Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33053086-20180323032603/@comment-3257939-20181212165146

Granaatti wrote: DiegoAnime3000 wrote: To answer the original question: I think Ruby is becoming a cool big sis for Oscar. The kind you look up to and her achivements encourages you to become better. It fits a lot in a hero MC like Ruby to have a younger character who admires her to show how much she's grown.

But turning it into romance doesn't fit. I mean, what could Oscar offer Ruby as a boyfriend? Encouragment? Ruby is the one encouraging him and the kind of MC who never gives up so that's a no. Maybe advices? But Oscar is completely inexperienced and if anything he's the one who needs to learn from Ruby and Co. Emotional distress for Ruby because of Oscar's situation? Probably... Which is absolutely a no for me and likely a lot of fans. We don't need Ruby into an all-drama and tears relationship. But why you need to "offer" something to your significant other in the relationship? Isn't it enough that you both enjoy spending time together? Of course, it's not healthy if the relationship is only giving from the other end and taking from the other part of the couple, but it shouldn't be based on "pros and cons" type of thinking either.

But I agree also that Ruby and Oscar work just as well as "a supporting big sister" and "a bit lost lil bro" and at this current point and situation ending in relationship just wouldn't work. Maybe when both of them are a little older and the weight of saving the world isn't on their shoulders. Of course, you can write two characters in a relationship for the pure fluff and cuteness of being love. There's no rule saying otherwise. I meant that, personally, I would prefer it if the MC's romantic relationship had other meanings aside from just having a lover for the sake of having one. The best kind of story writing is the one that uses every aspect to work better in the end so I would like to see that on Ruby's romantic life. But that's assuming she ever gets one because it's always possible she remains single for the rest of the series, ether for being Asexual or simply too focused on her job to care about love.