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She's probably one of the worst, if not the worst, heroines I've come across.
All you Eba fanboys are naive and too forgiving. There should be no redemption for what she's done.
I don't understand what crime she's committed other than the ultimate crime of the shoujo-fandom: dump your boyfriend who's devoted to you. Like we haven't seen
that one before (parents' objection, moving house, guilt, your homo best friend suddenly needed you... you name it.)
I mean I can understand why no one's going to say she's a saint. (I could make a case for it, but I won't.) Even though she dumped Haruto not out of selfishness or because she wanted to cheat, but because a dying friend made something like a final request. Even though she decided not to get back together with Haruto because that would completely invalidate all the time she's spent with Kazuma, plus insult his memory. Even though she kept away from Haruto when she knew he had a girlfriend.
Yes, she confessed in the end. Who wouldn't? I dare you to say that in Eba's shoes you'd just suck it up forever and regret till 50. Half the fans were waiting for this day, anyway. Certainly sucks to be Asuka, but you can't say we didn't see this coming, what with all the hot-date set-ups we've had. Sorry, but ending it early's better than ending it late, and ending it late's better than divorce. Honestly, if you've seen how children fare after parents divorce, you'd be thinking to yourself: why can't they just choose life partners they can live with and be
loyal to? So, sorry Asuka, but that's life.
I guess a fair criticism is that the whole Eba-hiatus was rather melodramatic and drawn-out. The author certainly would've pandered to many more fans had he just, y'know, zip four months passed by and Haruto stayed sad and single and oops-a-daisy Eba dropped by the amusement park too! and woah turns out they're soulmates after all. But what's popular's not necessarily what's best, and I for one am willing to stomach the melodrama since we did get some valuable character development and elements of realism. What say you?
You know, I really agree with what this guy is saying. Eba isn't the the worst heroine of all time (have we forgotten about Bella from Twilight?), but I would admit that Eba made some really stupid decisions. However, if you were told by a person, that always had a crush on you and was going to die, that he/she wanted to spend the last few moments of his/her life with you, wouldn't you say okay? I think people are getting too serious about that issue and have to calm down and try to think what a teenage girl who is placed in a situation like that would probably do. She doesn't necessarily betray Haruto as I have heard constantly, but she decides to go out with Kazama more out of a guilt that if she denied his request, she would have to live with the guilt that she made a dying man's last few moments lonely and miserable. And I know there are probably dozens of other ways that she could have dealt with this problem, but I guess at the time that was probably the best option to her.
I will admit the whole arc itself was really pointless and was just made to extend the story and make it last longer, but I think that some people are just blowing this out of proportion and needs to calm down. Trust me, it could be way worse. If you really want to hear my opinion, I think the current arc should have been the direction that it should have gone
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with Eba's parents discovering their relationship and trying to break it up.
Also, with the whole Asuka thing, I really hate the fact that everyone is so pissed off about it. I want you to keep in mind, he never admitted he didn't love her anymore. He just went through a rough break up, and it just so happened that Asuka was there to comfort him and willing to love him and that is what he wanted to fill that void Eba left. However, in the back of his mind that in order to fill that void, he would want Eba back. Even though what he did was kinda jerkish, especially to Asuka, I don't blame him, mostly because I know guys that have went same situation. After they had a messy break up with a girl that they were really committed to, they get a new girl that is similar to the old girl or is very supportive of them. However, it usually ends up with a break up or a divorce because the relationship wasn't necessarily made out of love, it was made more out of necessity and the need to fill a void.
So that's my thoughts on this ordeal and I hope a lot of you guys stop hating and just try find the brighter side of the situation.
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