villain character as a portage that is unhinged and not another half-assed antihero
Amen to that. It's nice to see a villainous protag who is ACTUALLY a villain. like he has a respectable reason for his vengeance, but he goes WAY beyond just that, and it's wonderful to see someone who is willing to become the most vile villain around to get what he wants, and still call himself a fucking hero.
Dude thank you! My girlfriend judged me super hardcore because I watched this show and I told her “everyone says no, so I may as well see why.” I love that it shows how miserable he is while trying to pursue revenge. Yeah he gets happy every now and again through his vengeful acts but it’s temporary. Just like regular revenge if you go seeking it, you will only find ruin. But it speaks to a part of me of when I was a little boy who was raped by a girl and her brother. I had no power and seeing these people who took advantage of him get why they deserve is something that is truly relatable. Not to mention the show is a bit kinky so perks on that
damn dude. thank you for sharing. I really appreciate it. I hope life is better for you now
@@TheLoadingCrew extremely now
Oh boy this is going to be interesting. Though I sense a chaotic alignment in the end.
Wanted say I personally never knew of your channel just random person posted link for this in my dnd discord and I personally like this anime. I wanted to say I appreciate you posting this video and giving your opinion on this anime and it is the reason I decided to subscribe to you because of your honesty and how you support that each person has their own reason of liking something and being bold to post it even though you've had several hurdles in doing so truly shows your character as a person and I support your decision.
A really good video, that does make me see this series and character in a new light. I personally couldn't get past the 2nd episode, but his breakdown of Keyaru's past of abuse and torment is unfortunately not all that dissimilar to my own. I think that the only thing that doesn't drive me on a revenge course is that I can't conjure a modicum of sadism in my entire body. I can't bring myself to hurt people, and if I find out that I inadvertenly did hurt someone, I feel like shit until I make it up to them. Great video Stuart. I didn't like the character coming into the video, but after your thorough analysis of him, he is definitely a much deeper and well written character than I initially gave him credit for.
There are alot of reasons to watch this
1) as you said, it's actually a tragedy. Of a boy who wasn't allowed to even be the hero, so he became the villain
2) while the revenge scenes are cruel, their are creative. It's like watching a Saw Movie and waiting to see what bullshit jigsaw is gunna set up next
3) even if you don't relate to his motives, you might be able to understand the karmatic abuse he is dealing. While an eye for an eye isn't a true answer, it's closure. For as far as we know. After his reign if terrir is over. He will change, he shows enough self awareness to be nice.
I think in the grand scheme, he just has a snashed moral compass, in a world that just doesn't care. Is he evil? Or a product of his environment?
20:08 This right here is a absolute gold tier explaination on this specific problem.
I couldn't agree more with this video and I'm happy and proud you had the courage to speak your mind on this. Keep up the good work my friend, one Redo fan to another
Holy shit that review at the end was something else!
I might actually give the show a chance now. Love your videos already, but your post-analysis this time around was really solid.
Hope the video does really well!
While I didn't like the anime stopped at 5 this video is based love your passion my dude also props for shouting out the goddess original abridger megami33
So at his core, he's a miserable kid desperate for control of his life and wants someone to genuinely care about him...
FFFFUCKING MOOD...!
(literally XD)
Honestly bro your synopsis at the beginning sold me to watch the show. Which sadly means I cant finish this video just yet. But Im very intrigued by this character
Great job sir! You gave this show respect, you showed it to the people in a well thought out manner, and even defended a person's rights to enjoy what they want to enjoy. You have my respect and my appreciation. Be brave like this. ❤
There's one flaw with the "enjoy what they want to enjoy" arument; some people enjoy hurting others by destroying that which they love (See: Star Trek, Star Wars, Ghostbusters...) which is very fitting considering the series just discussed. Such sadists should not be allowed to harm other people because at that point you're bringing enjoyment to one by killing the enjoyment of another. This is why a common saying in media criticism is "create new things"
@@allantidgwell5624 What do you mean by "destroying that which they love"?
@@RasmusVJS I mean the kind of people who think playing is smashing the toys of other kids
It's the people who lack respect for the sanctity of what others love. The denigrating of that which came before such as saying Bill Murray wasn't Ghostbuster material, Spock wasn't logical, the Jedi are evil, and Santa is just an old white man... do you need more examples?
