Kairi...

[Hillboy]

i don't think you know what that word means

Mary Sue - A fictional character, usually female and especially in fanfic, whose implausible talents and likeableness weaken the story.

But now she's being trained, and no longer playing the kidnapped Princess.
She's gotten character development and no longer the perfect little girl waiting for Sora

[Ruran]

Mary Sue - A fictional character, usually female and especially in fanfic, whose implausible talents and likeableness weaken the story.

But now she's being trained, and no longer playing the kidnapped Princess.
She's gotten character development and no longer the perfect little girl waiting for Sora

If anything, being the only Keyblade wielding PoH who also gets training privileges from a master, on top of being the love interest, makes her even more Sue like than before as a Sue would be too "awesome" to play the DiD and wait at home all this time for Sora (though a Sue would also be too "awesome" for training). Though it's all subjective.

[Key to Truth]

You know... I was actually kinda disappointed with Kairi. I actually didn't want her to be "trained" or anything. I just don't like her, that must be why.

[.Oji]

There's not much to like about her what with how little development she’s seen, I don't disagree. Luckily for us, though, it seems like she might be in for some dynamic change:

Sometimes, characters in a novel or play go through a great dynamic change only to find their true self and to remove the fraudulent perception of themselves in the eyes of others. Such a change leads the character to become fully aware of their life as well as finally understand what a hypocritical life they have mistakenly led.

That's better than nothing. If she gets a decent amount of that, perhaps the thought of liking her wouldn’t inspire as much ill-feelings from the Kairi-ophobes as she does now. Probably not.

[Pixel Brain]

If Kairi was to be playable in future installments, I'd like her to have world-specific Keyblades akin to Sora and Riku.

[Ruran]

There's not much to like about her what with how little development she’s seen, I don't disagree. Luckily for us, though, it seems like she might be in for some dynamic change:



That's better than nothing. If she gets a decent amount of that, perhaps the thought of liking her wouldn’t inspire as much ill-feelings from the Kairi-ophobes as she does now. Probably not.

That's sounds like an epiphany. Canon-wise the worst thing Kairi did was get in Sora and Riku's "way" by being generally defenseless and she realized a long time ago that she can't keep depending on them to get her out of a jam.

Personally I more concerned with how smooth her development goes versus whether she gets development or not. There is such a thing as "bad" character development so if she undergoes any it still all rides on the execution.

[King Chaser]

Because...she did in KHII. That entire last scene is filled with flashbacks from previous games.

It might not have been. Oooaahh~~~~