Not gonna lie, I'm not a huge fan of Nanao. He's a great guy and I love how he's set up as your average underdog, secretly great leader type, but I'm really glad that he wasn't the real main character. If he had been, that would've made this story not only much shorter, since he gets betrayed so early and only returns now, after they've returned to the mainland, but it also would've made me lose pretty much all interest in this. He'd just be another stagnant "good guy" main character whose only growth would come from learning how to harness his ability and leading his class. I didn't come for that - I came for the wild twists, the logic games and the twisting line between good and evil. Now, Nana is no saint. She's killed people; a lot of people, based on information that was faulty. However, I think it's telling that she always prayed after a kill. She even says when "killing" Nanao that it's nothing personal, this is just her job (at least, she definitely thinks it in the anime). Her arc feels believable, albeit a bit wacky in most cases, and it was interesting to see not only who would get character spotlight, but also how she'd figure out their powers and use that to her advantage. I think anyone coming here expecting another, say, My Hero Academia, will be rightfully disappointed. Because it really isn't that - it's not about rising to the top from nothing or overcoming impossible odds. It's a story about propaganda, about how you can never know who or what to trust, about how hurting those you don't understand only comes back to bite you. So yes, I like Nanao as a character, but no, I don't think he would've made a good main character. They made the right call with Nana. She didn't need to cultivate her talents, she needed to cultivate her empathy. But those are my thoughts, anyway.
Not gonna lie, I'm not a huge fan of Nanao. He's a great guy and I love how he's set up as your average underdog, secretly great leader type, but I'm really glad that he wasn't the real main character. If he had been, that would've made this story not only much shorter, since he gets betrayed so early and only returns now, after they've returned to the mainland, but it also would've made me lose pretty much all interest in this. He'd just be another stagnant "good guy" main character whose only growth would come from learning how to harness his ability and leading his class. I didn't come for that - I came for the wild twists, the logic games and the twisting line between good and evil.
Now, Nana is no saint. She's killed people; a lot of people, based on information that was faulty. However, I think it's telling that she always prayed after a kill. She even says when "killing" Nanao that it's nothing personal, this is just her job (at least, she definitely thinks it in the anime). Her arc feels believable, albeit a bit wacky in most cases, and it was interesting to see not only who would get character spotlight, but also how she'd figure out their powers and use that to her advantage. I think anyone coming here expecting another, say, My Hero Academia, will be rightfully disappointed. Because it really isn't that - it's not about rising to the top from nothing or overcoming impossible odds. It's a story about propaganda, about how you can never know who or what to trust, about how hurting those you don't understand only comes back to bite you. So yes, I like Nanao as a character, but no, I don't think he would've made a good main character. They made the right call with Nana. She didn't need to cultivate her talents, she needed to cultivate her empathy.
But those are my thoughts, anyway.