Thread:RCM9698/@comment-25132749-20161215190227/@comment-29707934-20170125225019

Well, it seems weird that a race that can build an Empire across dimensions isn't capable of tracking a few people in it's own city. My guess is that it's done for player convience (obviously) but underestmating the human race is a very good in-universe explanation.

I didn't think that people would read a series just for one character that's not even that much of the story. I think that I now have a better understanding of just how much you love tsundere characters. I always operated under the assumption that you primary liked the AGK series as a whole and secondary Mine just is your favourite character.

I think that Mine displayed her personality just as well before she fell in love with Tatsumi. She only didn't show her caring side as much to Tatsumi and instead showed it more in her interactions with Sheele. I don't really think her personality as we have seen it would be much different if she didn't fall in love.

I don't really buy the argument because when he first saved her their relationship didn't change at all. She didn't treat him as agressively and arrogantly anymore after their mission together, but I think she would have done that anyway when he became a full fledged member of Night Raid and prove his worth. Mine isn't an unreasonable character after all (at least when it matters, shopping isn't included :-) ). Also, the members of Night Raid aid and save each other all the time. Tatsumi saving Mine wasn't that special. If all the member that saved each (even if you only count multiple times) other (and are of an opposite gender) fell in love it would get quite steamy in Night Raid's hideout. "However I fully agree with you that the reasons the other girls that fall in love with him have make just as little sense. I didn't even fully understabd Sheele's reason, Esdeath is insane, Leone's reason was that he saved her and was a kind person/good man or something like that. In my opinion, the only character whose romantic feelings towards Tatsumi didn't feel really forced and contrived and were decently communicated to the reader were Chelsea's (yeah, during all five chapters were she actually played an important role). You could see why she came to like Tatsumi and how it subetely changed her behaviour. It also the reason that she got killed along with Kurome's drugs. In the little time the relationship was given, it actually got some decent development (as decent as we are going to get in AGK).

If you really (almost) soley care about Mine and value her above anything else in AGK, then I get that you would like the relationship. After all it's a reason that Mine is a bit more featured during a few chapters. However even then objectively the relationship just isn't well written. They could have done a much better job in setting it up instead of just throwing it in there for a few chapters before Mine falls into a coma. I's also funny that you even found Mine since she isn't a famous or especially well-written tsundere. I guess you already know: Asuka form Neon Genesis Evangelion, Rin Tohsaka form Fate, Misaka from A Certain Scientific Index/Railgun, Chitoge from Nisekoi,... This are famous an well written tsunderes I am sure you will enjoy. With exception from Nisekoi, the series are also good (not that Nisekoi is objectively terrible, but it's romance/slice of Life both of which I generally don't like).

I do agree with you that the manga feels a bit short and some things could have taken a bit more time to set up. I also really liked it when the Night Raid were killing the corrupt officials. That was their job as assassins after all and it really made the world feel more real. It also showed their bonds with each other and explored the personalities of the Night Raid. However I wouldn't have made it much longer, maybe around 10-15 chapter or so.

I also like to see character interact but I think that to advanced technology combined with an universe of AGK isn't a good match. Clarke's third law is actually my one of my main reasons for this, especially since the scope of SG1/Star Wars/Star Trek is much bigger than regular magic. It can be combined in an interesting way as Star Wars does, but that's hard to do. If the Night Raid could use large scale magic freely, it would be a far better combination, but that's not possible in the Universe of AGK. However even then very few magic series casually deal with things like the sun blowing up as casual as science fiction does.

I certainly can see why Susanoo would be interesting for an archeologist. That could also be used as a kind of running joke. Also, I like Chelsea (and so do many other people based on the popularity poll) so I think it's a good idea to include her. It's also the period when Night Raid is at its strongest (Susanoo/Chelsea at least are equal to Bulat/Sheele and Tatsumi is much stronger during that period).