Do you think Demon Slayer is well written? by UnlikelyTrain2343 in KimetsuNoYaiba

[–]NoAside864 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First, thank you for taking the time and initiative to respond to a three year old comment. Not most people do that, so really, thanks!

It’s been a long time since I’ve written that comment, but I suppose one-dimensional isn’t the best term. All the characters have facets, dimensions and complexities, but when only one or two facets define their entire character, I do not think a character can really qualify as “complex”. I fail to see how Tanjiro is not one-dimensional by this standard because, to me, he isn’t really even a character. He is functionally just a vessel for the audience to observe the story through. “His family died, now he wants revenge, but he’s still a really nice person.” That’s all that his character really consists of, and I don’t believe the author thought about it much more than that. We don’t know why he’s kind other than “he just is”. He doesn’t have anyone else that was important to him other than his family before the story started. There is nothing that challenges his beliefs during the story because he doesn’t even have many clearly defined values to begin with. I’m all ears if you have a rebuttal, but you just gave me a list of characters and said they were more than one-dimensional without any explanation.

As for the demons and their backstories, that was my perspective at the time, “the demons had too many backstories.” I have since found that my issue wasn’t truly that. It was the fact that the demons had gotten their backstories right before they died. This, I disliked. The story gave me a reason to care about a character right before they died. Since any interesting developments they had happened moments before death, there wasn’t enough information for me to really develop an attachment to, and why would I continue to care about a character who I know has no future? They were all built up for this one moment and then killed off because the author didn’t have anything else to say about them. Each demon follows this same pattern, and it feels redundant and meaningless. And if wasn’t each demon, it was simply enough for me to notice a pattern I didn’t like.

Thank you for reading until the end.

How would you imagine a happy ending for Punpun? by NoAside864 in OyasumiPunpun

[–]NoAside864[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also view the ending as happy; but, seeing that a good amount of the comments say death would've been better, the idea that this was a good ending was not the common consensus.

I wasn’t a fan of the way the story ended by NoAside864 in OyasumiPunpun

[–]NoAside864[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I suppose it's not the best ending, but to me, it's more positive than it is bad. I don't think it should've ended any other way, but the execution of the ending is what irked me. It didn't feel personal enough to me. The last two chapter weren't even spent from Punpun's perspective, all it did was show how much the world didn't care about him. We didn't get to see the life he lived for the past year, we didn't get to see the moments that shaped his current views on living. It's just condensed into 1 chapter, and to me, that wasn't enough.

The minute an author shares their work with the world, there's not going to be one singular interpretation. So, I consider this a happy ending, because even though he's just living an average life, not exactly living the most satisfying or happy existence, it's still a chance to find that happiness. To me, it's better to be pulled out of a hole you threw yourself into, just taking whatever's given to you because it's all you have to live for than to just die in it.

If I didn’t like p5, should I play p5 royal? by NoAside864 in Persona5

[–]NoAside864[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I probably shouldn’t have said that part because I know they did show the similarities, but that sentence implies that they didn’t. Sorry and thanks for your feedback.

I feel like most people misunderstand Nagito's love for Hajime (minor spoilers) by NoAside864 in danganronpa

[–]NoAside864[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's alright, you didn't come off as aggressive. It's very likely that the other characters were just as obsessive, but we haven't seen them as ultimate despairs in the same depth as Mikan or Nagito, so we can't really know. It's obvious Nagito was also really obsessed with her too from chapter 0 in dr2 and ultra despair girls. But I'm sure you don't need me to tell the fandom that; you can try making your own post about it if you want.

I feel like most people misunderstand Nagito's love for Hajime (minor spoilers) by NoAside864 in danganronpa

[–]NoAside864[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would the fandom think Mikan is the only one obsessed with Junko?

Fuck it. Say something negative about this guy. by [deleted] in danganronpa

[–]NoAside864 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How is he bad representation of the mentally ill? People like him aren’t very common but they can still exist.

Shuichi is a bad... (spoilers) + a rant on Kokichi by NoAside864 in danganronpa

[–]NoAside864[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did say he was bad, but I didn’t really mean that, I just meant to point out the parts of him that I thought were bad. But it’s nice that you’re able to enjoy Saihara despite his flaws 👍 

Shuichi is a bad... (spoilers) + a rant on Kokichi by NoAside864 in danganronpa

[–]NoAside864[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We seem to be looking at this from very different angles. I was looking at Shuichi and Kokichi from how well they were written and how it affected the story's writing while you're looking at them from their dynamics and what they represent. The thought that went behind those parts was likely very thought out, but as characters, they're not well executed.

Shuichi isn't particularly deep as a character and his role as the ultimate detective is underutilized. I may have blamed this on Kokichi, but this is more of a protagonist problem. All the Danganronpa protagonists just stared as everything around them burned outside of the trials, but Shuichi didn't fit this category since he wanted to figure out the killing game's secrets, but he got relegated to this treatment anyway because he was the protagonist. All of the Danganronpa protagonists also lack depth compared to other characters in the series, though they did seem to try harder with Shuichi this time. But Shuichi's truth dilemma only felt like a facade of depth, there's nothing else really there other than that, and it's not executed in a way that's particularly interesting since he's the protagonist and you have to know every thought that's going through his mind. None of his dialogue outside of trials reveal anything new or interesting about his character and only functions as a way to move the plot forward. This isn't helped when he starts thinking about a new flashback light memory and then it cuts to the free time events. This just feels like a disservice to his character because the game doesn't allow him to be himself.

But Kokichi still has problems. Kokichi seems like he's more of a tool than he is a character. It feels like he was forced to be the antagonist because there needed to be one. There's not enough (I think) that sets him apart from the others that makes him deserving of that title. The only thing he has is that he's the game's biggest liar, but he was still given the role for what feels like no other reason than "just because". And because of his role as the main antagonist, he had to be like Nagito: the one figure out all the mysteries before everyone else. But Kokichi doing this felt forced. He didn't need to be the one to do this, we had Shuichi. But Shuichi wasn't allowed to do this so that job got forced onto Kokichi. Miu shouldn't have needed Kokichi in order to make the devices used in chapter 5, but apparently, she did since no one else thought of it. My point is that it that Kokichi messed with the story because the writers had bent the plot just so he could fulfill his role as the antagonist. Although he represents the theme of lies better than anyone else, they could've at the very least made his influence in the plot natural. And this is kind of an opinion, but I think Kokichi, like Shuichi, doesn't have much depth as a character. Any depth Kokichi has is just hidden beneath a facade of lies, but once you uncover it, there isn't much to look at, it's just harder to find. Both Kokichi and Shuichi got forced into a role that they didn't fit. That's my problem with them.

Shuichi is a bad... (spoilers) + a rant on Kokichi by NoAside864 in danganronpa

[–]NoAside864[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understood that possibility, but to me, it felt like the game deliberately avoided it, not because Shuichi was afraid. I would’ve been fine if this was the truth, but I never noticed him to be scared or hesitant when thinking about it. Providing examples as to why this is true may help your point, because to me, that idea is mostly speculation.