A long essay! 8D I like chapter rants, but boy do I love speculation and debate, too!
Agreed on Amano's strong points: her characters and their relationships are definitely the glue that keeps her story together, even if they are still flawed because of some bits of unrealism. On the whole, these characters are believable and three dimensional, and that's really the first thing I will ask of a story. It's especially impressive in one with so many characters.
And just as clearly, Reborn and Tsuna's relationship has always been the epicenter, even if it's not technically the main focus. The title is there to remind us of that fact, and of the paradox that is their relationship. On one hand, Reborn is a mentor, on another, he is a baby. What's interesting is that Tsuna always treated him as both of these things, which is probably another reason why he has so much trouble acknowledging Adult!Reborn. And also because of this paradox, I am not sure it's that easy for Tsuna to see Reborn as a father figure... To him, Reborn is a walking
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And this page doesn't help: as it turns out, the reason Reborn didn't want Hibari to lose to the Varia and made Dino help him instead of helping Tsuna's team, was because ultimately he wanted Hibari and Tsuna to fight each other. Again, something Tsuna doesn't want to do, because he sees Hibari as a friend. He didn't want to fight Enma again either, but Reborn wouldn't let him form an alliance with him because he reasoned it would be more productive if they remained on opposing teams.
In a strictly pragmatic way, Reborn is right. Tsuna is growing up and getting stronger. And if this keeps up, he will eventually grow into his TYL!self, the person who plotted with Hibari to bring younger versions of themselves (and the civilians that Kyoko and Haru were then) from the past to fight and win their war. I am pretty sure the current Tsuna doesn't want to become like that (heck, even Gokudera couldn't believe Tsuna would ever endanger the kids), and if TYL!Tsuna thought his younger self could handle the situation better than him, maybe he
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Agreed on Amano's strong points: her characters and their relationships are definitely the glue that keeps her story together, even if they are still flawed because of some bits of unrealism. On the whole, these characters are believable and three dimensional, and that's really the first thing I will ask of a story. It's especially impressive in one with so many characters.
And just as clearly, Reborn and Tsuna's relationship has always been the epicenter, even if it's not technically the main focus. The title is there to remind us of that fact, and of the paradox that is their relationship. On one hand, Reborn is a mentor, on another, he is a baby. What's interesting is that Tsuna always treated him as both of these things, which is probably another reason why he has so much trouble acknowledging Adult!Reborn. And also because of this paradox, I am not sure it's that easy for Tsuna to see Reborn as a father figure... To him, Reborn is a walking ( ... )
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In a strictly pragmatic way, Reborn is right. Tsuna is growing up and getting stronger. And if this keeps up, he will eventually grow into his TYL!self, the person who plotted with Hibari to bring younger versions of themselves (and the civilians that Kyoko and Haru were then) from the past to fight and win their war. I am pretty sure the current Tsuna doesn't want to become like that (heck, even Gokudera couldn't believe Tsuna would ever endanger the kids), and if TYL!Tsuna thought his younger self could handle the situation better than him, maybe he ( ... )
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