I love Lavi, You Love Lavi but...

[animalboything.livejournal.com]

... does anyone think Lavi was Gary Stu'd a bit? Same as Lenalee was Mary Sue'd?

Don't get me wrong - I both love those characters immensely, but that's been bugging me for a bit. I mean, I love how powerful they are but...

Well, what do you guys think?

Note: This is brought to you by general inquiry of others thoughts, not Wank-anonymous.


Oh and totally irrelevant but is it worth spending the money for a stupid paid account so I can add me some DGM icons as I can't delete what I have now (I mean, Bjork and P.Diddy can never leave EVAR!!!). Has anyone done something like this?

Comments

[fidchell.livejournal.com]

I thought the Level 4 fight was amazing in that it had everyone come out and team up in an attempt to take it down, including characters who were only good for target practice. Kanda and Lavi didn't have their Innocence, while Komui and River were never combat-capable, but they still went out and tried to get their shot at the thing.

Most of the recent fights were one Exorcist vs. Noah/Level 3, so I missed the essence of teamwork and "We're stuck in this together." that the Level 4 carried. It's something we haven't seen since the first half of Jasdero battle, so it was really refreshing.

It was an important fight for Lenalee, sure, but it wasn't about her. Everyone was affected on a very deep level. She was merely one of the crowd.

[attaining.livejournal.com]

I definitely agree! I was really happy with the way the Lvl 4 fight turned out. It was nice to see teamwork rather than one individual saving the day. The manga had been missing that element for a while now. For me, the manga is always best when it's showing how this unfortunate situation brought them together rather than forced them apart.