1 episode, ppl had to wait 20 years for one episode.
In general, thematic payoff Is not character arc, and a narrative payoff, a symbolic payoff for a character is not character development if the work wasn't done to justify it. A spectacle is not a pivot point for Orihime, no more than Deku's fights changed him as a person.
A character can be an anchor, a fixed point, a symbol, but a fixed point is stagnant, they don't get development. Things happen around them, they change the world, yet they remain static.
Whether or not that works depends on if you prefer a character with depth that resembles an actual person, or a plot device with a name & backstory.
It's important to know both the difference, and the limitations of characters like that.
- Could've easily modeled Inoue's power after Susan Storm (defensive type, yet most powerful of the four) and had her be prominent & gentle still.
It being "the point" doesn't mean, "it works". (MHA fans vomited that excuse for years)
If this was Rey (not a fan, also poorly written), Chibi would likely be complaining or other grifters would cry mary sue, but since the goonable pretty anime girl does it, now all of a sudden Orihime is a great character after 20 years of neglect, selective action & passivity.
If the her limiter or block justifies it not being random, then that's not a mechanic, that's her ability waiting for permission, then she's a narrative wildcard aka an Eri or an Alluka, a plot device.
🚨so when hundreds of episodes for us (not the characters chronologically) justifies her limits & her not being a mary sue, allegedly. But 20 years of stagnation & de-prioritization is a good thing simultaneously because it hasn't been 20 years for them lmfao, that isn't a problem because this was "the point". Cake being had and eaten simultaneously. r/bonk
Im glad ppl are enjoying it, could be worse, so much worse. But this is an embarrassment for someone on payroll and for a character thats been there since day 1.
This is like Katara's very basic Book 1 "Waterbending Scroll" development happening in Book 3, but that's not a problem because that was "the point", that was the story they wanted to tell, as if being the author makes you an exception to making bad decision with the story. It being yours, means you can't fail because it's your story. WRONGO.👁👄👁
And despite her not having much combat experience, Orihime "trained" with some blokes, so that means she's not a mary sue, yet with no legitimate combat application to base her feats on, she's able to refute one of the most powerful players. So she can't be a traditional fighter to preserve her gentle nature, yet because of her benching, she doesn't have the XP to justify this. It's not just training, it's experience, scars, blisters.
Can't have it both ways.
📌If this was the story he wanted to tell, & we just have to accept it? What this actually says is she wasn't a priority for 20 years >> not that he was necessarily cooking for 20 years.
Because what happened wasn't extraordinary, it was relatively basic for a painfully simple character.
this is what happens in plot-driven stories, typical shonen, but ppl want to force labels like "character development" into it so the wait can mean something. It was the same way with My Hero, can't have it both ways family.
On kubos part, this is a bizarre way to coddle a character, because being too capable, her being too good at something somehow threatens their innocence.
It's a telling misunderstanding of human complexity on the author's part. "
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