>>582166324 - This moment happens a few chapters after Sapphire
basically gets written out of the action, so her suddenly deciding to cry looks terrible ("oh great now she's totally useless") instead of a positive triumphant natural conclusion to her character arc ("in the past she sometimes reacted to stress by yelling at people, but now she can process things without lashing out"). Even worse, Sapphire's stuck in a car (not even as its driver but as a passenger) and can't go help Ruby because Kusaka said so, and now the Trick Master has to wait for her to stop bawling before he can help her, she can't do it herself. This is actually the worst point since it completely undermines her whole character arc: Sapphire reconnecting with her femininity is supposed to be a net positive, but the way it's presented in this context, makes it look completely negative instead. Whenever someone says Sapphire got "ruined" desu I think they're just referring to the sheer confusion this single scene creates, as it contradicts the whole RS arc's own ass narrative.
Anyway this is part of why the RS arc feels like it was running out of time by the end. The awful placement of this milestone in Sapphire's arc is the kind of retarded mistake a writer in a rush would make. Especially considering nearly everything that came before volume 22 was mostly well organized, but also a bit rushed, then the pacing hit the point of no return during volume 22 before it started to crash.
