Comments on: What do the characters we like say about us?

By: Jamaipanese

Jamaipanese — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:39:24 +0000

i like strong female characters who wield huge weapons and are just plane badass in fight scenes. does that make me crazy?

By: Evan "bakaTanuki" Krell

Evan "bakaTanuki" Krell — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:35:16 +0000

BTW I have a lot more to say on this subject, but am working on a full post reply to this article. this really got me thinking.

By: reversethieves

reversethieves — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:41:52 +0000

@OGT
Well I am prone to self analysis and the analysis of others. So projects like this are things I do all the time. You the reader just get to see it this time. I think by trying to analyze things I get a sense that I understand them better. I might not be able ton control them but at least I understand them.

@Evan “bakatanuki” Krell
I did leave out some types of characters I liked but I did not want this to run on too long. I tend to like straight men charaters like Saki Hanajima and Miyabi Oomichi. I also like charaters who love from afar like Tomoyo Daidouji. But I really like good old Mikuru Asahina so I can’t say I dislike moe characters myself. Narutaki is a different matter.

@Brent P. Newhall
I usually like the charaters I admire. I suppose I would not want to hang out with Akio Ohtori. Well I might want to hang out with him but that might also be a very bad idea.

@Sheentaku
I would never forget the King of Knights. She is just not super obviously in the article. But she is there. Plus I assumed on a certain level everyone who regularly reads the blog would just know. :) I also should have put Ciel in there. But I think it is a good list.

- Hisui

By: Sheentaku

Sheentaku — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:27:44 +0000

How comes Hisui did not mention any type moon characters?
I mean your name is Hisui and you do have a few saber figures

By: Brent P. Newhall

Brent P. Newhall — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:14:22 +0000

OTOH, we can like characters because they interest us. Or because they remind us of favorite relations in real life.

There are anime characters that I *admire*, but don’t particularly *like* (including Major Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell). And vice-versa.

By: Evan "bakatanuki" Krell

Evan "bakatanuki" Krell — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:05:19 +0000

Its no secret that I have an immense fondness for “moe” girls. Though, I prefer when there is more depth to them than just being moe-blobs. I enjoy the hyper cutesy personility, and can certainly appreciate a character who is nothing more, but they don’t have the same impact and won’t stay near my heart for very long. Too often moe is the defining and only important aspect of a character. I’m not into the completely useless girls- they should be more than decorations in a series.

By: OGT

OGT — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:49:34 +0000

Hisui here strikes me as the sort that is positive and warm, but reluctant to show the strength lurking within, and as such adopts a casual, laid-back style of life. Then clumsily trips over themselves at inopportune moments.

Narutaki, on the other hand, loves you so much that they will beat you to a pulp, feel no remorse about it, and is dedicated to ensuring that you enjoy the process. Possibly while laughing maniacally.

On a less faux-Freudian note, often I find that spending time looking at not only the characters but the stories and so forth that you like (or don’t like) and trying to discern why this is the case is a good way to gain serious introspective insight into your own mechanical workings. The actual answer is impossible, as it’s Heisenbergian and the more you try to observe it the more you change in the process (and therefore the answer is always elusive), but it’s the process, not the result, that’s the real benefit.