Season 2 stripped Ichika of his agency as a character and I hated that. Ichika has become way too reactive for his own good and never affects the story in any meaningful way. The saddest thing about Ichika in season 2 is that a lot of characters run circles around him not just Madoka, but Tatenashi, Kanzashi, Chifuyu, basically everyone. Phantom Task remains in the background and we don't get a glimpse at what motivates Madoka while Ichika himself is stuck in the role of butt monkey and has to be at the center of unfunny and repetitive misunderstandings involving other characters. Season 2 plays awfully coy, not only with its mysteries and plotlines, but with its character writing. Unfortunately, this is where season 2 falls flat. She's Ichika and Chifuyu's long-lost sister, essentially the Darth Vader of Infinite Stratos and her introduction in season 2 could have served to give Ichika some character development. We all know how badly Luke suffered at the hands of Darth Vader, so let's talk about Madoka Orimura. The heroes find themselves way over their heads and while they have become more experienced in their respective crafts, they are confronted by enemies way above their weight class. In both The Empire Strikes Back and season 2 of Infinite Stratos, the heroes struggle at everything they do and continuously make the wrong choices. The second chapter of the story is absolutely brutal to the hero.
Even so, they have accomplished something big and worthy of praise and even when the heroes still have a long way to go, the heroes have the will to push forward.
The heroes had a lot of help from their companions and only achieved victory by the skin of their teeth. However, those victories come with a few caveats. At the end of their stories' first chapter, the heroes achieved their first major victory: Luke destroys the Death Star while Ichika defeats the Silver Gospel. In the beginning of their stories, both characters find themselves at the beginning of a new chapter in their lives: Luke starts his Jedi training and Ichika starts attending the IS Academy. Let's compare Ichika's story to that of Luke Skywalker ( Star Wars). Whenever he fights, he is guaranteed to lose almost every time, and in the rare case he wins, it's either through sheer dumb luck, by the skin of his teeth or by getting help from more experienced fighters. What do I mean with that? Ichika wants to become strong so that he can protect the people he cares about and not be a burden to his sister, but because the story is a romantic comedy, he's stuck in the role of butt monkey and he has to suffer the brunt of physical comedy over and over and over again.
Ichika himself has a strong foundation as a character, it's just that the story itself works against him. Ichika isn't a bad character, at least on a conceptual level. If you're reading this post, I assume you've watched the entire Infinite Stratos series, including the OVAs, and if you haven't, then honestly, I don't care. What caused me to change my mind? Well, let's hop in and find out, shall we? At first, I liked making fun of him and used him as an example of the harem protagonist archetype gone wrong, but after re-watching the show, I realized that Ichika isn't really that bad.
I've rewatched the entire Infinite Stratos series from beginning to middle (there are still no news on when are we getting season 3), so I had time to re-evaluate my feelings on Ichika. I wanted to use this opportunity to talk about our boy Ichika. Hello, everyone and welcome on my first post on the Infinite Stratos subreddit. Exceptions will be made should the post be over 3 months old. Rapid reposting of the same post uses space for already stated knowledge or texts. If you are illogical in some way, expect that you may receive harsh criticism or advice.
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