Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170112165458/@comment-14138255-20170116201856

I'm more ambivilent towards Adam's design. Edgy yes, but it's not Reaper edgy, not yet, though on inspection, it has equivilent imagery (a part of Reaper's charm is that he's a loser, and he knows it, and it frustrates him). Besides a little bit of edge can be good, people shouldn't be in full on "rebellion against all things dark and edgy" mode all the time.

His motivations are what sells the issue, pretty much being so far a petty bastard boyfriend pissed that his ex left him because of that minor killing shit problem he had.

As for the comparison to Kirito....not quite. Oh sure he's clad in black, but so is the real Black Swordsman, and I don't recall complaining about that. His coat's smaller too. Plus his combat approach is different, and his status as villain changes how his fights are potrayed as well (Kirito's are typical shonen "must push myself to do better" moments at their most desperate and disgustingly effortless at their least. Villains rarely have those moments, since they aren't motivated by those "good" values of pushing harder in the face of defeat).

Man that was unfocused. Gonna have to get some Dr. Pepper.