User blog comment:Lemedicus/episode 128 did you like it or not?/@comment-23822532-20140508054937

I think you probably misread Youpi's character development.

Youpi went through this rage and calm developments, all right, and in between, he started to understand the value of humans, how much they are worth and that they are respectable, and he tries to find a balance between when should he be calm, and when enraged.

However, when Youpi sees the King in such a state after what we could call a malice-filled strategy, Youpi loses respect by the humans, they are now coward and evil-like creatures to him. This is not a stepback but an extreme of black and white. First, humans are valuable under certain conditions, later on, they aren't valuable anymore. Before this, Youpi conisdered humans nothing more than pure garbage, so that's why it is not a stepback.

His character development has NOTHING to do with what he did for the King. Youpi lacks a proper ego since he doesn't come from humans but a magical beast, thereby his only and max responisbility is King's safety. It is slightly different from Pouf and Pitou's interests, Pouf wants the King to be the 'original' and true King, without changes, Pitou is prepared to please the King as he pleases, even if he has to develop some sorts of feelings, he will do so.

Every Royal Guard is prepared for a pretty extreme show of loyalty, though each one is focused in different aspects, Youpi, among them, is probably the one who doesn't care much as long as he can protect the King, as he said, he is a 'Shield'.

In this case, when the narrator say that Youpi and Pouf reached the level of the Queen, is that they gave up their own life to save the King, just as the Queen gave hers to give birth to him, they're on an equal level of sacrifice and commitment. What we saw about them orgasming and all that is just Togashi's way, he is pretty weird and bizarre when he wants, it was just some humouristic scene, you either like it or not,

but there isn't intention to stepback on character development or make it disappear at all.