| I have a confession, I am austistic to a certain degree. But its not something too extrem nor is something that can been seen from just one look at me. Even if some of us can have our needs and issues, we can still be treated as normal people if we try hard enough. That way, we can go through life without people questioning if we are different or not. But what matters here in this chatt is Anime, and from that I wonder how it Autism is presented in them as well. So far I have not seen a single anime where someone says they are austistic or that he or she is one. Sure there a lots of characters that we either see as crazy, weird, or stupid, but is that really because of some birth diagnons or is it just fictional made-up personalites all the time? So, does anyone knows any anime with characters or character in general that you figure has some kind of autistic nature in them? |
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| not really but seen quite a few characters who are basically born without emotions at all (or for some reason can't express them at all). Well then again that can be considered as a dere type I guess.. |
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| Hai to Gensou no Grimgar. MANY people said Yume is so austistic so maybe you will like it. |
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| Most autistic people irl don't write "I am autistic" with black marker on their foreheads before they go to school so the only way anyone might recognize their autism is by their behavior. In the case of anime, I'm guessing the ones with the more peculiar mannerisms are probably autistic. Not that they're meant to portray autism but it's probably something that the author observed by themselves in real life.. |
| Shiina from Sakurasou was autistic. I think they did a good job representing it. It would be cool if more characters were autistic, though. I am also slightly autistic (or very autistic if you go by my Youtube comments). |
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| Shiina Mashi.... zombie_pegasus said: Shiina from Sakurasou was autistic. I think they did a good job representing it. It would be cool if more characters were autistic, though. I am also slightly autistic (or very autistic if you go by my Youtube comments). oh, somebody have mentioned it. NVM. |
| Don't worry the anime subculture is by misfits -for misfits. |
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| Something like autism is taboo back in Japan, so people up there are not exactly keen on even visiting a psychologist up there and when characters seem to be autistic to a degree (L from Death Note, Kotomi from Clannad etc.) the creators disagree with those speculations. It's rediculous actually but you can't change a countries mentality like that in a short manner. |
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| Chuunibyou is the closest character stereotype to autism. |
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| Autism varies a lot, from people who can't exist within society and need to be fed and have all their other basic needs provided by another person to people who you wouldn't even be able to tell are autistic unless you spent a long time talking to or watching them. It's often characterized by a difficulty in understanding symbolism smile = happy) and in making logical jumps e.g. the aluminum can goes in the small blue trash can, so when you go outside the classroom and have a can, you put in the blue one, regardless of size of shape. Hitagi seems slightly autistic, though I don't think it's intentional. She speaks bluntly, and the conversation she has with Koyomi in episode 3 when they're talking about her waking him up naked and other sex related stuff, she sounds more like she's trying to solve an equation than have a conversation. |
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| Sora, form Sketchbook: Full Color's seemed to me an autistic, probably not the classical form of autism, but close. The anime is a very pleasant watch if you're interested. |
| Well, another thing, in anime people never seem to take diagnoses tests and things like that unless it involves the five senses or stuff like that. Well, I myself didn"t realised what kind of person I was until my parents told me straight out about it in my teens, That was because if I didn"t fiigured out my own problems by myself I would never had been able to overcome them under all the years that came after. aicontepig said: Salokannel2 said: not really but seen quite a few characters who are basically born without emotions at all (or for some reason can't express them at all). Well then again that can be considered as a dere type I guess.. That isn't autism, is more like asperger Asperger IS a form of autism. Austism is literally jsut a basic word for all kinds of different name types Mod edit: Merged double posts |
ArdanazMay 4, 2016 3:29 PM
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| They're really easy to find Just go watch any show produced by KyoAnus or some other moe shit studio and it won't take long for you to find them merryfistmas said: This actually makes a lot of sense to me now that you're saying it, she and I share certain personality traits that a lot of people with autism have (e.g. speaking in a blunt/weird way – I have high functioning autism btw) but I really never thought about itHitagi seems slightly autistic, though I don't think it's intentional. She speaks bluntly, and the conversation she has with Koyomi in episode 3 when they're talking about her waking him up naked and other sex related stuff, she sounds more like she's trying to solve an equation than have a conversation. |
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| They're not pointed out as autistic, but there are tons of anime characters who exhibit those types of personalities. |
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| Yukiteru from mirai nikki Jokes apart i think that you will surely find the type of character you want after a little search, do you have any interest in the role they play in the story? If you want a main character like this it will be easier to find one |
