Category: The Mind of a Character
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In Defense of Puck
Berserk isn’t the most pleasant manga ever written. I know. A series about demons that will kill you and rape you being fought by the angriest dude ever isn’t pleasant. It’s a dark series that explores complex themes with deep characters that suffer from horrible problems. Which makes this little dude kind of baffling. Puck…
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Gol D. Roger: Building a Legend
This might sound odd, but I’ve always found the very first page of One Piece to be incredibly memorable. Or, for anime viewers, the initial lore dump that opened every episode in the early days of the series. It’s incredibly simple: here’s the pirate king, here’s how he died, here’s what he said, and here’s…
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Did Griffith Do Anything Wrong?
R.I.P. Kentaro Miura. Your legacy will last forever. Yes! Holy fucking shit, yes he did! This motherfucker did everything wrong! #GriffithDidEverythingWrong Okay, now that that’s out of my system, let’s analyze the character. Griffith is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, one of the most hated manga characters of all time. And for good reason.…
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Killua Zoldyck: An Awakening of Heart
Hunter X Hunter has a lot to appreciate. A vibrant world. An incredible power system in Nen. Remarkably memorable villains. Incredible fight scenes. On and on and on. It’s easy to see why it’s considered one of the best manga/anime of recent times, and easier to see why people want to see a proper end…
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Kibutsuji Muzan: Absolute Evil and a Dropped Ball
Demon Slayer has one of the most morally pure protagonists Shounen anime has ever seen. Tanjiro, right down to his core (quite literally, as we learned in the Mugen Train arc) is kind, selfless, and heroic. The dude shows empathy to demons who gleefully monologued about how they devoured little girls or some shit. Of…
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