It's especially worse when we're obviously supposed to side with the kunoichis cuz they're the "good guys" (not to mention character design, cute grills vs ugly crazy old man) but we've been told enough about how awful and inhumane shirunin training is that it's hard to root for them when their rationale for revenge is "u killed our kind senpai"This series has reinforced to me the importance of establishing an emotional connection with characters.
If you show two people fighting and I don't care about either, I feel nothing.
I genuinely don't think the author even intends fo us to side with anyone. None of these people are even fighting for anything worthwhile. Characters just pop in and out with no buildup or staying power. I'd bet most of the audience doesn't even know who's who half the time.It's especially worse when we're obviously supposed to side with the kunoichis cuz they're the "good guys" (not to mention character design, cute grills vs ugly crazy old man) but we've been told enough about how awful and inhumane shirunin training is that it's hard to root for them when their rationale for revenge is "u killed our kind senpai"
I can see your point when the readers are stupid.I genuinely don't think the author even intends fo us to side with anyone. None of these people are even fighting for anything worthwhile. Characters just pop in and out with no buildup or staying power. I'd bet most of the audience doesn't even know who's who half the time.
TF do you mean? Igarashi is fucking great. You don't root for him because he's a good person, you root for him because he's fucking crazy and you want to see what he'll pull next. And it'll just make his death all the more interesting.It's especially worse when we're obviously supposed to side with the kunoichis cuz they're the "good guys"