Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon - Vol. 18 Ch. 169 - Lucoa and Tezca
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Thanks for the chapter, /a/non.
One of them, but the most overt so far. Like the last time I remember (her (play)fighting with Tooru), she exhibited something profoundly impressive: even if she puts someone down in extreme fashion, she ensures that only the object of her action is truly affected--and exactly the way she wants. With Tooru, Lucoa erected a barrier and flattened her; with everyone (apparently) standing between her and Tezcatlipoca, she duplicated the space she was in, separated it from the original while lifting every one (almost--I didn't see Yutarama, and I don't know who's stuck in the wall; maybe Takiya) of those people from that original, and then OHKOd them all.
Everyone else has to worry--if they care--about collateral effects/damage. What Lucoa did is a symbol of ultimacy.
I forgot one thing: Tezcatlipoca's expression, along with her body language, tells me that she's much more interested in avoiding another death at Lucoa's hands than she is honest about what she's telling Lucoa. She has an enormous amount to answer for...but this is the era in which JP manga-style artists insist--and everyone senseless accepts--that hard and sharp eyes are not only beautiful, but indicative of something other than aggression/antipathy they've been known to signal since time immemorial.
It's also common for JP authors to bend over backwards to absolve "girls" like Tezcatlipoca (she doesn't even look like one, save the hairstyle and JK outfit), even as they put girls like Lucoa through the wringer or worse.
One of them, but the most overt so far. Like the last time I remember (her (play)fighting with Tooru), she exhibited something profoundly impressive: even if she puts someone down in extreme fashion, she ensures that only the object of her action is truly affected--and exactly the way she wants. With Tooru, Lucoa erected a barrier and flattened her; with everyone (apparently) standing between her and Tezcatlipoca, she duplicated the space she was in, separated it from the original while lifting every one (almost--I didn't see Yutarama, and I don't know who's stuck in the wall; maybe Takiya) of those people from that original, and then OHKOd them all.
Everyone else has to worry--if they care--about collateral effects/damage. What Lucoa did is a symbol of ultimacy.
The funny thing about Lucoa is related to something I saw in a past thread: I saw someone describing her as a one-note character. No attention was paid by that person (or the doubtless countless who voiced the same or similar sentiments) to what you said above, from her extreme power to the neutral positioning she adamantly maintains that it allows her, and from that to the conflicts of conscience her stance creates back to what her power means in the context of her connection with Shouta.
All of this means that there's as much to Lucoa as there is to any of the other main characters--if not more, due to her positioning in the setting; nevertheless, she's denigrated as described above or worse. It can't just be because she's got some of the biggest boobs in the cast--because most dragon girls in the story have big busts. It can't be because of the lewdness, because every one of the main dragon girls--without exception--has at least waxed sexual to some degree with her companion, even forcibly (though not to completion).
The one thing that sets Lucoa apart is the fact that she is busty, and she is possessed of long hair, but she generally has a soft expression (specifically her eyes) with a demeanor to match. This is why people such as those you're referring to "forget"--that is to say, if they're actually forgetting and not just intentionally ignoring the facts out of spite.
All of this means that there's as much to Lucoa as there is to any of the other main characters--if not more, due to her positioning in the setting; nevertheless, she's denigrated as described above or worse. It can't just be because she's got some of the biggest boobs in the cast--because most dragon girls in the story have big busts. It can't be because of the lewdness, because every one of the main dragon girls--without exception--has at least waxed sexual to some degree with her companion, even forcibly (though not to completion).
The one thing that sets Lucoa apart is the fact that she is busty, and she is possessed of long hair, but she generally has a soft expression (specifically her eyes) with a demeanor to match. This is why people such as those you're referring to "forget"--that is to say, if they're actually forgetting and not just intentionally ignoring the facts out of spite.
I forgot one thing: Tezcatlipoca's expression, along with her body language, tells me that she's much more interested in avoiding another death at Lucoa's hands than she is honest about what she's telling Lucoa. She has an enormous amount to answer for...but this is the era in which JP manga-style artists insist--and everyone senseless accepts--that hard and sharp eyes are not only beautiful, but indicative of something other than aggression/antipathy they've been known to signal since time immemorial.
It's also common for JP authors to bend over backwards to absolve "girls" like Tezcatlipoca (she doesn't even look like one, save the hairstyle and JK outfit), even as they put girls like Lucoa through the wringer or worse.
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