Talk:Rance/@comment-71.50.107.8-20170321112936/@comment-27031093-20170321184747

Rance's character development is pretty masterfully done, in my opinion. It happens gradually and subtly, but remains consistant and dynamic across the series. If you look at his actions, he almost always learns and adapts from his experiences. Throughout it all, he continues to remain the same childish and selfish loudmouth. Other characters and events can change how Rance understands and interacts with the world, but they can't change Rance himself.

Pretty much all other fiction I've read that stars an anti hero protagonist always either has the anti hero steadily become a full on villain, or make a complete 180 and become a paragon by the end of the story. The Rance series actually manages to give the anti hero protagonist steady character development without drastically altering his character in the process.