I'm rereading the earlier chapters of this to torture myself and I was thinking that the "noble X commoner" and all of its variations (rich x poor, CEO x employee, super powerful esper x lower rank guide, etc) are very rarely done right without any extreme power abuse. The one that comes straight to mind is the couple from "Taming the Tiger" which I always reread. I get that this dynamic easily lends itself to abuse and it is realistic and all that, but it is just overdone. Just because something is realistic does not make it enjoyable to read
I'm rereading the earlier chapters of this to torture myself and I was thinking that the "noble X commoner" and all of its variations (rich x poor, CEO x employee, super powerful esper x lower rank guide, etc) are very rarely done right without any extreme power abuse. The one that comes straight to mind is the couple from "Taming the Tiger" which I always reread. I get that this dynamic easily lends itself to abuse and it is realistic and all that, but it is just overdone. Just because something is realistic does not make it enjoyable to read