@@allantidgwell5624 Wait, you think it's morally wrong to analyze things from the past, and say the conclusions you reach? What? People are allowed to, which is even worse than what you said, call something you personally feel nostalgic towards bad. You can just ignore them if it hurts you.
@@RasmusVJS then am I allowed to think what you like is trash and shouldn't exist?
"Call something you're nostalgic toward bad"
It's not nostalgia. It's not bad. You're just an asshole who doesn't respect the past. I literally read texts from the 13th century. I don't try to say they're crap because they're old. That's what an evil person does. And if you don't agree then you have just argued that the destruction of the Tetrapylon by ISIS or the Castration of Pope Pius the 9th, or the defacing of statues and paintings... all of that is fine because that's just the past. No point in having any respect for it
You make me sick
Frankly I think this was probably one of your best Alignment reviews, Glade to also see you are doing Goblin Slayer. Hopefully I can see you do Shield Hero some day, Or Jobless Reincarnation. Honestly I haven seen Redo of Healer yet, But seeing this review kind of showed me that there is something more to this show.
Honestly, good on you for making this-
I'll be honest, my taste in most things is about as vanilla as can be, and I rarely indulge in tragedies, and other such darker themes. But I believe that there should be stories for everyone. And there's a lot of people who won't get the chance to read or watch, or experience stories that will resonate with them on certain levels, because those sorts of stories are so stigmatized, that most people don't want to touch them with a ten foot pen, and if they do get made, they often get absolutely destroyed by the vast majority of people. Because most people hate to be uncomfortable.
It's part of why horror as a genre, even though it's more mainstream than something like these specific stories, is still so stigmatized and is still sort of niche, part of the recipe calls for some bitter medicine.
I find it ironic how a lot of the times, the people I've met in my life that are some of the most positive people you'd ever meet, are the ones who LOVE things that many people hate or make fun of, or just can't stomach. They're the ones who like horror, tragedies, and even things like My Little Pony, because there's certain things on both ends of the spectrum from dark stories to light-hearted ones that get stigmatized, a lot of people will hate on something if it's too dark for them or too "simplistic" or colorful.
But sometimes that's where people find something special to them.
There's a reason, why some of the people who are most into things like horror, or metal music, are often actually very nice, caring, understanding, often introverted, and mature, it's because a lot of the times, they didn't always have someone who was or could be kind, caring, or understand them, so they instead had to learn to extend that to themselves and others like them.
We live in a world where for the vast majority of our history, things which weren't "widespread" and understood were branded as "evil" or "unnatural", like foreign people, mental illness, minorities, different sexualities, hell, there's even ancient prejudices against left-handed people, and so much more, and in a world which brands the things that they don't understand as evil, we spawned an entire history of fiction which had people of different sexualities, ethnicities, and those with mental illnesses, casted as the villains, the monsters, and that became the only thing that certain people could relate to on some levels, and it's a practice which, while slowly getting better, still carries on to this day. We, as people, live in a very nuanced and complicated world-
And we tend to oversimplify things way too much-
But I digress, I'm gonna stop before I lose the plot anymore-
TLDR: Great video, opens a lot up to many potentially interesting discussions, and it's unfortunate that a lot of people who are stigmatized already for being part of a certain group or having certain life experiences are often stigmatized even further based on stereotypes, and what media they may personally connect with-
Thank you so much
I appreciate you standing up for the idea that while art may have abhorrent and evil characters or themes doesn't mean it holds no value and i especially appreciate that you did this with such a hated series as apost to doing it with a series that while contravecial has a enough fanbase to fall back to
This was a great video. Since I know you can handle darker anime and you like dynamically complex characters, you should consider doing each Diclonious of the Elfen Lied series focusing mainly on Lucy but give dings to the others too
23:05 Unironically, best part of the video and the part I love coming back to every now and again
Me and my wife loved this show we love sick twisted movies like that we have a kind of a dark sense of humor about the both of us keep making shows like this
I think shows with sex in it hit married couples different than it does single people. married couples treat sex as "just a thing we do" while single people treat it as something special...something to consider for future videos I think. thank you for sharing!
Stewart I respect the massive pair you have! Thank you for the interesting pov on this anime. Its still not my cup of tea though.
OMG HIIII I'M THE KID AT GR COMIC CON IN THE AHEGAO HOODIE WHO BOUGHT UR PILLOW OMGGGGG I FOUND U!
