Oh, no, not what I was going on about. His goal is not to "kick ass", he just wants the thrill of a challenge, and he's pissy about the "chrome dome" comments, rather lazy, air headed, and annoyed by Genos when he asks Saitama to help him get stronger(and says Saitama's full of shit when he reveals the secret to his success), doesn't get any real respect, he's average at best. He doesn't care about how powerful or resilient he is. He can kill with one punch - anything! But he just sighs and goes back home to read manga and clip coupons - the alien lord guy goes Super Saiyan and beyond, throws him to the moon, and he comes right back like nothing with "Did you do anything yet?" Mumen Rider is a normal guy, obeys the law, and rides a bike. He's a verified hero, means well, but gets the hell beat out of him every time, but he gets back up and brushes it off. Oh, and OPM season 2? Saitama becomes a villain and has a hissy-fit. Anakin Skywalker fell to the Dark Side to save his lover, and kills his lover because he fell to the Dark Side. Kylo Ren is an angsty teen with "magic-space-power" and a plasma weapon.



We also have Puri Puri Prisoner, who I'm really upset doesn't get the screen time he deserves(no nipples either - Kill la Kill shows Mikitsugi's nipples, but they put a bright star shimmer over it, so it's good)



I don't care for almost every RPG or Japanese production protagonist I've come across over 20 years. I watched Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, don't remember a thing from each. The YuGiOh protagonists are tacky-haired to the point Lady Gaga would say it's a bit much, the most normal of them are Jaden and Yusei, who have natural hair colors, at the least, and the weird details Yusei has are acceptable because it's pretty futuristic. No one said anything about the designs in Zexal. I care about good characters, a character is well-done when I can ignore the cosmetics. The "Tales of" games I've played, Phantasia, Symphonia(not the "sequel"), Vesperia, Abyss, those characters were really good - they had flaws, sometimes selfish, and grow over the course of the game. Yuri Lowell is a vigilante, raised in the slums without parents, and best friends with the best knight around who can't go a minute with a rank before he's promoted again - a best friend who attacks him with a real sword when you first see him in the game, but when Yuri asks him what the deal is, his friend just points at the "well-drawn" wanted poster, demanding to know what did he do THIS time?! Yuri just looks at it and "Hey, 10,00 gald! Nice!" He's a justice nut. Yes, he has "purple hair" - purple is easier to see, shadows, highlights, and doesn't just look flat and black, it's a black substitute.



I'm tired of the "high and mighty" "heart of gold" "pure" and especially the "misunderstood person who saves the world with the quality people exclude them for". I'm whiny because I don't like playing a character who's really done nothing wrong, told of in prophecies and fairy tales, everyone knows immediately who he is, treats him like a god, and he just "doesn't want people to rely on him" or "take any favors or praise". Tales of Zestiria. Freaking Sorey is the main protagonist. I stopped before I put in another 100+ hours in case I got the "heroic sacrifice" or more terribly "the good savior of the world becomes the next root of all evil" cliché. I played Star Ocean 4. Teenagers with superpowers from genetic engineering using DNA from some ancient race. The main hero goes emo and freaking down on everything because a 1950's alternate Earth blows up after he's fooled into letting some people look at his ship's power source. We get a cat girl. It's anime Star Trek! The smart alien friendly character goes nuts at a snap with no real reason they ever explain, and leaves the party. I bought an expensive sword to equip him with when he got back.



He's the damn final boss. Just there. Main guy cracks a bit of the demonic black armor and exposes the guy's face - utter shock - first form goes down fine, random maze with boss rematches at dead ends, then a massive god-like final form that wipes the floor with me and takes me two hours to beat. I unlock maybe three achievements, but thank God I saw the epilogue for the emo "Death incarnate" bastard that would never shut up and never used in my party. No one minds the bits where the main guy sees the main girl naked or in a towel, gets the frick beat out of him each time, and he was simply unlucky and happened to see some boobs. The esteemed genius heroes everyone idolizes? Each one dies for no real reason and by complete freaking chance. Main guy loses his mind from a fake Earth blowing up. He'd probably do the same with the "fake Namek" in DBZ and not bat an eye after the real Namek disintegrates. Besides, the characters I do like or find attractive - gay, not a guy, asshole, or two-faced prick, and nearly every single one dies. Lloyd Irving is pissy because Kratos betrayed them and took his crush - infuriated when it turns out that was dear old Dad, and throws a tantrum, but he gets the heck over it like people do. Internet goes nuts after each new Yuri on Ice episode, it's actually a good and funny anime with really sweet people, but it's "pandering to hormonal yaoi junkies" and the fandom is ruined when people compare the characters to real male competitive ice skaters. But who cares? What's more important is how I'm insane for preferring Professor Sycamore over Professor Kukui. One is married. Here's a hint: It's not the French guy. I also like plot in "Another" (the book, anyway - Yukito Ayatsuji - there's a book for Mei's vacation adventures in the middle of the main story's plot) And "The Enigma of Amigara Fault" scares and terrifies me, not Jeff the Killer. (Slenderman is actually terrifying in the context of the original story and the idea of inescapable disappearance or death. The games are just bad. Teens stab and kill people to pay tribute to creepypasta characters they believe are real.)



It's all silly, really.