Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-36832721-20190803155220/@comment-43313582-20190805102312

Westerhouse wrote: And look at what he have now. A Kion who is worse in a fight than he was when he was smaller and weaker. One who does not command trust and respect. One who is unable to lead effectively. One who can't think under pressure. One who is largely dependant on others. One who is a risk to his friends. One who is kinda a jerk. One who is no longer that smart. I get what you are saying, and to an extent, I agree. But I just feel they have nerfed his character into one that is not very likable. I feel like they went too far. Since his attitude and decision-making seems to get worse everytime he doesn't have the Tuliza, I've got a feeling they are building up to him snapping completely against one or all of them. Or, perhaps he acts aggressively against some innocent animal, maybe even using The Roar intentionally.

But they want it to be a moment of uncontrolled anger from need so that they can do a broken friendship story with him and the rest of the Guard with Kion still having an excuse for his behavior. The Tuliza addiction and irritability can make that possible within the story. Or maybe I'm totally wrong, but he does seem to be getting worse when needing his fix, so to speak, and it has to go somewhere.