[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

This is maybe one of my bigger issues with the show right now? He just has nothing going for him -- he's got nothing interesting going for him as a character; he has no actual relationships with any character aside from maybe Sophia; his motivation is "I'm crazy" and he feels so thematically detached from like anything going on. About the only thing I'll give him is that his actor occasionally gives an entertaining performance, but it's still dragged down by the script.

I've got a lot of issues with Saber beyond that - in particular I'm finding it hard to connect with, uh, any character? - but I think he and trident boy are the worst offenders.

And here's one thing to make it all even worse: They have the perfect setup for this character, even mention it on the show, but muster no effort to flesh it out.

He was born in a line of "Masters", was forced to become something he never wanted to be. From a young age he was forcefully molded against his will. That is such a cool motivation for a villain, a child that just wanted to be happy and explore his own personality but was denied all of this simply because of his heritage.

What this show needed was maybe re-model the little boy dragon arc (which I love by the way, that whole setup for Elemental Dragon was great), and instead have Touma meet a little child in his dreams that grows older throughout every dream.

At first he meets a cheerful little kid that slowly becomes gloomier before aging into a teen who appears to be capable and kind but shows cracks through the facade, keep that whole thing going until eventually Touma realizes he saw fragments of Master Logos' life whose echoes were left in Wonder World or something.

Like, you have all the tools to make this character good, or at least interesting. The actor isn’t at fault, he's clearly capable. He's good at being a psycho, but only being a psycho gets old very quickly.

Honestly at this point Bacht of all things is the most compelling villain this show has. Okay yes, I really like his actor, but they at least gave him a proper backstory and try to interact with him in ways other than "I’m going to hit you with my sword real hard". The scene in this episode were Mei plays "ambassador of humanity" with her cute art pins and all was great.

But as I said earlier, I hope the Megid come into play again because even though they are a bit on the one-dimensional side, their status as former... guardians of Wonder World I think? Or at least among the first humans to enter it? I forgot. Anyway, that connection alone makes them more interesting than Master of Logos.

Also, Trident Boy has one thing going for him: When he was standing by all the atrocities being planned without remorse but rebelled as soon as bad guy was like "I’m not Master Logos anymore", that was kind of great. Reminds me of the "You’re fired!"-line from Robocop and such, I like that. And unlike Master Logos they’re clearly setting up more character development for him and his sister.