My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected (light novel)
| People like him because of how relatable he is. |
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| Hachiman is one of the most relatable and unique protagonists I've ever seen in an anime. Usually the protagonists in this sort of anime have the same sort of personality and don't have any interesting or unique traits. But Hachiman is different. There's something special about him. His distinctive personality is one of the main reasons why OreGairu is so good despite having a cliche plot. So why is Hachiman so unique and special? To learn that, we have to know about Hachiman first. Hachiman is an antisocial high school student who, due to his past traumas with social interactions, has an extremely pessimistic but realistic view on life. At first glimpse, he just seems like a typical edge lord but that's not really the case. When you dive deeper into his personality, you will realize that Hachiman is actually a nice guy. He actually cares about the people who are significant to him. It's only because of his past traumas that he has turned into an antisocial guy. Hachiman's beliefs are very realistic and relatable to a lot of people. Although you might disagree with some of his beliefs and how he solves the problems he faces, you can't but sympathize with him. He is a great example of how harsh the world can be. There are a lot of people who have gone through what Hachiman has and still feel the same as him about a lot of things. For these reasons, Hachiman is the most loved character from OreGairu and my favorite anime character of all time. |
IrrelevantGuyJun 19, 2020 7:22 AM
| He is just a well written character overall. Due to bad experiences with socialising with people he develops a cynical worldview as a sort of a defence mechanism to avoid socialising. But deep down he knows that he himself wants the love and affection from others. It's really good. Plus some people can relate to him on surface level stuff , mainly to his cynical personality and worldview. |
| calling it a "harem" doesn't do it justice Hachiman is popular because a lot of us saw ourselves in him. all of the die hard fans of the anime related to it to some extent. |
Samox said: calling it a "harem" doesn't do it justice Hachiman is popular because a lot of us saw ourselves in him. all of the die hard fans of the anime related to it to some extent. Like a lot of other people, I just read the synopsis of OreGairu and thought that it was a trashy harem show and couldn't understand why Hachiman was in top 15 characters with the most favorites list. Oh boy! Was I wrong! After watching the show, I realized my mistake for thinking it was a harem anime. Because OreGairu definitely isn't a harem anime and is also far way from being ordinary. Yes, the story isn't unique and interesting but that isn't what makes OreGairu so special. It is the characters, especially Hachiman, that make the anime so special. |
| In all honesty, a decent portion of his popularity exists for the wrong reason. You could have seen memes and posts on the internet about teenage boys idolising certain anime characters because they give off a "I don't give a fuck" vibe about themselves, and say some edgy shit. Oreki from Hyouka & Sakuta from Aobuta are two other examples of such characters. Hachiman stands out in this group because he actually does the most outrageous shit. But 13 year-old kids often don't realise that Hachiman's behaviour is meant to be shown as a wrong thing, and therefore they idolise him for a wrong reason. But of course he still attracts a lot of justifiable popularity. In fact recently I came across a poll on MAL about the most interesting and unique male anime characters, and he won that poll over characters who are way more popular than he is. Obviously a poll on MAL isn't the best thing to judge a character by, but there's a clear indication that people recognise how unique he is. And it's true. He starts off as a very flawed individual, but ends up developing past said flaws in a fairly logical manner, as compared to having his problems solved with no understandable progression. On top of that, he's also quite relatable, and displays a very solid case of "things aren't quite how they seem on the surface". It's really impressive when you compare him with the other characters at the top of the MAL characters list. Everyone else is either associated with fighting, supernatural quirks, or an extreme level of intelligence. Meanwhile Hachiman as a character managed to grab our interests by simply being a high school kid. Hope you're able to like him as well! |
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apollojeez said: In all honesty, a decent portion of his popularity exists for the wrong reason. You could have seen memes and posts on the internet about teenage boys idolising certain anime characters because they give off a "I don't give a fuck" vibe about themselves, and say some edgy shit. Oreki from Hyouka & Sakuta from Aobuta are two other examples of such characters. Hachiman stands out in this group because he actually does the most outrageous shit. But 13 year-old kids often don't realise that Hachiman's behaviour is meant to be shown as a wrong thing, and therefore they idolise him for a wrong reason. But of course he still attracts a lot of justifiable popularity. In fact recently I came across a poll on MAL about the most interesting and unique male anime characters, and he won that poll over characters who are way more popular than he is. Obviously a poll on MAL isn't the best thing to judge a character by, but there's a clear indication that people recognise how unique he is. And it's true. He starts off as a very flawed individual, but ends up developing past said flaws in a fairly logical manner, as compared to having his problems solved with no understandable progression. On top of that, he's also quite relatable, and displays a very solid case of "things aren't quite how they seem on the surface". It's really impressive when you compare him with the other characters at the top of the MAL characters list. Everyone else is either associated with fighting, supernatural quirks, or an extreme level of intelligence. Meanwhile Hachiman as a character managed to grab our interests by simply being a high school kid. Hope you're able to like him as well! a very large portion of said kids actually grow up to realize that. it's what i saw in every comment section of every oregairu video |
