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MajinAkuma
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 Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 4:31 pm
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| Kadmos1 wrote: | | I would have thought that Light Yagami would be on this list since he is both a protagonist and antagonist. |
Light cannot be the antagonist because he stays as the protagonist for the whole series. The story is about his point of view. L is the antagonist. Light doubles as both, an anti-villain and villain protagonist (I tend to see him not as a villain at all), while L is the hero antagonist.
An antagonist is not automatically a villain; an antagonist is a person who confronts the protagonist as an enemy.
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MajinAkuma
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 4:34 pm
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| brace625 wrote: | |
For some reason I feel like Gilgamesh should have been on this weeks The List. He has every reason to be confident and his overconfidence is his downfall. |
He's an antagonist. If we'd count antagonists, the likes like Aizen or Madara would be there.
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trilaan
Joined: 17 Jan 2009
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 4:49 pm
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| Hameyadea wrote: |
About the Poll:
So the most attractive (read: rocking) facial hair, ha? There was this one Titan in Shingeki no Kyojin
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Mike Haggar from Final Fight was a titan??? That shoulda made it MUCH easier to take care of the Mad Gear Gang!
The new poll is silly. (Voted for Vlad Tepes, AKA Dracula)
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Sahmbahdeh
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 5:31 pm
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For the new poll, while I voted for Vlad Tepes, I was tempted to include Rider from Fate/Zero as a write-in because of that glorious chin-mane I like to think of as "The Conquering Amish". Great stuff.
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Ulinox
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 5:35 pm
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MOD NOTE: personal attack removed. If you can't correct someone or disagree without being an enormous jerk about it, don't waste your time on our forums.
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HaruhiToy
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 5:42 pm
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I would have liked to see Natsu Dragoneel on the list. Nobody does cocky better. But maybe he doesn't rate as a protagonist.
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SaiyamanMS
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 6:22 pm
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Looking at last week's poll results, I'm surprised that Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan beat out Resurrection 'F'. And I'm also disappointed, but not surprised, that the non-Z movies didn't chart. (The Path to Power is my favourite pre-Battle of Gods movie.  )
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Gina Szanboti
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 6:44 pm
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| Lili-Hime wrote: | | Best facial hair easily goes to Vlad Tepes (Alucard) of Hellsing Ultimate. |
Now that you mention it, Alucard should've been on the List as well. Hard pressed to think of anyone more righteously confident than he is, and can back it up every time. While Anderson was literally righteously confident, he was actually an antagonist, and he got his butt kicked.
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azul120
Joined: 15 Aug 2015
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 6:48 pm
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| Kadmos1 wrote: | | I would have thought that Light Yagami would be on this list since he is both a protagonist and antagonist. In Lelouch's case, I think an instance where he genuinely realized how dangerous/bad he's become is Shirley's death. |
I'd say it was a whole season earlier . For that and other reasons he wanted to keep Shirley far, far away from danger. I'd also add that his arrogance wasn't so much from being royalty but a case of He Who Fights Monsters.
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egoist
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 7:33 pm
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| malvarez1 wrote: | | Instead of Dio, I would have placed the main character of Kaze no Stigma here. |
Seconded that Kazuma from KnS merits at least consideration for this list. I can't think of any protagonist who has annoyed me more with his smarmy superiority complex, and he's certainly ungodly powerful.
I'm also a little surprised (but not disappointed!) that Kirito didn't get mentioned, given how much people complain about him in this vein. |
Agreed in both points. Probably time to rewatch Kaze no Stigma. Never finished Kirito's anime. There's also the protagonist of Scryed. I don't think defeat ever crossed his mind.
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Ali07
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 8:37 pm
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Why did someone add Chaika to the list? 
My vote went to Hercule from DBZ!
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Shay Guy
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 8:51 pm
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That's a plurality, not a majority!
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YotaruVegeta
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 9:25 pm
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Dio Brando is a protagonist? Of what anime?
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Clodus
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 9:29 pm
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| Lili-Hime wrote: | Best facial hair easily goes to Vlad Tepes (Alucard) of Hellsing Ultimate. I mean... just look at him *A*
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I'll second Alucard. He definitely deserves to be on the list.
For the longest time, I've always been obsessed with this thought or idea, A man above all others, one superior in every aspect bordering a divine entity yet human at the same time with human struggles. I'm not even sure why but its something I've been actively looking out for. Maybe just the idea itself is fascinating so I'm always on the lookout. The only character that has ever met my criteria would be the aforementioned Shiba Tatsuya. I'm glad to have read this article if only to know that another person out there acknowledges his peerlessness.
My personal pick would be Griffith from Berserk.
| Episode 15 of BERSERK wrote: | | It's a foolish thing for me as a man to say and yet, he seems as though he stepped forth from a painting. Beyond All Others. Perhaps we have fought by a hero such as the like of which comes only once every 100 years. A commander beyond all others... |
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DangerMouse
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 9:38 pm
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| Gina Szanboti wrote: | | Now that you mention it, Alucard should've been on the List as well. Hard pressed to think of anyone more righteously confident than he is, and can back it up every time. While Anderson was literally righteously confident, he was actually an antagonist, and he got his butt kicked. |
Yeah, he belongs on the list too.
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