#i wish i didnt have to rely on other people not because of some uwu asking for help is hard reason (like it is but that s not why

[catboyfurina]

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[dead-ghouls]

Hey I love your art~ About the thing about Shuichi. Shuichi's arc honestly didn't end after chapter 1, taking off his hat was only the beginning of his arc imo, he was at his lowest point in chapter 2. Every chapter he gets more assertive and independent. Let's be honest, Shuichi in chapter 4 is different compare himself in chapter 2. I believe he grew as a person thorough the game but his problems never 100% solved. But it's okay if you found him boring though~

Heya! Thank you!Firstly, please take my writing w a grain of salt and please dont take offence to it;; I do not hate, like actually hate Shuichi. He’s nice and funny as fuck when you explore tiny things he does, and im really passionate about expanding his character. I do hate how he was handled, I have v3 writing overall and believe they couldve done better. I also might be wrong about some things, because it takes time for me to analyze stuff and I havent done any research besides playing the game. Now you may proceed uwu Yeah I can get behind that - he’s not completely the same person as he was in the begining, but whatever happened to him wasn’t really remarkable? He was way dependent on Kaito (and I wouldnt mind that if Kaito was good motivation, but all he did was annoy me and yell “believe”) and his problem in ch 1 was that he was afraid to find out the truth because it only filled him with regret. It happened in his past. Then it happened in ch 1 and it was supposed to inspire him as Kaede told him to stop being afraid. Yet ch 2 comes and he has the same dilemma. Then, in ch 4 he finds out the truth, of course it hurts but he’d deal with it, BUT Kaito blames him for finding the truth and wouldnt speak to him, making him regret it again. Then in ch 5 it happens once more, he regrets that he could go past the bluff and wishes he’d follow along with the trap. 

I know that he becomes more confident (though I’d argue he’s become independent, he just switched from relying on Kaede to relying on Kaito; and again, its not a bad thing, some people just need that and its okay) but the whole theme of his character in ch1 was “i am afraid of finding out the truth, it only brings despair” and he havent moved past that. He either regretted to find out the truth or other people blamed him for doing so. The only trial when he wasnt like that was ch3 when pretty much everyone was “welp off you go my friend”.Compared to previous MCs he’s very,very weak despite him being the first MC who has an actual talent.Naegi has his positive attitude and bad luck of being framed for murder twice (plus aside of becoming ultimate hope, most of his growth can be seen in udg, sdr2 and dr3), even without considering Hinata’s ~lore~ he still has a strong personality: he’s cocky and roasts his friends to hell and back and he acts confident (though its not actually true, he does comes off like that at the first glance)Compared to them he doesnt have much. He changed, because well duh, the plot progressed and he had to adapt to changes, but none of his issues that were presented in the begining were solved. Plus I found him boring not only because of his lack of development, his character overall wasnt strong enough for a MC. Like he was just there. His replies or reactions to situations didnt add anything, when Hinata actually participated in convos, they evolved, he delievered the punchlines, other characters acknowledged his personality (calling his attitude spiky or talking abt his skills of communicating w other people, making them open up).Shuichi has underdeveloped angst, his submissive attitude (that could have been explored more, but im glad we at least got a couple gags out of) and fanservice he doesnt know what to do with.