Quote Originally Posted by Roto13 View Post
His raising maturity from age 5 to age 8 still didn't leave him any more manly than he was in the beginning. You could seriously tie a great big bow to his head and the impact of his character design would be the same.
The fact that so many people love Tidus and at the same time a lot of people hate him means that he is a succesful character creation...
When a character really fails is when noone cares about him/her (FFXII).