Haha, I guess that's where my overall inexperience with Fate anything hurts me. I don't like that Matou douchebag at all, but I'm ignorant of everything you mention, so it doesn't hit me quite as hard ...
Yeah, I've heard others complain about that as well. Admittedly, his character has definitely taken a hit from the lack of screen time; his scenes this season have basically been limited to him howling curses at Tohsaka, falling off bridges, and being trolled by Kotomine. >_>;
But I think a lot of people who read the VN (myself included) immediately sympathized with Kariya. Sakura and her crappy life are so central to fate/stay night, and the rest of the Matous are such douchebags, that many people automatically liked him and wanted him to succeed, yet knew he wouldn't. So yeah, my heart went out to him through each and every dumbass mistake he made. ^^;;
Baron of Terribad (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/30/12 | Reply
The big problem I have with this episode is that the series hasn't developed Kariya to as great an extent as the other major players, so I never really cared about his storyline. Thus, this whole affair left me cold. I did lol at Kotomine being such a bastard, though.
Shinmaru
Baron of Terribad (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/30/12 | Reply
@bellpickle:
Haha, I guess that's where my overall inexperience with Fate anything hurts me. I don't like that Matou douchebag at all, but I'm ignorant of everything you mention, so it doesn't hit me quite as hard ...
Love thy Evangelion.
bellpickle
Pickle of the Year (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/30/12 | Reply
@Shinmaru:
Yeah, I've heard others complain about that as well. Admittedly, his character has definitely taken a hit from the lack of screen time; his scenes this season have basically been limited to him howling curses at Tohsaka, falling off bridges, and being trolled by Kotomine. >_>;
But I think a lot of people who read the VN (myself included) immediately sympathized with Kariya. Sakura and her crappy life are so central to fate/stay night, and the rest of the Matous are such douchebags, that many people automatically liked him and wanted him to succeed, yet knew he wouldn't. So yeah, my heart went out to him through each and every dumbass mistake he made. ^^;;
Shinmaru
Baron of Terribad (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/30/12 | Reply
The big problem I have with this episode is that the series hasn't developed Kariya to as great an extent as the other major players, so I never really cared about his storyline. Thus, this whole affair left me cold. I did lol at Kotomine being such a bastard, though.
Love thy Evangelion.