Category: The Mind of a Character

  • Izumi Miyamura: Soldiering Through Sadness to Find Joy

    **Spoilers ahead for Horimiya (both the anime and the manga)** Appearances can be deceiving. That’s the central theme of Horimiya. No character in the entire series is exactly as they appear at first glance. Sengoku is built up to be an extremely competent student council president only to be revealed as a nervous wreck and…

  • Varys ‘The Spider’: Why He Worked and How the Show Ruined Him

    Game of Thrones is not a series in which simple people last. Those who are purely good quickly have their intentions taken advantage of and end up dead. Those who are purely evil are quickly assassinated to prevent them from becoming as dangerous as they could in a position of higher power. If you’re too…

  • Dolores Umbridge: The Pros and Cons of Introducing An Easily Hated Character

    Yes, I have been watching Harry Potter movies again. Yes, you can expect another review very soon. Yes, that has everything to do with this article. Dolores Umbridge is one of the most infamous fictional characters of recent years. No Harry Potter character and few characters in all of fiction have inspired as much pure,…

  • The Morality of Erwin Smith

    Which is better? Doing something horrible for the greater good and succeeding? Or following a more morale path and failing? Of all the characters in Attack on Titan, Erwin is arguably the most complex. At first glance, he seems like a noble man. The leader of the heroic Survey Corps, whose sole mission it is…

  • Zoro and Sanji: Depth in a Gag

    Simple, yet complex. The most memorable characters walk a fine line. On the surface, they are simple and easy to understand. But beneath that layer of simplicity is hidden a depth that gives the character more life. Think of it like a pie. On the top, you’ve got a layer of crust that you understand…