User blog comment:B214/side series/@comment-5916303-20150204121324/@comment-12511635-20150215082105

Tatsumi should have let Aria live despite the fact she tortured and murdered his friends for no reason other than her insane belief they are just cattle? The only sociopaths in this series are Syura, Borick  and Champ who serve the Empire. Tatsumi became an assassin because he was informed his village was suffering because Honest's corruption something one of the guards told him about from the beginning. Run's conflict was more interesting because he recognized the Empire is corrupt and he chose to reform it from within but he acknowledges he could have become a revolutionary. The tragic part is he is killed by someone who is indoctrinated by that corruption. Wave's inner conflict is tedious since he is uncomfortable about the evil he observes but does not do much about it. He defeated Syura but it was Esdeath and Run who helped cause Wild Hunt's deaths and disbandment through action and investigation. His perspective of the Emprie being reformed is naive and his message to anybody suffering because of Honest's policies: We apologize you have to die today, I promise we will change things soon.