Reviewer: whackamole1 Signed [Report This]
Date: September 19 2022 11:54 AM Title: Chapter 53

Wait, is Furio dead!? Please don't let it be so. Please let it be part of some ruse, and not have him get killed offscreen like this. It's a testament to how long this story has been going on (for years) that you get attached to some of the characters that have been there for years, and while it becomes a little hard to keep track of some of the newer characters, and the characters that come and go, Furio has been there since nearly the beginning. The weird dynamic between the free spirited giant girls and the serious and resourceful old wizard is a recurring highlight of the story. He's the closest thing the girls (or at least Janna) have to a friend, to the point that others amusingly assume that he controls them, and he's the only "tiny" that they respected enough to confide their true origins to. His point of view confusion about earth technology was an amusing highlight. His straight man role and interesting point of view perspective to Janna and Laura's immaturity is a lot of fun, and his knowledge and intelligence make the character a good conduit through which to impart information to the reader to. He's got the interesting position of being the one "tiny" that the girls (or at least Janna) respect enough to really care about.

That's not to say that he's a helpless pet. He seems to be the kind of guy whose knowledge, abilities, and potential, the empire overlooked, until he used his resourcefulness to hand one of the girls their first defeat. And to make it more impressive, once the spell wore off, and Janna realised what happened, she didn't seek revenge, but instead came to respect him. And in Chapter 26 when the girls were rendered helpless by the demon worshipper it was "little" Furio who had to rescue them, and defeat the guy who even they couldn't handle, with a technique that frightened even them, in what had to be the most crowning moment of awesome for a character who isn't Janna or Laura in the story thus far.

A lot of characters have been killed off in this story. I just hope that this interesting, and longtime, stalwart character can get a reprieve and continue to defy the odds.

Author's Response:

This made me laugh so hard! Thanks!

Also, I never thought anybody would get emotionally invested in any of the characters. Unwise, if I may say so, whatever the circumstances.