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Originally Posted by Omnikaiser

On paper that's something I would like. to see goofy Mei being a swordswoman and all.
But the more I think about it, the more I'm remembering Rintaro training in Liberation to be able to withstand the power of a full combo and the struggles of Touma at first (being exhausted and all).

There is no way they can make Mei wield Ikazuchi without breaking my suspension of disbelief and what being a swordman/rider in this universe means or asks you to become one.

If they had her just pick up Ikazuchi and instantly be as good as the others with no backlash, yeah that would be hard to swallow. But remember, Touma started out with no sword skill either (in fact if you go back to the discussion thread for the first episode, there's people expressing the same disbelief about him!), and honestly still isn't that good compared to the others, but he learned and grew stronger pretty quickly. So it doesn't seem out of the question for Mei to go through a similar growth. All she'd really need is a good training montage, possibly using Liberation, and to show her still getting used to it in her first couple fights.

And an "inexperienced squire becoming a full-fledged knight" character arc would fit perfectly with Saber's tone and themes. Touma has a bit of that going on, but it's minor compared to his quest to save Luna and his destiny to obtain power, so it would be neat to see Mei have more focus on that.