Super Official Anime Discussion Thread

[pokoko]

LuckyTrouble said:

pokoko said:

That's basically what I said--"And what's with a "white knight" resorting to violence like that?"  I don't think anything you've said invalidates my criticism of his actions.

I also don't believe he walked out of the office thinking he was wrong.  He was still arguing with the maid after that.  Her words might have made him think but we don't know that.  In fact, I'm guessing he won't understand until next episode.  I bet he even says, "I didn't realize ..."

The thing is, you're criticizing character development, which I find odd. It was an opportunity to weigh his claims against his actions, highlighting the fact that despite his title, he is still basically a kid with a lot to learn. Sure, it seems out of character at first, until you realize his character is still being actively developed and that he isn't just a one dimensional white knight.

I concede the second part though to a certain degree. I'm sure by next episode, as you said, he will either realize what he did wrong as a knight either at a crucial moment, or he'll say something like "when I fought so-and-so and was easily defeated, I realized..." etc., because what is an anime like this without some predictable character development.

There was no character development.  He simply lost.  There might be character development in the next few episodes but that's only conjecture at this point.  There might also be nothing but pseudo-character development that changes nothing or even the mighty shounen "I'm never going to stop fighting for what I believe in" trope where he simply overcomes adversity by the old fashioned method of jumping several power levels after training really hard for a week.

I'm not going to not point out when a character does something stupid because of the chance they might change their minds about it in the future.  Especially with anime, where characters doing stupid things is often treated as a virtue.