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Consistently Inconsistent
Many reviews will mention the growth that the titular character goes through, and they are right. Fu Yao starts as essentially a weak slave girl who grows into something more.
Unfortunately there is an inconsistency with that growth. She is shown to have great potential and goes through a powerup of sorts. After this powerup she is shown to be incredible impressive and easily defeats several prominent characters. Not long after this, she is forced to face off against some of these same characters that she easily subdued previously, and suddenly she needs one of the ML's to come save her. This is a prominent theme throughout the show as the story tells us how much potential she has while constantly showing us something else. She frequently needs rescuing by others, leaving a constant question "if she is so strong, why does someone always save her?". It's not all bad, as she does occasionally show signs of having her own agency, but there is a lot of forced vulnerability onto her character that doesn't fit the narrative.
Unfortunately there is an inconsistency with that growth. She is shown to have great potential and goes through a powerup of sorts. After this powerup she is shown to be incredible impressive and easily defeats several prominent characters. Not long after this, she is forced to face off against some of these same characters that she easily subdued previously, and suddenly she needs one of the ML's to come save her. This is a prominent theme throughout the show as the story tells us how much potential she has while constantly showing us something else. She frequently needs rescuing by others, leaving a constant question "if she is so strong, why does someone always save her?". It's not all bad, as she does occasionally show signs of having her own agency, but there is a lot of forced vulnerability onto her character that doesn't fit the narrative.
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