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Social What anime character do you resonate with the most?
- Thread starter Blaze
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You ok bro?
Yeah yeah, kagurabachi is technically not an anime, but the adaptation's been announced for a while and i fucking love this guy so shoot me. This little gay boy is cool as fuck and incredibly relatable. They say being queerbaited by a shonen is like losing chess to a dog, but if that's the case then Hokazono is like. the magnus carlsen of dogs or something.
You cannot tell me with a straight face this isn't basically a BL manga. And this is after viz translators gutted half the symbolism, supposedly the original japanese is even more blatant.
Honestly, the real relatability of this guy comes from his story arc. The general premise is that he's ostracized from his family (understatement of the century) due to his inability to use the family magic. And in the climax of his personal arc (top 3 best chapters in the manga btw, says a lot considering how fucking peak this manga is) it's revealed that he actually had the family magic the entire time, and that the reason he couldn't use it for the first 17 years of his life is because he was subconsciously using his family's other magic (which is supposed to be manually passed down at the cost of the original family magic) to protect himself from his own family. It's a story about shedding away your past traumas in the most literal sense of the word and becoming a stronger person through it, and something about that story just resonates with me.
tl;dr gay boy gets over trauma (+read kagurabachi please this manga is so fucking peak)
Mob. Such a sweet and caring kid that also has psychic powers
hiii emiya
fucking LOVE THIS GUY!!!!!
he's so cool. i dont know what the hell this guy is on but he is awesome. Always gotta love someone who never goes back on his ideals even when they literally try to kill him except HF route shirou but eehhh that ones kinda iffy jury's out on that one and he did TECHNICALLY succeed in saving sakura without killing everyone else but the fact that archer then decided not to try and kill him means he's basically admitting he went back on his ideals? except not really because he still tried to find a way to save sakura AND stop the third impact at the cost of literally stabbing himself from the inside out? HF route is an acid trip in general but goddamn if it isn't one of the best written stories ever. Really glad I got bored a few times and rewatched the movies bc HF went from my least favorite to favorite route in like 2 years. (least favorite route is now UBW but not because its a bad route its just because they let shinji live)
best f/nv main character by far with ryougi being a somewhat close second
hmm not that these are the characters that i think im the most similar too but maybe some characters i particularly felt for. not sure if there are any trends there. there might be some trends or themes there but idk. curious to hear what my taste in characters might mean!
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I know it’s not an anime, but I feel practically obligated to mention Aang in this kind of discussion since I really started to see a bit of myself in him when I finally got around to watching The Last Airbender back in college with my roommates. The writers did an excellent job illustrating the contrast between his innocent, often playful side and more complex emotional side, reminding me of what had felt like a disaster of a sophomore year I had prior to my introduction to the show and ultimately helping me reconsider my stance on the subject. Throughout the series but especially in the later arcs, Aang starts placing unreasonable amounts of burden on himself beyond what his spirit and body can both really tolerate, and what strikes me as especially relatable is just how often he stubbornly tries to deal with his inner conflicts entirely on his own because he’s so afraid of causing problems for the people he’s closest to.
Even Aang’s titular role as, you know, the last of the Airbenders, resonates with me somewhat not just as a neurodivergent person, but a neurodivergent person who specifically loves and wants to make my entire career out of working with other neurodivergent individuals. The common factor here between me and Aang is that lack of a sense of belonging he feels for a good portion. Yes, Aang has Team Avatar, and I have my friends I grew up with, but both me and his character have regularly asked ourselves questions about our role in the world and what it is we’re really meant to do. This comparison only gets even stronger when you consider Aang’s noticeable fear of firebending that shows up from time to time- to me, that reminds me of my own fears of uncertainty and discomfort, whether that be sensory overload or anything generally too far outside of my comfort zone.
Seeing Aang really come into his own as a character and as the leader of Team Avatar in the final season following the conclusion of Book 2 gave me something I almost never get to see from a work of fiction. For the first time… maybe ever watching a show, I felt understood. I felt reassured that whatever I was meant to do in life, I would be able to rely on the situation I’m in, the people around me, and make the most of my values and beliefs, and I think that ultimately sums up why Aang ended up as one of my favorite characters in any show I’ve ever seen. Book 3 actually ended up being the first season of any show I’ve seen I feel comfortable giving the elusive 10/10 rating to, because it honestly deserves it.
Even Aang’s titular role as, you know, the last of the Airbenders, resonates with me somewhat not just as a neurodivergent person, but a neurodivergent person who specifically loves and wants to make my entire career out of working with other neurodivergent individuals. The common factor here between me and Aang is that lack of a sense of belonging he feels for a good portion. Yes, Aang has Team Avatar, and I have my friends I grew up with, but both me and his character have regularly asked ourselves questions about our role in the world and what it is we’re really meant to do. This comparison only gets even stronger when you consider Aang’s noticeable fear of firebending that shows up from time to time- to me, that reminds me of my own fears of uncertainty and discomfort, whether that be sensory overload or anything generally too far outside of my comfort zone.
Seeing Aang really come into his own as a character and as the leader of Team Avatar in the final season following the conclusion of Book 2 gave me something I almost never get to see from a work of fiction. For the first time… maybe ever watching a show, I felt understood. I felt reassured that whatever I was meant to do in life, I would be able to rely on the situation I’m in, the people around me, and make the most of my values and beliefs, and I think that ultimately sums up why Aang ended up as one of my favorite characters in any show I’ve ever seen. Book 3 actually ended up being the first season of any show I’ve seen I feel comfortable giving the elusive 10/10 rating to, because it honestly deserves it.
goku because i'm very strong. i have never watched anime ever
Frieren from Frieren Beyond Journey's End
the most powerful mage to ever exist arguably... and also makes herself dependent even though she's completely capable of being independent herself, and despite hating being called that, she's definitely a major old hag, and I love her for it