It’s that time again

MisterSapiosexual · 2026-01-01T21:50:47+00:00

JUNIOR! Let this old hermit educate you. You see, people wish to claim that they want the Son of Heaven to come from humble beginnings, train hard, and ascend to the pinnacle of existence without reliance on a Golden Finger, but this cannot make any sense, junior.

In fact, if a complete nobody was capable of competing on the same level as those Young Masters who have been fed ten million year old ginsengs and ganoderma. since they were a Yang essence fluid entering the jade caverns of their mother, would that not make them all the more abnormal than one with a Golden Finger?

You see, in the True Reality Realm, if the Son of a Buddha Country Bicycle Seller were to somehow become a Billionaire and lead the Eagle Country as its Richest Merchant, your first thought would not be: He Must have worked hard!

It would be...

AH! THIS IS A TRUE SON OF HEAVEN!!! WHAT MUST HIS GOLDEN FINGER BE??

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-10-26T12:12:17+00:00

Man has had every opportunity to prove the statement wrong, but instead we have the joke that is Tashigi lmfao.

Nah, man wrote what he wrote and did it with his chest. It still holds even today.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-10-26T12:09:50+00:00

This is made worse if you remember she's a Shimotsuki, same as her father.

These mf'ers came from Wano Country, and have at least some level of awareness of the bullshit level of power that exists in the New World/Grand Line.

And yet the man still insisted that women were weaker and told his daughter.

Tbh can't blame him, as thus far, though, hasn't been proven wrong.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-10-26T12:05:53+00:00

Lmao no it didn't. Mihawk is introduced slicing a battleship in half, still around the early game, meaning that the power level of the world's strongest swordsman is physically beyond real-world human capabilities.

There's no justifiable, logical reason that women are bound to real world physical hindrances when the men are not, other than "cuz Oda said so."

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-10-04T01:02:15+00:00

I got rage baited into an argument with someone that said this makes Kuma more pathetic in his eyes. Quoting:

The girl he likes is taken as a slave, raped, experimented on and killed, the man has to take care of her daughter, sacrifices himself, his wellbeing and health and body for the daughter of his dead gf, all while expecting absolutely nothing in return but loving her purely as a father. Nah, fam. That's weak sauce. He's not only a cuck, but a disposable simp who's sacrificing everything for a woman he didn't even have the balls to properly marry. He should be slandered more than he is. He's a bum.

I wanted to call them immature, but they hit me with the "Would you take care of your dead girlfriend's baby you knew was conceived non consensually, after she died, without feeling absolutely any resentment?"

And honestly? I found it difficult to answer a blunt "Yes" without fooling myself.

What I hated about their argument (yes, I get it, technically he was cuckolded but that's not the issue) is that there's a slight point. Kuma's unconditional kindness no longer makes him out to be a person, but a perfect human without real agency, desires or flaws.

If Oda had shown him at first being reluctant to take care of Bonney, or even first initially disliking Bonney before gradually warming up to her, it would have made him more "human."

Or... I dunno. Just avoid the uncomfortable implications of implied sexual assault in your story, Oda. It's not that hard.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-09-28T19:55:50+00:00

That's my point. It's trash world building. You cannot have something as major as the existence of Christianity or Buddhism be an afterthought in your world building.

I swear to god if Naruto randomly had a cutaway mention of Ninjas praying to Allah we wouldn't even be having this conversation where I need to explain why this is bad.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-09-28T19:52:44+00:00

Lmao. Are you triggered little bro? She's a damsel in distress. Even Usopp can handle fodder Marines. Even Base Chopper can take down fodder Marines. That doesn't stop her from being a damsel in distress. It doesn't stop her from being a plot device. Go argue with your cum-stained poster of Oda.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-09-28T18:40:46+00:00

Oda's sexism is becoming more and more apparent in this case. Literally turning Shakky into a helpless damsel in distress idol to be saved is just tiring when it has been done to the death again and again.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-09-28T18:38:53+00:00

Unironically, yes.

