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Originally Posted by RX-78GP04G Gerbera
Actually, if anything, the fact that he DIDN'T really do anything (at least "officially" as all the more secretive records of the Delaz Conflict along with the Gundam Development Project were erased) in the long-run actually makes him one of the more realistic main characters at least.
Unlike main characters like Amuro, Kamille, Judau, and others who are much more focused on and, whether by themselves or on their team, seem to single-handedly change the course of the Universal Century in some way, main characters like Kou Uraki, Shiro Amada, Yu Kajima (Blue Destiny), the White Dingo Team (Rise from the Ashes) and such are just ordinary soldiers within the Earth Federation who, overall, really didn't do anything of the sort.
Yes, they had their moments within their own stories, but in the big picture of things, really WEREN'T big deals and were very isolated incidents.
Very much like real life military. You may have a few soldiers doing notable things on missions and getting honors for it, but it's not like every single one of those actions will greatly affect the war/conflict they're involved in and/or alter the course of history like capturing Saddam Hussein or killing Osama Bin Laden did.
Also, I think it's a bit unfair to put all the blame on Kou. Yes, he's the main character, but he was also part of the whole Albion crew who was also tasked to do the same things along with other Federation forces. It's not like Kou was the absolute only one tasked to or trying to do all those things that they failed at. Though, that also makes it more realistic as, when it comes to war and conflict, you won't win all the time and can lose pretty often and it's the soldiers who usually pay for it.
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Well, to be fair, some people didn’t criticize Kou Uraki’s
realistic-ness but his
useless-ness compared to other main characters in G series. Yes, I knew that Kou’s character was never meant to do something big that can change the course of UC. I already count that element out of my opinion on him. Now, let’s see things from his own world, like you suggest. You see, he failed quite a number of missions given to him more or less just like what
23 gundam fan mentioned previously. Given that he was more of a ‘military dog’ and didn’t seem to have any idealism to stand for, when he failed a mission given to him, it’s a total loss for him and his character. Unlike another side-story main-character Shiro Amada, for example, who accomplished many things within his own ‘world’ even by ignoring the mission for the sake of his idealism. Not to mention the girl Kou liked, dumped him after using him as a rebound guy. That added more ‘pathethic element’ to Kou. Of course I know that the rejection is not Kou’s fault (it’s Nina’s). Unfair as it is, it can’t be helped that it made Kou looks more like a loser
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