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Originally Posted by taofd
What makes you say she was lacking? o_O?
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I hate to say much here, because there's a lot to like about Sayaka, imo. She was a splendidly nice girl with a warm and friendly and admirable personality. In the
beginning of this anime, she was also a very emotionally well-adjusted young person (which is what makes her fall that much more sad and tragic). Even with her fall, she still might be my favorite character in this entire anime.
However, she does have at least two key flaws:
1. When it comes to romance, she tries to accomplish everything in a roundabout way, trying to achieve that romance
without being the one to have to make the first real move. She never confessed her feelings to Kamijo. She clearly was deeply in love with him, but tried to gain mutual love from him through earning gratitude, rather than through the usual means of a confession.
2. She had a tendency to jump to conclusions, and never really re-think much of anything. First impressions are
everything to Sayaka, and die
very hard if at all. We see this in how she approaches Homura and Kyoko through out the series. This is Sayaka's chief "blind spot", which ultimately hindered her.
In most magical girl animes, Sayaka's flaws here would be no big deals at all. In fact, in some cases they'd be non-factors and possibly even
helpful. But in this anime, they severely tripped her up.