[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Rinne reminds me of Hirose, who also had issues about her father releasing a bunch of monsters from cards. Maybe this is why Rinne feels responsible as an alchemist, she wants to atone for her father's actions. However, Fuga honestly seemed like a pretty good guy, both in Houtarou's interaction and Rinne's flasback. Even though he "betrayed" the Alchemy Academy, I think he probably had a good reason.

I agree, it can just seem that Fuga was a good guy, and that it can be a rather irrational hatred to him only because he's not fully lawful (lawful ≠ good). Then again, Saber also happened with how Daichi was like. Kamijo, btw. And... oh, viewing oneself as an extension of their family, feeling burdened by it, and getting the motivation to atone for family's misdeeds beyond their control, a recurring in "battle royale" series before (other than Blade, also Yui regarding Shiro and Neon regarding to Kurama zaibatsu), something that can be seen as unreal and alien. Maybe Rinne's take is a negative one (ironic, writing this after you said "anti-Keiwa"...) to be so obsessed to it to dismiss anything unrelated to it like making friends with others before... despite that it's also important to extend other goodness.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Yeah, this episode was a much better impression of Rinne. She even smiles at Houtarou's dream to befriend all the Chemies, so looks like she shares some of his idealism and that her coldness from before was a defensive behavior that she drops now that she's had time to know Houtarou a little better. Kind of like an anti-Keiwa. Instead, the real mean archetype seems to be Spanner, who dismisses Houtarou's dream as an "unfunny joke", which I guess makes him an anti-Isamu.

I wonder why you'd not think of Spanner's behavior as just being honest and blunt here, because it can just get interpreted as him being a "tsundere" who wants to give a reality check to Hotaro with a standoffish front or such - as in the world is a cruel and horrible place always, no buts, thus they have to follow suit by having cold-detached traits ("becoming practical and realistic), which often get agreed upon by fandom too (like you on Michinaga but extend that as general consensus). Though lighthearted shows will have anyone on the good side being seen as always pure white, to the antagonist's pure black.... should only giving praises and no criticisms, rejecting ideas/possibility of them being in the wrong.