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AndwhatIseeisme posted:The Kyoto arc of Kenshin is probably in my top 5 best shonen arcs ever, but I don't know if I'll ever be able to read it again without a little voice in the back of my head reminding me that Misao is totally his fantasy underage waifu insert. That relationship between her and Aoshi is even creepier now, knowing what we do. I don't know. Speaking strictly from the manga as I didn't watch the anime. I always thought that Misao and Aoshi are just playing the age old trope of the impulsive teenage girl with a crash on the too-cool-for-school older guy that's a staple for every other shoujo manga from that period. While sometimes the boy and girl do get together, I think this is the type where Aoshi treats her like a little sister, her crash is tolerated, but unrequited. All fitting in with his cool guy image. Aoshi has a cool design, but his entire purpose in the series is to be a hurdle to jump over. After his first big battle with Kenshin, I thought he basically stopped having any character growth or even a personality, and I feel like I can hear Watsuki grinding his gear to think up a way to make Aoshi come back for the Kyoto chapter because he loved the character so much. Not to excuse Watsuki for anything, but once you are aware of what he's done, it's hard not see the series through colored lenses and start cherry picking evidences and making connections that really didn't exist.
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I didn't know that Misao was supposed to be even younger, I guess we should thank the editor for keeping Watsuki in check here. But Misao was an important character in Kyoto arc, aside from bringing Aoshi back into the plot, she makes good comedic duo with Yahiko and the only female character on Kenshin's side for a while until Kaoru shows up much later. I still believe that Kenshin can be evaluated independently from the action of its creator. I didn't think the manga has a creepy vibe toward the minor characters when I first read it many years ago. Perhaps I will see a creepy undertone thanks to what we now know about Watsuki, but as a whole it's neither fanservice heavy nor written in ways to emphasize the creep factor.
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