r/TopCharacterTropes • u/KusanagiGundam • 15d ago

Hated Tropes (Hated Trope) "Kind" slave owners

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Speaking as an American who has studied the civil war all throughout my school years, this trope infuriates me to no end. There is no such thing as a kind slave master because slavery itself is cruel and inhumane. PEOPLE ARE NOT PROPERTY!

Naofumi (Shield Hero): Prime example of this trope. He enslaves multiple (underage) girls and an whole village and the fans still say he's a hero.

Rudeus (Jobless Reincarnation): As if being a pedo wasn't bad enough he had to buy a slave in season 2. Worse is that people still defend his actions.

Song of The South (Disney): Possibly the OG example of this trope. And the reason why Disney will never release it again.

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u/BananaShakeStudios 15d ago

This is a trope?????

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u/KusanagiGundam 15d ago

Unfortunately yes

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u/LightningRaven 15d ago

Of course it is. History is thoroughly whitewashed with this kind of thing. From pop culture to outright propaganda in history books. Specially in the US.

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u/ktosiek124 14d ago

Whitewashed and most of examples are in Japanese media lol

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u/Chalkboard7 14d ago

What? You actually thought whitewash referred to skin colour? Whitewashing is coating an object in a thin layer of calcium hydroxide to paint it white, the term is used figuratively in reference to history.

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u/Big_Lengthiness_7706 15d ago

Yeah its called isekai

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u/Itchy-Beach-1384 15d ago

Isekai has been around way longer than the kind slave owner trope.

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u/Quixotic_Seal 15d ago

Think you got those reversed there, bud.

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u/mrducky78a 14d ago

There are some super old isekai stories. Like Adam and Eve. Orpheus and Eurydice.

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u/Big_Lengthiness_7706 15d ago

Yeah but like. Now tho.

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u/MustachioGustov 15d ago

Ignore Big_lenthiness, it's not an isekai specific trope, but it's commone in the fantasy anime genre.

Personally I hate that the kind slave owner is becoming more of a trop in anime, but not enough to make me stop watching the media if the overall story is good.

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u/EvergreenDwarf 15d ago

There’s always John Brown isekai. 

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u/Gaynundwarf 15d ago

Anything can be a trope if you're deranged enough.

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u/ocxtitan 14d ago

if you ask Dan Bailey he'd say it's a reality

where my Illinois peeps at?

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u/AmaterasuWolf21 14d ago

It's mostly on isekai animes, so if you see the pattern, it's time to watch more stuff