Quote Originally Posted by Kraco View Post
He was a wussy in the beginning, so he needed to grow some balls, even if they were parasyte balls. He was also too weak to realistically survive continuous encounters with full parasytes. If it takes a forced personality change to the point of declaring the old Shinichi dead and a new one born, then so be it. It's the price to pay to get us a hero instead of a loser who couldn't even survive.
Just to be clear: Im not opposed to characters developing and changing themselves. Itīs a common element of most adventure stories. However, if you take a hero, have an outside source change his character, and then have this "hero" go on as if nothing happened to him, thatīs the same as killing of the hero and replacing him by a whole other character.

If all you happen to care is action, Kraco, then I can understand your point. But I watch these shows for their story and their atmosphere, I like to fully immerse myself as if I was part of the story. Thus, this episode made me feel as if I was killed. :/ Thereīs no more Shinichi as I knew him. I doesnt matter if the new Shinichi is "better". What matters is that the old one seems to be (partially?) gone.