[Kurona]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

It's way too considered and smartly set up to dismiss as cheap writing, as far as I'm concerned. I think it would only look that way if you're only considering Touma's perspective, and the whole thing that I find so clever about this development is how it actively involves the fact that these are individuals with their own viewpoints and principles. I am wildly excited to see where this goes from here. It's a great new direction for a series that seems to be making faith an overarching theme.

This is what really got me!! As someone who's been having trouble connecting to these characters and who's felt the character work has been just a little too stunted by just how much they're juggling at once (not helped by the toys), I have a few niggles as stated above; but I instantly got where every character was coming from and felt for all of them. Rintarou and Ren's performances are heartbreaking while the two veterans are shoved in a difficult position, so maybe it's just the Swordsmen Chronicles building them up better for me, or maybe I like seeing simpler archetypes being challenged in this sort of way, but it was just awesome how much more I was invested in these guys now and how much more attached I feel. I guess they were doing a much better job these past 14 episodes than I thought!




also wow i am bad at keeping track of writers