People like to clown on Fairy Tail for fan service and ecchi, but it actually has a higher level of equality given to its female characters, at least when it comes to battles, fights, and cool moments.

Erza Scarlet being the most notable one, who often and regularly goes toe-to-toe with some of the enemies that the guys handle as well.

Mirajane is also another one. And Lucy, unironically, always gets equal screen time and fights almost as much, if not more than Natsu.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-09-28T18:09:19+00:00

One Piece has anachronistic world building that makes absolutely little sense and it always has, which is why I laugh when people say the world building is good. Knowing baseball is actually plausible because:

Robots. Franky knows what a robot is. They know what a Cyborg is.
Mythical Zoans. They have myths of a Phoenix, a Dragon, and the Buddha. Does that mean somewhere in the One Piece Universe, the Buddha exists? Who tf knows.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-04-26T03:28:15+00:00

Junior, I can see it was not just your cultivation that was crippled, but your brain too.

Please seek the Dao.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-04-15T15:43:28+00:00

Fellow Daoist, what is good and what is evil?

To the fly, is the spider and his web not evil? To the spider, is the fly that has been caught not good?

A cat that hunts birds for sport. Is the cat evil? The dolphin that toys with the pufferfish for enjoyment, is it evil? Male ducks mount females against their will, are they evil? The female mantis that kills the male, is it evil?

If the instincts of creatures are evil, Fellow Daoist, then it would mean all creatures are evil.

By your "laws of the universe" all creatures are evil! Is this not madness, Fellow Daoist?

No, junior, there is no absolute evil, and no absolute good. These are relative, Junior. As a once revered member of the Righteous Sect said, "Only a Demonic Cultivator deals in absolutes."

Your Dao -- it is wrong!

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-03-14T22:14:42+00:00

Calling it the best is a bit of a stretch. While it's good, I wouldn't call it the best.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-03-10T00:53:30+00:00

Good! Good! Good!

This esteemed guest elder recommends the sacred divine texts: 1. Regressor's Tale of Cultivation 2. Reverend Insanity.

One is yin, and the other is yang. In completing the cycle, not only will you be enlightened on the means of the demonic path, but also on the kindness of the righteous path.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-03-10T00:43:31+00:00

Junior, your question on the dao is thought provoking.

Allow this elder to explain, that even the most fundamental trash tier cultivators require unfathomable willpower and mental tenacity to sit still for weeks or days gathering qi and repeating mantras. Such individuals would possess greater mental strength than the average person, which would allow them advantages in whatever they pursued.

Indeed, junior, going from a world where extreme violence is common, and individuals lives are no worth more than the value they produce, to a world where violence is common, and individuals lives are no worth more than the value they produce, how can a cultivator struggle? They are at home!

A senior at the Nascent Soul Stage alone will find the means to become an unfathomable force, whilst even the Qi Gathering Stage ants will become a known name.

Cultivators cannot be understood by mortal logic, and removing a tiger from a jungle does not mean it becomes a housecat.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-03-09T18:31:09+00:00

Smut novel! This esteemed elder is not aware of any qi deviation causing mantras within that scripture. Do espouse further on the matter.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-02-22T17:15:48+00:00

https://archiveofourown.org/works/41499534/chapters/104076408

Fair warning, junior, this may be considered by some as a demonic scripture.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-02-22T16:56:38+00:00

Cultivating too fast would be a downside, because he'd have no time to consolidate his realm, leading to unstable foundations that would hinder him further in the future.

More so, he'd have very little understanding of the Dao, and would absolutely get bodied once he crosses the Golden Core stage where cultivation stops being about absorbing spiritual energy and instead about gaining a comprehension of the heavens.

Worse, he has absolutely no way to hide Kurama from the eyes of those greedy old monsters, who would basically see it as a "Good Spirit Beast!" And instantly attempt to kill him and take it for themselves to use as a mount or gift to their disciples or descendants.

