You sure aren't wrong about that, James. We also see it sometimes with other shows. And you nailed it so far with Dragon Ball Super and SAO. Some series have handled it a bit better though, even if it isn't easy, and it can be a serious problem. I wasn't just referring to stuff like power-ups, but other stuff too, like what was good about something before it went to ****.
Oh no doubt. Grimgar, Overlord, and a few others definitively handled power scaling much better and even at times where death and rebirth causes power reduction. Like the time Ainz revived a Lizard man and said "you have gone down a level in power, but you should be mostly fine." So, they show that things like death or other things can reduce power fluxes. Even Ainz, as powerful as he is, has a reason for his power and has a reason why he can do so much, but he is not invincible and he can be hurt.
As for the other issues. I know what you were getting. It is just the power scaling one is one that people seem to talk about alot and thus has the most problems with it at the moment. Naruto included.
It's basically what people have dub "The Shonen Problem" where upscaling battles means the author has to give power boosts to make it interesting. it is cheap and can be helpful at times, but keep doing it and it stops being believable or downright looks asspull.
They only care about character development when it SUITS them. Remember, like you said, if Naruto develops, that is fine, If Hinata develops, Perfect for them. If any other character develops but Sakura that that is a-okay. If Sakura develops though, oh boy is it unacceptable because, They don't want her getting together with Naruto. And remember, parallels don't mean anything to them uless it proves how Naruto and Hinata suit each other perfectly and were intended from the beginning They LOOOOOOOVE deluding themselves saying that Minato parallels Hinata and Naruto Parallels Kushina as you recall. But Jiraiya and Tsunade don't matter. Obito and Rin don't matter unless the parallel is to NH¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Which is why we call them biased. Even if I weren't to compare characters in the same universe, it is still pretty biased when they like another couple with the exact same dynamic and while it is okay for them, it is not okay for NaruSaku.
Ruroni Kenshin is an example too. Kenshin and Kaoru had this very same dynamic and yet how many would say their relationship is awesome? Yet, they follow the same dynamic. Boy meets girl. Girls doesn't respect or value him cause she thinks less of him. Boy has goofball demeanor until stuff gets real, and when she finally sees the true him she respects him.
Same dynamic...yet two different opinions.
I am basically calling them out on their biased nature. It is one thing to like one pairing over another. It is another to use an argument saying it makes it bad for one, but say the same dynamic is what makes another couple special.
Like you said: If Sakura does it, it is bad, but if Hinata does it, it is just the tops.
You either condemn all of it or none of it in my book. Otherwise, you're biased and obviously have a narrow minded viewpoint which is sad cause these people are smarter than they really are.
Just like how I hate Hinata's obsession over Naruto, I hate Sakura and Naruto's obsession over Sasuke. Which, speaking of, how come they don't have issues with the SNS dynamic since even Sasuke was "being mean to poor wittle Nawuto."
Edited by James S Cassidy, 18 January 2019 - 05:40 PM.