Inu to Yuusha wa Kazaranai - Vol. 4 Ch. 18 - Has The Sky Cleared

[KiSoulrient]

Bro what are you talking about? If someone who you believed had disappeared because of you suddenly came back and told you they were in a fantasy world, as a dumb teenager you wouldn't have reacted any better. She clearly regrets what she did right after and was sad because she believed he was trying to push her away with a lie instead of telling her the truth, which is a perfectly reasonable reaction from her perspective.

What is it with people saying that any drama no matter how warranted is bad, sometimes people have conflicts that are completely reasonable and that's fine, the story would be a complete nothing burger if their was no conflict. Neither MC or her have done anything wrong and the reason for their conflict is perfectly understandable, she also apologized almost immediately after talking with him after the fight which she would've 100% done even without seeing his magic.

The story of coming back from another word sure would sound ridiculous, fair point, if this was a normal world setup, unfortunately for the girl, she's a wizard from a wizard academy which fights demons which MC didn't even know the existence of until after returning from the other world. Plus, she knows he's capable of magic and very strong, something that as far as she knows, he somehow acquired after dissapearing. Is it so impossible for her to rationalize "hm, he dissapeared for four years and no one, not even me with my magic, was able to find a trace of his existence, then he suddenly reappeared almost so suddenly and much different, and he's now somehow even cabaple of magic and he was even stronger than some of my companions despite the fact he was never know for magic and he didnt know the existence of wizards, and now he's saying he went to another world. It's very unusual even for my magical life, but it does make sense all things considered, specially since he's really convicted on it, maybe I can believe in that for now and see if I can discover more" instead of outright denying and so convictedly call him a liar. If such stupid "misunderstanding" is need to make the story not be a nothing burger then I suppose the story is pretty boring (specially since this stupidity only lasted until he saved her ass), but that's just my thoughts

 

[SUSmaster274329]

The story of coming back from another word sure would sound ridiculous, fair point, if this was a normal world setup, unfortunately for the girl, she's a wizard from a wizard academy which fights demons which MC didn't even know the existence of until after returning from the other world. Plus, she knows he's capable of magic and very strong, something that as far as she knows, he somehow acquired after dissapearing. Is it so impossible for her to rationalize "hm, he dissapeared for four years and no one, not even me with my magic, was able to find a trace of his existence, then he suddenly reappeared almost so suddenly and much different, and he's now somehow even cabaple of magic and he was even stronger than some of my companions despite the fact he was never know for magic and he didnt know the existence of wizards, and now he's saying he went to another world. It's very unusual even for my magical life, but it does make sense all things considered, specially since he's really convicted on it, maybe I can believe in that for now and see if I can discover more" instead of outright denying and so convictedly call him a liar. If such stupid "misunderstanding" is need to make the story not be a nothing burger then I suppose the story is pretty boring (specially since this stupidity only lasted until he saved her ass), but that's just my thoughts

Some fair points, however I still don’t think her response was uncharacteristic or unreasonable. Especially for a person who’s relatively young.

I don’t mean that this specific situation was necessary for the story to be good, they could’ve done so that she believed him. However that would remove some conflict as well as not really fit her character. But as long as they come up with an interesting alternative it can still be a good story. (Although the story isn’t exactly great right now either)

My point isn’t that any criticism of the story or her as a character is wrong. It’s that people tend to jump on the opportunity to call someone a bad person when all they’ve done is understandable if not reasonable.

None of her actions make her a bad person, just a person. People can’t be perfect in reality so expecting them to be in fiction is unreasonable. Not that you did specifically, it’s just very common for characters like her to be labelled as a bad person for no good reason.