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Originally Posted by salamander750
Since I am new to this thread, let me ask a question: what is your personal opinion about Shiba Tatsuya? loved him, hated him? Is he a good main character or not? Since lots of people said that he is a Mary Sue so I want to ask your opinion abot It, Is it true or not.
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When I started reading Mahouka, Tatsuya for me was a refreshing character after reading and watching series/novels that I didn't like because the plot did not connect with the MC's involvement.
Mary sue? Well, in a sense I can understand why people say he is one, but imo he isnt. Despite having his godlike decomposition/restoration magic, above genius intellect and resources, Tatsuya is not perfect. He is seriously nerfed when he is in public because he needed to hide himself from the world, or else there would be a lot of chaos and unnecessary developement.
Any character would probably be a Mary Sue if they had those powers in another world, but not in Mahouka because it is necessary for the story and for him and his ideals to be this powerful. In fact, everything he obtained has a backstory/foundation.
His Decomposition/Restoration powers and his intellect were obtained by his family and his ability to understand magic. His CADs and inventions were obtained by his efforts to protect himself and Miyuki and make a better world for her and the magicians.
In other stories, there are characters that have X powers without paying a price or they suddenly use it or create it instantly without proper explanation. That's what people complain when some characters are powerful and that's the reason why people generalize some MCs without even reading the novels.
If he wasn't that strong, he would have died in Okinawa, he would not be able to achieve his goals, change his fate or even fight against his enemies, the magicians will be doomed to lose their rights as a human and they would be pushed to wage a war that will not even benefit both parts.
Thumbs up for the author for creating a character that is powerful enough to make his goals come true while limiting him in a believable way, and establishing a world that moves like if it was one IRL, even though there are some flaws but it is still a pretty good worldbuilding.
I don't remember who said this, but someone in animesuki said that "for every Tatsuya, there are five Kiritos". I think he/she made this statement because the latter lacked developement or was a badly written character. Idk if this is true though because everyone has different opinions.