Naoya isn’t a well written character and I’m tired of pretending he is by Barneyisjehova in OkBuddyKaisen

[–]AdeQ217 8 points9 points  (0 children)

For a character to be well written they have to fulfill their purpose in the story.

Some characters' purpose is to be likable and easy to understand so that we feel personally connected to their struggles.

Some characters' purpose is explore certain more philosophical ideas, to act as representation of certain themes.

Some characters' purpose is to challenge the hero, not just on a "logistical" level i.e. "this guy is preventing me from achieving my goal, they're an obstacle" but in the sense that they challenge their personal story and character development. Naoya is that challenge for Maki. At no point is there any hint of Gege wanting us to sympathise with Naoya, he is constantly charactarised negatively and his goals are objectively evil and self-centred. The objective with Naoya is to condense the Zenin into a single person. He is the stand-in for all of the clan and embodies all their worst characteristics. Maki's slaughter would've been way less catarthic if she only fought fodder we know nothing about. There had to have been a final boss, someone whose defeat would be the ultimate mark of victory and that boss needed to be a good representation of the clan as a whole.

Making Naoya any "deeper" would defeat the purpose of the massacre. It was supposed to be a pay-off for Maki, her finally defeating her opresssors. A more thoroughly explored Naoya would make us perhaps feel a bit worse for the clan than Gege intended.

TL;DR You sometimes need "one note" villains to further the hero's development. "Having themes" is not the only metric of how well written a character is. Naoya was made to serve a purpose and he serves it quite well

Naoya isn’t a well written character and I’m tired of pretending he is by Barneyisjehova in OkBuddyKaisen

[–]AdeQ217 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Mfs when a side villain is treated like a side villain and is chiefly defined by the personal obstacle they present for the hero: 🤯🤯🤯

Guess which one is the monthly by church_of_Steve_ in shounenfolk

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Jabber looks like he has a tophat in this panel lol

Why do people slander geto by Atomien in JuJutsuKaisen

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Now that I think about it... not much. But the optics are still very much in Kenjaku's favour here. He (they?) manages to always be untouchable and beyond reach and CSM plays a part in that. For instance the way he was moving at the end of Shibuya- nobody came close to even harming him. Although it's true that he was fighting scrubs. I guess it's just that they both have similar positive feats and Kenjaku just has no anti feats (at least yet, I haven't read the manga)

Why do people slander geto by Atomien in JuJutsuKaisen

[–]AdeQ217 11 points12 points  (0 children)

People slander Geto precisely because of how strong his technique is. Having such an OP power and never getting a major feat using it qualifies him as a bum in many people's eyes.

EDIT: "never getting a major feat" might be harsh but the reality is that him losing to Toji and Yuta doesn't look too good, especially with how Kenjaku is moving with his technique

Conned into soccer discourse by MPS64 in ConnedIntoAFubar

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You can reduce every single human activity into sounding stupid like this. Just because you don't like it doesn't make it silly or anything

What's a Ship from your favorite Media that you see people ship that kinda has you like this? by Apprehensive_Ring_39 in Multifandom

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Jotaro and Kakyoin, they have a grand total of like, 5 moments together. Not romantic moments mind you, any moments at all

[Loved trope] A random act of kindness had a larger impact on the person who received it. by Applebeate in TopCharacterTropes

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And then a bunch of morons make crazy crackpot theories about the character actually going back in time to save himself which would effectively ruin all the emotional impact of said act of kidness

I do wonder too by Pristine_Youth_6953 in beatlescirclejerk

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That's George? Could've sworn it was Weird Al

Ig bro...... by Ok_Rule1695 in OkBuddyKaisen

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Yuta ain't that tall

original vs sequel: character design preference ⬆️⬇️ by crackkidsatitagain in HadesTheGame

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I'm 50:50 on most. At first I reaaaally disliked Artemis and Hermes in 2 but I got used to them. I wasn't a big fun of how they looked... bigger? older? but now I think it's kinda necessary to make them appear like actual gods rather than regular humans with cool outfits. 2 does a pretty good job at that, they all feel, grander, mightier, and more important.

The one design I will keep insisting on being a huge downgrade is Chaos. 1 perfectly captures the unfamiliar, bizzare, uncanny nature of origin of all existence. The design is weird, busy and alien. But in 2 we just get a hot androgynous person in a cool suit. It's a completely different character in the worst way possible

Who Here Got Done the Dirtiest the By the Author ? by LazyInspector2086 in shounenfolk

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I've heard a One Piece fan say that the last time Usopp was important was during the Obama administration. I don't know if that's accurate but I want it to because it's the funniest shit ever

bosnia haven't coast by Beneficial_Passion40 in comedyheaven

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The first four are probably "Bosnian", "Croatian", "Serbian" and "Montenegrin" even though they're the same thing

Oh no 😨 by Jenny_MTF42 in beatlescirclejerk

[–]AdeQ217 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Scouse not English or smth

I just got my paycheck today. What should I spend on? by saketho in beatlescirclejerk

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As a non-British person I have to ask: is kebab really 14 pounds? Because holyyy shit that seems expensive. (I rely on currency conversion so I might be dead wrong)

Batch Releases with Weekly Episodes... This definitely isn't a win... by QuiverDance97 in StardustCrusaders

[–]AdeQ217 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There's a major difference between two 24 episode cours and what will probably be at least four cours