1. As much as I do like her character, I have to admit that she basically has a one-note personality. Study, work, obsess, study, work, obsess. Her only "depth" shows up when she faces a crisis of self-confidence. Which is always resolved when, surprise surprise, she realizes that she does have self-confidence after all. All of her power-up episodes are exactly the same, and that's annoying. At least Rei, Makoto, and Minako realized more varied and interesting truths about themselves in their power-up episodes. But with Ami, it's always like Gosh I suck... Oh, wait, no I don't! MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER! It's the exact same pattern every time, with no variation. But the pattern works, and I'm sucker for exactly the one note that her personality is, so....
2. Shabon Spray is still the most useless attack that any Sailor Senshi has ever been saddled with. And yes, that includes Chibi Moon. (Yeah, I went there.)
3. I really, really dislike the Ami/Shingo pairing.
Urd
1. Sometimes I just can't believe that a person as otherwise smart, sensible, and perceptive as Urd would not realize what a mess her meddling schemes are making of Belldandy and Keiichi's love life. And sometimes Urd is just blatantly used as a plot device to cause some sort of comical mishap, regardless of whether her actions in that situation are in-character or not. For example, that chapter in the manga where she tried to shoot Skuld with cupid's arrow or something. So Urd has just spent the entirety of the manga trying to get Belldandy and Keiichi together, and now all of a sudden she thinks it will be a good idea to encourage Skuld and Keiichi to fall in love?!
2. How, exactly do some of her outfits stay on her body? Particularly her goddess dress, the most modern version. What is she doing, lining the inside of that thing with double-sided tape? Yeah, yeah, I know, she's a goddess, the laws of physics and gravity should not apply. But still....
3. Same complaint that I wrote about Mara above: Urd's relationships with Mara and Hild could be goldmines of dramatic and comic potential, but they're just completely wasted.
Archer
1. Engrish.
2. Engrish.
3. Engrish.
Nothing ruins a heart-poundingly dramatic death scene faster than a big heapin' dose of unintentionally hilarious Engrish.
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1. As much as I do like her character, I have to admit that she basically has a one-note personality. Study, work, obsess, study, work, obsess. Her only "depth" shows up when she faces a crisis of self-confidence. Which is always resolved when, surprise surprise, she realizes that she does have self-confidence after all. All of her power-up episodes are exactly the same, and that's annoying. At least Rei, Makoto, and Minako realized more varied and interesting truths about themselves in their power-up episodes. But with Ami, it's always like Gosh I suck... Oh, wait, no I don't! MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER! It's the exact same pattern every time, with no variation.
But the pattern works, and I'm sucker for exactly the one note that her personality is, so....2. Shabon Spray is still the most useless attack that any Sailor Senshi has ever been saddled with. And yes, that includes Chibi Moon. (Yeah, I went there.)
3. I really, really dislike the Ami/Shingo pairing.
Urd
1. Sometimes I just can't believe that a person as otherwise smart, sensible, and perceptive as Urd would not realize what a mess her meddling schemes are making of Belldandy and Keiichi's love life. And sometimes Urd is just blatantly used as a plot device to cause some sort of comical mishap, regardless of whether her actions in that situation are in-character or not. For example, that chapter in the manga where she tried to shoot Skuld with cupid's arrow or something. So Urd has just spent the entirety of the manga trying to get Belldandy and Keiichi together, and now all of a sudden she thinks it will be a good idea to encourage Skuld and Keiichi to fall in love?!
2. How, exactly do some of her outfits stay on her body? Particularly her goddess dress, the most modern version. What is she doing, lining the inside of that thing with double-sided tape? Yeah, yeah, I know, she's a goddess, the laws of physics and gravity should not apply. But still....
3. Same complaint that I wrote about Mara above: Urd's relationships with Mara and Hild could be goldmines of dramatic and comic potential, but they're just completely wasted.
Archer
1. Engrish.
2. Engrish.
3. Engrish.
Nothing ruins a heart-poundingly dramatic death scene faster than a big heapin' dose of unintentionally hilarious Engrish.