Oh, I understand all the meaning behind most everything in the series, I just had a hard time getting around the fact that he was entirely one dimensional the entire series. You can basically take episode one Shu and compare him to episode thirteen Shu and find they are the exact same, no character development. The rest of it was handled pretty well, not shying away from the brutality of some of the themes and such, I just have a hard time getting over Shu's character.
When I have certain expectations of a show, based on what I've been told of the themes and such, I tend to not be able to forgive a lack of character development like that, especially when I know the people handling the show can do it considering what they did with Sara's character. In other genre's, or anime with other themes, I can forgive the lack of character development, or a main character being one dimensional...
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I just can't get over them having his ONLY answer to anything he said, mostly to Sara, be "It'll be ok!", even after she got raped, had to kill a guy, watched the town that took her in and was taking care of her get slaughtered and enslaved, he still goes "It'll be ok!". That could have been handled much better.
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I just feel how they handled Shu detracted too much from the overall show personally for me to find it as powerful, moving, and enjoyable as a lot of others seem to find it.
When I have certain expectations of a show, based on what I've been told of the themes and such, I tend to not be able to forgive a lack of character development like that, especially when I know the people handling the show can do it considering what they did with Sara's character. In other genre's, or anime with other themes, I can forgive the lack of character development, or a main character being one dimensional...
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I just can't get over them having his ONLY answer to anything he said, mostly to Sara, be "It'll be ok!", even after she got raped, had to kill a guy, watched the town that took her in and was taking care of her get slaughtered and enslaved, he still goes "It'll be ok!". That could have been handled much better.
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I just feel how they handled Shu detracted too much from the overall show personally for me to find it as powerful, moving, and enjoyable as a lot of others seem to find it.