Kira is not one dimensional. His development is stunted. The lead will always get more attention from the director & audience alike. If you want character development for Kira go back to GS and dont tell me that Kira has no character. Some people portrait him as a scene hog taking the main role away from Shinn and saying it's director's posterboy and such and i agree. The more Kira appears in GSD the more he will be resented. You know what will make people even happier? If the Archangel exits with a bang; that all the cameo characters except their favorites (like Yzak & Dearka who didnt interfere with Shinn in any way) get blown up by Minerva and her crew by the end of the show. This is what you call cameo syndrome; some enjoy seeing the story continue into the next chapter & some say it kills the story. It's true that after a while as you know someone more & more you don't really want to know more. I'm going to be go Doctor Phil on you for just a second: people feel 'married' to Kira and Cagalli and Athrun and Lacus or whoever their favorite couples were; yes, even Dearka and Yzak, however strange that may sound. Now just seeing Kira makes them puke & want to severe this & wish they have a heart attack or something bad happens. That's the only reason why i think people don't like Kira not because he's bland. Im sure after going through a war that there's no doubt left for Kira on how to prevent it so he seem to be a know-it-all and doesn't say much. Heck even Shinn seems overbearing because the one word he seem to say the most is "sure" or "die logos" or "you dont know jack" when Shinn himself is carrying his sense of "justice" with this crap and blur any sense of reality.

Of course Kira feels strange and distant because he is not the protagonist and for the reason stated earlier. I like Kira because he shed tears when he kills an enemy. Shinn exudes flaws yes; his character is full of holes. He's not even human. The only few instances were i can relate to him was when he lost his family. He kills Orb's general and was like "who's that guy?" Even if he forgot who is who im sure there are pictures of the guy whose flagship he's after. It's been only a one or two year and Shinn forgot? Poor grunt he's just a puppet for Dulindal.

Even OJ Simpson seem innocent as a lamb when he cried about his crimes in his friend's lap as his 4x4 cruises down the freeway with all of America watching this disgraceful admittance of guilt. Shinn had none of that and the only voice of reason that 'woked' this numb-skull up in his premature view of justice was Athrun's (the current pilot of IJustice) 'ghost.' Shinn goes after people left & right with no sense of reasoning of his own screaming his same blahs "you're annoying," "you don't know nothing about me," "Don't get in my way, im after Logos" or simply just "die Kira lover." Wow i can sure relate to that lord drama of dramas of adolescent testosterone infused banter. Athrun was the only character that made sense. I can't use the you know who as an example because the crowd of Shinn lovers will shred me to pieces so that im hanging onto the only other person who people dont target particularly when they're siding with Shinn.

Shinn's reasoning was like I got a bigger club than yours. Until you can prove otherwise, im better than you.