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Originally Posted by Kazu-kun
You know, I understand this on a conceptual level, and I even agree with it to some extent, but in the end it just looks like a cheap plot contrivance to make Shouma look like a clown for the sake of it.
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At this juncture, Shouma's role in the story can be summed up as this:
1. Buttmonkey AKA Comedic Relief.
2. Occasional foil for Kanba and/or Ringo
And... that's pretty much it.
Not saying I dislike the guy, just that I don't necessarily think that Ikuhara has any grand plans for Sho.
That's fine. Putting aside his more emo moments, Sho is probably the closet thing this anime has to a normal teenage guy, amongst its primary cast. So it's good to have him there to act as a foil to the much more headstrong/intense Kanba and Ringo.
Also, at least Sho's more well-defined than Himari.
If I had to rank the four main protagonists of Penguin Drum from "most well-defined characterization" to "least well-defined characterization" it would be...
1. Kanba
2. Ringo
3. Shouma
4. Himari