Talk:Samantha Nishimura/@comment-99.53.208.63-20160902215350/@comment-29952513-20160903011402

I know what you mean, Sam's current situation in the Choice and Sacrifice arc is driving me crazy. There's more stories that can be told with her alive then with her dead and if she dies, what then? They killed off the person that Lara loves most to, what, give her more motivation to take down Trinity, like the death of her father wasn't enough, you also have to shove Sam into the refrigerator to further Lara's motivation. ARGH!

I can understand leaving Sam out of Rise, there wasn't much she could have added to the story and if the only thing she did was fill Jonah's role then I would have been more annoyed as that would have just mean that she was brought back to to get captured again. My personal hopes for the upcoming arc is that Lara is able to save Sam and free her of Himiko once and for all and the follow up arc is about Lara and Sam rebuilding their relationship.

To me that's the only move that makes sense, give fans a big epic story that finally resolves the Himiko arc and then the follow up arc is a breather arc with a lesser adversary. Or, even better, having no big battle and instead having at least 2 or 3 issues featuring a slice of life story to help fans catch their breath. Let the drama come from the characters by focusing on Lara and Sam rebuilding their relationship, Sam readjusting to the world and getting reading for their next adventure.