User blog comment:B214/General discussion/@comment-31987335-20200319145007/@comment-2089817-20200409075623

I'm sorry for being nasty about it, it's just that Ikki is one of my favorite anime characters and Rakudai Kishi one of my top 3 favorite series. All because Ikki defied his position as worthless and disposable to others by believing in his own worth and forging his own strength. It's something that resonates very deeply to me and my personal life, so I end up taking such "What if Ikki was actually born with so-and-so" theories very badly as a result.

Yeah, you definitely have a point there. But Itsuki also clarifies in Volume 7 why he, and the Kurogane, can never accept Ikki. Because that would tell others who are born without magic that they too can be mage knights, and unfortunately, not all of them are Ikki. Such a mentality is dangerous for those who aren't as insanely devoted to their training as Ikki was, and could lead to many civilians in their society playing hero and getting seriously hurt. So while I cannot condone the way they treat Ikki, I understand Itsuki's position as the leader of Japan's mage knights. To accept Ikki would trigger a great potential crisis of many non-magic users dying tragically trying to emulate Ikki themselves.