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Feb 22, 2012 1:42 PM
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Honestly, it is almost entirely her place here http://myanimelist.net/favorites.php?type=characters

I wouldnt call her a bad character. I would probably call her a decent or, maybe even a good character. I wouldnt consider her any where near my top 30, though, which leaves me thinking shes over rated. Theres a lot of other characters in there I think are over rated, but I cant exactly list them all here. I chose her because shes a good character, but not THAT good. Would be to easy to choose someone like lelouche or light or haruhi.

As to why I dont think she deserves a spot in my top 30.. Honestly, I cant really remember fully why I didnt think highly of her. Its been a year or 2 since I watched it, and if I wanted to give you a proper explanation I would probably have to rewatch the entire show first, sadly. I just remember not thinking anything special of her. Sorry:(
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Feb 22, 2012 2:21 PM
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Riptos said:
She isnt, a standard Tsundere is just violent for the sake of being violent and doesnt evolve at all. (Case and point: Louise)

Taiga does change and you can hardly call her a "Standard Tsundere" by the end of Toradora!


I don't like to throw out the word "Deconstruction" lightly, but in this case it suits Taiga. The show gives you a pretty realistic idea of the kind of upbringing a "Standard Tsundere" would have in order to behave the way they do.
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As to why I dont think she deserves a spot in my top 30.. Honestly, I cant really remember fully why I didnt think highly of her. Its been a year or 2 since I watched it, and if I wanted to give you a proper explanation I would probably have to rewatch the entire show first, sadly. I just remember not thinking anything special of her. Sorry:(


Is that really what makes a character "underrated" or "overrated" though?

Personally I would only consider a character overrated if they were both immensely popular AND I don't see any reason for people to like them at all. Looking at the list of the top 30 the only character from a series that I've seen that even comes close to that status for me is Sasuke. While I think Lelouch, L, Light (what is it with characters with names beginning with an l?) and Edward Elric are all good characters, I wouldn't even think about placing any of them on my favourite character list. Does that make them overrated? In my view, no - because I can clearly see why people would want to do that.

Plus of course if it's a case of "any character that gets a higher rank on the list than I would give them is overrated" then there are plenty of people who actually have the character on their favourites list (and thus are adding to the figure) who would be required to consider a character overrated. By similar logic I would have to consider Haruhi as underrated, which is clearly nonsense.

Plus you have to at least give some consideration to the number who have watched a series. For example, take Shippo and Lum - both characters from series by Rumiko Takahashi, and both with 160 favourites. However (just looking at the anime figures) InuYasha is on the list of 78k people, whereas Urusei Yatsura is only on the list of 6k people (ignoring plan to watch actually increases the proportional difference). Thus I would consider Lum to be rated higher than Shippo, even though they have the exact same number of people who have put them on favourites.
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Well, to be fair, its not that I dont understand WHY people rate her so highly. I do understand, I just think they are wrong anyway. Ultimately, that is exactly what being over rated is. I feel that people rate her higher than she deserves. Sure, its not far far higher, but it is more than I feel she is worth, then that is 'over rated' in my opinion.

Partly, I simply did not want to choose someone like Sasuke (using him specifically because you mentioned him) as I feel that would be a rather boring choice. Mostly though, Holo bored me, is rather popular and so I mentioned her. I did not expect anyone to agree with me, nor do I really blame you for disagreeing with me. My tastes and opinions on things are normally quite odd.

In regards to your last paragraph, thats a good point and one I cant really say anything to, though I am not 100% sure why it was relevant. I am honestly to lazy to work out how popular characters are compared to how many people have watched the show.

If Holo is an unacceptable or unfair choice, then Ill simply go with Light because he is most definitely over rated. I felt he was rather stupid, boring, and such. Im fairly sure this time over rated is definitely the right word, even if you do not share my opinion on the character himself.
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Nao Yorihime from Yosuga no Sora is obviously the most misunderstood character in the show if not overhated, even among YnS fans themselves. Most people saw her as a big-breasted slut who wants Haru's cock so bad but in reality is quite opposite. In episode 8 she did refuse to have sex with Haru but it was Haru himself who insisted her. In episode 9 she already got a green light from Sora. In a flashback in episode 7, she thought sex is a game to keep herself happy, consider that she was a child(age not revealed) in that time. In episode 11, which in Sora arc, she not just refused to have sex with Haru but also prevented the activity from happening. For Haru himself, he's not that horny. He just forced himself to ahve sex with Nao before he actually have sex with his own sister. He already saw that coming.

