I hate when these shounen mangas take themselves way too seriously. If you wanna write a dumb power fantasy, just write one, but don't end up trying to write some intricate politics if you don't have the ability to do it. It always ends up with a bad aftertaste.
@cyphexada It took 26 chapters to end the prologue. And it was such an obvious prologue that probably could have been done in half that amount. All in all, it felt cheap af.
I don't have a problem with the character being a coward per se, but I do have a problem with him being a passive character, narrative wise. He never drives the story forward, we are basically watching him react to stuff around him.
Why introduce dark elements if in the end it becomes a friendship shounen power trip? I actually hate the star system in this site, I wish it was like in mangaupdates.