Thread:FirstDrellSpectre/@comment-30458740-20190714063801/@comment-24200891-20191118193921

I also could sympathize with Mai. Her mother couldn't deal with her husband leaving her and to cope with that she spent time with her personal robot. This made Mai rebelious and hate robots. That was understandable, because nobody helped her, when she needed help. I didn't approve her vandalism, but I understand that was her coping mechanism.

Her dog Momo was her only friend until she met Project 77, they both were good friends for her. P77 gave valuable lesson to not let bad memories cloud good ones. Momo was probably the funniest character, I was surprised his skull was so durable. I also was surprised that Justin is just a puppet of his bodyguard robot Ares. Mai's mom finally behaved like mother when she fought Justin.

I also could relate to Mai during her revenge on Greenwood. I also wanted to hurt my bullies. It's a complicated topic, when fighting back bully makes victim a bully. To me a bully is one, who attack for amusement, not for revenge. Mai almost crossed the line, but her friends stopped her for her own good. Still her revenge was a good lesson for Greenwood, because she really changed for better.

I think Next Gen is like spiritual antithesis of Big Hero 6. Hiro was heroic and coped with lose by creation and saving people, when Mai was anti-heroic and coped by vandalism and isolation. Hiro's aunt tried to help, when Mai's mom neglected her. Project 77 was indeed similar to Baymax, he served moral mentor for the protagonist.