Tractopelle

everything as been said, honestly if you dont want him in the story just send him elsewhere and dont bother to rewritte. A line like he want to go to ranoa but doesnt have the funds and instead of going to eris plot he goes somewhere else. But im more interested in their bonds.

yeah I agree with this, I dont see the point of deleting him just for deleting him. He can be useful for the stories, the different pov, and he can also explore his own road of hardship, make it more interesting in the story afterward, for exemple teleport him elsewhere when the event happens than make them find each other and him with his own party. Or even when they go where eris is, you can make it so rudeus just go to another part of the family or elsewhere. This is so much better having him go his own path and you can enrich and explore even further the world than just having him erased.

why should you limit yourself to writting him like this, you know that you can just change him bcs of the mc right ? there is no limit to your story I think.

you said that rudeus is useless, so why remove him ? you can just let him live in the corner of the world and have him for some chap come or whatever. Or you develop him so he become stronger than canon bcs of the mc. You can also make him the main antagonist with hitogami manipulating him into thinking the mc stole something from him that would be cool too. There is a lot of potential to go with him just being there than not. I dont really see a reason to delete him just for the sake of deleting him.

I like the one with rudeus more, the world feel more alive with him I guess, and also even if he has his default our mc can change him and thats a good thing. So rudeus for me.

well indeed there is a lot to say and I understand totally your point of view. The thing is for me, especially if we dont have a clue about what happens after we die, considering the fact that you can just stop existing, I think its better personnally if you have the power to do it to become immortal. In the case of rudeus, he has it all, power, family, situation.

yes but thats if you live a normal life. If you live happy and your friends and lived ones dont die too. Whats the point of dying. its the same thing with the paradise basically. and you are the strongest can do whatever there is to do. I dont think you will become insane juste because you live longer. Imagine in the past people lived up to 50, now up to 90, so double the time. But they arent insane. you see my point ? basically the downside you talk about is only if you are all alone powerless and in pain. Maybe that will make you insane. but otherwise I dont think so.