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Why I don't like Tatsumi x Mine

1. Because the author poorly developed their relationship; in fact, for the first 8 volumes, Tatsumi and Mine did not have any scene that could even suggest a real mutual romantic interest. In fact, Tatsumi had all the most impactful scenes with any other female character, such as Sheele who comforts him for the death of his companions (the first to truly get close to him), Akame who for the first time lets down her mask of apathy and shows all her sadness and emotion (which leads to the scene where Tatsumi punches himself and promises her that he would not die), Esdeath who directly confesses her interest in Tatsumi, etc, per poi svilluppare la loro relazione in due volumi, giving ridiculous reasons and with very few scenes

2. Because the motivations are decidedly weak (in the case of Mine) or totally lacking (in the case of Tatsumi), seriously Mine falls in love because she is saved by Tatsumi, that's it, the most predictable thing in the world is ridiculous and was enough to make her fall in love, while Tatsumi falls in love, well, because they have sex? Seriously, when Tatsumi accepts Mine's confession, Tatsumi does not do it out of love, but out of curiosity, practically confirming that Tatsumi would have accepted the romantic confession of any NOT CRAZY girl that is at least a little cute, only to then fall in love with her because they have sex together and Mine decides to save him during his execution (something that practically all the Night Raid do, which at that moment were all women).

3. (SUBJECTIVE POINT THAT YOU CAN IGNORE) Mine has a character design that I hate, seriously she dresses and behaves like a little girl, in fact if Tatsumi seems at least like a 16/17-year-old teenager, Mine seems like an 11/10-year-old girl

Why I don't like Wave x Kurome

1. Because the motivations are decidedly weak, Kurome falls in love with Wave for the same reason as Mine, because Wave saves her from Syura, too bad that Kurome, unlike Mine, has always been able to count on Natala's help, the jerk who continued to protect her both dead and alive, and yet Kurome never showed any interest in him, Wave falls in love with Kurome after being kissed, that was enough to make him fall hopelessly in love with her

2. Because (more importantly) it ruins their characters, like

Kurome not only becomes a damsel in distress so that Wave can save her (not only in the fight with Akame, but also in the fight with Syura, the same one who probably would have gone crazy just from Natala) but instead of becoming a young woman like Akame, understanding and regretting her mistakes and finding the mental strength to make her own decisions, she remains a child, needing someone to force her to make the right decision (Wave) and towards whom she becomes completely dependent (I can see why weebs love their relationship)

Seriously, how much better it would have been to see Kurome decide to abandon the empire on her own or to decide to fight for the empire again but by her own choice, perhaps because she still hopes to be able to change the empire from within together with Wave and Budo

Wave, on the other hand, goes from being Tatsumi's counterpart at the beginning of the manga (a naive boy who wanted to change the empire from within) who said he fought for justice, to putting the people first, to becoming a simp who only moves his ass when his girlfriend is about to be raped (he should have tried to kill Syura and company right after their first massacre) and abandons all his ideals for the first cute girl who kisses him.

Seriously, how much better would it have been to see Wave join Budo and slaughter the Wild Hunt together with him, to see Wave continue to fight for the empire in the hope of being able to change it from within and maybe die precisely at Tatsumi's hands, damn it, Wave would probably have become one of my favorite characters

Let's start by saying one thing: Dragon Tatsumi is NOT the strongest version of Tatsumi. In fact, his strongest version is the one in the picture, the third version of Incursio (4th image, the one with the wings)

This is because it is the form that has the best strength/stability ratio that Tatsumi possesses. In fact, the dragon version, although probably physically more powerful, remains extremely weak. This is because aside from brute strength, it is clearly inferior to the third version in everything: reaction times, experience, speed, and battle IQ, all things that after transforming into a dragon have decreased monstrously. In fact, just fighting in a body completely different from your original body is already extremely difficult (all the training done as a human fighter becomes useless), but doing it while also suffering enormously (we are explicitly told that even just using the second version of Incursio, Tatsumi experienced enormous pain, let alone once he became a dragon) and mentally fighting with Tyrant to maintain control of your body is practically impossible (hence his reduced speed / reaction times which allowed Esdeath to defeat him easily).

Now, I want to remember three things

1. Tatsumi, with the second version of Incursio, was strong enough to destroy Esdeath's protective ice and put her out of commission with a single punch during the battle at the colosseum (This Esdeath was not serious and had underestimated the fight, but being able to destroy Esdeath's ice and put her out of commission for a considerable time lets us understand how strong Tatsumi's punches were even with that version).

2. Tatsumi, with the second version of Incursio, had managed, albeit with difficulty, to fight on equal terms with a fully serious Esdeath (she had learned from her mistake at her own expense and had decided to want to personally kill Tatsumi), demonstrating to be strong enough to push Esdeath to fight seriously but not enough to be able to defeat her (I think the difference was Esdeath's teigu, which allowed her to attack Tatsumi with ranged attacks, her slightly higher speed, and her greater experience).

3. Tatsumi with the second version of Incursio was clearly inferior to Tatsumi with the third version of Incursio in every respect; in fact, not only had his speed increased, not only had his regenerative ability also increased (the heigu dealt him a hole in the stomach and it regenerated in a few seconds), but his brute strength had practically tripled (a punch from Tatsumi with the second version of Incursio had not even managed to move the enhanced heigu with alchima by a centimeter, so much so that the emperor considered him on par with an insect, whereas a punch from Tatsumi with the third version of Incursio not only managed to move the definitive heigu but also forced the emperor to block it with both arms).

Now, based on this data, do you really believe that Esdeath / Akame would have managed to defeat Tatsumi with the third version of Incursio?

Personally, I don't believe it; in fact, at that point Esdeath would have had to face an opponent who not only had speed equal to hers (I repeat, Tatsumi with the second version was probably slower than Esdeath, but he was still able to compete with her, now given that Tatsumi with the second version of Incursio was certainly slower than Tatsumi with the third version, I consider it extremely likely that they were at least on par, in fact Tatsumi was probably faster), not only did he possess brute strength far greater than hers (if a punch from Tatsumi with the second version caused her that much damage, a punch from Tatsumi with the third version would surely have killed her) but he also had regenerative abilities so high that they allowed him to heal from mortal blows in a few seconds, he was immune to her time-stopping ability and even able to fly.

As for Akame, the situation is perhaps even worse. In fact, Akame had both a slightly higher speed than Esdeath and also possessed Murasame, meaning a guaranteed death cut, but unfortunately for her, she had no way to attack Esdeath from a distance (so if Tatsumi started flying, she was doomed). However, at that point, Tatsumi had not yet fully fused with Tyrant, so to kill him, Akame would first have had to destroy the Incursio armor and then strike him, something she could only do by repeatedly hitting the same spot on Tatsumi. The problem was that Tatsumi could not only fly, but also had strength capable of killing her with a single blow.

So Akame would not only have had to find a way to repeatedly strike Tatsumi without even being grazed once, but she would also have had to find a way to stop him from flying and defeat him quickly (let's remember that the effect of Murasame's trump card lasts only a short time and that Without it, she would surely have died).