| TL;DR: I have a theory that Raphalia not actually being as nice of a person as she's pretending to be in front of Naofumi because she behaves differently in front of him and doesn't really seem to follow her own words. I know that a lot of people like Raphtalia as a character so I'm putting this disclaimer at the beginning. This is just a theory build from the small details about our raccoon girl, unexplained in the anime. I understand that it's probably just a poor script writing practice and it doesn't mean that Raphtalia is like that. I also do not criticise anyone for liking this character. That being said, I noticed that Raphtalia's behaviour is changing significantly when Naofumi is not around. For example, in episode 22 she easily picks up a fight with a soldier on the banquet even tho she was claiming that she's against futile violence. You could say that she just grew confidence and learned to protect herself but she still puts this 'pure and innocent' act in front of Naofumi pretending that she didn't want this fight to happen. You could also say that she was mad at the soldier talking bad about Naofumi. That might be the case, yet she hesitated before killing the slave trader guy earlier. That person tortured hundreds of demi-humans including Raphtalia's fellow villagers. Whatever you say, this behaviour of her just seems hypocritical to me. As if she's trying to look better than she actually is. At the end of the same episode, she is visiting her home village and her friend tells her that they should make sure that the village goes back to the way it used to be. Raphtalia responds with a vague 'yeah' and then just leaves the village behind following Naofumi. Of course, she is loyal to him and she can't leave him now, but she could do something for a village she was claiming to care so much about. Yet the only thing she did was paying a symbolic visit to Rifana's grave once in a while. Talking about demi-humans, there is one more thing that was bothering me about their situation. Why did Raphtalia just forget about them? Of course, when Naofumi just bought her, she was still shocked and scared. But later on, she seemed to enjoy her life with him quite a lot. She knew what type of person Naofumi is, meaning that he wouldn't refuse help to those who need it. Yet she never told him about her fellow villagers being held captive? She never proposed him to go there and rescue them? Isn't it weird that she only remembered about them when they coincidentally ended up in that location? And then she just puts an act with all this drama about Rifana dying. Well, if Raphtalia would only remember about them earlier, she could save her. It looks like Raphtalia is far from being as nice and kind as she’s trying to look in front of Naofumi. She’s probably just seeking to gain power rather than to help other people. Does she truly care about Naofumi or does she see him as a way to become a more powerful person? Or maybe she’s so obsessed with him that she’s trying to hide her darkest side from him, just so he won’t leave her alone. I’m interested to hear what others think about it. Please, try to do so without hatred. Note that I’m not trying to show Raphtalia in a negative light. This theory actually makes me more interested in her character. |
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| I noticed this thing about Raphtalia too actually. Especially with her behaviour towards Filo. When they are alone she is really often passive aggressive towards her other companion. And as you can explain that it's just because of the rivalry for the Naofumi, it still brings this feeling that she has indeed a dual nature. Because although she may be aggressive to Filo she won't show it next to Naofumi and will pretend that everything is alright. Same happened with the guard. When Naofumi is around, she can behave but once he is away she is starting a fight. |
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Blaze35 said: Well if the anime had faithfully adapted this wouldnt even be a question. In the noble's house(ep14/15) after throwing him out of the window she says to naofumi that she isnt a good person as he thinks, obviously all this part (like naofumi's behaviour in the anime) has been cut and replaced with something that puts them in a good "light" The problems with these changes is that it creates a dissonance with what they show next. Ah, that makes sense. Thank you for clarifying this. Some things in the story do indeed create dissonance with the volatile behaviour of some characters. |
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| @Zevere You explained your points very well, and I can understand your way of thinking. However, just of sheer curiosity, I wanted to ask what about the fact that Raphtalia several times said that she would go to Naofumi’s word? She doesn’t really want to stay in the village anymore. Also she was easily telling Naofumi about other her problems. Why would it be different for the village? It’s not so much about the mental issue, as the physical problem. It’s not about her, but about what other people are dealing with. It just seems to me that she just didn’t care that much as anime want us to believe. What would be fine in my opinion. Sometimes you need to think only about yourself in harsh world. |
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