>I know everything happens, but I'm too passive to do anything about it>I spend 90% of my screentime giving philosophy lectures to JulianIt's particularly weird because he rarely reacts to anything and doesn't even change or learn anything in +50 episodes.
the author is a big fan of autistic, perfectly rational characters
Fighting for a cause they dont really believe in that much characters are hard to write and Yang is a good example of a well written one.
I really like Die neue these, is the OG just as good?
>>287452740>Fighting for a causeYou're fighting because that's your job and what you are paid and were told to do. What you "believe in" doesn't mean shit.
>highest ratedFuck you mean highest rated, is this a MAL thread?
>>287452740I like Yang, but a passive depressed bookish guy also being the most competent officer in the military doesn't seem very realistic to me. (though unrealistic != bad)
>>287452794betterOVA expands on the novel's stuff, characters are more present.E.g., in DNT/nove,l Hilda's first appearance is her coming to meet Reinhard in the wake of the civil war.In OVA, after Count Mariendorf gets kidnapped during the Kastropp rebellion, he returns to Odin, and Hilda hugs her father on her return.Small thing, but I think it adds value.
>>287452559Gary stu
>>287452740Yang believes in his cause to a fault. It's just unfortunately tied to a bureaucratic machine that he absolutely despises.
>>287453783>Gary Stu>Ruins everything for muh principles>Dies because he's a nerd that skimped on fitness
>>287454158Clearly he should have stabbed himself daily to build up a resistance.
>>287454260Or learned CQC and built up his cardio. Do you think Mashengo would've died in that situation?
>>287454383I'm told that meme about Yang pointing at Mashengo is some type of shitty joke in Japanese that is completely lost in translation.
>>287454383mashengo would have been the one doing the stabbing. >and built up his cardiI am now imagining Yang running up and down the ship puffing and panting while the assassin chases him up and down the corridor while Julian and the Rosenritter are distracted by something
>>287452559who cares. logh is mid