While Kasugano twins are obviously my favorite characters in the show, Nao is the best, mostly her role in Sora arc rather than her own.
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Underrated: Ami Kawashima is the sh*t, she's much more of an interesting character than the female lead - Taiga.

Underrated: Akio is a boss.

Underrated: I've heard many comments about how Takashi Natsume is a whiner, but that kid is the most selfless, pure, and kind guy I've ever come across in anime. Whatever "whining" he does is all in his head, because fuck, kid has problems, and with a past like that, you can't blame him. He never outwardly whines like some pussies I've seen in the most popular of anime.

Underrated: Ginko is a bro.

Overrated:

Haruhi
Taiga
Shana
Mio
Nagisa
Anyone from Naruto
Anyone from freaking Vampire Knight. Kaname ousting Okarin by 37, what the sh*t?
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Underrated:
Moka Akashiya
Konjiki no Yami
Ikaros

Overrated:
Edward Elric
L Lawliet
Light Yagami

TBH practically any character that goes over 5000 favorites is overrated.
And any character that goes under 3000 is underrated. Just my POV.
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Feb 22, 2012 10:38 PM

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BULLDOG266 said:

TBH practically any character that goes over 5000 favorites is overrated.
And any character that goes under 3000 is underrated. Just my POV.


You can't please everybody apparently.

I just don't get it. You're not the first to say "any character with over --- favorites is overated", so I'm not just targeting you.

But still, are you guys saying that there is no character anywhere, no matter what, that can have a lot of favorites without being overrated?
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Feb 23, 2012 1:16 AM

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labeling someone as overrated is a relative quantification. it's a personal assessment of how much value you give a character. Crow only has 32 member favorites, but I think he was overrated since the anime gave him more attention than I personally thought he deserved. using the same reasoning (albeit reversed), I think Ruka is an underrated character.

in comparison, Okabe has 3000 member favorites, but I wouldn't call him overrated because I think he's a very interesting character. anyone can be overrated, but being a more popular character simply provides more opportunities for them to be labeled as such.


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Okabe Hououin Kyouma only has 3000 favs? Moar people need to watch Steins;gate nao.
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Underrated: Ami Kawashima is the sh*t, she's much more of an interesting character than the female lead - Taiga.

Underrated: Akio is a boss.

Underrated: I've heard many comments about how Takashi Natsume is a whiner, but that kid is the most selfless, pure, and kind guy I've ever come across in anime. Whatever "whining" he does is all in his head, because fuck, kid has problems, and with a past like that, you can't blame him. He never outwardly whines like some pussies I've seen in the most popular of anime.

Underrated: Ginko is a bro.

Overrated:

Haruhi
Taiga
Shana
Mio
Nagisa
Anyone from Naruto
Anyone from freaking Vampire Knight. Kaname ousting Okarin by 37, what the sh*t?


Agree on Ami and Akio, disagree on Haruhi, Taiga and Nagisa. Ah, opinions.

Underrated? Just because I loved the three female leads equally, I'll throw out Minorin. I tend to like the whole "genki" thing.
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Tachii said:
Okabe Hououin Kyouma only has 3000 favs? Moar people need to watch Steins;gate nao.
think about it, steins gate has got 3000 favs for him in just less than a year....in time he will probably get to around 6000, just give it time, now who really needs more favorites is this guy

http://myanimelist.net/character/40851/Kotetsu_T._Kaburagi

he slowly reaching 1000 favs but come on, this guy deserves like 2000 more than hes already got

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Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit,

tokiyashiro said:

Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me

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DJIzzyIzzyHitler said:
Tachii said:
Okabe Hououin Kyouma only has 3000 favs? Moar people need to watch Steins;gate nao.
think about it, steins gate has got 3000 favs for him in just less than a year....in time he will probably get to around 6000, just give it time, now who really needs more favorites is this guy
Yes, I know. When I fav'd Lelouch, he had like maybe 5000 favs. Now he has like what, 10000+?

