Talk:Julius Juukulius/@comment-43979436-20200920210745/@comment-8703003-20201013170822

If you’re anime-only (like I was for a long time) it’s very easy to hate Julius because you never get the context of why he beat the living crap out of Subaru that you get in the book 4 epilogue. In fact, the anime is too kind to Subaru and completely unfair to Julius in this situation. You never learn that, despite Julius kicking the living crap out of Subaru, he was actually being merciful because he did it in a way that wouldn’t leave permanent damage and as such he prevented one of the other knights from potentially murdering him if they were to have done it. Then, to make matters worse, the next thing you see as an anime-only person is Reinhardt apologizing for Julius’ actions, cementing the opinion that Julius is a bullying asshole. Yes, Reinhardt apologized in the book as well, but you at least had the context that Julius was an asshole with a purpose. There’s also the irony that, where Reinhardt completely misses that the fight had purpose, even Subaru gets it, even if it’s from a self-serving and “completely missing the point” viewpoint.

But anyway, that’s why anime-only viewers would hate Julius.