| I noticed that female anime characters are usually more wasted than their counterpart. I Believe that well written female characters are rarer :( |
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| thats cause you only watch yaoi |
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| Hmm, a lot of shonen male characters are pretty generic, but they'll be beside more generic female characters since the male tends to be the focus, also those annoying school girl shows with cutesy characters all up and down anime list. So in a way yes when it comes to numbers you'll find more serious male characters than female characters but as a whole theres just a lot of really badly written male and female characters so when you do find a good one it'll most likely be a male. SN I really enjoyed moribito and book of bantorra, had action, good strong female leads with a good backstory. Not sure why these are so hard to come by. |
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| Well, I kind of agree. Male characters tend to be more intelligent, develop more and provide more of everything to the watcher. Many female chars are only there for looks, and some are annoyingly stupid. Not in ALL anime, but in quite a few. That's why all my fav chars are male. |
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| I'm a new-fag but I'm pretty sure this only happens when the show has a main character that is male; shows with main characters that are female have well-written female characters, if the show itself is good obviously. |
| every single one of my forum posts is dumb and invalid except for 1, I don't claim them it was a different person it was all fake |
| No. |
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| I dont think so badass girl = better then badass guy in anime. They are just less numbered. |
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| I feel like 90% of all complaints about anime could be solved if the one asking the question just tried watching different or better anime |
| Depends on what anime you're watching. |
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| You may be right. |
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| in most anime females mostly care about love while main guy is trying to achieve something else.. to find well written female character is difficult mainly because most anime are oriented to male auditory. |
| Nah, lots of male characters are shittily written. Most harem protagonists are boring as fuck, the semes in BL stuff tend to be borderline rapists and there are always those dudes who are wishy-washy and unable to make any kind of decision. There are lots of good female characters out there, you just have to look in the right places. BL isn't the place lol. Generally harems have some badly written ones too, but they can also have good ones and it just depends on the author. Shoujo females are shit but they're meant to be weak and naïve, so whatever. |
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| Considering most anime are marketed towards the male demographic it makes sense there are more male leading characters. Also Zazie122 said: lots of male characters are shittily written. Lets assume the percentage of well written characters is 50% and the male to female leading character ratio is 80:20. So out of a 100 characters there will be 40 well written male characters and 10 well written female characters. Obviously the numbers and percentages aren't accurate. My point is there are more male leading characters but i think the percentage of well written leading characters is even across the two genders. Also chinesecartoonz said: Depends on what anime you're watching. |
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Deago said: Maybe you should see a doctor. How long have you been having these hallucinations?I noticed that female anime characters are usually more wasted than their counterpart. |
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| I don't know what criteria you are using to see if a character is better written than another. It depends on the genre of show you are watching and sometimes, characters are used as a foil so they don't require the amount of characterization or development as the main characters. |
PoeticJustice said: I don't know what criteria you are using to see if a character is better written than another. It depends on the genre of show you are watching and sometimes, characters are used as a foil so they don't require the amount of characterization or development as the main characters. if we are talking about fighting shonen and harens that is usually the case woman in these genres are used as prizes for main characters most of the times and their characterization is greatly lacking |
| Attack on Titan, Medabots, Future Diary, Dennou Coil, Danganronpa, Evangelion, Digimon Tamers Freezing, Date A Live - While the females here aren't brilliantly written, there is more focus on them than on the males. All is good. |
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mafia_princess said: Itachi said: This, cause I'm not a hypocrite to say anime lacks good female characterization and I still haven't watched 50 anime shows overall.You may be right. Watch KLK OP, I just started watching it and the female protagonist in it is awesome. Wish I knew about it earlier. So let me get this straight. You are using your small sample size to support your argument?  |
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| Regardless of whether that's true or not, anime girls are actually fappable, and thus by default better |
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A-list_96 said: So let me get this straight. You are using your small sample size to support your argument? I'll show you a small sample size. *unzips* |
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| Because it's universal Truth Men>>>Women |
