Tithi

First of all, I'll apologise for the super long delay, I never once forgot about this blog or anything, I just haven't really had the time or anything to write recently.
But hopefully I'll try to update, at least a bit more regularly now.
So let's get on with it now, I'm going to review a more minor character so I can slowly get back into how I make these, without making lots of mistake I'll regret in the future.

So with this, we're going to review: Tithi (Titi) *spoilers*

Tithi gets introduced pretty late into season 3, and because of that, we don't get to see much of him, but even with that, I really like his character.

He has an important role as a Legendary Blader and because of that, despite his appearing so late into the series, he is around almost all the time after his debut.

The first time we see him, he is hidden by a mask, while the people who live around the area he is found in, are certain he is some kind of monster, and because of this, they send people to try and stop him.
Because of this, he is eventually found by Kyoya and Yu, and we learn more about him.

Tithi reveals that he hides himself behind the mask, because he is really shy, he lives by himself in this mountain ruin area, and because of that, he's very lonely, he was mistaken for a monster, because of him going down to the village with his mask, while in truth, he was very shy and innocently trying to make friends, he ended up scaring everyone away.

We see from this already, that Tithi has a completely isolated life, despite only just meeting him, there's already reason to feel for him, and as the season goes in further, it's really heartwarming to watch him begin to open up to his new group of friends.

One thing I really like about Tithi, is how much stronger he is than how much you would be led to believe just by seeing him, but it's done in a nicer way than other characters who had this trait, he doesn't display overconfidence, instead just becoming very excited, his personality comes out more when he battles, because it's the main way he lets his shyness slip away, and we get to some of his real personality, we get to see how friendly and sociable he can really be, and it's a great new side to his character.



Tithi's loneliness ends when he runs into Kyoya and Yu, who were sent to look for him at the time, he begins trying to run away from them and then, when he is unable to anymore, he begins to converse with them, though, still being competely timid in conversation, it's clear he's uncomfortable being there, but this meeting ends up changing everything for him, I'll go a bit more into that further down, for now.

We get to see Tithi's ancestor at times throughout the series, and it leads to a big heartwarming moment, where he meets Aguma, who is another Legendary Blader, they're on opposing sides throughout the scene, but during parts of the situation, you see them begin to remember each other, from their ancestors, and it helps Aguma change his ways, by remembering some of Tithi's ancestors' advice from the past, it makes me want to see more of the past of the Legendary Bladers Ancestors, seeing the connections they had in the past carry onto the present day just beings a really optimistic feeling with it.
 
The thing I really liked about watching Tithi's scenes, was seeing how much his character developed in the short while he was present in the series, and not just his character, his life in general had really heartwarming development, just seeing how shy and alone he was at the time of his debut, and then seeing him get new friends and gradually begin to open up to them, eventually being able to openly talk, and not even using the mask anymore that he used for security before, his more open side is full of really sweet traits, and it's really kind of sad to think how he had to hide all of that personality away before because of how shy he was towards anything new in the world.

Like I said, we also get to see how his life developed, along with his personality. Tithi started out all by himself, in a really empty area, with no friends, and then he made a couple of friends by what was thought of as a destiny that brought them together, those couple of friends turned into plenty more as Tithi began to travel with them, and now, with lots of new friends, at the end of the series, we find out that since the series ended, he lives with Dynamis, meaning he wont be lonely again, he got lots of friends, a home, it was really heartwarming to see how much improved his life has become since his debut.


 In terms of design, Tithi's is different, the colours his outfit uses are more in the dull kind of colours than most other outfits on the show, which are usually pretty bright, but I still like it, it's really different, and with the extra details, it looks like it would be pretty complicated to animate, so I like the detail in the oufit, because it shows effort, and it's more impressive, I think.
Tithi is the Legendary Blader of Venus, and I have to wonder if that's perhaps the reason he has a more femenine look, I think that's pretty clever if that's the reason, but either way, I really like his design, I think he's really adorable.
I really like how detailed the mask is too, it sets the mood of the area well, and it just has a lot of patterns on it that appeal to me.

 Like I said before, I'm also wanting to go into how his life changed, this would also include the main friendships he makes, so I think this would be a good place to do that.

His main friendships during this time, were Kyoya and Yu, though in the case of Kyoya, they didn't really get along so well, Kyoya's attitude scared Tithi, and in general he was usually nervous around him, refusing to battle him, also, because he was afraid of him.
Eventually Kyoya calms down a bit with him, and Tithi, while staying wary of him, does eventually feel comfortable enough to make jokes in front of him, not minding if Kyoya loses his temper, and at the end of the series, Kyoya reveals that since the end of the series, he battled all the other Legendary Bladers, which I assume means eventually Tithi warmed up enough for them to actually be on pretty good terms, and I find it really sweet.

He also met Yu during this time, and that turned into a very sweet friendship, the two of them made friends almost immediately after meeting, and it quickly grew into a very strong bond between both of them.
Tithi decided he didn't want to go with Kyoya to meet the others, because he was scared of him, and he had no idea what Gingka and the others would be like.
He was told by Yu how Gingka and the others were different from Kyoya, and after defending him from Kyoya and even managing to stop him from continuing to force Tithi into a battle, Tithi decided he would only go with Kyoya to meet up with the others as long as Yu came with him.
After this, Yu and Tithi spent almost every moment of the rest of the series together, Tithi always wanting to be with him, and getting concerned at the thought of being seperated.

They always seemed to have a lot of fun together, and it was really sweet to watch that friendship continue, Yu seemed to help Tithi overcome a lot of his shyness and worries about the situation, he helped bring Tithi's true personality out, and because of that, Tithi was able to make so many other friends, and have such a better life because of it, and that was really heartwarming how it all joined together the way it did.

Overall: Tithi got a lot of development, both through personality and just through how his life was, and I found that to be really good, considering how late into the series he entered, he has very sweet personality traits, and I can really feel for him, he had a very difficult life before at his debut and it was great to see it slowly improve through new friends who would change his life.
When his real personality comes out when he loses his shyness, that's very sweet too, he has a lot of good traits, and I really like his character.
Score: 8/10

This wraps up Tithi's review, again, I'm sorry that it's been left for so long, and hopefully I'll be able to settle back into a routine of doing it regularly soon enough, either way, I have no plans of finishing analysing, I really enjoy it, and no matter how long it takes, I'll make sure it gets done.
So, until next time.

- Surii