As the title of the chapter says, thank you for reading this large project of mine. For a quick TLDR, in this chapter (kind of), if you can call it that, I will go over why I made the story, some changes I would make if I could start over from the beginning, as well as future project(s) of mine.
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Now, as for why I made this story… well, there were two things, really. I initially had the idea for making a story on Mushoku Tensei when I pictured in my mind Eris and Paul meeting outside just Millishion, and well… I kept picturing ideas from there. But the main thing I wanted to change, was the theme of Mushoku Tensei.
Mushoku Tensei's theme is on personal development, that of the main character Rudeus, and in that regard, it is a masterpiece, something that I would never attempt to rival. But if it was a different theme, with a more 'understandable' character… well, I could. So, as anyone could likely see, the theme of my story was about family.
In the beginning, it's easy to see that I stuck to canon mostly, but there was a reason for this, and that was to highlight the difference in Leon and Rudeus, as well as the theme of this story from the original.
Such as when Paul slapped Leon, he isn't able to take it lightly like Rudy could, as he still had, albeit advanced for his age, the mind of a child, and wouldn't say anything like running away from home, and instead… just broke down and cried. Like a child, which he was.
Another situation would be when Leon goes to tutor Eris. Unlike with Rudy, this wasn't done with the intention of gaining enough money to go to the university with his 'homegrown wife' in Sylphy, but rather to provide a chance for Aisha and Norn to have the chance to go to university as well, since Leon loved his family more than caring about personal development.
And lastly, with Eris, I was able to use the secondary perspectives I employed here and there to truly enhance a character, where Eris was no longer just a 'spoiled, violent, tsundere brat', and instead a girl that didn't know love, didn't like not knowing, and lashed out because of that… and our main character that, while not completely understanding her, was able to handle her and could understand her enough to know she wasn't just a malicious beast. Also… without the perverted stuff.
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Now… onto the changes I would make if I was to go back in time and write this from the beginning.
Overall, I am quite happy with all the directions I went, especially after returning from Begaritt, but if there was one thing I would completely overhaul… that would definitely be the teleportation to give some more uniqueness.
If I could do it over, I would probably send Leon, Eris, Aisha, and Norn to the Begaritt Continent instead, so they could have their struggles that allowed Eris to help and his sisters to get attached to the two.
I would also have Roxy join them for Rudy's tenth birthday, and as a result, get sent to the teleportation labyrinth to get trapped in the core just like Zenith and Lilia. This would allow Zenith and Lilia to live as normal, which I wanted to do, and also allow Roxy to be saved in a labyrinth by Leon and have their romance begin. I could avoid her getting mentally broken from the dungeon by having Leon rescue her early as he was already on the continent, and also allowing her to unlock her telepathy through some mind-fuckery or something.
As for Sylphy… hell, I actually might have switched Eris and her so that Eris would be with Ariel, since that seems like an interesting dynamic.
To finish off the numbers, I would then send Rudy and Zenith to the Demon Continent to connect with Ruijerd, while also allowing Zenith to take Suzanne's place (in my story) to help Rudy grow into a better person. Of course, by going through the normal path, he would gain a connection with the Great Forest as well as Sara as he reached the Northern Territories, while Paul and Lilia would remain in the Central Continent.
But sadly… many of the plot points I created through not going like this have already been set in place, so it's a little too late to redo it all. But hey… maybe I would make an alternate version, who knows.
And on the last topic related to future content, I might make some side stories to add on to this story, mainly detailing things that happened in the diary or random situations that could realistically happen, but likely not too many. On that note, if you have something you specifically want to see, then comment it, as I might develop it into a chapter (but no promises).
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Now, with this story having come to a close, now I look towards the future… as in my other works. Of course, I have my Re:Zero story, The Sun Prince, and I have another one in the very early stages that is an MHA story, but for my main focus after this… well, I already have something cooking.
It's going to be a more original one, based on an original character being summoned to an original world, where girls from other stories are summoned to join his party (and love life, obviously) with the main theme of the story being helping these girls fix their insecurities, problems, and help them grow, with arcs going into their original world to cement their development. But there's a catch… that being that all the girls are ones that have died in their original story. If that interests you, and you enjoy my writing style and/or character interpretation, then please watch out for that to come out.
Following on that, if you have any characters that you want to see in this story, then please suggest them. I would like it if they are somewhat important or developed in the main story, and I would prefer that they are actually dead within the story (such as Ai Hoshino from Oshi no Ko, who will definitely be a part of the cast), but they can also have 'realistically' died, where I could make the argument of them coming from another timeline (such as many girls from Re:Zero, or even Sylphy or Roxy from Mushoku Tensei, as they died in Oldeus' timeline). So, suggest away!
(Note: Characters from stories I have read and understand deeply enough to write about will take priority, those being: Mushoku Tensei, Re:Zero, Danmachi, My Hero Academia, Attack on Titan, Naruto (somewhat), One Piece (somewhat). But I won't discount any suggestions if they're good after I look into them.)
Currently, the girls I have in mind are: Ai Hoshino from Oshi no Ko, Alise Lovell from Danmachi, Himiko Toga from MHA, and Emilia from Re:Zero, with the possibility of Roxy from Mushoku Tensei (very up to debate). Right now, I'm thinking that 5 is the limit, so it would likely be Roxy getting replaced.
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Now, with that all said, once again… thanks for reading. I started this as a little side project to pass the time during university, and I would say that I improved my skill quite a bit over the days, but it would be much harder without having any comments or readers to know that my effort actually mattered to others, so thank you.
Anyway… bye!