Nata is a good boy

[アンジェル]

I feel like it needs a counter thread towards all the "Nata-hate".

He is an essential character in the storytelling and makes an impressive developement throughout the story. He certainly left a stronger impact on me than Alma did, so I cannot relate to the hate.

By now I have a strong suspicion that maybe the English Nata is weird in comparison to the Japanese one?

[Krowle]

He used to be in my hate list when he was trying to throw a stone at xxxx.
After I learned how to made a purchase from Nata exchange App. I forgive him and welcome him as useful and hardworking character.

Add Edit: Yes, there is a lot of Bad ENGliTch DUB when playing with Japanese voice over. A totally train wreck and sometimes nani da faq.

[Glimmer]

I liked Nata, too. He's a good kid.

I think a lot of people are way too harsh with him. He's a kid that went through a traumatic experience. Of course he won't have 100% emotional stability. Nata is just trying his best to live and adapt. He started to understand the world more around him, and changed some deep-seated opinions because of it.

Do people hate character development and just want a character to be perfect from the very start?

[FINKnATOR]

I don't think people need him to be perfect.. but for me he just isn't needed. I'm only in chapter 2, but he really doesn't seem to add anything meaningful and he's annoying. Aside from identifying the monster, why would hunters bring a defenseless kid with them? It doesn't really make sense to me.

Seems the story could hit all the same points if the hunters just were exploring off into this area, met the tribes, and then offer their help finding out what is effecting their ecosystem. All the focus on Nata and his tribe is just seems unneeded and a distraction from their focus.

After the rock throwing that Krowle mentioned I had to come see if others didn't like him. But I agree Alma isn't really memorable either. But I don't really remember many NPC from MH games. I remember the monsters!

[.°• Sheep ༄𖦹]

i think the problem is people aren't really willing to let him be a kid. some of his behavior isn't super logical, but he's a boy who's lost his home and his family to a horrible, traumatic experience. he's going to have his judgement clouded by that emotion, and being an impulsive kid he's going to act without thinking from time to time or say or think things that don't really click to an outsider looking at things logically.

i see his stance on arkveld criticized the most, but i think it's the most endearing thing about him. there's something special about the ability to look at the beast that hurt you in such a deeply personal way and be able to see the pain and suffering it's endured that lead it to those actions. i maybe don't agree with his sentiment that arkveld should be allowed to live, and don't know if that's even a stance for him to take that makes sense all things considered, but i do like that he's able to express empathy for arkveld considering the tragedy of it's situation.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by my dumbass character:

i think the problem is people aren't really willing to let him be a kid. some of his behavior isn't super logical, but he's a boy who's lost his home and his family to a horrible, traumatic experience. he's going to have his judgement clouded by that emotion, and being an impulsive kid he's going to act without thinking from time to time or say or think things that don't really click to an outsider looking at things logically.

i see his stance on arkveld criticized the most, but i think it's the most endearing thing about him. there's something special about the ability to look at the beast that hurt you in such a deeply personal way and be able to see the pain and suffering it's endured that lead it to those actions. i maybe don't agree with his sentiment that arkveld should be allowed to live, and don't know if that's even a stance for him to take that makes sense all things considered, but i do like that he's able to express empathy for arkveld considering the tragedy of it's situation.

I agree. In addition to that I think it is respectable that he understood that becoming a hunter does not mean it is just about hunting monsters, but rather understanding nature and balance and what makes a hunter necessary in times of need. By the end of the story I think he has grown so much, he would become an awesome hunter one day - maybe we will see him again in the future, like we did with Gemma and Fabius.

In case someone missed it:
https://monsterhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Little_Miss_Forge
https://monsterhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Ace_Lancer

[Krowle]

Originally posted by FINKnATOR:

I don't think people need him to be perfect.. but for me he just isn't needed. I'm only in chapter 2, but he really doesn't seem to add anything meaningful and he's annoying. Aside from identifying the monster, why would hunters bring a defenseless kid with them? It doesn't really make sense to me.

Seems the story could hit all the same points if the hunters just were exploring off into this area, met the tribes, and then offer their help finding out what is effecting their ecosystem. All the focus on Nata and his tribe is just seems unneeded and a distraction from their focus.

After the rock throwing that Krowle mentioned I had to come see if others didn't like him. But I agree Alma isn't really memorable either. But I don't really remember many NPC from MH games. I remember the monsters!

What about the Twin sister from Rise?

Play til the end of main story of current patch which is at until you uncap HR41+
Nata will redeem himself. 0 hate from me that is sure. Japanese voice by the way.

High pitch kuso gaki voice can make people feels irritated fast.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Krowle:

Originally posted by FINKnATOR:

I don't think people need him to be perfect.. but for me he just isn't needed. I'm only in chapter 2, but he really doesn't seem to add anything meaningful and he's annoying. Aside from identifying the monster, why would hunters bring a defenseless kid with them? It doesn't really make sense to me.

Seems the story could hit all the same points if the hunters just were exploring off into this area, met the tribes, and then offer their help finding out what is effecting their ecosystem. All the focus on Nata and his tribe is just seems unneeded and a distraction from their focus.

After the rock throwing that Krowle mentioned I had to come see if others didn't like him. But I agree Alma isn't really memorable either. But I don't really remember many NPC from MH games. I remember the monsters!

What about the Twin sister from Rise? :winterbunny2023::terraria:

Play til the end of main story of current patch which is at until you uncap HR41+
Nata will redeem himself. 0 hate from me that is sure. Japanese voice by the way.

High pitch kuso gaki voice can make people feels irritated fast. :GHSanity:

The twin sisters are awesome.
But also some NPCs like that red haired guy remains in good memories.

Maybe it Alma grows more on us over time - I consider her too an awesome character and great companion to have alongside the hunts.

To me it feels more like Monster Hunter than ever before having her by my side to supervise the hunts.

[Felvine]

i agree, i also think he will eventually become a great asset to the guild and return on a later game much older and wiser.

[chima]

He keeps our honey slaves in check so he's not all bad.

[Zefar]

Nata: He's just like ME!
While Arkveld is in process of ripping smaller animals apart and have already done this enough that he has massive piles of dead bodies nearby.

Arkveld being a threat to the ecosystem because he was literally an apex predator that shouldn't be there.

At the end of the low rank story you find an egg and Nata is STILL happy that he is alive.

Guess what Arkveld did with his new life? Went on another mass murdering mission.
Ah yes, the mass murdering monster went on another mass murdering mission.

At which Nata finally is like "Okay, he needs to be put down." As if there was an option to not do it.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Zefar:

Nata: He's just like ME!
While Arkveld is in process of ripping smaller animals apart and have already done this enough that he has massive piles of dead bodies nearby.

Arkveld being a threat to the ecosystem because he was literally an apex predator that shouldn't be there.

At the end of the low rank story you find an egg and Nata is STILL happy that he is alive.

Guess what Arkveld did with his new life? Went on another mass murdering mission.
Ah yes, the mass murdering monster went on another mass murdering mission.

At which Nata finally is like "Okay, he needs to be put down." As if there was an option to not do it.

You omitted the bird flu virus part in your story which leads to that.