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ChishioKunrin wrote:

Ouran High School Host Club is meant to be a comedy that makes fun of harem and reverse harem anime. That was its purpose first and foremost. I actually very much enjoyed Ouran. It's delightfully goofy. So... Would I have had to understand reverse/harem anime by watching it before watching Ouran in order to enjoy it?

As someone who (fault of my own) hasn't watched much anime, I'm probably not gonna like it any more later down the line because probably wouldn't like what it's making light of.

And as for the stuff about SAO, I agree. I guess I just didn't have those words for it. I can see why people draw the connection to Ruby as a Mary Sue, but the counterargument is that her innocence is why Ozpin took the liking to her in V1 Ep1, and her motivation for being a Huntress is born out of that innocence. (I could easily be getting the RWBY connection wrong because I don't fully understand what a Mar/t/y Sue is).

And M&K said in the recent CRWBY AMA that "More attention and meaningful conflicts for Ruby" was on the list of things they need to do in Volume 6, so she'll be less of a Mary Sue if that is indeed what that means.