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Gia's List: The 6 Most-Abused Anime Protagonists

I agree pretty much with tuxedocat.

Yes, Taiga is violent for no reason, her automatic reaction to walking into someone is to punch them to the floor. She later breaks into Ryuji's house and attacks him with a wooden sword. She came across as having this huge chip on her shoulder and A Piece of Work. And then after he has endured a physical assault Ryuji actually cooks for her every morning. This is not a healthy relationship, this is akin to domestic violence only it is the female who is instigating it.

God I hate Toradora! The violence was. Just. Not. Funny.

There's always going to be a double-standard at play, which is sad. I don't know if I would have laughed if the genders were reversed with Kaname and Sousuke. But Toradora! just took the violence too far, like way outside the bounds of comedy or good taste, and it is hardly alone in doing so. The latest example was this season's Ben-to, which I dropped after being thoroughly disgusted with the first episode.

vinamara wrote:

...After all, there are many women who can't stand men one bit and have an impulsive urge to punch them in the face.

I've never met a single one, thankfully. To the level represented by Inami, probably because they would be jailed or institutionalized after assaulting the wrong person. Then again, most of my interactions with people take place around a business environment, and no one would hire a person like that.

vinamara wrote:

Slapstick humor is also a category and its been done to death in American cartoons .....And I don't see why you would say this is just aimed at men.There's hardly any fanservice except for some moeness.....

I see what you mean about slapstick, though. It has been truly overused here in the States. I guess the Japanese aren't tired of it yet, though some of those shows go back a ways... I guess kids who haven't been overly exposed to this kind of humor still find it funny (for a while).

I hadn't intended to soapbox or anything, but seeing how much it pisses YOU off just makes me want to do it more!

I thought that was more an aberration rather than the norm, though I guess you're the expert in that department. LOL. You act like I hit a nerve or something.

It was not a bad example. If an innocent girl was doing their shopping and a guy came out of nowhere and kicked her in the head so she lost consciousness for such a long period of time, most of the fans of Ben-to wouldn't be so blasé about it. You can try and argue against it, but the double-standard clearly exists.

can i ask did you watch all of toradora "it sounds like you watched half of the series"??

Cecilthedarkknight_234 wrote:

can i ask did you watch all of toradora "it sounds like you watched half of the series"??

No, after seeing what a doormat Ryuji was and how Taiga was a horrible and psychotic person I dropped it after two episodes.

Cecilthedarkknight_234 wrote:

can i ask did you watch all of toradora "it sounds like you watched half of the series"??

No, after seeing what a doormat Ryuji was and how Taiga was a horrible and psychotic person I dropped it after two episodes. It would have been one episode, except I was assured the show picked up in the second episode which was supposed to be amazing. I was lied to.

Maybe Taiga does get better after receiving her medication, maybe Ryuji does grow a pair of balls and reports her to the police. Maybe it was his reporting her that spurred the authorities to actually getting her the help she needed. I don't know because I dropped the show, so I'll have to take your word for it.

But I have absolutely no desire to find out for myself. Because that would mean putting up with a show - and especially two certain characters - that I simply cannot stomach.

I feel like I've said enough about Toradora! for one thread, will be calling it a night. Well, evening actually. Sun's still shining.



Yes, that is indeed sarcasm in the second paragraph. Please do not take it literally.

dormcat wrote:

All six in the list were "abused" in comedic, light-hearted ways. Check out Shu from Now and Then, Here and There for some really horrible, terrifying experience.

Now and Then, Here and There was the first title that came to mind when I saw the title of the list, the second one was Kite.

There must be some reason that this woman-on-man violence is such a popular trope, but I just don't get it.

Of course I haven;t actually seen Dokuro-chan so I can't say for sure if that guy is any worse off...