Category: Character Analysis

  • Zenitsu Agatsuma: Annoying or Relatable?

    The cowardly comic relief is an extremely old cliché in storytelling. Almost as old as the cliché of them actually being among the strongest characters in said story. You can find plenty of examples of characters like this in anime, from the action shounens to the slice of life comedies. They’re all generally similar; loud,…

  • How Shounen Protagonists Have Changed

    Shounen is a genre of anime that doesn’t often change. And if it does, it does so very slowly. Ever since Dragon Ball rolled around and established the core rules and narrative beats of the genre, shounen has remained more or less the same. Whether it be about ninjas or grim reapers or a simple…

  • Slime Incarnation and It’s Many, Many Characters

    Having an extensive cast of characters isn’t normally a problem. Especially not in long-running fantasy epics. If done properly, it can make your world feel diverse and lived in, and it can give the audience many different perspectives from which to view it. But in anime, it tends to be a problem more than a…

  • Kyojuro Rengoku: How to Make Your Audience Love Your Character

    *Warning: this article will contain spoilers for the Demon Slayer: Mugen Train film and minor spoilers for the manga.* The moment this dude showed up in the movie, I knew I was going to have to write an article about him. Extreme is a word that describes Demon Slayer very well. Each character has at…

  • Endeavor: Falling Into and Emerging Out of Darkness

    Endeavor. The former #2 now #1 hero of My Hero Academia. And one of, if not the, most controversial character in the entire series. When we first met him, Endeavor was about as far from a positive light as he could get. The dude abused his wife to the point that she nearly went insane…