Category: Character Analysis
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Azula: The Mad Prodigey
Why yes, I did just finish my Avatar re-watch. What gave it away? One thing I don’t often touch on in these analyses is Negative Character Arcs. To explain briefly: a Positive Change arc is where the character overcomes their Lie and changes for the better; these are what you see most often in fiction.…
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Vegeta: The Prince of All Saiyans
Dragon Ball has some of the most iconic, recognizable characters in all of anime. Goku, Gohan, Piccolo, and even the newer characters like Beerus, Whis, Hit, and… *sigh* Jiren are so well-known that people who don’t even watch the show know who they are, or at least what they look like. They stand as pillars…
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Morioka Moriko: The Elite NEET
Watch ‘Recovery of an MMO Junkie’. It’s so good and cute and if you don’t you probably won’t understand what I’m talking about in this article. I’m not joking. I’ll leave a link right below this paragraph. I’m not sponsored or anything; I just really love this show and I think you will too. Recovery…
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Why Hinata Shoyo is the Best Shounen Protagonist
When it comes to Shounen protagonists, they’re all pretty cookie-cutter. Just take Goku’s personality, come up with a different but distinct design and power set, and you’re pretty much done. Luffy, Naruto, Tanjiro, all of these characters are similar in many ways. Haikyu!!’s Hinata Shoyo is yet another of these characters. He’s a friendly kid…
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Gentle Criminal: The Modern Day Gentleman Rogue
I’ll leave My Hero Academia alone after this, I promise. At least until either a) I catch up with the manga or b) season five happens. Whichever one comes first. MHA villains are typically very… villainous, for lack of a better word. Shigurake and all his goons are clearly evil and menacing, All For One…
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