Category: The Mind of a Character
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Guts: The Black Swordsman (The Mind of a Character)
It’s time for the big one, boys and girls! At first glance, Guts seems like a pretty poor, one-dimensional character. He’s a very angry and violent man with a vile personality. If you don’t read beyond the first few chapters, you may think that he’s just an edgelord for the sake of being an edgelord.…
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Kai ‘Overhaul’ Chisaki: Looking at the Grand Picture
So his first name is Kai… Thank god for Wikis! My Hero Academia has had a lot of villains up to this point. The mindless and powerful Nomus. The twisted but sympathetic Stain. The chilling and seemingly unstoppable All For One. Even the still developing, unprepared man-child Shigurake Tomura. Deku and our other heroes have…
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Shigeo Kageyama: The Psychic Time-Bomb (The Mind of a Character)
It’s been a hot minute since I last talked about ONE. Aside from a few passive-aggressive jabs at One Punch Man’s second season, I haven’t discussed anything he’s written in a while! Let’s fix that, shall we? ONE has some of the most well-written characters I’ve ever seen in anime! One Punch Man’s Saitama is…
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Shallan Davar: The Lightweaver (The Mind of a Character)
Here’s a link to the source, if you want to check out that excellent illustration of Shallan, drawn by ceriselightning. *Spoilers: I’m about to spoil a significant chunk of The Stormlight Archive series. If you haven’t read them yet, go do that before reading this. It will take a lot of time, yes, but it’s…
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Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon (Ciri): The Daughter of a Witcher (The Mind of a Character)
Yes, I have been watching the new Witcher show on Netflix. I’ve also been reading the books. I’ve considered finally getting around to playing the first two games too, if not for the fact that the first game isn’t very good and Witcher 2 is hard to go back to after playing Witcher 3. My…
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