Thread:RCM9698/@comment-25132749-20161215190227/@comment-29707934-20170123222353

Well, seeing them search for allies is a good idea. It also sounds that the power is much better balanced that way. The noblesdeath would indeed be even more ironic if his own attitude would get him killed. However, the cruelty of the Combine isn't as effectively shown this way if the nobles attitude is a big part of what gets him killed. It depends on which you find more important.

I really don't have an opinion about the Combine advisers, do what you think makes for the better story. As a compromise you could say that some mysterious creatures who control society live in the tower. That way you hint at their presence but leave them shrouded in mystery. Since most of AGK takes place in the capital, the geographic changes don't matter that much. It does complicate the location of the Night Raid's base.

Probably Mine was just drawn with a katana before the writer decided to give her a gun instead. I am now going to explain what I meant when I said that their relationship came out of nowhere and was barely explained. First of all, I don't have anything against this pairing (I really don't care about pairings unless they make no sense like EsdeathXTatsumi). My main problem is that the romace is extremely sloppely written, especially the proces of them falling in love. For example with KuromeXWave they are close and "special" to each other since the beginning. They are rarely seen apart exept when Tatsumi is around and Wave has to go with him. You can also gradually see their feeling develop. Mine just suddenly makes a 180 degree turn and falls in love with Tatsumi at the end of chapter 38 (because he saved her, I guess). Before that she is one of the members Tatsumi interacts the least with (he is closer to: Leone, Akame, Bulat, Lubbock, Sheele, Susanoo and Chelsea when you factor in her limited apparences). She then suddenly becomes extremely infatuated with him. However, It's his side of the romance that I find the actual problem. He really doesn't show any extra attention to Mine before they start dating. He doesn't show much either physical (Leone, he likes her oversized"personality") or emotional (Akame, close friends) special attraction to her unless pressured by an situation (by which I mean that if a girl suddenly undresses before me, I would probably blush but it wouldn't be a romantic moment). Even when she confessess he is like "oh, even you finally see my value". Their (brief) relationship itself isn't very developed either, it's mostly other characters telling us they are in love or would make for a good couple (a VERY lazy plot device). The only moment I found genuinly romantic on Tatsumi's side is his thoughts when Mine came to save him (awesome scene, my favourite Mine moment by far). Then all of a sudden he declares "marry me Mine". Again, that's some very lazy writing on the romance part. It's not like the author can't write a convincing relationship. The development of Akame's and Tatsumi's (completely platonic, they don't have to end up together because they are the main male and female characters) relationship for is well done and shows significant events that makes them such close friends (her concern, saving him, their vow to kill each other,...). Even Chelsea's feelings and their relationship shows some evolution and the growing of her feelings. I also don't see the big reason for their relationship. Is it just because they had to give Mine a reason to save Tatsumi and make her coma more of a tragedy? In the anime their relationship seemed just there to make Mine's death more emotional. WaveXKurome did at least play a significant role in the characters fates and motivations. I just find it a shame that romance is often forced into nearly any story where it doesn't belong and is then lazely written to boot. For me AGK would be just as good or even better without a forced romance or with a romance with some more development.

You could say the the SCG doens't want to use a nuke after the pleas of some civilians or thanks to Najenda's political skills. Since the technology is so advanced in SG, it would indeed be a good idea to increase the powers of the AGK characters.