How do you feel about down-to-Earth, "normal" anime characters?
| They are pretty cool I like them enough |
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| i also want to become a hero of justice. that's down to earth |
| Like everything they have their time and place. But sometimes they are plain boring. Also, Shirou is a rather bad example. He's, above all, a simpleton and annoying idealist. |
| You're a louse, Roger Smith. - R. Dorothy Wayneright This is my fight! No Senpai, this is our fight! - Kojou Akatsuki & Yukina Himeragi  |
| I generally find them somewhat refreshing. It's even better when they possess common sense too. |
| "Laws exist only for those who cannot live without clinging onto them." -Souske Aizen "Bleach"  |
| I like my down-to-Earth waifu and I generally like characters who make normal decision and sometimes make mistakes and have visible weakness. |
| Is Shirou Emiya considered normal? He always seemed chaotic good to me. |
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| Meh, I neither hate nor love them. As long as they have a good backstory/character development, Im fine with anything. |
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| I don't mind them as long as they're not the true "main" character. They make for great supporting/semi-main cast additions, but I don't see them as capable of carrying an entire show by themselves. |
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| I don't like normal characters in adventure stories. In character driven narratives so they can grow, sure. Otherwise i prefer characters to look up to or despise. I tend to never care for main characters that are normal, normality is the last thing i'm looking for in anime. |
 I don't believe in the Devil. You should. He believes in you. |
| Of course. Hina from Hinamatsuri is an example of a great character who went down to Earth. |
| Shiro Emiya, "normal" Did we watch the same Fate/SN? But I find those characters ok. Guaranteed their no annoying harem girl level but maybe sometimes they're "too normal" it becomes boring to watch |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| I love slice of life anime and naturally I also like normal characters. My favourite archetypes are genki girl and tsundere (and maybe magical girl, but that isn't so personality based as it is about circumstance. Magical girls can have a wide range of personalities). The power hungry type don't interest me. |
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HopefulNihilist said: I see you adopted my rating scale for anime, for your poll. :P Though I'd say in this case I'm not sure I can differentiate between "like" and "love", for a broad categorization like this. I use the 5-point scale for specific series (or, characters, in this context).I mean characters like Shirou Emiya, Kenzo Tenma, Ginko, Takashi Natsume, who have very normal, humble, down-to-Earth personalities. Not cool or badass, or anything like that; characters who you can imagine as your friendly neighbor next door. Personally, I love down-to-Earth normal anime characters like Ginko. I generally don't care for anime characters because of how quirky they tend to be. That said, I am inclined to agree with you -- the crazy quirky characters never entertain me much and I generally much prefer the "stable" characters, because they're just so much more relatable. If anything, the crazy ones are the ones I interpret as showing off an appearance of crazy, often to hide other things in their lives. (That said, I don't specifically know any of the specific characters you've mentioned, sorry.) |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
| Really like. I'm watching Patlabor and the character I like the most is this guy: https://myanimelist.net/character/9028/Kiichi_Gotou An example of a protagonist that I consider to be "normal": https://myanimelist.net/character/143758/Jean_Otus |
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HopefulNihilist said: I was talking about Shirou's personality, not his mentality. Personality wise, Shirou is one of the most normal, down-to-Earth characters I've seen in anime: he's humble, polite, kind, helping. He's a character I can 100% imagine existing in real life. Isn't mentality a part of his personality...? I must agree with everyone else that Shirou doesn't really have anything to do with the other three. It says a lot that I hate Shirou and love the rest of them lol. I think the distinction is to make here is between actually down-to-earth characters like your examples (minus Shirou) and characters with no personality, like modern protagonists with as few distinctive traits as possible. I love the former and hate the latter. |
HopefulNihilist said: Short_Circut said: Shiro Emiya, "normal" Did we watch the same Fate/SN? But I find those characters ok. Guaranteed their no annoying harem girl level but maybe sometimes they're "too normal" it becomes boring to watch @TheBigGuy @Healmeplz @greymood I was talking about Shirou's personality, not his mentality. Personality wise, Shirou is one of the most normal, down-to-Earth characters I've seen in anime: he's humble, polite, kind, helping. He's a character I can 100% imagine existing in real life. That sounds like the personality of 99% of generic harem protagonists Now I'm not the biggest Fate know it all but from what I've seen/read, Shiro literally isn't down to earth at all. In SN he's constantly whining and causing drama over protecting Saber, in UBW he's stubborn as hell about his ideas (even when he sees the hypocrisy in them) and in Heavens Feel he just straight up says screw the world lmao To me at least a more 'down-to-earth' character would be Ginko like you mentioned or Gin from Hotarubi |
'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| That's the problem with Shirou. He's humble, polite, kind and helping to a fault. That's not being down-to-earth, that's being a goody two-shoes. Inviting an enemy, that just tried to kill you, into your household isn't what a down-to-earth person would do. Also, being able to imagine a character to exist in real life, has nothing to do with that character being down-to-earth or not. |
TheBigGuySep 25, 2018 10:09 PM
| You're a louse, Roger Smith. - R. Dorothy Wayneright This is my fight! No Senpai, this is our fight! - Kojou Akatsuki & Yukina Himeragi |
