Recently, I heard a view that in "The Legend of the Paladin Sword", Anu's character positioning is more awkward and is a dispensable character.
Some netizens gave the following reasons, first of all, Anu appeared too late, it was already the late stage of the game, and the value of character training was not large.
Secondly, because the two characters of Zhao Ling'er and Lin Yueru are too dazzling, and the time to accompany Li Xiaoyao along the way is also the most, perhaps the player's heart has defaulted to the fixed configuration of Li Xiaoyao, Zhao Ling'er, and Lin Yueru, and the appearance of Anu is somewhat abrupt and difficult to accept for a while.
In addition, Li Xiaoyao had just experienced the pain of losing Lin Yueru in the Lock Demon Tower, and his wife Zhao Ling'er was also severely injured and unconscious, and Anu's appearance had a kind of meaning of "taking advantage of people's danger", so there was some natural rejection in emotion.
The last point is that the plot of Anu and Li Xiaoyao's interaction is not much, the role is less, "The Legend of the New Immortal Sword" has both a ling'er ending and a moon-like ending, but there is no Anu ending, which also highlights the essence of her tool person.
The above four points may explain the reason for Anu's low popularity in "The Legend of paladin Sword", but is Anu really a dispensable and redundant character?
When I heard the above statements, my whole person was a little uneasy. My thought is that the role of Anu is not only redundant, but on the contrary crucial, her appearance is the inevitable result.
As netizens said, Anu appeared relatively late and was close to the end of the game, but at the same time, our team was also seriously reduced, leaving only Li Xiaoyao, a light rod commander, and Anu's appearance made up for the lack of combat effectiveness of our side.
Her "Spirit Blood Spell" can lift all abnormal states, "Qiankun Yi Throw" is a large killing weapon second only to the Dionysian Spell for group damage, "Yuan Spirit Returning Heart Technique" can replenish blood for 550 individually, various spells can exert various unfavorable states, and learning "Snow Demon", "Fire God" and "Wind God" in the Nuwa Ruins is the ultimate spell of the Five Spirits.
From the above skills, it is not difficult to see that Anu's combat positioning is an all-round player. She combined the characteristics of Zhao Ling'er and Lin Yueru at the same time, she could milk, could output, could solve the state, could DEBUFF, whether it was physical attack or immortal output, she would do anything.
You can say that Anu is a tool man, or that she is a firefighter, but you must not say that she is superfluous. Without Anu, Li Xiaoyao alone could get 36 puppet worms in the Trial Cave? Or is it to get the Unicorn Horn in the Kirin Cave?
In the fantasy version of "The Legend of the Paladin Sword", Anu's role is even higher than that of Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er, and there is no better skill than "Qiankun Throw".
Therefore, from the combat level, Anu is an indispensable character. As for the plot, Anu's role is equally important.
Zhao Ling'er, Lin Yueru, and Anu are the three important women that Li Xiaoyao met in "The Legend of the Immortal Sword", which correspond to the three periods of Li Xiaoyao's early, middle and late periods, and witnessed the changes of Li Xiaoyao in different periods from the side.
In the early days, Li Xiaoyao was a carefree country boy, and after meeting Ling'er, he began to assume the responsibilities of being a husband.
In the middle of the period, Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru joined hands with the jianghu to find the whereabouts of Ling'er. "A young man looking for a wife, inspiring himself to move forward, tasting the sufferings of the world, and surviving a long road." This is also an important growth process in his life.
In the later period, Li Xiaoyao suffered a double blow from the loss of two beloved wives, and his will fell into depression. This is an extremely long process, which has continued from "The Legend of the Paladin Sword" to "The Legend of the Paladin V".
The themes related to the Immortal Sword have always been, whether it is film and television dramas or self-media, like to focus on Li Xiaoyao's early life.
They like to discuss the complicated love relationship between Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er and Lin Yueru, but few people pay attention to the life of this frustrated man in the middle and late years, which is precisely the longest part of his life.
The appearance of Anu makes up for this gap period very well, she appeared in the four works of "The Legend of the Paladin Sword", "The Legend of the New Paladin", "The Legend of the Paladin II", and "The Legend of the Paladin V", carefully observing the appearance time of Anu, you will find that it is almost in line with the life trajectory of Li Xiaoyao (a poor Taoist chief).
In a way, Anu was the woman who had been with Li Xiaoyao the longest.
But even so, there is no result between the two, and Anu has been paying silently for Li Xiaoyao, quietly waiting for this man who has experienced vicissitudes. She knew that Ling Er and Yue Ru still couldn't let go of Ling Er and Yue Ru in her heart, so she chose to keep her composure and sense of distance.
Li Xiaoyao naturally understood Anu's intentions, he had been busy with the Shushan Sect for so many years, and his granddaughter Xiao Man was raised by Anu most of the time.
For this selfless and dedicated woman, Li Xiaoyao has a strong sense of guilt in his heart, so most of his later years have been deliberately avoiding her, if there is no Xiao Man secretly threading the needle, the two may be difficult to see each other again.
Therefore, the existence of the role of Anu also witnesses Li Xiaoyao's tragic life from the side. His life was almost immersed in the pain of losing his loved ones, and he even became a white-haired old man in "The Legend of Paladin V".
When Zhao Ling'er, Lin Yueru, and Li Yiru, the three most important women in Li Xiaoyao's life, died, Anu was present almost every time.
She is not only a witness to Li Xiaoyao's tragedy, but also a sharer of his suffering, she is the person who is most familiar with Li Xiaoyao in the world, but she is also the person who is farthest away from Li Xiaoyao in the world.
In my opinion, Anu is very important not only to Li Xiaoyao, but also to the entire Immortal Sword series.
When the plot of the Immortal Sword developed to "The Legend of the Immortal Sword Five", Li Xiaoyao only had an old acquaintance around Anu, and none of the other original characters could be seen.
It is precisely because of the existence of Anu that the old players who have experienced the first generation of plots have experienced a long-lost sense of familiarity, and at the same time realize that Li Xiaoyao, a poor man, is not alone, and this warmth has been continuing.
In fact, even if the emotional level is put aside, the role of Anu itself is very wonderful. Her first appearance was when she was in the Sacred Wood Forest, and she made a deep impression.
Anu is a warm-hearted, cheerful, eccentric little girl, showing a temperament that is completely different from that of a Central Plains woman, and the standing portrait with a smile like a flower is unforgettable.
But even such a naïve and splendid woman, in the "Legend of the Paladin Sword And Heroes V", still faded the lead of the girl's generation and became a dignified and stable Lady Begonia who was in charge of the Wuyue Shrine, which may be the only way to grow!
Here, I would like to use this article to commemorate the Miaojiang girl who is easily overlooked. After reading this, is there any reader friend who can't bear to think that Anu is a superfluous character?