Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation is one of the most well-received isekai anime in recent memory, with its first season being a notable success. The anime's second season was announced back in March, with a trailer for the upcoming series released on day three of Anime Expo 2022.
The trailer appears to follow Rudeus having an inner dialogue with himself. It opens with Rudeus traveling through a snowy forest while his face is obscured by a hood. As he traverses the scenes fade into one another to show Rudeus adventuring with several new adventurers he seems to have met at a bar, and a woman who bears a striking resemblance to him wielding a bow.
The Trailer also shows a number of beast people and a human reading a book while in a uniform which may mean Rudeus makes it to the magic school he has sought to attend since part one of season 1. As the trailer comes to a close, we are bombarded with several images of new and old characters without much context to go with it as Rudeus tells himself to never forget who he used to be and that despite all he lost he still has kept and gained much more.
The trailer does not offer many contexts for anything, but it does offer a lot of imagery and detail. It also gives seems to indicate that season 2 will happen after a time skip, as Rudeus is much older than he was at the end of season 1 and appears to have made it to the academy. There is still the mysterious elf character with silver hair from last season who is shrouded in mystery that will undoubtedly be an important player in the upcoming season, and we still need to see more. The most exciting part of the trailer though is its end as it shows a small girl wearing the same clothes we would typically see donned by Sylphie, being worn by a young elf girl with silver hair being found by two strangers in a flower field as she sleeps.
Jobless Reincarnation is an isekai anime that follows the life of a 34-year-old man who dies and is reborn in a fantasy world as a young boy named Rudeus. He maintains his memories, and knowledge from his time as an adult and decides he will use this second chance at life to be better and more successful than he was before, righting all the wrongs of his previous life. Season 1 was told in two different parts and part 2 ends with Rudeus going on a journey by himself to find his mother who had ended up lost and separated from him earlier in the series.
While the trailer succeeds in whetting the appetite of fans, much about the upcoming season remains a mystery. However, fans can can always turn to the light novels if they want to see more of Rudeus' adventures.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation will be released on Crunchyroll simulcast in 2023.
Source: Crunchyroll