As for that other character, someone go write a brief synopsis for Tiger & Bunny, nao. But seeing as it's just one episode, he'll probably never reach any serious fame.
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I honestly think Tomoko from Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! is one of the most underrated manga characters I've come across so far. She's far relateable - so unlike the perfectly bodied female leads. Her issues and problems and awkwardness are insanely hilariously and can easily be traced back to someone else's life. She's an internet addict, she's bad with guys, bad with people, I swear her and Fuko are like perfect mirrors of me.
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Tachii said:
DJIzzyIzzyHitler said:
Tachii said:
Okabe Hououin Kyouma only has 3000 favs? Moar people need to watch Steins;gate nao.
think about it, steins gate has got 3000 favs for him in just less than a year....in time he will probably get to around 6000, just give it time, now who really needs more favorites is this guy
Yes, I know. When I fav'd Lelouch, he had like maybe 5000 favs. Now he has like what, 10000+?

As for that other character, someone go write a brief synopsis for Tiger & Bunny, nao. But seeing as it's just one episode, he'll probably never reach any serious fame.
just one episode? hes the main character to a popular 26 episode series and 2 movies. hes in way more than just a episode

plus everyone who watches the show both loves the show and specifically kotetsu, hes so damn loveable


plus the shows popularity is rising more and more after its ended, especially since it tied with madoka for best anime of 2011

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Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit,

tokiyashiro said:

Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me

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Very strange. The first time I searched MAL, I only found one OVA.

Ehhhhh. Must've clicked the manga one-shot by accident.

Total fail on my part.

Will put this on my PTW list, I guess. Looks interesting.
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in my eyes, almost everything that's popular is overrated.

lol. the one that probably bothers me the most is haruhi suzumiya. I can't understand why anyone would like her or the show. It was like 14 episodes and the ending was terrible as fuck.


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Piccolo (DBZ) is seriously underappreciated.
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Kagome! Totes overrated!

Never thought I ever use totes......

Those tsunderes are overrated too! Come up with something new harem anime makers!
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Overrated - Taiga Aisaka (And most tsundere's for that matter). I don't see where all the love comes from. She's not the very worst tsundere, but to me she's still just an annoying spoiled brat.

Underrated - Nayuki Minase. Her character is amazing, and one of the funniest ive come across ever. An adorable sleepyhead that's an excellent athlete. Fantastic.
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First I will start with Underrated Characters

Allen Walker - Hes very funny when making jokes and brings entertainment to the show(viewers too). He can get very serious when action time comes also character development.

Louise Françoise Le Blanc- Not everyone's taste but In my opinion she deserves more fans because she is just funny like everything she does mostly.

Overrated Character

Naruto - The usual and too much too explain

Haruhi Suzumiya - I'm not saying I don't like her but I really don't see how she can be popular because in my opinion she doesn't show me that spark of character within me as I said she's okay but overrated.


I don't see why Taiga Aisaka is overrated because she's a Tsundere of course(they change over the course in the series emotional feelings) and second you kind of feel sympathy towards her *background information*.

Lelouch in my opinion is not overrated because think about how badly he wants to achieve his objectives also *background information*.

Yagami Light is similar to lelouch which there is not really much to comment.

What makes a character likeable really depends on your personality and taste for example I might like apples but that doesnt mean everyone has the same taste. The point I'm trying to make is if the character brings you all the excitement,entertainment and demonstrates how interesting he/she is then why not like it.

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Any yandere bitches tend to be overrated, for obvious reasons.
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NK_500 said:
Any yandere bitches tend to be overrated, for obvious reasons.
this, although i can only name one, Sakai Yuno

i think many (not all) shounen main characters are at least a little overrated
also most naruto characters are overrated

many minor/side characters are underrated (obviously)
i'll say Caster from Fate/Zero just because he's in my favourites.
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Overrated:
Lelouch (code geass) - 20k favorited
Lawliet L (Death note) - 19k favorited
Yagami Light - (death note) - 12k favorited
Kiryuu Zero - (vampire knight) - 5.7k favorited

Underrated:
Train heartnet (black cat) - 1.6k favorited
Claire stanfield (Baccano!) - 1.3k favorited
Gilgamesh (Fate/series) - near 700 favorited

Misunderstood:
Nate River (Death note)
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Asuka (Evangelion) tends to NOT be overrated or underrated, but in my opinion, misunderstood. Most viewers tend to find Asuka a bitchy character, but in contrast she's really not like that at all. It's for that reason why in Evangelion 2.0 Asuka is shown more of a likeable character to please the audience.
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No,there is no character I see as over or under rated.In fact there isn't anything I see as over or under rated.Overrated & Underrated is just a labeling saying:"No,this is bad (or not THAT good).Why does everyone likes it (or like it that much)?" or "No,this is good (or not THAT bad).Why does no one like it (or like it as much me)?"
I have my opinion of a character & the general population have their opinion of a character.If everyone likes or hate a character I hate or like,I don't give a rat's ass.It's not gonna change my opinion of the characters.

