| Standards of fiction. It is not that much different than people being attracted to Esdeath from Akame Ga Kill or Zero-Two from Darling in the Franxx. |
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| Women love pretty boys like how men love big breasts like Hestia. |
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| Let me answer this questions as someone who got into reading manga (mainly) because of this series (Usui being part of the reason) but let me just say I was like 20 years old and since then some things have changed. I still regard this series as one of my favorites (rating it 10/10 might have been a little over the top but there's some nostalgia involved so please forgive me :) But I can understand why people might dislike him. To me it always seemed like there was more to Usui's character than we can see in the anime and as I read the manga it kind of proved true. That being said if I'd watch this series now without my bias I'd probably think a little different. He isn't the worst male protagonist to encounter (especially compared to some of the male characters written nowadays - and I'm NOT just pointing to one specific series of this season) but he certainly has some issues. It might be that many girls do see the common trope that there's the one girl who can change him or he cares about. That might be part of the reason I loved his character so much too. Because he didn't care about other girls even though he had many admirers but he only cared about Misa and worried for her in his own (alien) way. And I don't think it's bad if girls dream about someone feeling about them that way and I think he was kind of written that way on purpose. Re-watching now of course he does some problematic things (and if I'd see them in another anime it would make me dislike him too). For me it's sad they never made a second season since it's after when the story of the anime ends, his characters gets more depth (if you can call it that way ;D). Also it's a series that was never meant to be taken too serious and it felt like the writer also knew that, didn't take herself too seriously and made fun of some common tropes while still using them. So at least in my opinion, while over the top, they never felt too problemtic to me (if you differentiate between fiction and reality). To be honest, from what I know now, I don't feel like Usui has too much depth. He isn't entirely one-dimensional but also not as fleshed out as I used to think. But he was fitting for the series and my personal reasons for still having him as one of my favorite characters is that this entire anime (including him) inspired me with many of my characters I've written over the years. Luckily they are not based on his character in any sense anymore but you have to start somewhere (and one thing my characters still got from him is the head patting. Might be what won me over to begin with :D). But I totally see where you are coming from and I hope and think no one will think they want someone like him in real life (maybe just take some nice aspects of him :P). Oh no, now I wrote more than I intended, sorry about that :D. |
You're the light shining over The black and gloomy nights So long I've been waiting To run into your arms Oh, my only one desire You're the one I need Through the thousand years ~ Evermore "Midnight Sun" by AleXa |
| I’m a dude and I love him. He’s based af |
| My ex-friend was nagging me to watch Maid-sama and after several years, I did pick it up. And honestly, after watching it I questioned her sanity as to why and how she had the hots for him 'cause I literally found him repulsive and whatever he was doing to Misaki made me feel uncomfortable. Ew! |
| I had the displeasure of playing an otome game for the first time this week and legit everyone is a red flag. people are just into red flags honestly, men women straight gays no demographic is an exception. |
  but you can become stronger... ...でもつよくなれるよ |
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