[Annuga]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

1. It was episode 3.

2. The real problem is that it's a "great power, great responsibility" speech that comes after Kouta gave one to himself in episode 2, and it was stupid of the show to think it needed another one.

3. She's not saying you have to put on a suit and go work at McDonalds. She's saying Kouta should maybe not treat the shady, gambling-esque, underground "sport" of the Inves Game as a stable source of income.

4. Akira is a great supporting character and I'm sure she would totally support Kouta secret dream to become an actor and star in a superhero Tokusatsu show (or whatever). I think that scene was the earliest thing I ever disagreed with the rest of the fandom on about Gaim (though ironically I'm the one with the positive outlook here). It's got problems, but a lot of people seemed to miss the point of it completely.

Thing is, I'm a gal who looks at the execution, not the concept. If you have a good message but fuck up the delivery of that message, you get 'REEEEEEEEEEAL JOOOOOOOOBS'. Now, had she said something like "I'm not taking that money, It's gambling money, and *insert gambling is wrong speech*" then it'd be completely fine, especially because gambling is illegal in Japan iirc, so not only does the message come across less as being a fucking moron, but it actually makes a better point