Favourite Character in Kimetsu No yaiba (Spoiler)

-Stray said:
Im more of a fan of characters that are selfish, dicks, cocky etc like Onizuka, Yusuke, Goku etc, judging from that you'd guess my favorite in this series should be Inosuke, and I hate the goody 2 shoes mc like Deku and supposedly Tanjiro, but for some God damn reason I hate the everliving shit out of Deku but love the hell out of Tanjiro, there is just something in him that resonates with me on a personal level, cant pinpoint what it is but yeah‥. So with that being said, Tanjiro is my main reason to why I follow and love this series. Normally when I see goody 2 shoes chars do good stuffs it makes me puke, but Tanjiro is based af, sure he's good, kind, easy to forgive and easy to get along with, he doesnt really wanna grow strong so long as he can revert his sister back to human, unlike Deku who wants to be a hero to help people so at the end of the day for Deku, having strength and power is a necesarry, while Tanjiro wouldnt mind losing every breath forms or everything he learned if it means Nezuko reverts to being human again which is probably why I love his character, that being said tho if Deku is given the choice to either dave a life in exchange for the quirk given to him Im 100% sure he wouldnt hesitate to let go of his borrowed power, but the main difference is his goal and Tanjiro's goal, Deku wants to be a hero cause he looks up to them so its his dream to become one, while Tanjiro's goal isnt for himself but for Nezuko, he's the peak of unselfish shonen mc.

Esquirtit said:
Inosuke obviously, least amount of forced retarded dialogue and inner monologue. He's the funniest and hottest and has more room to grow than anyone else in the story, I hope his character gets put to use. The moment he showed up I fell in love.

Tanjiro is the worst shounen protagonist I've witnessed yet, he's a total Mary Sue and I don't understand why him being supposedly ''more kind'' than other shounen protagonists is a remarkable quality, actually I don't even subcribe to the idea he is. It's so forced, he just ''smells'' emotions when demons die because that's when they regain their memories of being human. But the thing is they are mass murderers and their time as a human is irrelevant, their moment of despair at their death serves just for cheap backstories and making Tanjiro capable of empathy in contrast to the rest of the demon slayers. It's no different from all the retarded moments in TWD where some characters give a shit about giving zombies a ''proper'' funeral, it's a shitty personal belief and I can't stand how much KnY wants to emphasize on this when it's done in such a cheap way. There's not even any interesting thought process or conversation coming from the rest of the characters, we just have to accept Tanjirou is the only one who understands. Yeah it sucks they were once human, we got that the first episode! Shift away from this BS already. Yes I fucking hate the MC

@-Stray I agree with @Shicchi that their goals and motivations aren't that different. Tanjirou has someone close to him to save, but still feels like it's his job to save everyone from demons. KnY is definitely a hero story, it's not really a family story if we only follow him slaying demons, the objective to collect blood and make an elixir is not just to save Nezuko but the whole world. I think the part about being Deku being more selfish also has more to do with the setting and not necessarily their characterization.

-Stray said:
@Esquirtit
Oh yeah, agree'd with that, they can be seen as heroes too, just that the story never really made them out to look like heroes let alone let us think that, if anything in the story of MHA the heroes are heroes for the people, in KnY the demon slayers are slaying demons because they hate demons for what they did to their families, so its more of a revenge story for me at least.

Himawari9 said:
@Shicchi

I don't see that much similarity between Deku and Tanjiro.
Deku doesn't really stand up for himself and let himself being bullied but Tanjiro won't let anyone insult him and his family even if they are the Pillars. I don't like Deku but I like Tanjiro because he knows when to stand up for himself. Deku is always depend on All Might or someone else to mentor him but Tanjiro is pretty much getting stronger by himself after he officially becomes a Demon Hunter. Deku has a lot of self-doubts but there is none in Tanjiro.
Tanjiro always prepares to fight other people and he is a lot more aggressive and violent than Deku. He broke Genya's arm to defend Oyakata's daughter, hit Inosuke to defend Zenitsu, headbutted Sanemi and later Rengoku's father. Even Tanjiro's siblings described him as someone really scary when he got angry for the sake of someone else. He even got angry at Zenitsu for being such a coward.
Normally, shounen MCs would want to get along and be friends with people on the same side with them but Tanjiro said frankly to Sanemi that he won't forgive him later in the training arc then proceed to fight him when the Sanemi mistreated Genya leading to Tanijro being banned from going near Sanemi.

