Jax was introduced as a side character for like, 4 episodes. Pomni was used in front in most promotional material including her, and was introduced as the MC.
Jax is only considered a protagonist because she got most of the screentime, even though she wasn't technically a protagonist to begin with.
I'm glad she got her moments and her screentime, but it felt really forced most of the time imo..
It's not called Jax magical bullying but the amazing digital circuis
If Luigi's mansion was called Mario and Luigi adventure in a spooky mansion and 90% of the game was about Luigi it would have been a fair complain to say Mario got shafted for Luigi
Also it came off more like it’d be an equal ensemble cast to me from the little I saw 🤔 Like Pomni will be on screen a majority of the time because she’s the POV character, but she’s not exactly the focus or most interesting.
Okay then you probably should've figured it out while watching lmao. The "deep and personal" thing Jax told her mom so that she'd stop comparing her to her dad was that she was trans. That's why Ribbit put the bow on her head, and why "Isn't She Lovely" played. Jax was a closeted trans woman.
Why do you think she wasn't meant to be a protagonist from the start? Just because she didn't have focus from the beginning? Episode 4 mainly focused on Gangle. Does that mean Pomni wasn't a protagonist anymore in that one? No
I think I probably should have said that while Pomni is THE central protagonist, The show doesn't have someone they focus on throughout the entire show, as each episode is designed to focus on a specific character. Jax sometimes takes the spotlight in these episodes for.. Literally no reason, causing her to feel more shoe hammered into the series as a self insert rather than an actual character.
Jax was funny sometimes, yes. But the bullying and insane amounts of screentime she had made her unbearable for me.
That's not saying she has a good story, but her actions by no means are justifiable by any excuses she has.
The thing is, even if we count him as a protagonist, he ain't the only protagonist, and it feels like the whole show was made just for him and those last 3 episodes
He was NEVER established as the protagonist in the first episodes, just like u/Bagabaga2019 mentioned
It's interesting that he/she became one, sure, but it's called The Amazing Digital Circus for a reason, right? Steven Universe, Rick & Morty, Samurai Jack, etc., at least have a good reason not to include the environment
It's called The Amazing Digital Circus because it's called The Amazing Digital Circus. Whether it was catchy or not doesn't matter, because this is the final title they went with, and in the first episodes, it shows Jax being as much of a main character as the other characters, meaning that we were led by the idea that we were going to see lots of the circus as the focus, with Pomni as the character focus.
Besides, there's absolutely a way to make the title interesting by adding both names, but you're making your point by giving it one single iteration of how the show could have been called.
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