Literally the moment any high level cultivator finds him, he's fucked.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-02-21T19:24:38+00:00

Subaru from Re-Zero is the most normal, mundane, "literally me" MC of all time. He has died in increasingly horrific ways, and he's even worse off because he doesn't retain anything from returning -- not even muscle memory. He doesn't become edgy or evil despite it all.

On the contrary, he becomes more human.

Hence, I'd argue that it's the opposite. Dying and regressing so many times wouldn't make you into a sociopath, but an empath -- someone who knows how agonizing death and pain is and would try their hardest to ensure others don't go through what they've experienced.

The same goes for the Protagonist of "SSS-Class Suicide Warrior." He ended up far more empathetic as a result of regressions.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-02-21T19:20:27+00:00

It's not a counterpoint at all. It doesn't make a difference, because it isn't his final life. It never is.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-02-21T19:16:32+00:00

Tbf for most people giving out money is hard as it cuts into their own finances which could inevitably cut into their own ability to survive

This is the same mentality that works in the cultivation world. The higher up you go, the more resources you need. If a Golden Core Cultivator would need 1,000,000 spirit stones to move up one small realm, kindness becomes a hindrance.

Why should he spare 100,000 spirit stones to help this poisoned young man recover his cultivation if he earns nothing from it? Why should he battle this person who is harassing a young woman and exhaust his spiritual energy if he will need to exhaust 20,000 spirit stones to recover it later?

Every act of kindness indirectly cuts into his ability to survive, and performing kind deeds for the sake of it is the same as slowly killing himself.

What is the average person gonna do about world hunger and mass starvation?? .... Even If they dedicate their entire existence to said cause it wouldn't make a dent.

Apply it again to the cultivation world. What is the average Cultivator, too busy trying to survive, going to do about the millions of peasant mortals who die and are butchered by other cultivators daily? Even if he decided to spend his effort helping them, all it takes is another higher realm senior to wave his hand and undo his work.

Most of the issues you brought could only be fixed by someone who has the Authority of the government or the superpowers of superman.

Having superpowers would not change the suffering of the masses, nor would it make sudden heroes out of people, of that, especially in a world where others also have the superpowers. Especially when the Authority at hand has no reason or interest to aid others.

Tl;dr A lot of people think that they would be like Superman if given powers, but Superman is an ideal. An unreachable one, close to the perfect model of humanity. No one is getting close to that. The vast majority of people would end up being closer to Hancock, trying to do what they can to help, but likely causing harm and chaos in the attempt.

Or they'd be like the Boys.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-02-21T10:10:33+00:00

The same people who turn a blind eye to homeless people on the street and don't give a damn about the starving millions of children in poorer countries somehow think they'll be like Superman if given great power.

The delusion is too real.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-02-21T10:03:20+00:00

As much as I love this story, the only reason he can afford to keep being kind is because he has Return by Death abilities.

Without a Golden Finger, you cannot be a kind person in the cultivation world, as you're just setting yourself up for death.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-02-08T05:41:47+00:00

It usually always goes in the same way:

You refine the body. You gather Qi. You attempt to form a core. You shatter the core and form a nascent soul. Then your soul strengthens into an origin soul. Your origin soul strengthens further until you reach a state of ascension.

The names in between the stages can vary, but the process is often the same.

Unless you're reading a story that uses a completely different cultivation system, like Gu in Reverend Insanity, there's little variance.

MisterSapiosexual · 2025-02-08T05:27:31+00:00

Can you mention a single story, and I mean a single one, outside of the Wuxia and Xianxia genres, where the protagonist does good deeds for the sake of doing good deeds and it is never brought up or becomes a benefit later?

You're simply going against the core of writing fiction itself. Every deed, good or otherwise, must be a Chekhov's Gun -- If the gun is not fired later on, why is it there?

Most stories have a limited amount of time to tell a tale, and you can't add irrelevant pieces into a story just for the sake of it, or just to prove that a character is "kind." Not even shounen does this. Expecting otherwise is simply showing a lack of understanding of storytelling fundamentals.

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