Thread:WarriorMan199456/@comment-30589841-20180523001420

(I know, I know. I messaged you three hours ago. This came on my mind and I wanted to share as soon as possible)

Okay, I'll admit. At first, I wasn't so invested into his character. I honestly didn't give a fuck about him and just kept, because I was interested in how powerful Solar!Issei would get.

However, as I read the chapters over and over, I began to be more and more interested into the character. Honestly, when I looked at all the contradicting dialog he makes I thought a lot of things. First, I believed you were incompetent and you were making plot holes. Then, I thought you were purposely making him unlikeable. Finally, however, after rereading chapters 61 and 62(+45 and 58) I slightly began to see him as less of Issei's final test, and more as a tragic figure. At first it was mere speculations on why he acted this way, but eventually I got so invested that I wished to write down my own ideas.

The inclusion of Amatsu-Mikaboshi helped sparkle my interest for both him and her as well. To me, the characters were too linearly written, too hard to understand, too unhuman-like, yet, somehow, I could see a lot of human characteristics in Ameno's persona. Not humanistic, but still human-like.

Long story short: My opinion on him has shifted from: 'just a dumb asshole' to 'a one-dimensional villain' to 'an insane and even tragic figure'.

In the first chapters of his debut, he appeared as this sort of malevolent figure of a pure villain, who stood proud and seemed unbeatable, but then, for the majority of the chapters following he was doing nothing but literally biting the dust.

Also, one more thing I love about him: I've come to see him and Solar!Issei as characters that personaficate two opposing ideals. Solar!Issei- Shyness and innocence, Ameno- Pride and misjudgment. 