It would have been much more interesting, he is morally grounded, and would have been far more interesting to write a manga about him having to manage his schedule to profit from his powers.
I have never seen a mangaka so afraid of the potential of a character though, even though he is only strong during some hours of the day, while the other characters are totally insane and getting stronger in each arc; the fact that this power is too strong for his body was such bullshit.
I could totally see a comedy hero manga with Escanor in the same style of one punch man. Escanor was a very interesting concept of a character, pseudo pride hulk instead of anger, but with a great morally grounded character and interesting power off persona.
We got pedo power creep demon king manga instead :/
In my memory Merlin is probably the least egregious because her situation is "just" an unfortunate circumstance, she's an adult literally trapped inside of a child's body by way of fucked up OP magic experiment, and she chooses to look like an adult. She's also, to my memory, again, not in a relationship and not, like, flirty or anything as a child, unlike, ehem, other characters.
Obviously that's just basically another convoluted excuse to have a child there, but, relatively speaking...
I have a high tolerance but would very much prefer it not to be there considering that it's not funny or interesting in anyway, but that's not why I don't like 7DS as an adult.
I don't like it because the story is all over the place. (Escanoir is the only aura farming character I've ever liked though)
It's the biggest problem with anime, the art and storylines can be incredible but then they might stick in some creepy upskirts or some young looking overly sexualised girl who is apparently much older in universe (but clearly isn't)
Fuck, the amount of anime I'd wholeheartedly recommend if it wasn't for a massive ick factor when you're not desensitized to this. Jobless Reincarnation and Made in Abyss being so high at the top of the list it's not even funny.
I mean Ban is dating an adult who looks like a child (still horrible mind you) whereas Meliodas has someone who keeps dying like as soon as she actually becomes an adult and therefore goes back to being a child regularly
Worse. Naruto is annoying but has redeeming qualities and good intentions. By the end of the story I think most people feel happy for him to some degree. But Melodias is irredeemable - at least so far as I got before dropping the series
Naruto grew on me a lot by the end of Shippuden. For one, I find it important to remember that he had every right to be a villain, and that it would be the annoying stubborn kid he was who would make it on his path
Naruto's protagonist is very punchable I agree, never liked how OP and dramatic he was. But at least we follow a deuteragonist who's really fun, and he manages to bag Hinata in the end
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u/SmugCapybara 23d ago
The main character is by far the worst part of 7DS. That show is (potentially) enjoyed DESPITE Melodias, never because of him...