| It can be fun, especially when that character has to interact with standard anime tropes, like Katou Megumi. Creates some fun situations. Other than that, I don't really have an opinion. I haven't seen enough of them I suppose. |
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greymood said: i also want to become a hero of justice. that's down to earth You can be both, like Kenji Endo from 20th Century Boys. I love normal characters. They show us they are, above all things, people with human feelings and flaws. |
| Depends on his design and how well written the character is in the context of the story, let's take someone like the mc of Attack on Titan if you can call him down to earth which I would say he is to some level, he is an extremely on note character with a terrible design as well and then if we compare him to someone like Shinji who shows a lot of personality in Evangelion AOT's mc literally pales in comparison(mc from Mirai Nikki is another example). I don't have a preference but if you're gonna do a more relatable protagonist then it has to blend well with what the story is trying to say, there's no point in making a relatable protagonist just for the sake of giving the viewer a person to relate to because the story and the writing gives depth to the characters and if a story is not suited for this kind of character then he would lack depth. |
| Except Shirou Emiya is arrogant and conceited as hell. Just another empty idealist. He might as well be Naruto in a different ending. |
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| Not sure about Shirou Emiya as to whether he falls under that category. Perhaps. Maybe he might seem like that from Saber's Route in F:S/N. He is known for that epic 'People die when they are killed' mic-drop one-liner after all (I jest). Regardless but I do like normal and down-to-earth characters a fair bit. They are easy to watch and understand, give off general feel-good vibes throughout and generate reasonable drama as a cause and effect. A good thing nevertheless. |
KreatorXSep 26, 2018 2:31 AM
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| Shirou with his hero complex is noting close to down-to-earth character. He had some good and realistic offers to safe himself and exit this dangerous situation but he selected an uphill battle. Dr Tenma also always throws himself against the odds. |
| I feel like you got this the other way round. It's not that we relate to normal characters, it's that we find characters we relate to normal. The characters that we describe of as normal vary, because we relate to different characters. This is probably why some responses here are shocked at what characters you describe as normal. Besides, a character doesn't have to be "normal" to have a down to earth personality. |
| I'm not a lolicon, you're just projecting your tendency to lewd 2D characters. If your favourite character is Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko, you are my soul mate. Been a long time since I've been here, I'll continue expressing myself freely and believe everyone should too. My MAL Interview |
| I like them. They're characters I can support and enjoy. I mean, most scenarios a person would get angsty, emotional, insane.. But who doesn't like a calm and collected character that makes the moment that much... Cooler? |
| Considering that smugness, badassery, etc. is obnoxious to me, I'd say that I prefer characters that are 'normal' though obviously there are exceptions and it's dependent on the story they're apart of. |
| It depends on what you mean by "normal" if you mean somebody who acts the age you expect (like a teenager who can be very childish, emotional and crazy), then no, I don't like those kind of characters. If you mean someone who is grounded, emotionally stable, and easygoing, then yes, I do like those type of characters. We need more characters like that rather than the hot-headed overconfident brat. |
| Numbuh 3, you've got to get off the couch, you cannot sit in that tree house, girl you like Rainbow Monkeys so grab your little shit and then swing! Hand tracks be tracking me to different doorways. In a maze, and I don't know what to do. Guaranteed though, Ima find the emeralds. |
| I like them because I too am down-to-earth as well. |
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HopefulNihilist said: I mean characters like Shirou Emiya, Kenzo Tenma, Ginko, Takashi Natsume, who have very normal, humble, down-to-Earth personalities. Not cool or badass, or anything like that; characters who you can imagine as your friendly neighbor next door. Personally, I love down-to-Earth normal anime characters like Ginko. I generally don't care for anime characters because of how quirky they tend to be. It's hard to judge by only that characteristic. I can like down to earth normal character if they are actually interesting and relevant to story. For example, Ginko. He is far from normal I think, even though he is calm and down to earth, he has depth and complexity too. I tend to like "grey to black" characters more. I usually not a fan of self righteous goody two shoes. I tend to like the antagonists more since they are usually more complex and entertaining. Also badass characters ofc. They might be overused but people do attracted to them. Human flaws and complexities is what will attract me to a character I guess. Also, a little bit crazy in the head is also my favorite. |
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| Normay Guy Shirou Emiya aka wannabe protector of justice, master whiteknight and all that? He's no different than your average shonen protagonist, maybe even more of an idealist than that. |
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| Wait, you mean that "down-to-Earth" Anime characters exist? I never knew that "Hank Hill" was an Anime character. |
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| Depends on the anime for me tbh, like Ginko and such. They really tend to work well with slice of life a lot since it’s more relaxing. I don’t know what you consider normal though lol ALSO EMIYA DOWN TO EARTH???? LOOOOL |
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| Not very hot personality trait imo can't relate. Wouldn't fuck someone like this even if my life depended on it. Eh. |
| shirou is a piece of shit, stupid garbage retard LOL he is anything but normal. |
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