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Posted by In this case I have to say how well the character of Libra and how poorly the character of Yunru are written. Please keep in mind that this is just my opinion.
Besides some other flaws I've noticed does Yunru fulfill a lot of the "Mary Sue"-cliché. Just to describe it: A Mary Sue is an overpowered (not gameplay-wise) and perfectly good character, with no explanation given for that power level. A Mary Sue is instantly liked by all the established characters, yet at the same time he/she doesn't have much of a personality. Mary Sue's feel often like some sort of wish-fulfilling and are often an attempt to implement a perfect version of the character's author (like it is in many FanFictions). Besides are typical Mary Sues never embarrased or show any form of weakness, causing them to never fail even the hardest challenges.
In case of Yunru: She is an extremely intelligent young woman, who is able to create powerful weaponry within a short time. Besides that does Yunru have the Chinese army behind her up to a point, where she gets some kind of private army (the Foehn Revolt).
Personally I do not have a problem with these traits and the idea where this is going - I simply don't like the way it was approached. There were so many puzzle pieces that got omited. Why do all of those man follow a 19-years of teenage-girl? Does she show so much charisma? Etc.
Mr_DevilSmile and Solais already pointed that out very well, so I don't need to write it again.
Another thing I don't really like about Yunru is the way she lacks of weaknesses. I think she might be a bit comparable to Tony Stark / Iron Man. Tony always was intelligent and a great creator of warmachines, yet from the peak of his arrogance he fell to a point, where his point of view changed drastically over time.
In case of Yunru there is a huge potential for weaknesses. While just being a teenager, I highly doubt that everybody will follow her - many man in the military will follow others, who have experience. There should be man, who ridiculate her. Also even if the people trust her (for whatever reason), onto her shoulders rest the hopes of her close allies to be the only ones, who can repel the plans of Yuri - the level of stress this must create is for sure way above the level she can manage to handle.
The last thing I have to criticize about Yunru is her "pacifism". Isn't it a bit weird to declare yourself as a pacifist when you invent and build weapons? I know that there is no way to defeat Yuri peacefully, but as far as I can remember did Yunru already create weapons for the Chinese army, when they fought the Allies.
In contrast to Yunru, I have to admit that the character of Libra is really well written. In fact Libra is so believable, that I really don't want to be near her. The voice actress of Libra did a great job here as well.
Even though Libra is insanely powerful, there is an explanation for her power (the CAS) and still she isn't invulnerable like shown in Blood Rage. I also like the small hints over the story, where people report of experiments on a strong female psychic. What were these experiments? What did they do to her?
Libra seems to be a sad human being that got tortured and withstood inhuman experiments with the goal to seize her down to an emotionless weapon. A sad background story.
I really hope to see more of her in the future.
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