Talk:Kichimura Washuu/@comment-192.135.227.228-20150728211918/@comment-10733658-20150806065239

I'm sorry if you feel that I'm talking down to you, or trying to bully you.

I agree with your assessment that we don't know what his overall role will be, nor where things will go in the future. Souta is seriously a mystery wrapped in a blanket of questions. We don't know anything about him.

But in terms of literary devices, his sole contribution to the story has been that of the Antagonist. Not because he is evil, or an enemy, or won't ever be a positive force. Rather, he's a good example of the lesser-known usage of the Device -- he's quite simply a Force, acting to create the plot. He's the device, in the form of a person, that sparked the Conflict. He is the Force which acted upon the Protagonist, setting him on the journey.