Y-San
Shinki
Next you'll be decrying One Piece because stretching your limbs as if they were made of rubber is impossible?
Though it does kinds suck as an arc, it is all explained later and after the build up over the course of 8 volumes, the first battle arc is a nice pay off. Though I didn't think the comedy was that bad. It wasn't laugh out loud funny but it was amusing to read. Besides, it is aimed at an age group who may not be able to appreciate character development so quickly or sudden twists and turns. I mean, look a Heart catch Precure. The character development is noticeable but very slow like reborn. It's also targeted at a young age group but at the same time both are written in such a way that they don't treat the viewer or reader like a complete idiot. However just because the writing is consistent doesn't mean that it is written for an older audience, so of course it's not going to meet your expectations. Unless you're seriously telling that the majority of prose aimed at young adults and children is or should be complex enough that older readers too could feel satisfied in the same way they would reading say something by Shakespeare.
If anything, Reborn is good example of shonen comedy, it has an a nice variety of characters that clash in such a way that it's possible to create all kinds of amusing situations, quite easily. Further more, it's not too far fetched in some respects, before Reborn's arrival, Tsuna like many readers, is just an average school boy with his own problems. Creating a character in that kind of setting right away creates something the target audience can relate with.
But at the same time, children also like to pretend and imagine and play games. I mean, what child doesn't want to pretend at some point, that they're the superhero they saw on TV last night or the hero in the last story they were told.
It's by no means dangerous for a child to try and imitate the 'dying will' nor is it impossible thanks to their imagination. They don't care much about whether Reborn is 5 or 50, if they can relate to the character and find him amusing (which is important in a comedy) then the author already has the most important aspects covered.
So if you're going to tell me that Reborn is bad by any stretch because it's slightly formulaic or because of the slow development then I dare suggest that you are the one who is mistaken.
(That said, I would like to say that for the record, this doesn't mean I'm a fan of Reborn by any stretch)
Though it does kinds suck as an arc, it is all explained later and after the build up over the course of 8 volumes, the first battle arc is a nice pay off. Though I didn't think the comedy was that bad. It wasn't laugh out loud funny but it was amusing to read. Besides, it is aimed at an age group who may not be able to appreciate character development so quickly or sudden twists and turns. I mean, look a Heart catch Precure. The character development is noticeable but very slow like reborn. It's also targeted at a young age group but at the same time both are written in such a way that they don't treat the viewer or reader like a complete idiot. However just because the writing is consistent doesn't mean that it is written for an older audience, so of course it's not going to meet your expectations. Unless you're seriously telling that the majority of prose aimed at young adults and children is or should be complex enough that older readers too could feel satisfied in the same way they would reading say something by Shakespeare.
If anything, Reborn is good example of shonen comedy, it has an a nice variety of characters that clash in such a way that it's possible to create all kinds of amusing situations, quite easily. Further more, it's not too far fetched in some respects, before Reborn's arrival, Tsuna like many readers, is just an average school boy with his own problems. Creating a character in that kind of setting right away creates something the target audience can relate with.
But at the same time, children also like to pretend and imagine and play games. I mean, what child doesn't want to pretend at some point, that they're the superhero they saw on TV last night or the hero in the last story they were told.
It's by no means dangerous for a child to try and imitate the 'dying will' nor is it impossible thanks to their imagination. They don't care much about whether Reborn is 5 or 50, if they can relate to the character and find him amusing (which is important in a comedy) then the author already has the most important aspects covered.
So if you're going to tell me that Reborn is bad by any stretch because it's slightly formulaic or because of the slow development then I dare suggest that you are the one who is mistaken.
(That said, I would like to say that for the record, this doesn't mean I'm a fan of Reborn by any stretch)
