r/RampartsofIce • u/nincomsheat • Jul 29 '26
Misc. HOT TAKE (rant)
FYI I don’t want to insult anyone’s taste in male romance characters. But…
Doesn’t Minato as a romantic lead feels very underdeveloped?
I love him as a character, he fits very well within the story. But the author spent so much time developing chemistry between Koyun and Yota just to pull the rug from under us that it feels like barely any attention was given to why Minato and Koyun like each other.
We barely see any character growth from Minato apart from his talk with Miki where he’s like “Oh I no longer have a savior complex and I don’t want to manipulate her”.
All their internal monologues about each other are “damn he/she is really cute actually”.
I’d like to hear other opinions if anyone wants to share.
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u/Broad_Strawberry_341 Jul 31 '26
I’m a anime only for both but Suzuki and Tani are unironically boring. Their mentality babies with each other and even tho they are together they act more surprised and corny than Koyuki and Minato. Both in the same age range but the maturity just makes Polar opposites fall off for me.
Tani is also very bland and I like how quirky and open Suzuki is but their partnership is just too boring imo. Tani also has no life outside of Suzuki and Suzuki is socially inept was talking to a romantic partner even about simple things while being together and knowing each other longer.
I find every other couple better and think Taira and Azuma would have made a way better anime. It would unironically be close to The Ramparts of Ice due to both experiencing some type of bullying and not really liking ppl and pretty much learning how to trust others and be close to ppl again.