Talk:Riku Dola/@comment-32222412-20180520205102/@comment-2604:2000:1281:439D:4475:3882:C762:C285-20181231061603

I agree with OP here. OP MCs are not good- but thats not what he said at all. The point he is making is the series lacks a direct sense of progression because the characters not only don't get stronger, but CAN'T get stronger. That imanity is just auto-matically shafted for essentially no reason is a very weird aspect, especially when you consider that in most (good) fantasy settings, races are balanced by certain factors. In the movie itself we see that flugel call upon holy power, elves cast magic, and dwarves specialize in science. NGNL and the movie tries to rile you up with this sense of humanity overcoming the other races with their own special trait....which is what exactly? If you gave it just a bit of thought, it's clear that it is the person(s), not the race, in this case. Sora, Shiro, Riku are not strong or smart because they're human- they just are. It's not inspiring because what they display is not some trademark of humans that other races can't replicate.

It's good to question and pick at a series. Just because it's doing something different from other series doesn't automatically make it "good writing/2deep4u" on any level (plus, I might add that Sora and Shiro can quite easily be considered OP because of how smart they are).