As for misunderstand,there is one character.People calling Sasuke gay.
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I think people saying "this character is overrated because he has ----- favorites"
Is just not the smart way of doing things. Basically anyone that just says any sort of category has all characters that are overrated is just not the smart way of doing things.


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Emiya Shirou is a misunderstood character. People judge him off the horrible deen anime adaptation, which turned him into trash. All the complexity of his character is taken away.


This so much, Shirou is a great character in the VN and one of my favorites. People think he's this generic idiot character that that just wants to save people, but it's alot more to it then just that. The 3 routes all show interesting ways that he develops.

Oh and Kamijou Touma is misunderstood
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Overrated:
Lelouch (code geass) - 20k favorited
Lawliet L (Death note) - 19k favorited
Yagami Light - (death note) - 12k favorited
Kiryuu Zero - (vampire knight) - 5.7k favorited

Underrated:
Train heartnet (black cat) - 1.6k favorited
Claire stanfield (Baccano!) - 1.3k favorited
Gilgamesh (Fate/series) - near 700 favorited

Misunderstood:
Nate River (Death note)


I agree with you on Gilgamesh and Claire stenfield.
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Kenju said:

Ragna92 said:
Emiya Shirou is a misunderstood character. People judge him off the horrible deen anime adaptation, which turned him into trash. All the complexity of his character is taken away.


This so much, Shirou is a great character in the VN and one of my favorites. People think he's this generic idiot character that that just wants to save people, but it's alot more to it then just that. The 3 routes all show interesting ways that he develops.


I came into this thread just to mention Shirou. Apparently you two(and probably others..) beat me to it. Good to see there are people who realize he is so poorly explained in the anime.
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miereneronaile said:
Kenju said:

Ragna92 said:
Emiya Shirou is a misunderstood character. People judge him off the horrible deen anime adaptation, which turned him into trash. All the complexity of his character is taken away.


This so much, Shirou is a great character in the VN and one of my favorites. People think he's this generic idiot character that that just wants to save people, but it's alot more to it then just that. The 3 routes all show interesting ways that he develops.


I came into this thread just to mention Shirou. Apparently you two(and probably others..) beat me to it. Good to see there are people who realize he is so poorly explained in the anime.


It's always nice to see people who like Shirou. To be fair, though, he's generic as fuck in the anime and I sometimes wonder if Deen was purposely trying to sabotage his character.
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Misunderstood - Rena Ryuuguu
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Overrated: Len and Rin Kagamine (Vocaloid)
I see them as nothing but fanservice vehicles for the loli/shota crowd. Their voice banks aren't even all that impressive on their own. There's probably only a few songs that I like that uses those programs.

Misunderstood: Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
I will stand by this opinion until the day I die. Everyone calls Shinji a wimp, one without cojones, etc., but how would you feel if the first 14 years of your life was shallow, troubled, and fruitless and, all of the sudden, your manipulative bastard of a father suddenly wants you to put your life on the line for something you don't fully understand?

Underrated: Ginko (Mushishi)
Ginko is one of the things that makes Mushishi great. For a show with that much praise, I often don't hear people talking about him.


Thank you. I'm not the only one who doesn't hate shinji. He's an incredibly realistic character. Other than his traumatic past (and present) you have to realize he's a 14 year old kid; he's not at all prepared to be in control of the type of power and responsibility given to him by his eva. Of course he's irresponsible, self centered, pulls the personal fable excuse all the time; he's just a young adolescent! That's really one of the biggest points of eva, is what if we give nearly unlimited power to those who can't handle it. Misato is another character that doesn't get enough attention because she's overshadowed by rei and asuka.

To oberstein, I can't really see how anyone can actually 'hate' him. Sure, he's ruthless and calculating but as stated he makes his case very well and always has very good reasons for doing what he does. Plus, he's just so damn entertaining. Also, truinicht may be a slimy politician, but he's such a good example that it makes him a great character.