Samox said: apollojeez said: In all honesty, a decent portion of his popularity exists for the wrong reason. You could have seen memes and posts on the internet about teenage boys idolising certain anime characters because they give off a "I don't give a fuck" vibe about themselves, and say some edgy shit. Oreki from Hyouka & Sakuta from Aobuta are two other examples of such characters. Hachiman stands out in this group because he actually does the most outrageous shit. But 13 year-old kids often don't realise that Hachiman's behaviour is meant to be shown as a wrong thing, and therefore they idolise him for a wrong reason. But of course he still attracts a lot of justifiable popularity. In fact recently I came across a poll on MAL about the most interesting and unique male anime characters, and he won that poll over characters who are way more popular than he is. Obviously a poll on MAL isn't the best thing to judge a character by, but there's a clear indication that people recognise how unique he is. And it's true. He starts off as a very flawed individual, but ends up developing past said flaws in a fairly logical manner, as compared to having his problems solved with no understandable progression. On top of that, he's also quite relatable, and displays a very solid case of "things aren't quite how they seem on the surface". It's really impressive when you compare him with the other characters at the top of the MAL characters list. Everyone else is either associated with fighting, supernatural quirks, or an extreme level of intelligence. Meanwhile Hachiman as a character managed to grab our interests by simply being a high school kid. Hope you're able to like him as well! a very large portion of said kids actually grow up to realize that. it's what i saw in every comment section of every oregairu video True. As a result, they either start looking down on Hachiman and Oregairu, or continue liking the series after developing a new perspective towards it. I can confirm that I fall into the latter. On the other hand, however, there will always be new waves of immature kids, so the unjustified part of Hachiman’s popularity will live on to some extents. |
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IrrelevantGuy said: Samox said: calling it a "harem" doesn't do it justice Hachiman is popular because a lot of us saw ourselves in him. all of the die hard fans of the anime related to it to some extent. Like a lot of other people, I just read the synopsis of OreGairu and thought that it was a trashy harem show and couldn't understand why Hachiman was in top 15 characters with the most favorites list. Oh boy! Was I wrong! After watching the show, I realized my mistake for thinking it was a harem anime. Because OreGairu definitely isn't a harem anime and is also far way from being ordinary. Yes, the story isn't unique and interesting but that isn't what makes OreGairu so special. It is the characters, especially Hachiman, that make the anime so special. i couldn't agree more. going into it i thought it was just another average romcom. i'll just chill and have fun and forget about it. i ended up completely blown away to the point i'm now reading a light novel for the first time. the story on paper is nothing special. but the execution and the characters, oh boy the characters.. during the genuine scene i felt like it was literally me speaking. I always had that want something genuine idea and this was the first time i ever saw it somewhere else. the dialogues are amazing and interesting. I have like 40 highlights so far and i'm only 70% through the 1st volume. oregairu is now 1 of my favorite anime ever. it's special and there is nothing else quite like it. |
Le_Light said: Is this a joke or something lol I mean other characters on most popular list make sense but the fact that a protagonist of harem could be one of them is simply unbelievable for me .  Last I remember only 2 girls like MC so not a harem from my memory but is irrelevant I guess to the point Le_Light said: Because sadly a lot of people relate to loser assholes who judge other people as being fakes because they can't make friends in a healthy manner So if you guys could tell why is that so ? |
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Deknijff said: Because sadly a lot of people relate to loser assholes who judge other people as being fakes because they can't make friends in a healthy manner you sound salty and like you missed the whole point of the show |
apollojeez said: Samox said: a very large portion of said kids actually grow up to realize that. it's what i saw in every comment section of every oregairu video True. As a result, they either start looking down on Hachiman and Oregairu, or continue liking the series after developing a new perspective towards it. I can confirm that I fall into the latter. On the other hand, however, there will always be new waves of immature kids, so the unjustified part of Hachiman’s popularity will live on to some extents. I never witnessed the 1st scenario. it makes no since that they'd do that lol. 8man and you both experienced growth. |
Samox said: or I just dont like Hachiman Deknijff said: you sound salty and like you missed the whole point of the showBecause sadly a lot of people relate to loser assholes who judge other people as being fakes because they can't make friends in a healthy manner but who knows  |
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| Hikky is very relatable character. The way he thinks reminds us of ourselves. He is unique and well written character. Kuddos to the author |
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