It's hard to pick just a couple of my favourites, so I'll choose the male from my currently collecting deck: Asahina Fuuto from Brothers Conflict.
I know Fuuto is an unconventional choice, and especially after the anime adaptation everyone finds him to be a creepy, detestable brat. And I get it. I'm not saying people should like him.
He is a brat, undeniably. But he's 14 in the beginning of the series. Who isn't a brat at 14 anyway?
But Fuuto to me is a really fascinating character. I believe he truly care of his family - when he gives them seemingly insulting nicknames, those nicknames actually reveal he knows facts about them he would not know unless he pays attention to them. He also helps Ema and Yusuke if they really need him to, and even go out of his way to do so. Yet whenever Ema asks about Fuuto to the rest, they often quickly dismiss the topic (except for Rui, who actually likes him, and to some extent Yusuke and Wataru).
Even on New Years when everyone's going out to celebrate, Fuuto's own mother didn't want to bother with asking Fuuto to go to them temple with them. Sure, he was busy all night, but that part, where Ema was the only one who wanted to wish him a Happy New Years - and how happy he was that she did - kept on bugging me.
It's not that he doesn't reciprocate: he loves his brother Rui and he recognises Rui's talent and how Rui cares for him. This is interesting because of his 12 brothers, Rui is the only one he's not blood-related to. Yet he loves him so very much and Rui had showed he loves Fuuto as well. He loves Yuusuke, in his own way - they bicker, they fight but in the game Fuuto has shown that in his own ways he has Yuusuke's back.
Furthermore he has been in the entertainment industry since he was a child and is in and out of his house. There are things that twist him there, but I find it admirable he's working on achieving his dreams though he's so young.
Fuuto is a brat, but his story of ambition and isolation from his family unit as an effect of it really caught my interest.
Also, my favourite voice actor KENN did an excellent job on Fuuto.
For favourite female character, I'm going to pick one from a recent series: Ebisuzawa Kurumi from Gakkou Gurashi. I've not felt attached to an anime character for a while but I love Kurumi. She's just so very strong.
Kurumi faces forward regardless of what is happening around her. Regardless of what's happening to herself. Regardless of her own feelings and burdens. It's not that Kurumi doesn't have weaknesses, because she does. It's not because Kurumi is an eternal optimist, because she's not. But she knows what she has to do and she tries her best to do that.
In her situation, that's no easy feat.
She takes some of the most dangerous missions, yet she can remain calm through them. She lost people too, yet she remained cheerful for the friends she do have. She is willing to be open minded and see all her friends' point of view. She doesn't blame them when they aren't quite stable but knows when to mediate.
I did not expect this when I saw her design: the smile, the twin tails. Kurumi was the kind of characters I thought I wouldn't like. But her strength of character and her work in overcoming her own burdens and weaknesses really charmed me.
And fighting with a shovel? That's classic, and in the same time she really makes it her own.
I don't have strong dislikes, but if I've to pick characters I dislike: (male) Fudou Akio from Inazuma Eleven and (female) Minami Kotori from Love Live
For my choice cards can I have and naginata01 and magoroku19 please?
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I know Fuuto is an unconventional choice, and especially after the anime adaptation everyone finds him to be a creepy, detestable brat. And I get it. I'm not saying people should like him.
He is a brat, undeniably. But he's 14 in the beginning of the series. Who isn't a brat at 14 anyway?
But Fuuto to me is a really fascinating character. I believe he truly care of his family - when he gives them seemingly insulting nicknames, those nicknames actually reveal he knows facts about them he would not know unless he pays attention to them. He also helps Ema and Yusuke if they really need him to, and even go out of his way to do so. Yet whenever Ema asks about Fuuto to the rest, they often quickly dismiss the topic (except for Rui, who actually likes him, and to some extent Yusuke and Wataru).
Even on New Years when everyone's going out to celebrate, Fuuto's own mother didn't want to bother with asking Fuuto to go to them temple with them. Sure, he was busy all night, but that part, where Ema was the only one who wanted to wish him a Happy New Years - and how happy he was that she did - kept on bugging me.
It's not that he doesn't reciprocate: he loves his brother Rui and he recognises Rui's talent and how Rui cares for him. This is interesting because of his 12 brothers, Rui is the only one he's not blood-related to. Yet he loves him so very much and Rui had showed he loves Fuuto as well. He loves Yuusuke, in his own way - they bicker, they fight but in the game Fuuto has shown that in his own ways he has Yuusuke's back.
Furthermore he has been in the entertainment industry since he was a child and is in and out of his house. There are things that twist him there, but I find it admirable he's working on achieving his dreams though he's so young.
Fuuto is a brat, but his story of ambition and isolation from his family unit as an effect of it really caught my interest.
Also, my favourite voice actor KENN did an excellent job on Fuuto.
For favourite female character, I'm going to pick one from a recent series: Ebisuzawa Kurumi from Gakkou Gurashi. I've not felt attached to an anime character for a while but I love Kurumi. She's just so very strong.
Kurumi faces forward regardless of what is happening around her. Regardless of what's happening to herself. Regardless of her own feelings and burdens. It's not that Kurumi doesn't have weaknesses, because she does. It's not because Kurumi is an eternal optimist, because she's not. But she knows what she has to do and she tries her best to do that.
In her situation, that's no easy feat.
She takes some of the most dangerous missions, yet she can remain calm through them. She lost people too, yet she remained cheerful for the friends she do have. She is willing to be open minded and see all her friends' point of view. She doesn't blame them when they aren't quite stable but knows when to mediate.
I did not expect this when I saw her design: the smile, the twin tails. Kurumi was the kind of characters I thought I wouldn't like. But her strength of character and her work in overcoming her own burdens and weaknesses really charmed me.
And fighting with a shovel? That's classic, and in the same time she really makes it her own.
I don't have strong dislikes, but if I've to pick characters I dislike: (male) Fudou Akio from Inazuma Eleven and (female) Minami Kotori from Love Live
For my choice cards can I have and naginata01 and magoroku19 please?