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littlegreenwolf
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Exactly. I thought the whole point of Kare Kano was everyone had character flaws, and the Dr. Jekyll thing is kind of cruel since Yukino has the same sort of mask going on, which is why they both worked so well for each other, and even the reason I believe they began their relationship. I've read the manga, and yeah it was questionable what happened with that manga-only library scene, but all in all I thought Yukino and Arima in the anime were great together. I never thought of him as a bad guy, let alone anywhere on the same level as the other guys on the list. There's much worse in anime. Kare Kano - the anime that has been giving me warm fuzzies since 2004 |
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PansyWansyLinsy
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I don't think Hachi and Takumi's relationship is as simple as that. To dismiss her as a nobody to Takumi takes away from the complexity of his character. Takumi isn't the type of person to commit seriously to someone without reason. If he didn't care about Hachi, he could have easily thrown child support at her and walked away. Instead he made a commitment to spend the rest of his life with her; to raise a family together with her. Family isn't something Takumi takes lightly. He may care for Reira, but he also cares for Hachi. In romance and shoujo-land, we're programmed to believe that there's room in a person's heart to love one person and one person alone. Let's be realistic, life isn't like that nor are relationships so simple. We can love and care for more than one person in a lifetime at the same time. If anything, NANA has been the greatest example of that. |
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Maidenoftheredhand
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He was the one of the worst I read. But then I am not a fan of overly possessive male characters. |
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Graceful Nanami
Posts: 303 Location: United States |
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...I don't think you understand Arima's character at all. |
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faintsmile1992
 Posts: 295 Location: England |
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It was not meant to offend anyone and it was bizarre that it did, that is all. Last edited by faintsmile1992 on Wed Mar 13, 2013 1:28 am; edited 2 times in total |
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faintsmile1992
Posts: 295 Location: England |
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Yea its science.
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Hellfish
Posts: 391 Location: Mexico |
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If this was a manga list I would just take all of Maju Shinjo characters and call it a day, what an horrible collection of fictional characteristics they are... but considering... the anime will do for this case. I agree completely.
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Maidenoftheredhand
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I am sorry but I did understand his character. Just because someone dislikes something doesn't mean they don't understand. I don't care about Arima worrying about becoming like his biological parents or losing Yukino and I don't care about his "dark side". Love the manga all you want but in my opinion Arima's character arc brought the story down. The only reason I kept reading was for Yukino. |
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Aylinn
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Yes, he had a reason. After reading about his past it’s clear why he married her. He likes this pretence of a happy family that Hachi strives to make, but it doesn’t mean he is in love with her. And it was not enough to keep him. Something that the flashbacks from the future make completely clear, as spoiler[Takumi is not even living with Hachi, but in England (it just happens that Reira is in England too.) and Hachi’s friends try to convince her to divorce him.] |
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Graceful Nanami
Posts: 303 Location: United States |
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Putting words in people's mouths never helps. Also, why do you like Yukino so much? She had a trillion issues of her own and was a pretty horrible human being before she realized how much of an ass she was. Kare Kano is about characters who have deep mental trauma and issues and how they progress through the help of someone else to fix them. Both Souichirou and Yukino accomplish this. The interesting part is how they both handle thmselves in their own minds and in front of each other. It's why it's called "His and Her Circumstances". Anyway, yes, it's fine for you not to like a character but you should generally have reasons to support why or why not. |
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sailornyanko
 Posts: 134 Location: Mexico City |
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While I'm sad Hachi is staying faithfully put in Japan doing.. whatever the hell she is doing in the future flashbacks (I guess raise her kid as a well paid housewife?), I'm kind of glad she is handling that leash on Takumi as punishment for everything he has done to her. spoiler[you had a love child with Reira? Then good, I'm gonna make sure you can't divorce me no matter what you try to do bwahahahahaha!] On the other hand, will Hachi have an affair with Nobu someday? The finale episode of the anime shows her spoiler[porting two wedding rings, one of them from Takumi and possibly one given to her by Nobu.] Maybe Hachi did mature a little bit in the 7 year span. All in all I can't feel sorry for her as she dug her grave with poor life decisions, at least it seems like she started to accept her bad choices in the end. --- I would like to make another entry to horrible boyfriend in anime, the guy Niell from Candy Candy. He tried to date Candy (like.. after kidnapping her?). He was always horribly abusive to her as a child and now that she has grown up and is attracting attention from the social sphere, now he's suddenly into her? Oh wait, did he just slap her in the face there? Yeaaaah, what a tool. |
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Tony K.
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sailornyanko, please observe ANN's policy on necroposting.
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