Talk:Riko/@comment-49.149.66.132-20200418020555

I really don't care of how "poorly written" Riko's character is, and I quiet understand how a lot of people are hating her for being a very vulnerable character without the side characters such as Reg and Nanachi. But for me, Riko's character is quiet a very realistic one. She's a 12 year kid who loves exploring the Abyss so much and is also a fan of her own mother, and that she'll ever be just a child.

The naivety Riko has is a conflict that we as a child also experienced in our childhood days, the curiosity of one thing leads us to prusue it and thus as we grow up we become more and more independent and knowledgeable about our surroundings. Her love for her mother and for the abyss is the thing that drives her to dive into the pit regardless how young and weak she is in terms of physical aspect.

Nanachi, Riko and Reg are made to compliment each others abilities and to work as a group and not as an individual character, making Riko the brain and the leader of the team that supports and encourages her other friends. She is the driving force of the group that helps Reg and Nanachi to overcome the imposibilities they would encounter as they go deeper into the abyss. As Jirou said, going into the abyss is harder than it looks.

PS

Her leadership abilities and brains is quiet something for a mere 12 year old especially in the Ilblu arc, and also Nanachi had mentioned that Riko is quiet fast at adapting in her surroundings and does not easily gave up regardless the emotional stress she had been through.