[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Blood Stalk has certainly been entertaining, but not enough to really keep me super hooked. And while he hasn't even come close to Tsukasa levels for me, my big issues with Sento are that he comes across as a condescending prick alot of the time and that I find him to be a poorly written "smart guy" character.

Again, alot of his alleged more positive traits are delivered secondhand rather than him actually showing any of those positive traits to the people who matter or even to the audience. And half the time rather than using smarts to get out of a situation or to communicate with people, he typically just opts for brute force or relying on Misora's' simps for info.

Probably the most messed up thing was the episode where it's implied that he wrote the letter from Ryuga's' dead girlfriend to try and get Ryuga to be more "heroic." Like, people give Sogo from Zi-O crap for being manipulative. This is way worse.

At this stage, I can only advise looking further. There are many surprises, including the revelation of Sento. As for his genius, it's the same type as Iron Man (by the way, didn't he infect superheroics with the type of asshole heroes?) or Batman and is expressed in the ability to come up with a bunch of new toys. With an ordinary mind, he does not really shine. The letter seemed real to me, but I could have missed something.
By the way, is Zi-O being accused of manipulation? He is the most frank with everyone and even his uncle cannot really lie!