| I'll watch an anime with bad story and good characters, but I won't watch an anime with good story and bad characters. So, characters it is. |
| Definetely characters. No matter how good or intricated a story could be, if the show is uncapable to make you care and be interested in the characters, then the show will be absolutely lifeless. For example, SnK. Interesting story, but after 4eps I could not connect to a single character so I simply dropped it, no matter how popular I knew the series was. |
SoldierDreamDec 27, 2016 1:48 PM
| Like peoples says before characters are huge part of story their development etc. Story covers characters but i think i get what you asking Depends imo İf anime is shounen i think characters espically main character more important than story because if you don't like or hate mc that overpowers everyone you cant like that anime. For many of them story remanings characters |
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| I'd say both are equally important. Good characters and a good story makes for a great anime. To me, the characters and their developments/past are part of the story. You can't really have one without the other. Doesn't mean that I won't hate a character in a good story. The other characters carry it through. I think there should be diversity anyways. In regard to different characters. No one's going to like every single one. The stories can be fascinating. It's like reading a good book. You want the author to draw you in, there are characters you might relate to or really love, you can be transported to another world or time, etc. To me, it has to have the whole package in order for me to watch it. I picked story in the poll, though. |
Shoegum said: word!!!This thread triggers me on so many different levels. Aren't the characters are a part of the story? Can't the characterisation and development of characters be the main part of the narrative? Do bad stories with good characters even exist? Do good stories with bad characters even exist? voted chars bcoz waifu's beat stories. |
| depends on the anime... slice of life for instance don't really need a good story but it needs good characters. |
| Correct me if I am wrong though, but isn't there something called as story/plot-driven and character-driven writing? I think it can be an initial consideration as to where we should shift the weight of importance between the two depend on what kind of show that we are watching. |
UpperCatDec 28, 2016 2:02 AM
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| Can I write-in aesthetic value instead :V If I had to choose between the two, I'd pick characters, but I'm not especially picky with them or anything. Something can have no narrative to speak of whatsoever and I can like it quite a bit, I've found, so eh. |
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| well if most of anime characters are annoying the anime will be annoying for sure however the good story will bring the good characters , so for me it goes like this 1 - Story 1.5 - Characters 3- Animation 4- The ending |
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