With Akito and Ren, I never got the 'sympathetic' angle so much as the 'seriously fucked up and kinda (in Akito's case) flat-out unable to connect/comprehend emotionally and empathically in normal ways'. I had a weird kind of pity for her--I mean, your mom hates you, you're kept totally isolated and brainwashed with the knowledge that these people are born for you (and the bond goes both ways, even if the power doesn't) and grow up totally emotionally and socially stunted and fucked over--but never really got attached to her. Takaya just did her job too well in earlier volumes.
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Date: 2008-09-24 05:22 am (UTC)