Why Do People Hate Jiji?

Aug 1, 4:04 AM

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I've noticed that ever since Jiji has been introduced, people have been constantly hating on him and I'm curious as to why. Obviously, he's goofy but so are many other loved anime characters, so I'm confused as to why he gets more hate than other comedic characters in anime. Also, almost everyone over exaggerates their quirks like Okarun when it comes to aliens, so do yall just dislike it when it's Jiji? Like do people hate him because he likes Momo? That shouldn't even be a problem since the story clearly favors Okarun, implying Jiji has zero chance. I honestly find the hate for him interesting because I'm usually the one who hates characters like him, but he's in my top 5 favorite characters in the series (right under Evil Eye, and Seiko). Please help me understand because to me, the hate feels like groupthink more than anything else. Like, I saw someone compare him to Zenitsu from Demon Slayer, but even he gets more praise than Jiji 🤦🏾‍♂️

Aug 1, 4:19 AM

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I don’t hate his character but I can see why people would. The way he acts imo is over the top. It’s really excessive I think. So I could see that’s why people are hating on him. Just my thought and how I see it.

Aug 1, 4:42 AM

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don't know why anyone hates him.
He's my favorite in the show along with Turbo Granny, Then second is Momo and then Aira.

Aug 1, 4:55 AM

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I love Jiji, but I can see why people can be annoyed by his schtick.

Aug 1, 5:05 AM

shinlightning

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Jiji is okay. Pervert Otaku guy i don't like.

Aug 1, 5:27 AM

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nameme137 said:
Jiji is okay. Pervert Otaku guy i don't like.

Who's pervert otaku in this show? Can't be Okarun

Aug 1, 5:40 AM

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he's the third wheel

Aug 1, 5:40 AM

chaps28

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They are jealous of how cool he is

Aug 1, 5:41 AM

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Because they can’t stand to see a bad bitch winning.

For a more serious answer, he’s a romantic rival for Okarun. I think that makes the audience more inclined to feel negatively about him.

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Aug 1, 5:41 AM

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BEaSTPadwal15 said:

nameme137 said:
Jiji is okay. Pervert Otaku guy i don't like.

Who's pervert otaku in this show? Can't be Okarun

Yea, that guy must have been referring to himself

Aug 1, 5:43 AM

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Because they can’t stand to see a bad bitch winning.

For a more serious answer, he’s a romantic rival for Okarun. I think that makes the audience more inclined to feel negatively about him.

@ricejelly Well love triangles, and especially one in this show are annoying

Aug 1, 5:47 AM

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BEaSTPadwal15 said:

nameme137 said:
Jiji is okay. Pervert Otaku guy i don't like.

Who's pervert otaku in this show? Can't be Okarun

It's a spoiler, but:

InfernalizationAug 1, 5:50 AM

Aug 1, 5:48 AM

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BEaSTPadwal15 said:

nameme137 said:
Jiji is okay. Pervert Otaku guy i don't like.

Who's pervert otaku in this show? Can't be Okarun

It's a spoiler, but:

@Infernalization ahh. Breh, we didn't need a 5th character, the cast is a decent size alr 😭

Aug 1, 5:58 AM

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BEaSTPadwal15 said:
@Infernalization ahh. Breh, we didn't need a 5th character, the cast is a decent size alr 😭

Well... if they were only 5 of them xD.

Clueless reader's viewpoint

Aug 1, 6:03 AM

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@Infernalization ahh. Breh, we didn't need a 5th character, the cast is a decent size alr 😭

@BEaSTPadwal15 Oooh boy

Aug 1, 6:04 AM

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BEaSTPadwal15 said:
@Infernalization ahh. Breh, we didn't need a 5th character, the cast is a decent size alr 😭

When he was introduced I thought the same thing but he became one of my favorites. You have to give him time, he's better than JiJi.

Aug 1, 6:05 AM

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He feels tolerable.

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Aug 1, 6:10 AM

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Personally I find him annoying, he does way too much if it made me laugh I could have liked him but I don't like his sense of humor. It's only his good pop culture references and the devil eye that make him a little bearable.

