User blog comment:DancePowderer/Deus Ex Lacrima/@comment-3290324-20140209023110

I think you make a pretty valid point here. I too have a problem with the fact that there's no set definition on what exactly a Lacrima is and what it's limitations are. I'm a guy that likes... limits. I like everything, magical or otherwise, in my anime/manga to have set boundaries. Because when boundaries aren't set, you end up with situations like the one we have here where the object/magic/whatever can be used as a "fix all" for every situation. You find similar things like this in a lot of different forms of entertainment. For example, (and I know this is an odd example), but in Cassandra Clare's "Mortal Instruments," the main characters use a Magic Instrument called a "stele." And this "stele" is used throughout the series for pretty much everything under the moon - starting motorcycles, seeing through solid walls, etc. But yet, we are never given any definition on what this thing is and what it can and cannot do. For me, the limitations of a character or an object is a lot more important than the abilities. I'm kind of odd that way. >_>

To answer your question, though. I don't think it's overdone. At least not yet. The Lacrimas constant use is a bit deus ex machina (Deus ex Lacrima as it were), but it hasn't started to really bother me just yet.