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| For the most part, female characters are either useless sex dolls or hardcore bad-asses (even then, they're usually sexualized). There is no in-between. |
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mafia_princess said: A-list_96 said: No, I'm not even making an argument, someone here takes things too seriously :-P I'm not verifying anything. I'm just giving OP a recommendation regardless if there's enough female characterization or not. Some people understand words in mysterious ways.So let me get this straight. You are using your small sample size to support your argument? Wait sorry i read that wrong. My bad.  |
A-list_96Nov 20, 2015 9:32 AM
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| The universal oppression of women continues. |
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| With the anime I watch it's usually the males who are generic. In a lot of harems you'll have a generic male character with a few generic females and a few well-written females. Out of my ten favourite characters only one is male (L). |
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| I've seriously had enough of your shitposting. |
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SeibaaHomu said: I've seriously had enough of your shitposting. I just checked and he posts like 5-7 threads a day  |
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PoeticJustice said: I don't know what criteria you are using to see if a character is better written than another. It depends on the genre of show you are watching and sometimes, characters are used as a foil so they don't require the amount of characterization or development as the main characters. These characters are well-written: These characters are badly-written: |
jal90 said: /threadPoeticJustice said: I don't know what criteria you are using to see if a character is better written than another. It depends on the genre of show you are watching and sometimes, characters are used as a foil so they don't require the amount of characterization or development as the main characters. These characters are well-written: These characters are badly-written: |
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| Nope, in most cases when female characters are badly written, so are the male ones. It's just that male characters have more screentime, but their "quality per screentime" ratio is not any better than the female characters'. |
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jal90 said: PoeticJustice said: I don't know what criteria you are using to see if a character is better written than another. It depends on the genre of show you are watching and sometimes, characters are used as a foil so they don't require the amount of characterization or development as the main characters. These characters are well-written: These characters are badly-written: You win the internet this time, sir. |
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jal90 said: They're both ugly-ass fonts.PoeticJustice said: I don't know what criteria you are using to see if a character is better written than another. It depends on the genre of show you are watching and sometimes, characters are used as a foil so they don't require the amount of characterization or development as the main characters. These characters are well-written: These characters are badly-written: |
Yamafam94 said: I feel like 90% of all complaints about anime could be solved if the one asking the question just tried watching different or better anime |
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mayukachan said: They're both ugly-ass fonts. Pfff, elitist. |
gabrielrroiz said: PoeticJustice said: I don't know what criteria you are using to see if a character is better written than another. It depends on the genre of show you are watching and sometimes, characters are used as a foil so they don't require the amount of characterization or development as the main characters. if we are talking about fighting shonen and harens that is usually the case woman in these genres are used as prizes for main characters most of the times and their characterization is greatly lacking Maybe the male counterparts are also lacking depth. Just women are viewed as a, "prize" does not mean that the males are written any better. Look at sword art online, Kirito is a bad character as are all of his love interests. I don't see how he is better written than any of them. |
Grey-Zone said: Indeed, in most cases an author is going to either have good or bad quality consistently. If you look at an average harem, even generic tsundere loli-hime #9283 tends to have more going for her than the male MC. When there are cool/interesting MCs (Arata from Trinity Seven), the girls are usually able to match in wit and execution.Nope, in most cases when female characters are badly written, so are the male ones. It's just that male characters have more screentime, but their "quality per screentime" ratio is not any better than the female characters'. Psycho-Pass came to mind when thinking of an example of brilliant (or pretentious for you know who) character balance. Akane, Kogami, and Makishima are all on equal footing in terms of quality, as each one highlights a contrasting ideology that you can't paint the whole picture without. Ironically the place where males are thoroughly more valuable then females is reverse harem. Go watch Amnesia (DON'T!) or Diabolik Lovers (NOOO!) and you'll see a true representation of OP's dilemma. On the other side of the shoujo spectrum, you have characters such as Yona, Shirayuki, and Nike who all have brilliant dynamics with their male counterparts. |
ZekkenshinNov 20, 2015 12:10 PM
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Milk_is_Special said: No. |
| Casca is very well writen |
INTP (Ne) A hound, begging for scraps at the emperor's table |
 I'd like to know how your brain works, OP. One day just 'noticed' that male characters are better written than female characters? |
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