HAHAHAHAHAH!!! How's it holding up?! I use one myself and I find it very comfy!!
HELLO!!!!!!!
@@TheLoadingCrew Really good, though I put it up on display. Also thanks for including me at 24:53. I was told I made it in as a cameo and the second I saw Redo and D&D I remembered u and collapsed. Thank you SO much for this vid, it made my day so much better. Everything in that final segment is way more than true. You actually understood the story way better than most. Thanks. I don't know anything about D&D but ur analysis over the series was so well done I'm amazed.
BTW, what I’ve figured (this is not techniacllly canon, but it makes a whole lot of sense) out about his “Healing” it’s not healing per say, it’s cosmic attunement. He attunes to the cosmic presence of the target, and is able to change their current state to any other state, for example. Restoring the arm to what it would have been had it never been torn off. This explains all of the crazy things he does with his “healing” like that time rewind trick, he didn’t rewind time, he moved the state of the world to 4 years prior. It also explains the pain and the ability steal. Since he attunes to the targets cosmic signature, all that they have been is input directly in his mind, so that that he cause manipulate the signature properly, this is why he experiences all the pain they’ve ever experienced, and explains why he gets their skills, as he has lived their life in a brief moment. Any flaws or thoughts anyone?
My apologies for the editing mistakes
I just want to say i respect you for sticking to your guns even though personally I'm not comfortable with the show. I'd say it was a good and thoughtful analysis based on your account of the show, and any piece of art/media that can start a meaningful discussion is valuable. From what you show/tell "Redo of Healer" seems a bit like a more extreme version of "Rising of the Shield Hero", and apart from the scale of both the abuse and revenge beeing much bigger in Redo, the main difference between Keyaruga and Naofumi seems to be that Naofumi has the thing Keyaruga want the most; friends that genuinely love and care about him for who he is, and they only do so because Naofumi showed them care in the first place. If you ever do a review/alignment for "Rising of the Shield Hero" I think there's a lot to gain by doing a thorough side-by-side analysis of the two.
Also, a fun little thought: If someone's not letting another person (that they are not the legal guardian of) watch this show they are essetially taking away one of that persons freedoms/rights, and the way I see it one of the broader deffinitions of "non-consentual" is to take away another persons freedoms and/or rights without legal basis. People have a right to have different opinions. People have a right to have different tastes and interrest. I'm not defending Redo of healer, I'm defending your right to like the show, and the fact that I feel I have to do this makes me more sick than the show does. Because at the end of the day it's just a fictional story and *noone* is hurt by it excisting, but still some people on the internett feel the need to harass others for having opinions.
I know its been 2 years but I still felt like leaving a comment here.
I do very much like and appreciate your rant at the end. As a victim of physical abuse from my mom, sister and female classmates in school as well as sexual from a therapist I had I was very afraid of girls for a long time. Having panic attacks around them just by hearing them giggle, being unable to touch them like hugging or even sitting next to them. It took some very patient and good hearted female friends after I turned 19 to slowly help me get rid of this fear atleast to a degree that I can function fully in society. The only remnant really is my general state of mind being deterrioated and my heart beating faster in an uncomfortable way when I walk past a group of girls and they laugh, thinking its about me. So bearable definitely.
I never considered this a possible reason as to why this show got me so much, cause it went way beyond it just being hot, especially since I was certainly not yet able to feel such things when I first encountered it. In a way it has kind of helped me get in tune with my sexuality. Since I am still heterosexual apparently, but thought I was asexual for a long time, since I was not attracted to men and DEFINITELY not to women. So I really appreciate the insight!
While noone clicking on this, liking the show or not, ever doubted he would end up on evil, I do enjoy his character.
I am up to date on the manga and there are always scenes where he feels like he is happy surrounded by the other characters until he gets flashbacks that make him crumble to the floor with headaches and makes him go "NO I cannot be happy yet I need to finish my revenge", actively keeping himself from reverting back to the person he was before everything. Cause at the core deeeep down burried behind all the hate and trauma he is still the normal kid. And if he allowed himself the time to.... HEAL... (hehe) he could come closer to that again. Probably not reach it fully again since the damage is done, but there is healing for him to do that he rejects until he is done, cause he HAS to be evil to take his revenge.
