Talk:Katsugeki Touken Ranbu/@comment-4000370-20170505070857

Honestly, I would have personally preferred a female saniwa. I know a lot of people are currently complaining about how it could have ended up as a "reverse harem" or the saniwa might of been characterized as a "mary sue", but honestly with good writing and storytelling, I'm pretty sure that could have been avoided with ease.

And to me, it's a tad bit weird that they went for a guy seeing as I'm certain that a majority of the fanbase are female.

Like can a girl and a guy not just be friends and have a professional relationship or something? I know anime is not known for that because once a girl and guy are in the same room, it leads to something akin to a romance, but I think Ufotable would have been able to avoid that, knowing their previous work. I highly doubt they would have made Touken Ranbu into a romance, since that was never ever the focus of the game or anime at all.

Like there is seriously a catch 22 here because some say they were afraid she might of ended up weak and docile, which is not becoming of a sage, while being tough and intelligent equals mary sue. All those are problems, but a young male saniwa does not pose any issues cuz he is cute and precious?

I don't dislike the Saniwa we have right now though and the fact that he has a unique design is interesting and I look forward to him commanding the Toudans. I'm still watching it for sure, it is gorgeous and Touken Ranbu after all, but hopefully we have more future anime related content with different types of saniwas, since the Ufotable adaptation is not the sole canon after all.