Yeah, I typed up the comment as I was closing up at workm hence the lack of "s/he."
It does seem to be rather editorially dictated, doesn't it?
I think it was more touching than those scenes normally are because Yoshimori is more generally nice and sweet-and unannoying-than most shounen action leads, and his whole "I must get stronger" thing comes from the fact that she has been protecting him his whole life, and his incompetence led to her being scarred for life while protecting him.
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Date: 2008-12-03 06:41 am (UTC)It does seem to be rather editorially dictated, doesn't it?
I think it was more touching than those scenes normally are because Yoshimori is more generally nice and sweet-and unannoying-than most shounen action leads, and his whole "I must get stronger" thing comes from the fact that she has been protecting him his whole life, and his incompetence led to her being scarred for life while protecting him.