r/TopCharacterTropes • u/KusanagiGundam • 12d 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/Hypno-platypus 12d ago

As someone who watches a lot of Isekai shows this is definitely an issue with quite a few Isekais. I’m just glad shows like Skeleton Knight from Another World exist as that show goes the opposite route and has the protagonist freeing slaves.

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u/POKEMINER_ 11d ago

FR, Skeleton Knight is like John Brown for Kids.

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u/CrocoDIIIIIILE 11d ago

Slicing slavers in halves.

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u/optimist_cynic 9d ago

Yeah. Just wished he killed the higher ups too, they always survived which pissed me off, which is it's own trope. 

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u/Hypno-platypus 9d ago

That’s fair. Although I did find it satisfying that in one of the episodes in season 1 he turned over the guy who was about to rape the elf women to the elf women after he rescued them. Those two elves then started beating the shit out of the slave owner who was about to rape them which was satisfying to watch.