[Nightengale]

Originally Posted by Justin_Brett

Showing something of it besides the tail end when he met Subaru? I don't know. There's a lot of stuff to him that could use more focus.

If he was actually say, not the real son of his parents, or was secretly planted in the mining village he was born in, or a plot tweest like

Spoiler:

He dreamed the assailants up. The one who destroyed his village was himself.

Then there may be merit in bringing up more of Thoma's past to deliver hints, and build up the bridge that leads towards said developments.

Otherwise, it's just hog-washing for needless gore and overdramatisation. Force doesn't need to be Berserk.