aicontepig said: You said: Chuunibyou is the closest character stereotype to autism. I think that is not autism, is a sindrom but isn't a real life sindrom Its not, but it have some similarities. |
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| the pet girl of sakuraso, of course! |
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| This is the one you're looking for http://myanimelist.net/manga/4258/Hikari_to_Tomo_ni__Jiheishouji_wo_Kakaete A story of a mother raising her autistic son. |
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| Shina from sakurasou I love her 😍 |
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InducedPhobia said: This is the one you're looking for http://myanimelist.net/manga/4258/Hikari_to_Tomo_ni__Jiheishouji_wo_Kakaete A story of a mother raising her autistic son. Wow, the first work I have found where they literally pount out the term autism. This could be quite interesting to read sometime xd Thanks for the link xd |
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| Almost positive I had childhood autism and grew out of it. I use to just stare at people and not say a word for several minutes at a time. I felt like I was would rather die than have any attention on me. I got embarrassed just from talking to someone. Had no friends and said the most retarded shit you could think of the very few times I opened my mouth.. I remember I was about to ditch school and go home once because there was a girl I had to stand next to in line before getting in the classroom. They actually suggested I take special needs class but my mom refused, I turned out normal enough though :). I was also freakishly good at math and way ahead of the curb... Grew out of that too unfortunately :/.. |
| If you look at the behavior, mannerisms and actions of a lot of characters, you could classify them as autistic. The creators just don't label them as such. I'm not sure about a character whose identity relies on or is defined by being classified as autistic though, and I'm pretty sure that's what you're asking for. |
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| Dunno , I've yet to come across a character like that |
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| Unable to express emotions isn't necessarily a trait of autism. I know people who are on the spectrum who can perfectly emphasize with others, and some who can't (in my case, I am less of an empathetic person and generally do not concern myself with others all that much). Even on one chart of the whole scale —let's grab Aspergers in this case— there aren't any people with a duplicate set of traits, and everyone exposes a different variety of signs to the outside world and therefore a lot of those signs aren't even recognized. Everyone autistic experiences it differently and has different views, norms and opinions about things. Some may physically show signs (such as tics or stims), and for some people you might never realize it at all unless they tell you, because they fit perfectly in society and are social creatures. One of my stepmother's cousins is heavily autistic, he can only communicate with some signs and noises, and has meltdowns almost daily, and in my case I simply differ from my peers on communicative and social levels. I suppose psychological and mental disabilities are still somewhat on the taboo-scale in Japan, and that therefore anime-characters aren't specifically labelled as autistic, or whatever else may be their case. |
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| And what about Asperger? I kinda believe I have this kind of autism and I wonder if japaneses knows this difference. |
Zack312 said: So, does anyone knows any anime with characters or character in general that you figure has some kind of autistic nature in them? Bubuki Buranki has a charatcer that I am sure is autistic. Shizuru is at first look really weird, but if you look closer, you can see she most likely is autistic. She does not identify as a regular human, she regrets not being able to identify with her parents or feel any love for them (she knows they wanted a "normal" child), uses her own language, is prone to talk and react in way not really appropriate to the current situation. Has a very high intellect but cannot seem to interact normally with people. |
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| A minor secondary character but an endearing one is Saki Maruyama from Girls und Panzer. Some fans nickname her "autism-chan" for hardly ever speaking and appearing to be emotionless: usually shown staring off into space even during times of celebration. She has one line in the TV series but it's a brilliant one which showed that despite appearances she was fully aware of current situations and even ahead of her teammates in possible solutions -- but also shows she provides such only when necessary. I find myself always looking for her in scenes with her team. I wouldn't watch the show just for her, but, there you go. |
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| Been trying to look for an anime or manga with an actual autistic character in canon but with no luck. Is it just me or is anime and manga afraid to actually give a name to a characters disorder or sickness? Always something I think about with plenty of anime-series I´ve watched. They can say that a character has a sickness but not name out what it is, my latest example was the episode of B-project where it was hinted a few episodes that the Hikaru dude had some kind of sickness which turned out to be true in an later episode. But they never in the episode said what it really was. Well in this case it can be due to lazy writing with it being a shitty reverse harem. ;p But seen this in plenty of animes though I can't really name out any in particular now. Idunno, it's probably me overthinking about this. Just me that would like to see more characters with real and canonically conifirmed disabilities. But maybe it's still more of a taboo thing in Japan still as Lestat pointed out. |
| Would Eiji Nizuma from Bakuman maybe considered autistic? |
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