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Originally Posted by AuraTwilight
I'm not saying it's his goal, but it IS something he does. He makes an effort to make all of his characters sympathetic unless they're bit parts with no real personality.
Takano Miyo
Erika Furudo
Kasumi Sumadera
Yasu-as-culprit
It's sort of a running theme, and Ange pretty much dedicates a monologue to it in EP4 when she talks about white magic.
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Feeling sympathy for any characters, villains or heroics, isn't that special of a story I believe. However what you said is that Ryuukishi wants us to "root" for them. That's what I disagree with. I don't think Ryuukishi wants us to encourage their "bad" behavior.
There's a difference between feeling sympathy for the insane things Takano had to endure and encouraging her to carry on and succeed in her unethical plans.
There has never been to me anything that pushes me to believe Ryuukishi would ever want us to root for murderers. In fact Minagoroshi's whole point was to tell us that it will never really solve anything.