-Stray said:

Hmm.. this is mainly my opinion from what I've seen from Tanjiro but to answer some of the what-if questions.. if Tanjro was thrown into MHA and lives with only his sister and knows there are villains out there that might pose a threat to her then yes, he will train even without a quirk, train his body to its utmost limits, having a quirk or not wouldn't stop him from being his sister's hero, and along the way save some people but not like the hero Deku aspires to become. The point I'm making is that Tanjiro doesnt idolize anyone that pushed him into where he is now, he doesnt have anyone to look up to, Deku has all of that and then some. With the case of Deku on KnY world tho... I don't know. I'm not well-versed in MHA as I am not a fan of its MC hence I just watch it for the fights cause Bones does an amazing job on it, but to answer the question, yes he would strive to become a demon slayer as well, I mean come on, literally anyone would under those circumstances, no man would just sit quietly after that. My main point is their drive and goals which is different, the only thing both Deku and Tanjiro has in common is they're both utterly nice to a fault, just that to me Tanjiro is more compelling than Deku's.
At the end of the day tho.. they are MC's of two different stories, MHA is a story about a boy who aspires to become a hero like his idol, in japanese "Eiyuu no monogatari"= "Story of a hero" while KnY is a story about a boy who's purpose is to revert his sister back into being human, protect his only family and some people along the way, in japanese "Kazoku no monogatari" "Story of a family"
TL;DR
MHA= Hero story
KNY= Family story
I'm not really that updated or up to date with Deku's personality because I dont really pay that much attention to him nor do I even remember his scenes so I'm mostly lost on him.

Shicchi said:

You seem to forget that in MHA world, literally everyone worship the heroes, every kids want to be a hero, and if Tanjiro is born without a quirk, he won't be able to become a pro-hero and people will look down on him. But he can always be hero only to his sister. But in a world full of people with superpower, what physical training can do against real threat from the villains? Obviously, I can't say for sure what will Tanjiro do if he is in Deku's shoes, but I'm willing to bet it won't be too differrent.
One thing for sure imo, they both very reckless and tend to not think about themselves when there is someone in danger in front of them. I think their core is the same. It's just Tanjiro seems more mature and confidence due to him raised as the eldest son and received the utmost love from his family, meanwhile Deku is timid, crybaby, and unconfident due to him being an only child and raised by a single mother and being ridiculed all his life and born with no power in a world where everyone has.
Both is reckless, stubborn and selfless when it comes to saving people, even more so a family/loved ones.

-Stray said:


I never implied that people dont worship heroes... but lets not get crazy, obviously not everyone as there are villains out there and people who dislikes them that are not villains like the kid who Deku saved and he only got a better view of heroes because of Deku, he was pretty bitter with heroes before that whatever the reason may be.

I never said Tanjiro would apply to the hero academy and strive to be a pro-hero, I said he'll be Nezuko's hero quirk or no quirk on his arsenal, not the tradition literal hero as while I do think Tanjiro helps people he obviously will only be pushed to train and be someone's hero if his family is on the line.
If Tanjiro is the MC in MHA and the author decides to not give him a quirk he'll be like a poor Batman, master all forms of martial arts etc and make weapons out of random shit or use his surroundings, and see thats the thing, villains/bad guys will look down on him if he's quirkless, they'll get cocky, he'll get an opening, while people have quirks in MHA they arent invincible, they are still humans, they hurt like humans and they think like humans. It all depends on how the story will progress. Also are you implying Deku hasn't received the utmost love from his mom? I mean the flashback of her playing with her son was quite the meme at the time it got out, people loved the shit out of that scene, pretty sure Deku received her utmost love as a parent even if its only 2 of them. If all it takes is being reckless and them going out of their way to save someone even if they get hurt in turn then thats pretty broad, most shounen MC's are like that, like Naruto, Ichigo and Luffy. Then again most shounen MC's are the same, which is why Im talking more about their goals and not their as you say "core" because even Naruto, Luffy, Ichigo, Goku, Yusuke, Gon and Mob are reckless and wouldnt mind them dying if in turn it saves someone else.
Big examples are Goku sacrificing himself multiple times, and even declined to get resurrected because he felt like he's a magnet for disasters, Yusuke literally sacrifices himself on the 1st ep for a random kid and the list goes on.