Itou Kaiji (form kaiji) is another underrated one. Only around 1k favorited him, but I find him much more entertaining than the somehwat similar lelouch or Light. It's possibly because he's generally a lot easier to sympathize with because he's not as socially flawless as lelouch or light, he's a lower class slacker who is lazy and hedonistic who has no college education and conventionally no future and passes his time by gambling his money away between working his crappy job. But at his best, he's just (if not more, considering he has no magical powers) as brilliant as lelouch or light and he is staunchly moral when it matters.

Wolfgang Grimmer - He's just an incredibly unique character going from the nice wanderer with a heart of gold to a complete badass in a split second. Only 400 have favorited him.

Mamoru Akasaka - Only 49 favorites. 49. He starts out as just a rookie cop family man and then:


Overrated - Gasai Yuno - There's nothing inherently wrong with yanderes or any trope, but there is when it's as presented as shallowly as it is here. All we know about her is that she stalks yuki and loves him to a psychotic level. Even when they try to garner sympathy for her I didn't find myself caring about her at all since she never develops at all.
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People who hates Makoto(School Days) either jealous or just plain stupid. Come on everyone already saw huge "Hate Me" sign above him and should I fall to it. I don't hate Makoto not because I just don't want to but rather I just find him really unworthy, even to hate at.
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Misunderstood - Rena Ryuuguu


Not to mention...
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People who hates Makoto(School Days) either jealous or just plain stupid. Come on everyone already saw huge "Hate Me" sign above him and should I fall to it. I don't hate Makoto not because I just don't want to but rather I just find him really unworthy, even to hate at.


I hated a character they deliberately made with the intention of being hated? I guess I am stupid, it's not like they were doing their job successfully or anything...

Wait, does that mean I'm stupid if I think characters are cute, since they were obviously designed to be cute? Does that mean I am stupid if I think a character is cool because they designed him to be? Something seems wrong with that somehow....
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Underrated:
Erin (Kemeno no Souja Erin) - Erin is a cute, wonderful, distinctive character, beginning the story with a great deal of optimism (as many child characters would be), but growing into a multi-faceted, intelligent, good role model and admirable person who retains her fundamental optimism while being able to recognize contradictions in her morality and confront them.

Alicia Florence (Aria the Origination ) - She is a good role model, all guy's dream, very charming, cheerful, graceful and w/e. I never tired of hearing her phrase "Ara Ara". If i could have a wonderful older sister or even wife like her, my life would be perfect.

I dare not to say, who's character overrated. You will know what the character too overrated if you see my anime list.

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Thank you. I'm not the only one who doesn't hate shinji. He's an incredibly realistic character. Other than his traumatic past (and present) you have to realize he's a 14 year old kid; he's not at all prepared to be in control of the type of power and responsibility given to him by his eva. Of course he's irresponsible, self centered, pulls the personal fable excuse all the time; he's just a young adolescent! That's really one of the biggest points of eva, is what if we give nearly unlimited power to those who can't handle it. Misato is another character that doesn't get enough attention because she's overshadowed by rei and asuka.


You Are (Not) Alone dude. Most people hate him and only a few people who understood Shinji feeling. Let'see, an ordinary highschool dudes with 14 years old perform a very heavy duty protect the earth from the fuckin angels and even worse that his own father who told him, he also has betrayed by a lot of people, dafuq? Those who hate Shinji Ikari defenitely don't want NGE, they want Kamina from Gurren Laggan!
Shinji Ikari is sort of a coward, is sort of self-serving. He's incapable of reaching out. He's pitiful. He has troubles. He even breaks down, gets lost, has horrible moments where he does horribly cowardly things, things he regrets, because all in all, he's not a bad person.
Even given that, look at what he can do. For whatever personal reason, he pilots an Evangelion. A thing that, just to control, causes pain and he suffers for it. And maybe because he sticks with it to fulfill his pathetic desire to fit in is what makes him pathetic or maybe it's what makes him so human. He protect the world despite the tremendous fear, but he still dare to do it even though he will dead or alive. He accepted all the agony of existence, knowing he'd continue to feel that pain. This kid definitely the hero the true hero!
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UR: I'm seconding the opinions about Shinji and Makoto. Shinji's Seiyuu did excellent work and expressed his feelings very well. The other week characters from other anime aren't so appealing. It was interesting to watch the story about Makoto in School days, even though he has such a personality.

