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IIRC, the term "Mary-Sue" originated from a Star Trek fanfiction (that was made official, I think), where the author put a self-insert character into the story, and made her absolutely perfect. She couldn't do anything wrong, she was insanely beautiful, and everyone loved her.
She also made the characters around her lesser than what they were, because people like Captain Kirk--who is a genius and should be able to handle most things thrown his way--suddenly couldn't figure things out, but this girl from nowhere had all the answers.
So in that vain, where a Mary-Sue is someone utterly perfect and makes the other characters lesser versions of themselves, I certainly don't think Kairi's that.
But let's look at this in order, shall we?
Is Kairi good looking? Yes, but everyone in this series is.
Does Kairi make the other characters lesser versions of themselves? No. Because she sadly has very little impact on this story as a whole.
Is Kairi perfect? I'd say that she's not. She's reckless, in running into Corridors of Darkness and jumping off of balconies without really seeming to think any of it through. She also has been known to say things that could be misconstrued as hurtful before, even if that isn't her intent.
Does everyone like Kairi? I don't think so. It's pretty clear that Naminé was jealous of her in CoM. And the villains, such as Saïx who kidnapped her (or Xehanort, who spent her out into space as a five-year-old and would also probably see her as an "abomination" that just proves the "tyranny of light" idea) probably don't see her in a favorable light.
Some other traits that seem to go along with a Mary-Sue now is having a unique name, but Kairi doesn't fit that bill, either. All the KH characters have special names, with different meanings, so unless you're going to knock them all for that Kairi certainly isn't a Mary-Sue for that reason.
An odd hair color can also contribute to a Mary-Sue, and Kairi's hair is a somewhat different color, yes... but no worse than pink, blue, silver, or anything else we've seen in this saga, imo. Her hairstyle is actually one of the most normal ones, tbh.
Honestly, if I were to say anyone was a Mary-Sue in this series... it would be Sora (and it hurts me to say this, because he's still my favorite character of all time), but... Nothing ever really seems to faze him (outside of KHI, CoM, and DDD); he's always optimistic and knows how to put a smile on his face.
Even in DDD, when learning that he's not special like his friends are at all and that the Keyblade only chose him for the people he's connected to... This still didn't bother Sora.
He also always seems to know the right thing to say, and has made other characters less versions of themselves (i.e. coming up with the "trapping Jafar in the lamp" idea that was supposed to be Aladdin's, etc.).
And he's also the magical character destined to save everyone, and who's the only one in the multiverse who has still chosen to have a childish heart and see the good and possibility in everyone, blah blah blah.
Honestly, I'm REALLY hoping that KHIII does away with a lot of these things when it comes to Sora, and makes him seem real again, but fortunately I think that it will
I also think Aqua might be a little bit Mary-Sue like (though this is more for lack of development, and 0.2 and/or III could easily fix this). She's the mother of the group, who was right about everything, saved everyone... is the only Master in the group, who doesn't really grow throughout the course of the story (or change her world view much at all), and doesn't really seem to have many faults at all (if any)... Yeah...
Honestly, some of these claims I could argue with Aqua (as I do think we see development in her when she chooses to go where the comatose Ven instructs her to, after having been the one to tell him what to do the whole game and stuff like that), but the fact that these things are so slight and easily missed is the main problem with Aqua.
Imo, Terra and Ven developed much more than she did... And yet I still prefer Aqua over them and list her as my fourth favorite character in the series, probably. LOL.
She also made the characters around her lesser than what they were, because people like Captain Kirk--who is a genius and should be able to handle most things thrown his way--suddenly couldn't figure things out, but this girl from nowhere had all the answers.
So in that vain, where a Mary-Sue is someone utterly perfect and makes the other characters lesser versions of themselves, I certainly don't think Kairi's that.
But let's look at this in order, shall we?
Is Kairi good looking? Yes, but everyone in this series is.
Does Kairi make the other characters lesser versions of themselves? No. Because she sadly has very little impact on this story as a whole.
Is Kairi perfect? I'd say that she's not. She's reckless, in running into Corridors of Darkness and jumping off of balconies without really seeming to think any of it through. She also has been known to say things that could be misconstrued as hurtful before, even if that isn't her intent.
Does everyone like Kairi? I don't think so. It's pretty clear that Naminé was jealous of her in CoM. And the villains, such as Saïx who kidnapped her (or Xehanort, who spent her out into space as a five-year-old and would also probably see her as an "abomination" that just proves the "tyranny of light" idea) probably don't see her in a favorable light.
Some other traits that seem to go along with a Mary-Sue now is having a unique name, but Kairi doesn't fit that bill, either. All the KH characters have special names, with different meanings, so unless you're going to knock them all for that Kairi certainly isn't a Mary-Sue for that reason.
An odd hair color can also contribute to a Mary-Sue, and Kairi's hair is a somewhat different color, yes... but no worse than pink, blue, silver, or anything else we've seen in this saga, imo. Her hairstyle is actually one of the most normal ones, tbh.
Honestly, if I were to say anyone was a Mary-Sue in this series... it would be Sora (and it hurts me to say this, because he's still my favorite character of all time), but... Nothing ever really seems to faze him (outside of KHI, CoM, and DDD); he's always optimistic and knows how to put a smile on his face.
Even in DDD, when learning that he's not special like his friends are at all and that the Keyblade only chose him for the people he's connected to... This still didn't bother Sora.
He also always seems to know the right thing to say, and has made other characters less versions of themselves (i.e. coming up with the "trapping Jafar in the lamp" idea that was supposed to be Aladdin's, etc.).
And he's also the magical character destined to save everyone, and who's the only one in the multiverse who has still chosen to have a childish heart and see the good and possibility in everyone, blah blah blah.
Honestly, I'm REALLY hoping that KHIII does away with a lot of these things when it comes to Sora, and makes him seem real again, but fortunately I think that it will
I also think Aqua might be a little bit Mary-Sue like (though this is more for lack of development, and 0.2 and/or III could easily fix this). She's the mother of the group, who was right about everything, saved everyone... is the only Master in the group, who doesn't really grow throughout the course of the story (or change her world view much at all), and doesn't really seem to have many faults at all (if any)... Yeah...
Honestly, some of these claims I could argue with Aqua (as I do think we see development in her when she chooses to go where the comatose Ven instructs her to, after having been the one to tell him what to do the whole game and stuff like that), but the fact that these things are so slight and easily missed is the main problem with Aqua.
Imo, Terra and Ven developed much more than she did... And yet I still prefer Aqua over them and list her as my fourth favorite character in the series, probably. LOL.
