OH MY GOD, AMANO, YOU PATHETIC FUCK

[branchandroot]

*howling with absolute disbelief*

AMANO, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, YOU GOATSUCKING HACK?!

*breathing hard*

I had already realized, well before this thank you, that Amano is dedicated to making her women useless frills, to handicapping even the few who are allowed to fight, to portraying the ones who are actually reasonably strong as absolute psychopaths, to making sure that they lose to the men every goddamn time. And I had realized, well before this also, that she has rolled back character development to nearly Issue 60 levels. And it was clear that Chrome was going to be the especial victim of both these trends, for the present arc.

BUT THIS! SHE HAS ACTUALLY CONTRADICTED HER OWN ESTABLISHED FACTS. HER OWN DAMN FACTS FROM THE LAST DAMN ARC WHERE THEY WERE REALLY DAMN CRITICAL TO THE PLOT! SHE CHANGED THE FACTS TO A DEGREE THAT IS FLATLY IMPOSSIBLE TO RECONCILE WITH PREVIOUS ACTION!

I don't believe this. Even though it's Amano I'm-a-flaming-misogynist Continuity-what's-that Akira, I still can't quite believe she actually just did that!

The only bright side I can wrest out of this pathetic clusterfuck is that the present arc is now clearly and canonically AU to the rest of the manga, and I therefore have a bulletproof reason to completely ignore it.

Right. There needs to be fic. Something where Chrome meets the first Mist, one way or another, and kicks his goddamn ass.


ETA: Spoilers for most recent issue in the comments.

Comments

[branchandroot]

Yes, it's just appalling! And it's only gotten worse! I mean, even poor Gokudera got a really darn cool fight, even if he's being used for comic relief again the rest of the time. But Chrome seems to be totally out of luck.

I think you're right, really, Amano has turned Chrome into some fainting damsel in distress so she can be made into fanservice bait for adolescent boys. Come to think of it, Suzuki got messed up just as badly, and after a really promising introduction! But no. Her super power is to have her breasts get bigger. *spits with disgust*

I can recommend metisket's fic, though, she really did write a lovely "Chrome is just messing with Spade's head" fic for us!

[redfullmoon]

Pretty much. :( And I have a bad feeling that there is no such thing as a limit on how bad it can get, especially if Amano hates the female gender. Each time I read the new chapters, I just have to thank whatever divine being of writing that you and I and most people can write fanfics to correct this. Even though...it gets so GODDAMN INFURIATING that we might all have to diverge from canon because the canon now sucks like Hell.

Precisely. =A= I used to wonder if the rumors on how a lot of Japanese boys (and girls) being misogynistic were actually true (maybe it's because I met a few of them who didn't have that attitude), but looking at this...it seems so real that it hurts my spine and head.

Ah, that one. :D Indeed, that fic actually made so much more sense (not that Amano has any common sense in the first place, pfft). That and...considering how Chrome has been able to advance from a girl with no knowledge of the outer world to a Mist fighter who can fight one-on-one with the Arcobaleno Mammon in just a span of--let me get this right--a few months? Seriously, the girl has MAJOR potential--perhaps even past Mukuro's level.