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>>21671752
>How did you feel about the Ryoka chapters in this volume?
>They were among my favourites, probably because she was kinda filling the role of Erin, but the amount of people saying that they absolutely hated her chapters has been kinda jarring.
>Sure, they were a bit too self-indulging, but I don't think that's enough reason to completely disregard her POV.

TWI shill here, returning from a major break from sffg.

Ryoka was genuinely horrible in V8. It felt like Pirateaba had no idea what to do with her character arc, so we got her looping into what she'd done before. More of Ryoka being a mess, flanderized to the extreme. She's not the only character that got flanderized, but her entire time at Aliendamus was hard to get through. Not that the story was necessarily horrible, but her character was. The scene where she discussed 'ethics' of eating people with Lucifen was particularly offensive as Ryoka, the only main character that's actually supposed to think about things, was unable to provide any argument and instead listened like a toddler. Fuck that noise.

The Tyrion thing was an entire shitfest on its own. Bending to the fanbase in the worst way possible and 'de-aging' Tyrion was just laughable, how is that supposed to help about age difference? Their 'will-they-won't-they' got old fast, especially considering the role Tyrion played earlier in the story. Ryoka went from a character with a strong moral backbone into a wet noodle that suddenly didn't care about evil nobles abusing their powers.

I'm the main TWI shill, but trust me guys, I could rant about Volume 8 an entire day without stoping.
Not that I don't love the story, but Pirateaba proved that they are unable to handle a story this big and readers need to adapt their expectations to what we're getting.

>>21651222
Someone who likes vol 1 Ryoka? That's rare.