I don't think any other romantic relationship in anime has ever surpassed this

gay

I just don't get why people keep falseflagging this hard in order to shit on the two of them.

good characters desigs,horrible anime

how to improve it:
>make hiro become more assertive as he comes closer to regaining his memory
>give him horns earlier
>cut out the bullshit where 02 PMS'es and calls him fodder, just have her love double up when she realizes he is her old darling
>make them rebel
>cut out the alien shit

>make hiro become more assertive as he comes closer to regaining his memory
Early Hiro had that kind of characterization. He was crazier than 02. It was subtle but consistent enough to become a shitposting meme during the show's airing. But the reality was that the characterization was completely unintentional by retard writers who didn't even notice it, and it was completely ignored in the shitty ending we got. It is an aspect of his character and shitposting that will be completely forgotten a few years from now.

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I hate it

I liked that but it never really went anywhere. The best we got was pic related.
It's painful that it was easier to support him when he was a fucking kid because he was more Chadlike then than at any point afterwards.

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Making them rebel against PAPA and him actually being some Wizard of Oz type character as a big bad would've made it 100x better.

it's from the ending of lady

>didn't give a shit about any of the other pilots as a small child, a chad surrounded by npcs
>manipulated goro into keeping his mouth shut
>manipulated ichigo into kissing him just to feel what 02 did
>didn't give a shit about others as food and water were running out and they were all getting sick
>a few other instances
With how mediocre the first half of the show was, the second half could have actually been fun as fuck if they took his character in this direction.

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It's why I was banking on till I realizing they were just going to repeat the same plot cycle 3 or 4 times until ayylmaos showed up

But no it had to be aliens because haha remember Gainax?
DarliFra is just wasted potential. Even more so after it became clear that most of the good things that were left in the show were coincidental.

I still and always will maintain that this show had at least a few good ideas going on that a halfway decent director could have used to turn it into a good show, but since the director was Nishigori, it was doomed.

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>waited with anticipation for 02's to go back to looking like she did when she was young
>they just make her skin red
FUCKING
WASTED

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>fanservice heavy anime only gives five seconds of the most important fanservice
>it's in a mental state, didn't even actually happen

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Where are her fucking sharkteeth NISHIGORI YOU FUCKING HACK AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Here they are.

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she tried to kill him

lol darling in the flops

A mark of true love.

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