Talk:Hamato Miwa (2012 TV series)/@comment-34073672-20180517035310/@comment-4872828-20180902204038

I disagree strongly.

Mary Sues are unrealistic characters who the characters inexplicably love and are often walking deus ex machnicas due to their outstanding abilities.

Karai doesn't just have superficial flaws, but deep character flaws that have tremendous costs.

The prime example is her mutation. While I wouldn't blame her for being mutated, remember, she only got in that situation due to her thirst for revenge, and she paid hard for that for a while (being unable to retain her mentality or her physical form for months). Even when she did eventually come out "better" this was largely due to the villains "fixing" her (with the heroes doing the rest).

Her strength even pre-mutation comes at the cost of being raised as Shredder's daughter. This hurts her as she clearly has not had a normal or healthy childhood because he raised her to be a weapon and his eventual successor. It's not as if she's strong for no real reason. She is first established as the evil counterpart to our heroes.

Plus, Karai never takes over the narrative like a Mary Sue tenmds to do. Had Karai been the one to magically swoop in to kill Shredder, that would be one thing. Instead, Karai plays an important, but supporting role.