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May 28, 2014 4:13 AM
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Someone like Kiritsugu Emiya, the most stoic hero in all anime. He's cool, calm, and calculated. He's also brutal, but only up to a point where it understandably didn't cross the line to being evil. His brutality doesn't affect him, hence adding to his stoicism. He also doesn't name out his moves while fighting, keeping calm and only thinking in his head, which is a trait that 99% of all anime heroes lack.

Anime has the potential for housing great heroes such as Kiritsugu, but I've yet to see any more than just this one dude. The reason why anime can portray stoic heroes well is that it has a lot of spelling out of what's going on as well as cool-looking characters.

The only other source of a stoic hero are in film noirs, where the character is outright quiet (stoic), and in order to convey his or her thoughts, a monologue played. Best modern film example is Sin City.

Can you find any other anime stoic hero that can even come close to Kiritsugu? Highly doubtful!
May 28, 2014 4:16 AM
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A stanklem thread not about hentai..... we've seen it all now.

OT; L Lawliet, Saitou Hajime, Hiko Seijuro, etc....
May 28, 2014 4:17 AM
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Kiritsugu is anti-hero on the same boat with Hei from DtB.
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May 28, 2014 4:17 AM
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May 28, 2014 4:36 AM
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Wait, Stankie. Did you actually think that Kiritsugu is the only stoic character in the history of anime?
May 28, 2014 4:38 AM
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yhunata said:
Wait, Stankie. Did you actually think that Kiritsugu is the only stoic character in the history of anime?
He mention Noir in the post so it's two.
Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together.
May 28, 2014 5:22 AM
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Kiritsugu is definitely not a hero, he's an anti-hero.
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May 28, 2014 8:00 AM
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Hmmm if were not including anti-heroes... OH! Ayaka Kagari from Witch Craft Works. She fits "stoic" as if the word itself was made for her.
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Hmmm if were not including anti-heroes... OH! Ayaka Kagari from Witch Craft Works. She fits "stoic" as if the word itself was made for her.
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May 28, 2014 8:07 AM

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Jotaro is awesome.
May 28, 2014 9:26 AM

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tsudecimo said:
Jotaro is awesome.


+1 for Jotaro.
I probably regret this post by now.
May 28, 2014 10:25 AM
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if you're just looking for stoic heroes then you've got kenshiro and jotarp.....
heroes that do'nt call out their attack names......stop watching shonens
May 28, 2014 10:27 AM

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Cyber_Bluez said:
if you're just looking for stoic heroes then you've got kenshiro and jotarp.....
heroes that do'nt call out their attack names......stop watching shonens


I'm not gonna stop watching JoJo. Not gonna happen.
I probably regret this post by now.
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LIVING THE DREAM

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Brandon Heat/Beyond the Grave
Heero Yuy
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kanye west
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Jun 23, 2015 2:25 PM
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Kiritsugu definitely a hero.


Fixed.
Jun 23, 2015 2:26 PM

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Why are we still here? Just to suffer? Every night, I can feel my leg... and my arm... even my fingers. The body I've lost... the comrades I've lost... won't stop hurting... It's like they're all still there. You feel it, too, don't you? I'm gonna make them give back our past."
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http://myanimelist.net/character/1649/Van
Mostly stoic except when he eats food.
Jun 23, 2015 5:24 PM

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ichii_1 said:
LIVING THE DREAM



Haha forgot about that gif.

As for best stoic heroes, you can't go wrong with Inspector Lunge from Monster or Nico Robin.

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kanye west


Not sure aspergers counts as "stoic".
Jun 23, 2015 5:35 PM

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Hei from Darker Than Black fits into this category.

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