Talk:Pannacotta Fugo/@comment-37889052-20181222052920

IMO the anime's backstory fell flat.

Making the professor indisputably deserving of a hardcover beatdown doesn't display Fugo's personality as strongly as either the manga or Purple Haze Feedback. The vague explanation of the original on its own almost disregards reasoning from the situation entirely, serving to emphasize how erratic his anger can be. PHF gives a tad bit of moral leeway in the insult of Fugo's grandmother, while shifting the attitude of the assault (and similar outbursts) to being based in Fugo's hardheaded beliefs; ones that conflict with the cautious common sense that influenced his decision to abandon the group. With the animated interpretation, Fugo basically had every right to link the professor's head to an extra spine; it was clear that his advances were going to escalate without a prompt retreat or a show of force, thus it becomes merely "excessive" self-defence instead of an erratic fit.