Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 Episode 12: Older Rudeus reveals Roxy's grim fate

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 Episode 12
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 Episode 12 - Source: Studio Bind

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 Episode 12 kicks off with an unwelcome guest. An older Rudeus appears and explains that he's been able to go back 50 years to talk with his younger self about the disaster about to unfold.

So, what do we find out in this episode? The old Rudeus says that going into the basement leads to a series of events where practically all of Rudeus’s friends die. The old Rudeus tries to save his friends and prevent the inevitable during the episode's runtime.


The Warning Begins in Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 Episode 12

Rudeus and older Rudeus - Source: Studio Bind
Rudeus and older Rudeus - Source: Studio Bind

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 Episode 12 begins by establishing tension right away. Rudeus is instantly wary of the unknown man before him, and the man has to identify himself using information that only the genuine Rudeus would have.

After gaining enough confidence, things turn serious between the two. The old version of Rudeus explains how entering the basement would lead to a sick rat escaping to the kitchen and contaminating the food that Roxy consumes later, thus leading to the deadly disease that goes unnoticed.


Roxy's Fate And The Petrification Disease

Roxy and Sylphie - Source: Studio Bind
Roxy and Sylphie - Source: Studio Bind

The older Rudeus refers to the disease as Petrification because it gradually transforms the affected individual into mana stone. He tells his younger self that Roxy is carrying a child and stresses that the parasite works both on the mother and her unborn baby.

This news comes as a shock because it implies that Roxy is not the only one endangered but that an as-yet-unknown baby also is in danger. The older Rudeus confesses that it took him thirty years to connect the dots in the riddle involving a rat, food, and a disease, but Roxy had already died by the time he figured it out.


Sylphie And Eris Are Not Spared Either in Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 Episode 12

Roxy's tragedy is not the end of it all. The older Rudeus tells of losing Roxy and how it emotionally crushed him and made him go away from Sylphie, leaving her alone during Ariel's political unrest.

Sylphie was one of those who died in the civil war, while the older Rudeus states that he has not reconciled with Eris either. He then recounts all the years they fought against each other until she died to save him. Finally, he advises his younger self to write a letter to her right now.


Confronting The Man-God's Manipulation

Still image of Rudeus from the episode - Source: Studio Bind
Still image of Rudeus from the episode - Source: Studio Bind

In Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 Episode 12, a thread that becomes evident is Rudeus’s growing disdain for the Man-God, who he believes to be the architect of his failures in life. Rudeus states that it is important to be wary of the Man-God, previously known as the Human-God.

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 Episode 12 concludes with a dying Rudeus using his remaining energy to catch a final glimpse of Sylphie and Roxy. After this, he will have to burn his older self’s body, eliminate the mastermind behind future events, and go through a diary left behind by the older Rudeus, which promises to provide further details on the timeline he is being forced to avert.

Edited by Akihito Chakma