I also think that Waver from F/Z is a nice developed character, which is getting matured in the end (I'm not sure if he is underrated, but he could be misjudged as "another wimpy character" by some).

OR: Lucy from Elfen lied - I personally don't see what's good about her. Other girls from this show are better in my opinion.
I also didn't like Madoka: she's such a crybaby.

Misunderstood: Rosshiu from TTGL. He is the only character, who used brains in the series. It didn't help him though and made everything worse, but that's not the case to hate the character so much.
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Loluche from code gaess he's overrated

Johan from monster he's underrated, I think not alot of people have seen this anime and should watch it.
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Overrated: Len and Rin Kagamine (Vocaloid)
I see them as nothing but fanservice vehicles for the loli/shota crowd. Their voice banks aren't even all that impressive on their own. There's probably only a few songs that I like that uses those programs.

[b]Misunderstood: Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
I will stand by this opinion until the day I die. Everyone calls Shinji a wimp, one without cojones, etc., but how would you feel if the first 14 years of your life was shallow, troubled, and fruitless and, all of the sudden, your manipulative bastard of a father suddenly wants you to put your life on the line for something you don't fully understand?

Underrated: Ginko (Mushishi)
Ginko is one of the things that makes Mushishi great. For a show with that much praise, I often don't hear people talking about him.


Thank you. I'm not the only one who doesn't hate shinji. He's an incredibly realistic character. Other than his traumatic past (and present) you have to realize he's a 14 year old kid; he's not at all prepared to be in control of the type of power and responsibility given to him by his eva. Of course he's irresponsible, self centered, pulls the personal fable excuse all the time; he's just a young adolescent! That's really one of the biggest points of eva, is what if we give nearly unlimited power to those who can't handle it. Misato is another character that doesn't get enough attention because she's overshadowed by rei and asuka.[/b]

To oberstein, I can't really see how anyone can actually 'hate' him. Sure, he's ruthless and calculating but as stated he makes his case very well and always has very good reasons for doing what he does. Plus, he's just so damn entertaining. Also, truinicht may be a slimy politician, but he's such a good example that it makes him a great character.


Itou Kaiji (form kaiji) is another underrated one. Only around 1k favorited him, but I find him much more entertaining than the somehwat similar lelouch or Light. It's possibly because he's generally a lot easier to sympathize with because he's not as socially flawless as lelouch or light, he's a lower class slacker who is lazy and hedonistic who has no college education and conventionally no future and passes his time by gambling his money away between working his crappy job. But at his best, he's just (if not more, considering he has no magical powers) as brilliant as lelouch or light and he is staunchly moral when it matters.

Wolfgang Grimmer - He's just an incredibly unique character going from the nice wanderer with a heart of gold to a complete badass in a split second. Only 400 have favorited him.

Mamoru Akasaka - Only 49 favorites. 49. He starts out as just a rookie cop family man and then:


Overrated - Gasai Yuno - There's nothing inherently wrong with yanderes or any trope, but there is when it's as presented as shallowly as it is here. All we know about her is that she stalks yuki and loves him to a psychotic level. Even when they try to garner sympathy for her I didn't find myself caring about her at all since she never develops at all.


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Here's my opinion of characters who are overrated, underrated or misunderstood.

Overrated
1. Kikyou - People say she's the strongest character and praises her endlessly.
2. Sango - Overrated as well, I still love her.
3. Kagura
4. Yuno
5. Any High School Of The Dead Characters.
6. Any Yandere Character

Underrated:
1. Kagome - She's my all-time favorite anime character. Everyone says weak, whiny, annoying, blah, blah. She's extremely underrated and it's sad to see she has a few fans left.
2. Sailor Moon - Second fave
3. Taiga
4. Yuuki
5. Kyouko
6. Any characters I like.

None is misunderstood.

I love Kagome to death and I believe she's the most underrated anime character. People say she's whiny, useless, annoying and all that bullshit they say which is not true, but they don't realize what a strong, mother-like character she could be. It's just not fair she blamed for everything.

Now, Kikyou, however, gets way too much praise. She's treated like a goddess and everyone worships her too fucking much I can't tolerate her! Who the hell do people think she is?! A titan of the goddess. That's why she's overrated.
Oct 12, 2015 1:17 PM

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Gluttony and First Greed from the original FMA.

