I'm hesitant to put the blame entirely on this.
What would happen if the episode count wasn't cut? Ark jobbing like Cronus every episode until they kill it towards the end?
An extra month of Zero-Two just being the biggest boss and Ark being the biggest loser sounds like the most likely thing to have happened. I'm sure the other riders would have also gotten some spotlight by fighting alongside Zero-Two. Ikazuchi and Naki certainly could have used it, buuuut to be honest, I also don't really care enough about either of them to think we missed out that much.Catastrophe wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:05 am What would happen if the episode count wasn't cut? Ark jobbing like Cronus every episode until they kill it towards the end?
Aruto had time to process and deal with those deaths though. I've already had to bury two of my older siblings and I can tell you that it takes more that a few minuets to bring yourself back to sanity, particularly when you know that the person who murdered your loved one is still alive just like you are.Go-On Macaroni wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:40 pm The thing is though, Aruto has suffered losses before. He lost his parents, his Robo-dad, his grandpa, and now his Robo-maid. He seemed to get past those earlier deaths and grew past them yet losing Izu is what pushes him to do this craziness? What about Izu makes it that much more of a loss than parts of his actual family other than she's the cute girl and we need Aruto to be an angry boy.
And even if it was that big of a hit to him, there are better ways to deal with the aftermath than what we got.
- Yua could've taken him away and comforted him despite Fuwa's wishes
- Or Aruto could've locked himself in Hiden whichever name it's going by at this point and whined
- Or to use examples from other media I've seen: the moment in Heartcatch Precure when Tsubomi talks Yuri down from fighting in a blind rage saying that it's not how Precure fight or what they stand for. Or Bloom Into You where Koito realizes just how broken up Nanami became from losing her sister so she chooses to rewrite the ending of the play they were working on as sort of a wake-up call to her senpai.
Taking Azu's advice and becoming a murder satellite robot isn't smart and subversive, it's immature and tragicdarkedgy.
I still don't think I'd take revenge though and I sure wouldn't take Azu's bait. If such did happen to me, chances are, I'd try to move on with my life like I've been doing and if it came down to it that I saw the person again and I couldn't avoid fighting, I'd try to just knock them out and/or tie them to a pole or something so the cops can take care of them. I'm no vigilante, anything else is beyond my jurisdiction.FangTrigger wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 9:48 amThe thought stays with you, longer than betrayal, deeper than any scar, and more damming than the worst truth you could possibly hear. Knowing that there is someone out there who took the life of someone close to you...knowing that while you and your family had to suffer mentally, emotionally, spiritually and financially to bury a loved one, they're still alive. Breathing, eating, sleeping, enjoying life in their own way, at the cost of another. You can't forgive that. You don't forgive that. And if the devil approaches you disguised as an ally and offers you a way to get revenge?
Go-On Macaroni wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:40 pm The thing is though, Aruto has suffered losses before. He lost his parents, his Robo-dad, his grandpa, and now his Robo-maid. He seemed to get past those earlier deaths and grew past them yet losing Izu is what pushes him to do this craziness? What about Izu makes it that much more of a loss than parts of his actual family other than she's the cute girl and we need Aruto to be an angry boy.