>>28481885>Do you honestly want a kirito clone every 2-3 years?Who the fuck said the MC NEEDS to be a Kirito clone? You can write a fun MC and still have them be a winner. That little kid Yokai Watch kid is the most recent example of this.
> Ash is symbolic, they just fucked up the script in many ways over the past 2 decadesHe is symbolic of a stale ideology and idea for the series. He's an adaptation of an adaptation of this guy and nothing more. The fact that they absolutely NEED to keep redesigning him to keep him hip rather than simply moving on is only symbolic of the stubborn nature of most Japanese media moguls.