Talk:Mayura Otomi/@comment-2168633-20170326115758

I find the whole Shimon X Mayura ship to be disgusting. I know a lot of people will disagree with me, and on paper there isn't really anything wrong with it. But plkease think about it. Mayura was always just "the other girl", the "rival" for Benio. However as in many manga, some manga-ka just can't help themselves but end up trying to "pair the spares". Shimon's reason to fight was his sister. Shimon's admiratin for mayura's father was just created as an afterthought so that they could have a convenient way to  pair him up with Mayura. He is that "cool extra guy" that is super cool, but not just the main hero. He is the perfect guy to pair up with the "rival girl" in an attempt to give said girl a happy ending so she isn't an emotional problem for readers. How can they enjoy Benio X Rokuro if it means the rival girl gets a sad ending? They could have killed her off when she turned into an impurity, but decided against it so they had to do somethoing right? Disgusting.

As you might have guessed, I never liked the Benio x Rokuro pairing. It is your typical fated couple. granted I really like Benio and she was at first a much more interesting character than Mayura. But as time went on and we found out her story and how it conveniently was tied to Rokuro what with her brother, the basara... her getting help from the basara and some powers to match Rokuro... only for this later to be shown to be pointless as she gets yet anothe crazy over the top stupid powerup in the form of being one of the top strongest basara herself sorta. It reeked of Bleach... and yet even Bleach actually let it's characters use their newfound powers for a bit before getting a new powerup.

So Benio's likeability quickly waned. She is still the same character, only now she is more of a parody of herself. She brings nothing new to the table, instead she just gets idiotic powerups.

Yes, Mayura got some silly powerups as well... but a least that felt more...neccesary in order for her to stay relevant in the manga. It also felt as a natural progression after she took up becoming an excorcist to actually inherit her fathers stuff.

So I like the Mayura x Rokuro ship way more than the official fated couple one. Fate couples are almost always... boring. Benio and Rokuro's felt fresh... but then it got stale and annoying the more special we were told they were.

Best case scenario it all gets reversed in the end with Rokuro destroying the propechy and denying fate by not having a child with Benio... but that will likely not happen as this manga is pretty straightforward.