If I interpreted the original post correctly, it isn’t about comparing storytelling, it is about comparing individual characters. What makes it more acceptable for one villain to be redeemable over another?
I think it is a fair question and I wouldn’t get too hung up on an anime example being used. You can pick a villain that was redeemed from another form of media and the question still stands. I guess probably one of the most famous examples stands out. Did Darth Vader redeem himself at the end when he sacrificed himself to save his son?
The only problem I have with this question is enough time hasn’t been given to see what is going to happen. Theoretically, Sylvanas can be redeemed in the eyes of at least some people depending on what they do with her. Some people won’t accept it because they just hate the character in general, regardless.
Even the comparison two FF14 shows how bad your take really is. In a MMO you have stories build up for many years two. That’s in fact also a large part of why people are reacting different to Vegetha than Syvlanas. You know my replay is was correct.
Goku and Jiren’s fight already did the impossible, the reverberations of their blows shook “an endless void”. Obviously not Grand Zeno “blink reality out of existence” levels of power but already doing craziness.
Sure bub.
Regardless, at the end of the day, people care about fun and enjoyment, and Vegeta had a fun and compelling redemption arc, whereas the Sylvanas redemption arc is already grating. Both anime and MMOs exist to create enjoyment and if it isn’t doing that job properly it is a failure regardless if it is an anime or MMO.
I haven’t read the manga and probably won’t, but Vegeta surpassing Goku for anything except a temporary moment seems… questionable. They spent way too long establishing that Vegeta has finally accepted Goku is his superior, I guess they have to do something to change his status quo - let him get stronger, let him get cocky, so he can become prideful and fall again. Seems like a mistake to me but time well tell - it is hard to go forward with Vegeta since his character was essentially “complete”.
KH is also an example of long story telling, since it’s events stretch over years of development… and oddly enough it all makes sense from a multiple character perspective.