Talk:Rating/@comment-93.118.15.241-20151027170018/@comment-25047329-20151028011715

For better or for worse, most of our protagonists are extremely talented, have unique statuses, or are considered outright prodigies. This is especially true in :re, so it has the unfortunate side-effect of making everyone else look bad in comparison, even if other characters are also considered very strong or dangerous in there own right. e.g., throughout :re, the characters we've been mostly following are Sasaki and the Qs Squad, Akira, Juuzou and the Suzuya Squad, Arima, Ui, Hirako/Itou and the Hirako/Itou Squad etc. All these characters are considered definitive bad asses in universe, and the only threat against them are ghouls who're rank S or SS and up (depending on the individual and the team).

When you have this many characters at once considered very powerful, it tends to make a lot of ghouls look like a near non threat. Although, when it's considered that these characters are professional Ghoul Investigators and not your Average Joe, things are put much more into perspective. That's kind of the Catch-22 unfortunately. When inexperienced or average level characters are placed in dangerous situations against ghouls to emphasize how dangerous they are unless someone is properly trained to handle them, they get ridiculed for sucking. When really strong protagonists are pinned against a really strong ghoul opponent, but not as strong, then that opponent sucks.

In a nutshell, I agree. The perspective of the series is a bit askew in that we mostly see the story through the eyes of characters who're super awesome, so ghouls who're rank S and lower appear to suck by comparison. In canon, S and even A rate ghouls are supposed to be considered pretty boss.