Aug 1, 6:37 AM

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Royalty459 said:
I've noticed that ever since Jiji has been introduced, people have been constantly hating on him and I'm curious as to why. Obviously, he's goofy but so are many other loved anime characters, so I'm confused as to why he gets more hate than other comedic characters in anime. Also, almost everyone over exaggerates their quirks like Okarun when it comes to aliens, so do yall just dislike it when it's Jiji? Like do people hate him because he likes Momo? That shouldn't even be a problem since the story clearly favors Okarun, implying Jiji has zero chance. I honestly find the hate for him interesting because I'm usually the one who hates characters like him, but he's in my top 5 favorite characters in the series (right under Evil Eye, and Seiko). Please help me understand because to me, the hate feels like groupthink more than anything else. Like, I saw someone compare him to Zenitsu from Demon Slayer, but even he gets more praise than Jiji 🤦🏾‍♂️

They are idiots and so are you for caring about others opinions. Be like me. Don't give a f about others opinions.

Aug 1, 6:44 AM

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Jiji is that MF lol. Not a drop of hate on this end

Aug 1, 7:10 AM

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Because he’s arrogant and he gets in the way of Okarun and Momo’s relationship development (part of why I dislike the last couple of episodes of Season 1 when they introduced Jiji was because he acted like him dating Momo was a god given right)

Aug 1, 7:44 AM

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He is dumb that's all yet still I don't hate him. He's a funny addition to the series. Aira sucks though. She is how she is and I hate it.

Aug 1, 8:01 AM

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Just because he is very talkative, energetic in his enthusiasm, which emanates

Aug 1, 8:14 AM

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bennypen23 said:
he's the third wheel

Is that who I think it is

Aug 1, 8:23 AM

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BEaSTPadwal15 said:
@ricejelly Well love triangles, and especially one in this show are annoying

Is this a love triangle? Okarun is in love with Momo and she seems to be well in love with him too.

Aug 1, 8:35 AM

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Dan_ALves said:

BEaSTPadwal15 said:
@ricejelly Well love triangles, and especially one in this show are annoying

Is this a love triangle? Okarun is in love with Momo and she seems to be well in love with him too.

Well kind of. Because he still likes Momo, and he was Momo's first crush

Aug 1, 8:36 AM

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Jiji is an annoying kid acting like a realistically annoying teenager. Most people forget how silly and stupid kids can be. Jiji is a good-hearted idiot.

Aug 1, 8:54 AM

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Because he is annoying.

Aug 1, 9:22 AM

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BEaSTPadwal15 said:
@ricejelly Well love triangles, and especially one in this show are annoying

Is this a love triangle? Okarun is in love with Momo and she seems to be well in love with him too.

Well kind of. Because he still likes Momo, and he was Momo's first crush

@BEaSTPadwal15 True, but she clearly doesn´t feel like that anymore (apparently) and despite his weirdness, I feel like he would back off if Momo said she like Okarun.

Aug 1, 9:31 AM

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I don't hate him.
what makes you think that people hate him?

Aug 1, 9:43 AM

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BEaSTPadwal15 said:
@ricejelly Well love triangles, and especially one in this show are annoying

I agree there. If Jiji was introduced earlier, I wouldn't mind as much, but he came after Momo and Okarun were basically a couple lol.

Aug 1, 9:47 AM

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Dan_ALves said:
@BEaSTPadwal15 True, but she clearly doesn´t feel like that anymore (apparently) and despite his weirdness, I feel like he would back off if Momo said she like Okarun.

I think so too. That's only my main gripe with this anime. We don't need Jiji to still be in love with Momo because it doesn't do anything for the story. This isn't a harem anime where you don't know who the mc will choose. It's very clear Momo x Okarun is endgame, so why not just pair Jiji with someone else. Teenagers get over crushes quickly anyway

Aug 1, 9:48 AM

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TarpitFury said:
Because he is annoying.

Why though? What makes him more annoying than everyone else?

Aug 1, 9:50 AM

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the hate in general i guess comes from people just not liking the fact that Jiji likes Momo. i didn’t like Jiji at first because of that fact, but i don’t hate him as a character. also i’m pretty sure the comparison to Zenitsu is because they both have the same english voice actor (Aleks Le) and their voices tend to be over the top and “annoying” when they’re not being serious.

