Talk:Kagami Tsurugi/@comment-33404630-20171018125600/@comment-7117024-20171019053347

At the end of the day, personally, it strongly seems like Marinette and Adrien will end up together. While subversions can be done well, I don't see the show splitting the duo and entirely removing their romance by the end of series. However, relationships are great ways to develop characters and make their relationships with others stronger. I'm excited for Kagami and Luka because they sound like they're interesting in their own rights. My problem would be if the show fails to take advantage of them and their relationships and Adrien and Marinette, making them instead pawns for Adrien and Marinette jealousy stories that we've seen time and time again without improvement. If done well, I hope these characters help teach the main leads that while jealousy can happen, it's good to sacrifice their own selfish, obsessive romantic desires and want to see their crushes happy with whoever they end up with. Marinette seems to have started learning that from "Volpina", but we'll have to see it that sticks, and I'm eager for plots where both the jealousy-driven Marinette and Adrien can learn to put aside their own feelings and support the feelings of their loved ones instead.

As for characters in general, it sounds like both Kagami and Luka will be unique characters that can stand outside of being love complications. Give credit that Lila is a character with more to her than another love rival for Marinette; she has a unique personality, flaws, and potential to be a trouble for Marinette and others outside of romantic affairs. Kagami is a fencer, and Luka is Juleka's brother. That's a starting point for their characters, and the best thing the show can do is fill them out well. It's fine if they're not the end love goal for Marinette and Adrien, but give us a reason to wonder if they should get together with these new love interests, be okay for them if they don't end up with the leads, and stand on their own and characters worth liking and rooting for.