About Origami

Violet42 said:
I binged this yesterday, and while I generally liked most of the characters well enough (though Tohka was really an immature baby for a long stretch there), Origami never grew on me at all. She's among other things a stalker, someone incapable of taking no for an answer, a horribly undisciplined soldier, and so twisted by revenge she's even willing to cold-bloodedly murder the sister of the guy she likes without any consideration of his feelings. Because she doesn't care about anyone else's feelings, least of all Shidou's. I dreaded that the show was going to make me feel sorry for her or have her redeem herself, but I'm glad at least it didn't happen in the first season.

oh and she learned absolutely nothing from almost killing Shidou (and he would have died and god knows what Tohka would have done if not for the Fire Spirit's power). Like, she just gets worse and worse every episode until she's stealing experimental military equipment and wantonly endangering civiliians to murder a 13 year old girl. Who, again, is the sister of the guy she likes.

now I'm planning to continue watching even though I think the series is pretty mid and fanservicey because it's also a lot of fun with interesting concepts. Inexplicably I love Kurumi. But, like, she's a completely broken psycho. Origami just sucks in a more grounded, infuriating way. The difference between a serial killer and someone who tried to kill their spouse.

I despise her, and I'm wondering: am I supposed to? Am I supposed to feel mostly disgust and contempt towards her? Is that the authorial and directorial intent?

Violet42 said:
I binged this yesterday, and while I generally liked most of the characters well enough (though Tohka was really an immature baby for a long stretch there), Origami never grew on me at all. She's among other things a stalker, someone incapable of taking no for an answer, a horribly undisciplined soldier, and so twisted by revenge she's even willing to cold-bloodedly murder the sister of the guy she likes without any consideration of his feelings. Because she doesn't care about anyone else's feelings, least of all Shidou's. I dreaded that the show was going to make me feel sorry for her or have her redeem herself, but I'm glad at least it didn't happen in the first season.

oh and she learned absolutely nothing from almost killing Shidou (and he would have died and god knows what Tohka would have done if not for the Fire Spirit's power). Like, she just gets worse and worse every episode until she's stealing experimental military equipment and wantonly endangering civiliians to murder a 13 year old girl. Who, again, is the sister of the guy she likes.

now I'm planning to continue watching even though I think the series is pretty mid and fanservicey because it's also a lot of fun with interesting concepts. Inexplicably I love Kurumi. But, like, she's a completely broken psycho. Origami just sucks in a more grounded, infuriating way. The difference between a serial killer and someone who tried to kill their spouse.

I despise her, and I'm wondering: am I supposed to? Am I supposed to feel mostly disgust and contempt towards her? Is that the authorial and directorial intent?

Violet42 said:
I binged this yesterday, and while I generally liked most of the characters well enough (though Tohka was really an immature baby for a long stretch there), Origami never grew on me at all. She's among other things a stalker, someone incapable of taking no for an answer, a horribly undisciplined soldier, and so twisted by revenge she's even willing to cold-bloodedly murder the sister of the guy she likes without any consideration of his feelings. Because she doesn't care about anyone else's feelings, least of all Shidou's. I dreaded that the show was going to make me feel sorry for her or have her redeem herself, but I'm glad at least it didn't happen in the first season.

oh and she learned absolutely nothing from almost killing Shidou (and he would have died and god knows what Tohka would have done if not for the Fire Spirit's power). Like, she just gets worse and worse every episode until she's stealing experimental military equipment and wantonly endangering civiliians to murder a 13 year old girl. Who, again, is the sister of the guy she likes.

now I'm planning to continue watching even though I think the series is pretty mid and fanservicey because it's also a lot of fun with interesting concepts. Inexplicably I love Kurumi. But, like, she's a completely broken psycho. Origami just sucks in a more grounded, infuriating way. The difference between a serial killer and someone who tried to kill their spouse.

I despise her, and I'm wondering: am I supposed to? Am I supposed to feel mostly disgust and contempt towards her? Is that the authorial and directorial intent?

Majaladi said:
unrelated but has season 5 already aired?

tannerrocks said:
She gets better as the story progresses, and it gets explained in season 3 why she does what she does to Shido and her hatred towards spirits. I generally like her has a character especially once we were shown what kick started her motives.

NovaMagic said:


Third seasons justifies her a terrorist and bombing a amusement park full of civilians? Do they ever explain why the military has high school girls as soldiers?

tannerrocks said:
I wouldn't say it justifies what she did, she was on a complete bloodlust rampage and wasn't letting anything stop her from achieving her only goal that she had made at that point in her life. As far as the million dollar question as to "Why there are high school girls in the AST?" I'm afraid I can't answer that question as I am still curious myself lol!