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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

That's not really the point of Ryu forgiving Shroud, it's that he has grown past he revenge. He got his revenge once, and he doesn't need to again. He knows she didn't mean to, she was just trying to save her child. that doesn't leave her exempt from blame, but why would he focus hatred to what is, essentially, another victim in this whole game?

I get the point, but it came too immediately. Everything that he's built his life on, after his families death, has just changed. The one truth in his life, has also become a lie, and that will shatter his entire belief system. Not only that, but the lie that has projected his life, has quite literally sent him down this path. This is an epic, character changing twist..that lasted for about five minutes.

This should have felt like a HUGE moment but what should have been a whole character arc, hell it could have filled its own show, was something that was raised and concluded, in less than a single episode. It's unnatural, and unsatisfying. The twist is so condensed, it becomes purposeless, Accel has already found himself through his arc with Weather, only to come to same conclusion all over again, but in a much weaker fashion. Honestly Shroud is one late game character this show could have done without. For me any way, you seem to dig it.

I like him as a character, a lot, but it's been a constant frustration for me that he's never really become a part of the central fabric of the cast. You can say that's the point of him, and that's your opinion, but my opinion is having a character constantly walking in and out of the narrative makes for a very unsatisfying story flow. Especially for a character who is so important. We got no sense of any kind of growth because most of what happens with Accel happens off screen, the immediate is important sure, but the long term is very important as well.

Both Phillip and Sho, get quiet moments to sit and reflect on things which allow their arcs to gain depth. Very little of Accel's character is told outside of action, and what little of it is told, only the most crucial moments happen on screen and feel flat.