@zeltrax225:
Because romance angle has to be boring for sure and falling in love surely must mean the character is one dimensional.
Oh how well shounen has taught us through the countless disappointments.
I don't blame you for thinking this way but that's only because you've seen romance done in terrible ways in shounen. Give this one a little more patience and then judge.
No because having a female character in a romance and having that be the most defining aspect is boring, uninteresting and cliched as all hell. Regardless of how Hiroshi handles this in the future ( it's already terrible considering the running away moment), the idea itself has already been done to death and he really isn't adding much to it or hell even executing it well considering both Hinata from Naruto and Megumi from Food wars are similar in that department but are far more believable than Uraraka suddenly being in a conversation with female classmates and suddenly start blushing and then running off which would have been fine if that was established earlier on but Uraraka is one of the most out-going characters in the entire series so her reaction in that moment doesn't work, and feels inconsistent.
Name one male character that is also going through this romance crap…...
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@Cyclone_Baroness:
I think it would be less impactful if she had this epiphany while they were just chilling. If this happened in the dorm when they weren't doing anything to show the need for her decision it would feel a bit lackluster.
Isn't that exactly what happened? When the girls were chilling and suddenly the topic came up ( because hey girls don't talk about anything but boys, right?), and then Uraraka started blushing and then the running off from Deku because they were alone moment happened?
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@King:
Dude, this is literally the only romance subplot in the series. I do not see how this is an issue.
And so what if she is female? Boys and girls can both fall in love, and you're treating as if it were out-of-character for them to do so. You're not making sense at all.
This is like saying that Mineta would be a different character if he were female, because female perverts aren't creepy like male ones (which is stupid). It's about time people stopped with this tired, wrong assumption that a female character that follows traditional women tropes can't be written well.
And Uraraka is not even that traditional anyway.
How does that even matter here?
So you are saying that nothing about her recent reactions have been out-of-character? Even though she is one of the most out-going characters in the entire series and has no problem whatsoever with talking with anyone? And she just suddenly outta no where starts thinking about Deku in that way which never really naturally came up, and only happened because conveniently her female classmates were talking about boys? I mean none of this is a natural direction for a character, and feels forced. But feel free to point out why any of this make senses beyond shonen tropes.
I am talking about the writer here. And yes if Mineta was a female then the character would be different and not the male-perv shonen trope. And yes a female character can be great with actual feminine traits. But that's not the case here. None of this is well-written, and requires the audience to throw away what they know about a character, close their brains and simply accept that highschool girl blushes and runs away even if it makes no sense when it comes to the actual character.
Relationship in itself is not the problem here. The problem is the fact that Uraraka is being reduced to just main character's love interest, and from the looks of it, this is now gonna be her most defining characteristic.