No, I see what you mean! ^_^ I don't think she's a Sue, and I think a lot of Noriko-bashers can't see past 'I hate her therefore she = Sue.' I think it's not so much that Shuuya steals her focus in the actual scene as that she's only been created for Shuuya. Well, so has everyone, if what Takami said in Book 8 is right... but Noriko is created to be on Shuuya's side and be a positive thing in his life, whereas Kawada (whose purpose is also totally bound up with Shuuya's) is created to be more ambiguous and play the cynical Devil's Advocate to Shuuya's naive optimism. What does bug me with the Noriko-bashers, though, is when they complain how weak and pathetic she is and how she uses Shuuya and Kawada and can't do anything for herself, etc etc... The reason she needs them is because she is injured and has a sucky weapon. The weapon isn't her fault, and the injury is because she tried to help Yoshi, which is in no way passive or cowardly - if she weren't so perfect, I'd love her for that. And this is about to turn into a rant on the idiocy of some fans, so I'll stop ^_^
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Date: 2005-11-26 08:51 am (UTC)I think it's not so much that Shuuya steals her focus in the actual scene as that she's only been created for Shuuya. Well, so has everyone, if what Takami said in Book 8 is right... but Noriko is created to be on Shuuya's side and be a positive thing in his life, whereas Kawada (whose purpose is also totally bound up with Shuuya's) is created to be more ambiguous and play the cynical Devil's Advocate to Shuuya's naive optimism.
What does bug me with the Noriko-bashers, though, is when they complain how weak and pathetic she is and how she uses Shuuya and Kawada and can't do anything for herself, etc etc... The reason she needs them is because she is injured and has a sucky weapon. The weapon isn't her fault, and the injury is because she tried to help Yoshi, which is in no way passive or cowardly - if she weren't so perfect, I'd love her for that. And this is about to turn into a rant on the idiocy of some fans, so I'll stop ^_^