Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-206.248.102.212-20130711220058/@comment-71.184.79.144-20130920041425

Strawberry Cupcake Kitten wrote: If you seriously consider a fangirl's figurehead whose charactization relies on a running gag with her name, her oogling guys and complete conveniences with her being Rin's sister, (not to mention several inconsistencies with her character but I'm sure all you fanboy/girls would prefer me not to get into that) better developed than Ama-chan who has a fixed, consistent personality and well-developed spot in the plot as well as grounded relationships with the guys and a running gag of her own that's actually funny then suit yourselves.

Yeah, Ama has less screentime, but if you think that stops her from being better developed then that's your own issue honestly. Look, you just slapped yourself in the face with your own argument. This entire anime basically revolves around men with feminine names that starts a swim club. That was the main plot-driver of why Rei joined the swim team in the first place. You just sound like you're against character development. Hop off your high horse, young fellow, I will point you into the direction of common sense.

By all means; Ama, herself, is a flat character, like I said. She is only in the plot because she is the teacher that runs the swim club -- and... HAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO WITH THE PLOT. Congratulations; you are defending a character whom has little characterization, development, and has just a character that is known for two things; she makes ridiculous historical quotes that apparently, suit the situation, and being the supervisior of the swim team.

Meanwhile you see that Gou gets along with all the characters to a degree; and while they occasionally have their arguments -- Usually resulting from Nagisa's excentricities and refusal to call Gou by her preferred name -- is a "ungrounded relationship"? What anime are you watching? Obviously we are not watching the same one.

Gou is a extreme plot driver character. She talks Makoto, Nagisa and eventually Haruka to go to Samezuka to talk to Rin; knowing that they miss him and are worried about him. She urged Rin to do the same. She signs them up to a competition, while she figured that they may or may not win the races in their specific swimming style - Gou wanted them to join the relay so they won't give up hope. She even joins Makoto, Nagisa, and Rei to try and look for Haruka when he went missing.

So, ending my rant; I am calling troll on this one.

(( Also for a legitimate question; why are people going on these forums and complaining about the characters, anime itself, overall plot, fanservice when it's kind of expected - the preview DID show shirtless men? Pansies, I tell you. - a question to the general population that have rational thoughts and apply them. ))