I was hoping MHA Vigilantes Episode 5 and 6 would address the inconsistency with the writing of Stain (I refuse to call him Stendhal unless it's for tagging purposes, it's not a name he would pick for himself it's the name of the author of the book "The Red and the Black" which doesn't contain any themes relevant to the character). Stendhal is the result of Mr. Furuhashi taking a puzzle piece from someone elses puzzle, and instead of crafting his own puzzle around it so that it fits, he tried to force the piece into his own narrative. It didn't do the story any good. The fight would have been way more high stakes and meaningful if Furuhashi had his main characters interrupt Stain while he's attacking a hero, maybe his first target. Knuckleduster could have still been the cause of his lack of nose, but don't try to sell me the idea that Stain's ideology and conviction that brought people to their knees in fear, resulted from a silly inconsequential duel with Knuckleduster. I love the design and the work of the animation team, but the writing in Volume 2 of Vigilantes did not do Stain justice.
I disagree with this take fundamentally and I go over some of my reasons in the comment section- however, credit where it’s due the Art is EXCEPTIONAL and I really do admire your willingness to at least engage with disagreements.
In short… this is a classy person here
