The way this character behaves at times might as well put a Halo and wings next to him.
It is normal to feel angry or hateful to someone that has done you wrong is not a sin to be a human being.
This is my issue of Bell from V17 to other volumes he is too forgiving because Humans feel those emotions like hate and anger and even holding grudges.
What you're describing is the typical harem protagonist (dense, unable to actually touch the girls, etc) but Bell's pure and naive attitude is something else entirely to the level where it contradicts common sense
It may have been believable when Bell first came to Orario but he's encountered plenty of evil so far (the earliest would be volume 2 with the Soma Familia) so it's unnatural that he still refuses to change his stance. It feels like the author is bending over backwards trying to keep Bell the way he is
I related Bell's saintliness to his lady killer status because most of the girls who fell in love with him did so because of his infinite goodness/absolute lack of evil.
Girls like: Eina, Aisha, Hestia, Liliruca, Horn, Ryuu, Ais and especially Freya were never interested in any man, even though some of them were courted many times, until saint Bell arrived and then they all went crazy for him.
therefore, if Bell hardened due to his conflicts with the bad guys and stopped being a saint, he might lose his irresistible appeal and this would not be good for a harem series.
In addition, Freya became crazy about Bell due to his pure soul, so if it stopped being, Freya would lose her interest in him and goodbye to Freya's arc.
Therefore, Bell had to remain a saint to retain everyone's romantic interest for him, since this franchise has romance as one of the main themes of it.
Sadly is that in my Bell isnt even a character anymore. He is nothing more then a flesh suit Omori uses to live his dream or whatever. Bell being forgiving and naive could be understandable in the firt 3-4 Vols but at this point it is nothing more backward bending to keep him like this.
Omori has literally been writing 9,5 years at this point with 30+ Vols but he didnt develope at all as a writer. At this point it wouldnt to far to say that he is probably on of the worst writers and that Danmachi is nothing more then a Lucky hit. Which can be seen because his other work Wistoria is not getting any attraction and is mostly ignored.
The girls being attracted have nothing to do with his current personality though since they could still fall in love regardless
Would you believe that fanboys defend Bell's character? Try saying something like "Bell is stupid" and you'll instantly get mobbed
I gotta say i partly disagree on this post. Yeah he is a bit too nice and naive, but he has a method to it. He isn't the blind/stupid hero type like kouki from arifureta, for example.
His main thing is that he sees the good in people. Not so much just blindly assuming the good is there, but actually seeing the good that is actually there. He's been through enough that he doesn't blindly just beleive all people are good, but he sees the good in them even when they don't see it in themselves. True it took him a few disasters to get to that point though. He would never have helped lili, haruheme or the xenos otherwise,
That's why he wants to save freya despite everything she did to him. Yeah she deserves to be punished, but at the same time he saw something in her worth saving.
And when he stopped lyu killing jura it was to save her, not him. Saving people also means saving their souls too. She had stopped her killing spree 5 years before and he didn't want her consumed by revenge again.
He has also had times when he showed no mercy. Fighting Apollo familia. He didn't hold back or try to save them. He crushed them. Fighting the berbera. He went all out and didn't hesitate. Fighting dix and ikalos familia. He absolutely didn't hold back. I'd say dix is the one person he truly grew to hate since coming to orario. Though even without holding back he doesn't resort to killing.
As for the girls who fall for him. There are those who fell for him because he saved them, body and soul. Ie lili, haruheme and lyu. That's also why bell fell for ais. That is a reasonable scenario in these kinds of stories. The problem is with the others who fell for him just because he is kind. Like hestia, eina and cassandra. Too often, both in stories and in real life, being kind to someone is interpreted as them being interested, or having feelings for them. When really they're just being kind. That's how the whole friendzone thing happens. Yeah that can also happen for a character like bell, but too many just gets ridiculous.
So anyway, yeah he is a bit too nice and forgiving at times but he isn't blind to peoples true nature. If he sees something worth saving then they are worth saving. If he sees nothing good in someone, especially an opponent, he doesn't hold back in stopping them
So anyway, yeah he is a bit too nice and forgiving at times but he isn't blind to peoples true nature. If he sees something worth saving then they are worth saving. If he sees nothing good in someone, especially an opponent, he doesn't hold back in stopping them
In the end Bell isn't any different from any protagonist who protects his friends and fights the bad guys. He's obviously going to help his friends and he's not going to hold back against opponents/enemies when his life and/or his familia is at stake
There are those who fell for him because he saved them, body and soul. Ie lili, haruheme and lyu. That's also why bell fell for ais.
Bell fell for Ais because she was hot, there's really no other reason to it until he realized that he wasn't worth her while unless he got stronger
As for the girls, I'd agree that Haruhime works since he saved her despite her insistence that she was unclean (though he never bothered to tell her the truth), but Lili and Ryuu didn't really need to fall in love within him considering the former was saved because she was Bell's friend and the latter dealt with her own past by finishing off the Juggernaut by herself, plus they don't really have any "romantic" interaction with Bell
Everybody is in the same wavelength as me Heroes even the best ones have seen the worst of people, and try to punish those people.
Bell is not acting like a Hero but a Archangel in my opinion Humans make a ton of mistakes and do many terrible decisions.
I don’t think he had the template to be a Hero there will be a time when the boy will make to impacting decision that will affect him.
I give a example of this Minato from Naruto who is a Hero in every way sacrificed his life to the village, and put Kurama in his son.
I wonder if Bell can step up to the plate to make decisions like this where people die under your command.
The author it seems makes Bell cute to girls but the word Hero means making the tough decisions where people live or die under you.
The title of Hero is a thankless job with a unimaginable burden for the person.
I understand he is guilty for rejecting Freya but it doesn’t condone her actions appropriate punishment is needed not a slap in the hand.
It is doubtful that Hestia will get what she wants but a message has to be sent.
The appropriate punishment for Freya is never to interact or see him again includes her members as well.
The second punishment is extremely doubtful to happen because it falls on divine matters the soul of Bell is denied to her.
he already promised he'll save her right in v16 .. and a person like bell wouldn't go back on his word.
but to be fair i wish he would stop seeing everybody as a friend.. after reading v17 i don't think any freya member hated him instead i felt like hogni and gullivers strated to kinda like him.
What do you think?
