Have you been keeping up with the OP manga? If so, what do you think about Katakuri now that we’ve seen a little bit more from him?

kereeachan:

I have mixed feelings on him. On on the one hand, his backstory is very interesting and I like the idea of a character desperate to keep up a cool, untouchable facade as a shield. On the other hand, we know from Pudding’s backstory that the bullying was still going on well after he was an adult and established as the “cool” brother so even if the older siblings are implied to have developed some sort of camaraderie, they didn’t do jack to protect their younger siblings which sucks. Like, dude was so bullied his sister was attacked over it, and now years later he’s cool with his younger siblings getting the same treatment? That’s…less than cool, imo.

Part of the issue is just how old he is. Dude’s nearly 50, he’s one of the older warriors we’ve faced, but his backstory is pretty much confined to his childhood. Like, compare Doflamingo, who’s seven years younger. We know about his childhood, teen years, and young adult years and how that affected the people around him. For Katakuri, we only know his childhood and then it’s just him keeping up the facade. That gap bugs me. We may get more later, since he and Pudding can still reappear, but it bugs me right now.