Black, White, and Gray: What Makes an Antihero Work - Feedback and Comments

Aug 23, 2018 8:34 PM

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Aug 24, 2018 8:47 AM

Mr_Sakata

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glad you added hisoka this time
also nice article
liked it ^^

Aug 27, 2018 10:44 AM

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lol, totally agree Light become a dumb dumb after L died.. I treat death note as completed after L died, and the episodes after that are just non-canon spin off...

oh, and isn't Momonga from Overlord is kinda antihero? is he example of succesful antihero or failed one?

geat article overall btw

Try reading Spy x Family Manga ^_^
U will love it, i promise...

Jul 11, 2019 9:29 AM

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I wouldn't exactly describe Hisoka as "not quite evil." Just because he didn't side with the main villains of the Yorknew Arc doesn't make him any less villainous. Sure, he's helped out the main characters on several separate occasions, but for his own ends.

His motivation is simply to find a good opponent to fight, nothing more, nothing less.

I guess you could consider Hisoka an antihero if this were strictly true, but there's also the fact that he murders people he considers "unworthy," people who annoy him, etc. just for the heck of it. His motivation isn't nearly as neutral as the article makes it sound.

I don't know, maybe I'm just being nitpicky. The rest of the article is pretty spot-on though!

Sep 1, 2021 5:23 PM

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I would rather categorize him as an antagonist instead of an anti hero.
An anti hero is form of protagonist from which perspective we view the story.

Hisoka's philosophy on life is purely hedonistic which makes him such a terrifying force to deal with. But he's undeniably charming, which is a essential point to most anti heros as well.

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