Leonardo Watch.

Any character I like taht is not popular.
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Oct 12, 2015 1:21 PM

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Ouma Shu, he can't help being a spineless coward who constantly makes asinine decisions. It's not his fault that he's attracted to an apathetic sex toy, nor his borderline incestuous habits. He exemplifies and provides the perfect archetype for a shit character, he should be regarded as such. Find a better combination of mediocrity.

Same with Inori, it's not her fault that's she an apathetic glutton for fan-service. Deep down underneath the layers of shit character is probably a cool person.

It's less the characters and more the so-called "morals" of the series.

I mean WTF, he played the ruthless dictator once and actually... managed to free the survivors in the end! But what happened next? He is supposed to be PUNISHED for that after they all got freed (=aka after they "used" him to get free) and the show forces the so-called "fact" that "what Shu did was wrong" down the throats of the audience afterwards. It was really annoying and it's a surprise that I managed to finish the show... not to mention the ending that felt so lifeless that you could kill off or revive characters on a whim and it wouldn't feel worse at all.



EDIT: Well shit, that's what I get when I don't look at the date of the OP and/or the most recent posts...
Oct 12, 2015 1:52 PM

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I like Yuno Gasai from Mirai Nikki, but I don't think how people think of her is what her character really is.

Yuno isn't a sadistic, bloody murderesss. She's just a person that uses love as a crutch and puts all her eggs in one basket. She doesn't want to kill. She will just do it if she has to.

All the pictures with Yuno's bloody face don't fit her psychology. She's a 'woman that needs a man' being taken to the extreme. There's some interesitng psychology going on there.
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TheBrainintheJar said:
I like Yuno Gasai from Mirai Nikki, but I don't think how people think of her is what her character really is.

Yuno isn't a sadistic, bloody murderesss. She's just a person that uses love as a crutch and puts all her eggs in one basket. She doesn't want to kill. She will just do it if she has to.

All the pictures with Yuno's bloody face don't fit her psychology. She's a 'woman that needs a man' being taken to the extreme. There's some interesitng psychology going on there.


That's why I always hoped that we could get a bit more insight into the first world line... to see what turned Yuno into the crazy girl and to show that without her crazyness, Yukiteru would actually be quite proactive. I remember from the manga seeing "glimpses" of the first world line where the positions of Yukiteru and Yuno were reversed and Yukiteru was basically protecting Yuno most of the time.
Oct 12, 2015 2:10 PM

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Nico is a misunderstood character. People hate her because of her douchy and snobby characteristics, but there's reason why she's like that.(would insert spoiler tag if I know how to)
Oct 12, 2015 2:19 PM

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I feel many gloss over or just don't understand Kirito's hardships and the reasons for his actions. It's like they weren't even watching the same show.
Oct 12, 2015 2:20 PM

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Shinji Ikari, and pretty much the whole NGE cast are underrated/misunderstood
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Hosaka from Minami-ke is, IMHO, an overrated character. Everyone's constantly going on about him being "epic", "saving the episode", etc. To me, he's just an endlessly annoying character who has weird fantasies about Haruka. And he's always unbuttoning his skirt. Maybe it's intended as dramatic, but to me, it's just irritating.


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Underrated: TBH practically any character that goes over 5000 favorites is overrated.
And any character that goes under 3000 is underrated. Just my POV.


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Overrated: Edward Elric, Yuno Gasai. Both are fucking annoying in their own way. Regarding the latter one, I really don't get the obsession. Another character would be Taiga Aisaka; she was pretty funny throughout the anime, but I disliked to the utmost her tsundere nature and the parts in which she acted like a spoiled little brat (mostly near the end).

Underrated: Sasuke Uchiha. I thought his personality and ideas were pretty realistic most of the time. People judge him way too harshly, saying he's emo and stuff, like he hasn't been through a very difficult past which has shaped his character.

Sakura Haruno: No, she is not useless. She tries to become stronger and get over her weaknesses, which is pretty courageous and admirable.

I would also like to add Makoto Ito. He is a very dislikeable character, but he doesn't deserve such massive hate like saying he deserved to die just because he slept with so many girls. His actions make him an unfaithful and egoistical douchebag rather than a prick who needs to be murdered, or one of the most overhated characters in anime.
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