(Jun. 17, 2019  1:45 AM)DeceasedCrab Wrote: Thread's giving off kind of a creepy vibe.

(Jun. 17, 2019  1:45 AM)DeceasedCrab Wrote: Thread's giving off kind of a creepy vibe.

(Jun. 17, 2019  2:03 AM)UltimateMaster Wrote: I have a new answer. Lol.

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(Jun. 17, 2019  2:10 AM)Treyvon Wrote: What up you  practicing for June 22

(Jun. 17, 2019  1:58 AM)LOL-y Rancher Wrote: Wow, I did not expect Hikaru to be this popular and TBH... I don't get the appeal of her as a character. Don't get me wrong, if you like her then that's great but for me, she felt like wasted potential. Time for a boring and petty rant of mine, wooooosh!!!

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She had an interesting backstory and it was pretty unique to have a major female blader with a unique bey but I really hated how she's never won a single battle against major opponents after losing to Kenta (no, amateur nobodies don't count) considering her drive to win had potential. I'm not expecting a major arc for her, considering she's just a side-character but that's no excuse to make her so pathetic in battles.

And worst of all, she quit blading and became an assistant... which felt like a huge slap to my face. I know she's emotionally fragile at the worst of times so her natural response was to quit but I hated that the only major female blader in the first MFB series get thrown away. Oh and I know someone is going to say "Well, she quit blading because she doesn't want to unleash the dark power like Tsubasa did" and to that I say, they should have executed that reason better. Because you see, she quit before she knew the dangers of being infected by the dark powers and her quitting was way before Tsubasa unleashed his dark side. If she had quit blading after Tsubasa unleashed it then I can understand her having second thoughts and quitting for her own safety.

Look, I know she's well-liked with the fanbase and that's absolutely fine. But for me though, I can't stand her. She's alright at best and a huge wasted potential at worst. I will say her finest moment was when she unleashed Wind Aquario again and defeated HD Academy bladers (even if they're just worthless foot soldiers), it was pretty cool and refreshing.

Weirdly enough, even though I don't like Hikaru that much, I like Ren as a character more, despite suffering the same issues as Hikaru. She at least became more of a badass later on and helped her friends in their hour of needs.

(Jun. 17, 2019  2:36 AM)Strider Xanthos Wrote:

(Jun. 17, 2019  1:58 AM)LOL-y Rancher Wrote: Wow, I did not expect Hikaru to be this popular and TBH... I don't get the appeal of her as a character. Don't get me wrong, if you like her then that's great but for me, she felt like wasted potential. Time for a boring and petty rant of mine, wooooosh!!!

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She had an interesting backstory and it was pretty unique to have a major female blader with a unique bey but I really hated how she's never won a single battle against major opponents after losing to Kenta (no, amateur nobodies don't count) considering her drive to win had potential. I'm not expecting a major arc for her, considering she's just a side-character but that's no excuse to make her so pathetic in battles.

And worst of all, she quit blading and became an assistant... which felt like a huge slap to my face. I know she's emotionally fragile at the worst of times so her natural response was to quit but I hated that the only major female blader in the first MFB series get thrown away. Oh and I know someone is going to say "Well, she quit blading because she doesn't want to unleash the dark power like Tsubasa did" and to that I say, they should have executed that reason better. Because you see, she quit before she knew the dangers of being infected by the dark powers and her quitting was way before Tsubasa unleashed his dark side. If she had quit blading after Tsubasa unleashed it then I can understand her having second thoughts and quitting for her own safety.

Look, I know she's well-liked with the fanbase and that's absolutely fine. But for me though, I can't stand her. She's alright at best and a huge wasted potential at worst. I will say her finest moment was when she unleashed Wind Aquario again and defeated HD Academy bladers (even if they're just worthless foot soldiers), it was pretty cool and refreshing.

Weirdly enough, even though I don't like Hikaru that much, I like Ren as a character more, despite suffering the same issues as Hikaru. She at least became more of a badass later on and helped her friends in their hour of needs.

Good analysis but I can like a character and still be disappointed in their potential. I feel like a girl in the lead four would make a better protagonist and allegedly its been done and I found it somewhere on the wiki but I need to double check. Wait, Original trilogy had like 13 female balders, Metal had 6, and Burst has 4?

(Jun. 17, 2019  3:02 AM)LOL-y Rancher Wrote:

(Jun. 17, 2019  2:36 AM)Strider Xanthos Wrote: Good analysis but I can like a character and still be disappointed in their potential. I feel like a girl in the lead four would make a better protagonist and allegedly its been done and I found it somewhere on the wiki but I need to double check. Wait, Original trilogy had like 13 female balders, Metal had 6, and Burst has 4?

I don't think I've ever said that you couldn't. Of course you can still like a character in spite of their wasted potential, like I liked Kyle from Cho-Z, even though he was wasted potential overall. It's just with Hikaru, I had a lot of hope with her character and I wanted to see her succeed in the end (without being an assistant) but she just didn't click with me, with how her quitting was executed.

(Jun. 17, 2019  3:39 AM)Strider Xanthos Wrote:

(Jun. 17, 2019  3:02 AM)LOL-y Rancher Wrote: I don't think I've ever said that you couldn't. Of course you can still like a character in spite of their wasted potential, like I liked Kyle from Cho-Z, even though he was wasted potential overall. It's just with Hikaru, I had a lot of hope with her character and I wanted to see her succeed in the end (without being an assistant) but she just didn't click with me, with how her quitting was executed.

Would you have liked it if she fell to the dark side too but took a different approach into combating it?

(Jun. 17, 2019  4:35 AM)RED NINJA 0829 Wrote: There are no girls in burst that have there own distinctive beyblade, they just have random combos