
Not to mention that she replaced Taki, a fan-favourite. A plucky, fun take on the usually "stoic ninja" stereotypes, or an annoyingly tacky Highly Visible Ninja Barbie, pandering to the very worst Mukokuseki pop culture principles. is either an intriguing and badass character and the coolest newcomer, or a bizarre, out-of-place anime dude that doesn't fit the setting and overstayed his welcome.

The whole "go back in time to prevent your big mistake" element-never once hinted as an ability of Edge Master's, one that would've been useful at numerous points in the series-is so Deus ex Machina it hurts.

It's widely believed that Cervantes (who was undead prior to SCV) returned to a younger age upon coming back to life.The rest of the returning cast are afforded a variety of contrived excuses for the fact that they look exactly the same as they did 17 years previous - Ivy (listed as "stopped aging at 32"), Maxi, Tira, Cervantes, Raphael, and Kilik all have similarly wafty excuses (or no explanation at all) in their bios to explain their youthful inertia ( all of these cases have to do with Soul Edge's influence when you look at it).

Despite the Time Skip of 17 years, only Mitsurugi (46), Siegfried (40), Hilde (35), and Voldo (67) have aged naturally out of the whole returning cast.
