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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

So wait, she's actually treated with respect and isn't covered in hearts and pink and always stands pigeon-toed or with her hands daintily out at her sides and looks totally KAAWWAAAIIIIIIII and shit?

Then she's not actually a girl. I bet the twist is she actually has a weiner. Mark my words.

While I don't agree that "real heroes" are "useless and flawed" (and I don't think you really do, either) I agree that I just like heroic heroes more often. That's why Shotaro and Kotaro are my favourite riders, because like you described, they're heroic because they do the right thing. They could both be considered "flawed" but not in a way that ever impedes them, just makes them interesting. I don't think Shotaro's ever been outwitted or bested by an enemy because of his flaws, (i.e. his over-emotional personality, which I have a hard time labelling a flaw anyway) Black hasn't, so far, been bested by an enemy period.

Even Rinko, a female detective (which is not something easy to achieve in such a male dominated career), is portrayed as a ditzy damsel in distress and it really, really pisses me off. I find her characterisation quite insulting.

Sorry, I phrased that poorly, real heroes aren't useless and flawed but the way media writes 'real' heroes is by giving them flaws and having them regularly fail. It apparently makes them more human or some shit, for me it just makes them uninteresting to watch. I don't want my superheroes to have marriage problems or drug addictions, I come to these genres for escapism.

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Yeah. Medusa is nice in that she's not some kawaii chan or stripper.
I still find her to be a bore to watch.

Boring is a word you use to describe everything in the series, I personally don't see it. Even in the worst filler episodes the action is fun, even in the worst filler episodes we at least learn one thing new about someone and honestly I think Beast made the series worse because now the plotting is really messy and unfocused.