I don't really wanna get back and forth with you in regards to Deku and Tanjiro, if they're similar in your eyes then thats cool, thats just not the case with me, I don't see them as similar besides like I said, them being nice to a fault and thats about it.

xZabuzax said:
The females are the characters that are leaving me with the most impression for now. They seem to be cool and collected and best of all, they don't scream like a fucking retarded kid with down syndrome.

01 - Shinobu, Kanao and Nezuko (The comedy from these characters is far better than the fucking screaming IMHO)
02 - Tanjirou, Tomioka and Tamayo
03 - Makomo, Sabito, Urokodaki, Yushirou and the mansion Lesbians
04 - Inosuke, Pillar Boss and Michael Jackson (probably...)
05 - Meh, don't care. This anime haven't given me a good reason to care about any other characters except for Tanjirou's family.

And you guessed it, Zenitsu is the last one I give a rat-ass about. Characters that screams all the fucking time are the most annoying. I've never watched Black Clover before but I watched a compilation of Asta's screaming of the first episode and my fucking god, was he annoying, he's even more annoying than Zenitsu. How can people find this screaming shit acceptable?

nanashi796 said:
because he's funny,i laughed all the first half of the latest episode.

xZabuzax said:

What about Asta from Black Clover, do you find his screaming funny as well?

nanashi796 said:
nope,his screaming is bad,and he doesn't say funny things,the voice actor is bad too.

xZabuzax said:


Well I find Zenitsu the same, his screaming is bad and he doesn't say funny things either, I find him almost as annoying as Asta but the latter one sure takes the cake, goddamn.

nanashi796 said:
i like zenitsu personality and i like the voice actor shimono hiro.

Shicchi said:

And I was also trying to prove that Tanjiro might actually strive to become a hero if he is more involved with the society/world so there is possibility that he will not only focused only on his family.
You kinda missed all my points.

"And I was also trying to prove that Tanjiro might actually strive to become a hero if he is more involved with the society/world so there is possibility that he will not only focused only on his family."

Okay so you think Tanjiro might went vigilante Batman way. Interestingly, Deku's draft also vigilante hero lol. But the author scrapped that idea (or did it get published as a differrent one-shot manga prior to MHA? I forgot)

-Stray said:

You mean this?
I answered it, its just that my answer didn't really fit what you were trying to say because you're trying to change Tanjiro's character while I'm sticking with his character while throwing him in the MHA verse. Tanjiro isnt the kind to take interest in society, it'll surprise him sure, but get invested in it? doubt it. He'll focus more on making a living for his family, thats just the kind of guy he is, changing that would mean the character you're trying to put in a what if scenario would not be Tanjiro anymore. Tanjiro's character from his top personality to its utmost core is his love for his family, putting him in a similar situation with Deku would bring different results.


Yeap, I hear there's a vigilante manga of MHA but iirc they have powers? I don't really follow the series to heart so I forget some stuffs. If I had to pick a character that I actually kinda like there.. guess it'd be Todoroki.

With that being said.. I do agree that seeing them goody 2 shoes characters irks me to no end as well, which is why I prefer the more dickish,arrogant selfish MC's in the shonen leagues, but lately I've been liking them ex. Tanjiro and Mob, and also.. I'm kinda tired of thinking about these "what-if" scenario's lol.

xZabuzax said:
The females are the characters that are leaving me with the most impression for now. They seem to be cool and collected and best of all, they don't scream like a fucking retarded kid with down syndrome.

01 - Shinobu, Kanao and Nezuko (The comedy from these characters is far better than the fucking screaming IMHO)
02 - Tanjirou, Tomioka and Tamayo
03 - Makomo, Sabito, Urokodaki, Yushirou and the mansion Lesbians
04 - Inosuke, Pillar Boss and Michael Jackson (probably...)
05 - Meh, don't care. This anime haven't given me a good reason to care about any other characters except for Tanjirou's family.

And you guessed it, Zenitsu is the last one I give a rat-ass about. Characters that screams all the fucking time are the most annoying. I've never watched Black Clover before but I watched a compilation of Asta's screaming of the first episode and my fucking god, was he annoying, he's even more annoying than Zenitsu. How can people find this screaming shit acceptable?