Aug 1, 10:09 AM

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@BEaSTPadwal15 True, but she clearly doesn´t feel like that anymore (apparently) and despite his weirdness, I feel like he would back off if Momo said she like Okarun.

@Royalty459 Exactly. Maybe he gets paired up with Aira (who is also in love with Okarun, lest we forget, god why)

Aug 1, 10:10 AM

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@BEaSTPadwal15 True, but she clearly doesn´t feel like that anymore (apparently) and despite his weirdness, I feel like he would back off if Momo said she like Okarun.

@Dan_ALves I hope that is the case, but the fighting for her is still kinda annoying. Altho they look nice when they're getting along

Aug 1, 10:11 AM

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I didn't like Jiji at first but he's really grown on me to be honest I went to the theaters to see the first three episodes on release day and the whole scene with him and the child that was crying really made me like Jiji.

Aug 1, 10:52 AM

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Because he is extremely annoying, made me drop the show, i came back though

Aug 1, 12:55 PM

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I suppose it's because of how close he is to momo as well as his past with her, pure jealousy of the male audience I think, wanting okarun to have her all for himself

Aug 1, 2:03 PM

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it's typical for dandadan, all new character get hated at the beginning only to be fan favorite after a while, happened to all except for the KING, you can't imagine how hated aira was and look at her now.

Aug 1, 2:24 PM

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I don’t hate him i think he’s funny

Aug 1, 2:27 PM

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ricejelly said:
Because they can’t stand to see a bad bitch winning.

For a more serious answer, he’s a romantic rival for Okarun. I think that makes the audience more inclined to feel negatively about him.

Is he really tho. I don’t even think Jiji really likes Momo like that. At least from what I’ve seen in the anime.

Aug 1, 3:24 PM

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@Royalty459 Exactly. Maybe he gets paired up with Aira (who is also in love with Okarun, lest we forget, god why)

@BEaSTPadwal15 In that sense we might have a love triangle, with Aira and Momo both liking Okarun. But even then, it´s Momo and Okarun all the way. There´s no way anyone stands a chance. I don´t know if Aira and Jiji will be a thing, we´ll see.
@royalty459 is Jiji still in love with Momo? I didn´t get that feeling since he showed up, I think he´s just overly friendly, he seems to interact the same with Okarun and also Aira. I don´t know if teens get over crushes quickly (mine certainly seemed to linger) but Momo´s crush was when they were kids, so a few years have passed.

Aug 1, 3:54 PM

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People hate your opinion

Aug 1, 5:00 PM

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For me, he's just too annoying. Too excited over trivial things, and acts childish too often / acts way too inappropriate for his age (bro is nearly an adult).

He's basically an introvert's nightmare, that's how I perceive him.

Aug 1, 5:34 PM

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Well if you remember how there was a bit of a back story when they were kids, he was a total dick to, Momo and then all of a sudden he pops back in crushing on her acting like a total douche bag, and fighting over her with, Okarun meanwhile they’re practically already “together” and the last episode proves that, Momo has a thing for, Okarun. The scene where they’re playing soccer, and fighting over who likes her more, and wants to be her boyfriend was ridiculous.. Just because you liked her when you were kids, but treated her like shit, and all of a sudden your back, and think you just steal her away from, Okarun.. you can fuck right off buddy..

Aug 1, 6:07 PM

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while hate is a strong word, for me jiji is like those excessively dramatic/annoying female characters I want to avoid. so I just want his scenes to pass.

Aug 1, 6:13 PM

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I don't like him, but I don't hate him either. I just don't like people who tries to be funny. I'm not the most fun person, I know, but I really can't stand this kind of person both in shows or irl.

Aug 1, 6:24 PM

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he's annoying and unfunny as hell. he ruined the cute car scene by being annoying again. just adds cheap drama and nothing worth liking, even further in the manga. what makes it worse is how evil eye is actually the likable one. also i don't see anyone praising zenitsu. he's basically ryouga from ranma except ryouga didn't try to force the comedy.

Aug 1, 6:35 PM

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People hating Jiji? That's new news to me.

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