Talk:Kishou Arima/@comment-202.67.37.36-20160403002645/@comment-10733658-20160403062112

I think you're misunderstanding me entirely. I'm not referring to them as such in terms of them being harmless or "Oh, oops tee hee". Touka made an enormous mistake, which had long-term consequences and she fully acknowledges this later on. The case with Hinami is much more complicated, since we've since been explicitly told that Eto actively manipulated her.

I'm speaking from experience, in terms of how very different adults and teenagers are. There's a reason that most legal systems do not treat teenagers the same as adults, which is because they are significantly different in terms of mental, emotional, and neurological development. The average teenager simply does not HAVE the same decision-making functions as someone in their 20s or 30s or so-on and so-forth. The frontal lobes do a huge amount of developing during the teenage years, so it is natural and expected for them to do irrational, foolish, or selfish things. That doesn't mean there shouldn't be consequences, but you can't hold a 14 year old to the same standards as a 24 year old.

So, yeah. I acknowledge that these characters made mistakes, but I give more leeway to a child than I do an adult. Because children, especially ones in messed up situations, can make horrible mistakes. But the responsibility of adults is to help children learn from mistakes, and grow from them instead of just condemning them.

Touka made a horrible mistake, because she was an angry teenage girl. She came to regret it, and has acknowledge she messed up.

Hinami made a mistake, as a result of being isolated and manipulated by a mastermind that preys on vulnerable people. She acknowledges her mistake, and regrets what happened.

And honestly, I'm still baffled that you seem to be equating people doing dangerous things to help others with SUICIDE. I wonder if you're really considering what you're saying, and how that reflects not only on people that do dangerous things for good reasons but people that are Depressed and may think of harming themselves.

It's not even remotely the same. Please stop equating them, because it's kind of not cool.