Talk:Jack the Ripper/@comment-2001:E68:5428:6320:71B7:C6BC:2B17:3C26-20180117193538/@comment-27971189-20180120175107

Journey of the West is more popular simply because the story is much more simple, making it easier to adapt and interpret. Adapting Mahabharata is not an easy task, not to mention media will favor stories that can cater more audiences; between 10 volumes of manga and 10 volumes of encyclopedia about human, you'll most likely chose 10 volumes of manga for entertainment.

Even version spreaded on SEA mostly a simple version of it where Karna pretty much down to somewhat-strong-and-definitely-not-a-good-guy while Arjuna is basically Kirito minus the harem.

About stats, it hardly matters actually-- both lore-wise and reader perspective.

From reader standpoint, there are NP, skill, personality and author words to consider. Lore-wise the (experienced) summoner comparing them by legend, NP and skill.

Tokiomi wouldn't summon Gil if he didn't know what Gil capable of. Einzbern won't betting on Herc without knowing Herc power. Darnic won't chose Vlad if he didn't know about the power boost, Amakusa is OK with cost of having Semiramis and Karna as the price are definitely worth it.

Even Kayneth complaining more about he can't summon Servant with good skill, powerful NP rather than "They got classes with OP stats and here I am stuck with Lancer"; he's salty not because he stuck with silver, simply because others get better animation than Diarmuid although Waver ended up with Limited SSR do contribute some to his anger.