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Originally Posted by DawnEmperor
@Guernsey Does his victory against Munakata(and no, I don't really think "Munakata not really wanting to kill" should downplay it considering the strategy adaptation)and Nienami, winning the election, snapping back Medaka II not mean anything? Granted, he's certainly not the strongest character given the absurd levels in the series, but he has some pivotal roles in the series.
Besides, why does he need to specifically achieve something alone? Part of his character is being able to accept others
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Um... yes. They don't mean anything. You already mentioned Munakata doing everything in his power to avoid killing, not to mention his inherent lack of skill with weapons; Nienami's style explicitly makes her do things that are less likely, which means that she only lost to Zen because of how useless he was; he only won the election because Ajimu is all about doing the impossible and she was supporting him (more directly because of Hanten's skill creation skill), ie: he was Ajimu's pawn and anyone else would have also worked; and Medaka snapped herself back with mind-reading powers. Not to mention that "snapping back" has later been shown to be morally ambiguous at best since the election victory was all about undoing the damage Zen did there.
Zenkichi's story is one of meaningless victories. That's his entire character arc. This is no less important to who he is than Medaka's winning everything and Kumagawa losing everything. He can sympathize with him, sure, but he's not important and never will be (unless something drastic happens to him analogous to Medaka's "death" just now).