How a japanese VA of a main character can influence the screentime of said character?

[Nymphia]

I'm asking this question because seeing Serena inactivity in the show. I know that her VA is Mayuki Makiguchi, who hasn't got a key role of importance before voicing Serena and that Wikipedia doesn't list any voice after Serena debuted in the anime.

I saw the script of Serena's dialogue and i found them very simple compared to Citron, Eureka , Satoshi and even Rocket-Dan or soem CotD like Sanpei (specially), Ally, Première, Daz, among others. She hasn't got a "long conversation" since episode 11.

This is why I want to answer the question. I psoted here because there are no more Simple Question thread.

 

[Alola]

Re: How a japanese VA of a main character can influence the screentime of said charac

I highly doubt the VA determines the role of a character. The writers already have their script and intentions in mind for the most part, about where they want the character to go, how to act and how often they will be prominent.

Serena as of now is simply in the background. This is a girl who, unlike the previous female companions, did not intend to go on a Pokemon journey. She just wanted to meet Ash. This is further evident in that he asked her to join them, rather than the other way around or some circumstance where they agree to travel together based on similar goals. She apparently has no interest in battles or catching Pokemon too. So given her background and current mentality, she won't be as prominent as the other characters at this moment. It isn't because of the voice behind her face.

 

[garrison-san]

Re: How a japanese VA of a main character can influence the screentime of said charac

You've already raised this point in the Serena discussion thread, and blogged about it. I don't think that it requires its own thread.