Anonymous asked:

Is there a character in the Gachaverse in Taimanin you think has overstayed her welcome?

That's not so much of a problem anymore. In TABA, you could get so incredibly sick of Lilim and Minasaki, or obnoxious characters like Lune, who didn't fit in with the tone of the series whatsoever. There was a point where they were suddenly trying to make characters like Lune or Shisui very important, regardless of how much sense it made, or how well they fit in. To me, it always seemed to speak to the fact that they were proceeding without any kind of long-term plan. Like with most of Fuuma's decisions, these characters would become regulars all of a sudden just because the plot said so.

The situation is slightly different with RPGX, which has a different tone, feel and setting. The original characters often feel like they've been shoved rather awkwardly into events, either to promote the current units, or to remind people about their existence. However, this makes it feel more like the school/world has an expanded cast of recurring characters, so when they are included, it doesn't seem so clumsily contrived. (What does feel clumsily contrived is that every single one of them wants Fuuma's dick.)

The major thing that happens nowadays is that the writers will fall in love with a character and their gimmick (such as Mai, with her paper powers), or a small group of background characters (such as Clone Asagi and her hodgepodge of freeloaders), and the events will then focus inordinately on them for months afterward. Fortunately, they seem to rotate between these sort of things often enough for it to only become mildly annoying.