Talk:Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 20/@comment-24727405-20190503063947/@comment-24727405-20190520183905

@Graceharpand I wish, but unfortunately, I was too busy with "IRL" stuff that is happening to me and given the good ol' depress drop into my body.

Stuff happening in Gluttony IF doesn't mean that it's actually canon in the later plotline. Like Rem IF, everything that is happening in G:IF is null and void because that's the timeline that "what if" Ricardo actually loses an arm, because this was made before "that" event in the LN. Stuff that is happening in the WN is a draft and it's non-canon unless those events are nade into the LN (which it would never happen). And yes, there's something wrong with just having one arm. They don't make them strong and give them a character development, they made them weaker. Also, you saw in vol 19 he's using his sword with his right hand, and in the WN, his hand was empty when he moved Julius, so that means that will change in the LN ver. Cutting off a limb doesn't mean good writing. If they were armless like, again, Al, from the start before the main plot, then I would accept it. But putting in Ricardo, the only good character in the series, that lacks a proper backstory and you're gonna make him lose an arm right off the bat, shows how bad the writing is and that's killing him off and the fall of the series. Not to mention that he hasn't gotten a cover "once", so a series without giving him a cover before or after killing him off would have a huge dip in quality. And also without seeing his kids and kobolds that are like him is a huge optional downgrade as well. And this is coming from an actual writter. Plus, we already have Al, an armless character. It would be pointless and unnecessary to have 2 armless characters within the same series because you're putting in a copycat character that shares the same and stealing: characteristics, looks, and personality. Not to mention that the LN version of arc 5 took out a lot of things that was in the WN and made a large number of changes.

>The worst that can happen is that Ricardo won't be able to fight at all or his arm gets healed back (somehow)

That's the point. Ricardo being armless = killing him off and the fall of the series. No one in the world can even replace him nor can look like him. Why? Because you need a furry character to be set in a fantasy world. Because a race without furry species and a world with just humans would make the world feel empty; lack of emotion, world building, and impact, and it'll make the world beel generic and dull.

Edit: Just noticing that if he get's his arm removed, he'll be basically Jax. Which is worse and stupid in a lot of ways. Jax is a boring character and he get no redemption arc. He is worthless and I do not want my Ricardo to be like that.