i finished reading batgirl 2024 which is only 9 issues as of now.

i got spoiled about cass having a secret brother and i thought "oh this trope again really?" as i really didn't like respawn and damian. but first impressions of tenji i actually liked how he was introduced? and i do think he actually serves a purpose than just being there for a shock value secret sibling reveal. it'd be good for cass to have family outside of gotham amd force her out of a comfort zone, and just broadening her connections. from how i see it this can give her closure to shiva even after death. with the fact tenji seems clueless to the true nature of their mother hailing her as a hero, i wonder how cass would approach this, it'd open to more exploration of cass' relationship with shiva and this could be a 'second chance' without forgiving her directly.

tenji looks like he can stand as his own character as well (assuming they don't just throw him out right after this) being a legacy character of the bronze tiger. now i do not know much about the bronze tiger, vixen, alot of characters i only know about by names. but it's good he has actual untapped history outside of being cassandra's brother randomly introduced for a plot device. and he wasn't unbearable to read in the 1 issue and a half (preview of issue #10) he was pretty fun dialogue and i didn't cringe at the slang (the "oh word?"). i see their dynamic already cass being silent vs him being the yapper basically. tldr he wasn't annoying so there's that. overall just alot of potential.

there's alot of people complaining about this trope while i do agree i just don't think it's gonna be done poorly here. and i've seen alot of people say that cass having random biological family undermines her relationship with the bats (which is ridiculous like it's not affirmed she's batmans daughter every 7 panels). i don't know how genuinely anyone sees this as a bad thing, i dont want cass to be just limited to gotham and the batfamily so i'm excited her exploring her roots from lady shiva.