He also softens up towards the girls with him the more it continues, sees them as comrades and friends instead of tools and focuses more on doing good things like saving people from the kingdom or demon lord. In a later fight where Keyarus mind is threatened to be consumed the monster tells him he is alone, which he rejects, screaming his comrades have given so much to help him in the entire endeavor that the fight was. The monster laughs at him and tells him that that is meaningless, since they are FAKE. And the LOOK on Keyarus face when he realizes that its the truth, he was deluding himself the entire time and that he has nothing and does not have a counter argument to that is.... strangely haunting.
The show could've easily just went for "its fantasy, also op mc and hot women are hot" but it still decided to go for depth. I appreciate it a lot.
I appreciate the comment :) thank ya
I'm watching this now just incase youtube deletes it
so far so good
"Best girl Setsuna" good taste
So, before I watch this, I'm gonna get my own thoughts out there. I binged it last week just to see what we're getting into. I honestly feel confident in saying Chaotic Evil. However, I did actually like the series, because it didn't hold back with just how much of a bastard this character is. This story makes me think of True Crime shows and documentaries, it's got everything, the absolutely horrifying events that turned one person into a monster, that person then going on his own spree to do things just as horrible if not arguably worse while justifying it as revenge and what is truly right. This character is a villain, not a hero, not an antihero, not an antivillain. Now admittedly some scenes were hard to watch, do to just because that despicable, but it didn't shy away and fade to black to just "imply" what happens, and in some ways I kinda admire that, it takes balls to do that. I don't think I could pin the Healer as anything other than Chaotic Evil, even if he lives under the facade as "I'm removing these disgusting, evil people from this world, so I'm justified."
in the end he really is nothing but a neutral husk he was robbed of any agency most of the dings really cant even be attributed to him good or bad, doing good make him feel nothing doing evil doesn't either revenge is all that gives him something and he loves it the same for allowing others to get their revenge in way Keyargu is the blind arm of true justice uncaring of anything except enacting justice on those that wrong others.
I mean I think he is a villan that leans to antai hero
Here's the thing, with Redo of Healer, it is abundantly clear to me that you like the show for the Complexity, the Psychology of the Character's, and not because of the Abundance of "fan-service", which should be taken to consideration. You also do not approve of the method Keyaruga takes to vengeance, you only enjoy seeing the motivation and emotions and thoughts behind it, no more, no less. Your interest is within the characters on a Psychological level, whereas most people will assume that by watching this anime, you are a enjoyer of the... Non-Consentual "Partying" that goes down, or the twisted and perverted fantasies the show represents, which is simply not the case with several people. All in all, I am looking at this video at face value: A deconstruction on what you see in the character of Keyaruga and those who his Perverted Payback affects, which in the end, is you discussing how you think that Keyaruga is a fundamentally broken and traumatized man who lashes out in a unhealthy manner because he doesn't know how else to deal with it, nor does he have anyone who would truly and willingly help him through that. For that, this video has my applause, for being thought provoking and genuine.
holy shit....you got me like...100%
thank you!
As much as i am beginning to like these videos and i am loving the world's finest assassin anime im gonna stay away from this one
Feel free, I am not offended by that. I appreciate the click at the very least
The man actually did it, what a mad lad
I'm SO FREAKIN HAPPY AHAHA! I'm so happy this show exists God damn
Love you sweetie
@@TheLoadingCrew
"This is gonna be tough" Almost spat my drink out man 🤣
Not gonna lie. You have a brass pair to make this video. I initially found your sao abridged Kirito video, and gave this video a chance solely because of the first one. To be frank, I couldn't stomach ROH. And your video cemented that decision as the correct one, but I'm still glad I watched this all the way through.
thank you :) appreciate you watching it. I never demand you like what I like, only that people show respect and understanding to those that do and not jump to conclusions about it
@@TheLoadingCrew well here's to more tastefully controversial videos. Because you're 100% right that controversial source material makes the best discussions, and to a comment section that doesn't burn with the flames of toxic anime fans
Who watches this for the story or the dialogues? Me. That is the only reason Im just HEARING this video.
*sips beverage* Mmmmmm~ interesting.
My thoughts while watching Redo of Healer were basically "I have never been so intrigued and yet horrified before"
I love this show so much, and I am glad you are talking about it.
Wow. Thanks to you I realized what I liked in this show. Thanks for that.
So Keyaru or Keyaruga is pretty much the Quote 'Monster's aren't Born, They are created'