So can I go off and continue to talk about how Karin is/was used horribly because either the creator didn’t realize just how powerful they made her or just really, really fell flat when it came to Karin. Both of which makes me kinda upset because theoretically she could be extremely powerful if she was actually given the opportunity.
I understand why in a way she was needed and her powers were pretty essential to certain parts of the plot: Mostly when finding Donzo and to fill the “healer” role for Taka. But I really, really think people play down just how powerful she could be and the potential she has.
Also I am upset about the whole “she got stabbed with the chidori, so she was going to die!” which..... im sorry? I’m not buying that. I really am not buying that because of what we see her able to do later. When you consider that during the final battle Karin not only helped heal Tsunade (who had been literally bisected) to re-attach her body parts with the help of Katsuyu,
but then went on to use the Adamentine chains to a greater extent than before and literally destroy the wooden statue by herself, but then also survived getting stabbed *literally through her body*
and then walk all that off like it was nothing
And mind you: She hasnt gotten any more training on these abilities/powers/chakra control from her point of being stabbed with the chidori.
I’m sorry but if you can survive this
and walk it off by the next chapter after healing Tsunade (who Karin seems to have taken special note that Tsunade was taking a lot of her chakra which wouldnt leave her with that much left)
i think you can survive being stabbed through the heart (when previously during that fight she only healed sasuke once who hadnt been nearly as injured as tsunade) because there’s no way one of those didnt pierce your heart and worse
because again: she hadnt gotten any training from between being stabbed by sasuke, and these scenes. Her ability to do this remained the same, i highly doubt the jail Karin was kept in would allow her to train, and she hasnt to our knowledge learned to syphon her chakra in reserves like sakura and Tsunade, which mind you if she did then literally i doubt Karin could be stopped because she already is said to have massive reserves at basic levels, so giving her something that would allow her to have more would just ejkwk yeah it would be way too OP
But I just, really need to talk about this because my girl has been done so bad by the whole “karin is just a fangirl healer uwu” BS when she has the potential and has shown herself to be so much more. Sure, she unhealthily attached herself to sasuke and was pretty.... gross to put it lightly, and I wont excuse it but i dont think that people should only focus on that part of her because she easily has the potential to be just as strong as the main cast
A teenage sorceress and the main character of the Slayers series. Lina is a member of the Sorcerer's Guild and her assigned mage color is pink (Official title: Lina the Pink), much to her embarrassment. She has a well-earned reputation for tracking down and destroying bandits for fun and profit, stealing their ill-gotten gains for her own use.
She has a great love for money, treasure (especially the magical sort) and food, the more the better. (Her eating habits are justified by her serious magic usage, a characteristic she shares with Pokota.) Her short temper certainly doesn't help matters either. At times, Lina appears to be fearless, but there are (at least) two things she is afraid of: Luna ( her elder sister ) and slugs. She is also uncomfortable around fish monsters.
Lina meets a swordsman named Gourry Gabriev, a chimera named Zelgadiss Graywords, the princess Amelia Wil Tesla Saillune, and Sylphiel Nels Lahda, a priestess from Sairaag. The mysterious priest Xelloss is a later addition to her party. Over the years, she gets involved in numerous plots, mostly set up by mazoku, which almost always end badly for the demons. Settling feuds among the Saillune royal family, confronting maniacal sorcerers, and getting caught up in all sorts of crazy hijinks round out Lina's daily life, which is certainly anything but dull.
These two slug cats have a lot of parallels to me so I really enjoy them. I love how they are the two starting downpour slug cats yet they are complete opposites.
You have Gourmand enjoying life, crafting and making use of the wonderful little things in life. Going back home and sharing those wonders with others. And (in my headcanons at least) Gourmand starts a family even. (The two little slug pups at the end of the campaign).
Artificer's campaign starts with losing family and subsequently losing yourself. Dedicating yourself to spreading the hurt and pain that was dealt to you. Finding your way into the deepest of parts of where the enemy resides until it's not even about the pups anymore.
This is my final finals assignment for the semester, and with that, I'm free! Have a boring comic about a bee person. Oh, and there's a slug person in it too.