[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

You're also brushing off all the character stuff with Koyomi throughout the show, and of course she's also exactly the kind of loss you're talking about. Haruto spends the whole final arc talking about how he's definitely for sure going to save Koyomi, and then he can't.

I'd just like to say that this is a 50 episode plot that banks on the audience caring about a character that most viewers I've come across were apathetic to at best.

You have to bear in mind that the only major loss was the character that spent most scenes with a thousand yard stare, which is why it didn't have the emotional impact that the Mages' own personal stories had. The kid and his bike or the man and his child meant a lot more because, while they didn't have as much time to develop, you felt the emotion that they all exhibited.

Your defenses for Wizard aren't wrong. However, you're arguing on the basis that everyone can set aside the problems and look at the silver lining and enjoy everything that is enjoyable about it, but it's just not going to happen. Haruto comes off as bland because he's indifferent to most actions of the supporting cast, his interest in the character of the week are based simply on the fact that a Phantom is after them, and his emotional range is really weak except when it affects himself or Koyomi. Koyomi herself spends most of the series doing nothing, really, and is absent for the other half beyond a few scenes of her just sitting around, and Beast might as well be off in his own universe for how relevant he is. The villains are bland, with most people's favorite, Phoenix, just being a generic angry guy, and the endgame of the series, while a highlight, comes in too late for most people to cut the show some slack.