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gekigengar gargant III!!! ([personal profile] aestivalis) wrote in [community profile] colors_tcg2013-06-08 04:51 pm

Anniversary Day 7



Here we are at Day 7, so soon! I hope you'll go easy on my rudimentary banner text, my current life quest is to download lots of nice fonts and learn how to actually use photoshop properly. But let's get to today's topic!

Characters you relate to!


I don't necessarily mean in lifestyle, of course. We can't all spend our lives questing for Dragonballs, right? But is there some character out there who you really sympathise with, or have a lot of empathy for? Is there something about their situations, reactions or interactions that you can really see yourself in? Or hey, do you maybe just share their sense of humour, or style of dress? Tell us about it, you guys!

As ever, if there really isn't a character you relate to in this way, just come and tell us about that. HOW CAN YOU RELATE TO ANIME GUYS THAT'S WEIRD......

For participating you will received! celebration07 and a choice07 card! Lucky sevens! And as ever, you have until June 30th to answer this post not the fictional June 31st I listed last time, ulp. Get chatting, you all!

THIS POST IS NOW CLOSED.
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[personal profile] fuselage 2013-06-18 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
I ... don't think I "relate" to fictional characters at all since I know they're fictional and they have issues to some degree that would probably get them locked-up in a mental institute or just hospitalized for long periods of time? Huehuehue ... sorry, you were saying something?

Choice card later as well ...
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[personal profile] hologramblue 2013-06-18 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
I...

hmm.

I swear I was just thinking about this the other day but I can't remember who for.

I do sort of gravitate towards characters who are in need of older role models, whether they get them in canon or not. You could probably extrapolate something out of that if you wanted to.

Speaking of which, taking wildchild07! Gosh I wish a pretty bird-tamer lady would be my mentor.

[personal profile] ex_painter182 2013-06-18 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Uhhh maybe slightly... Fai from Tsubasa? The way he was in the beginning, cracking jokes and being friends with the fluffy Mokona, never telling others his problem... until Kurogane forces him to. :( Maybe I'm not that extreme but still, makes me wanna hug him sometimes. ;w;

Taking artemis07!
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[personal profile] corinthian 2013-06-18 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
This is dumb I FEEL LIKE I RELATE TO Tohsaka Rin a lot. . . mostly because of like holding self to high standards and being a tsundere. Hahaha. But putting on that GO GET IT and BREAK ALL THE CHALLENGES spirit out front but also having insecurities and being bad at words when it most matters '-' I'm not nearly as badass, though!

Haughty07, please!
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[personal profile] ritornello 2013-06-20 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
There's this super obscure anime/manga, Sasameki Koto, which is a slice of life comedy about this girl who's in love with her best friend, who has no idea that she likes her. I made one of my friends watch the anime, and his first comment about it was, "that character looks like you" about the main character. A lot of the time I can relate to her situations, too, which I guess makes the series a lot more funny for me.

May I take uranus07? c:
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[personal profile] oniclaws 2013-06-20 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
Nagisa Furukawa from CLANNAD in the sense that we both seem to operate on the "I am the happiest sick person you will ever know". Always painting on that happy face, always being the only smile in the room when things go sour to try and boost everyone's mood, despite my own pain or reservations. Complete with the "don't worry about me I'm fine" when really "fine" is the furthest thing from my mind. Also pushing through illness even past the point I probably shouldn't. Because, in the end my thoughts and feelings don't matter when I can use them to boost everyone around me. Probably an unhealthy way of thinking, but sheer willpower and stubbornness behind that smile got me this far in life. I'm not giving it up now. :Db

mononoke07, please
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[personal profile] bringthefate 2013-06-20 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
As I can't really pinpoint an exact character I am most like...the type I can most relate to are the Silent but Deadly. As I'm often shy/quiet(like most of them) and I'm generally gentle and kind...but I also don't take anyone's bull and people tend to know better then to mess with me or anyone I care about cause I'll just mess them up xD.

May I have bread07 please?
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[personal profile] ouo 2013-06-20 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been realizing more and more that I have always used fictional characters as a vehicle to understand the world and myself, but it's in a kind of abstract and personal sense so it's hard to address in this kind of context.

Lately (as in these past five or so years) I've been gravitating toward the sort of character that has a lot of potential that stays squandered or unrealized and characters with a lot of self-hatred. There is no way to make that not sound way more terrible than it is!! It's not that I'm going "ah yes I am exactly like this clinically depressed self-destructive alcoholic character his life is precisely as difficult as mine" because nah that is not actually what my life is like at all, but I guess I like extremes?

Anyway, my point is that I often cling onto fictional characters that remind me of the worst parts of myself or my biggest sources of stress and struggle because character analysis can be like self-reflection! That's one of the reasons I enjoy writing pre-established characters; they didn't come out of you, and yet you still notice parts of them that you don't need to analyze or think about because they already come naturally or seem obvious to you.

That bit up there was in reference to Grantaire from Les Misérables the novel which totally counts because there is an anime but the character that this applies to for me the very most is Jules from Kaze to Ki no Uta.

(All of my answers are about Kaze to Ki no Uta my life is about Kaze to Ki no Uta.)

Man I forgot there was a reward I just wanted to talk about myself I will take Caelin07.
Edited 2013-06-20 23:40 (UTC)
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[personal profile] inarticulate 2013-06-21 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Most of the characters I relate to have the potential of going pretty deep into emotional TMI. I think (from Tales of Legendia) Norma's struggle with Relares, though, is pretty relatable in general: there's a language that she's not native to that she has struggled with all her life, and even though she's really damn gifted with it, and really damn good, there are so many things that she's just never going to understand because Relares is a language that's set up to be intuitive to a native speaker but impossible for an outsider to gain fluency in. That's a wall that I've butted heads against, and I think many people have: where you can know so many things, you can dedicate your entire life to something, and you still won't always succeed. It feels like a failure even when other people can see that it's not, that just getting that far is important! But telling yourself that doesn't really help; sometimes you have to prove it to yourself somehow, and you don't always know what that "somehow" is going to be.

Taking priestess07, if that's okay!
Edited (add the series, self!) 2013-06-21 17:13 (UTC)
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[personal profile] karayan 2013-06-22 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
One character I've recently been able to relate to is Richard from Tales of Graces. He has a terrible sense of humor (and terrible taste in everything), he spent most of his childhood surrounded by books instead of people, and he's not always sure how to socialize normally. We also see him pretty damn depressed, but for the most part he's an idealist who really really wants to believe the best in people. I CAN... RELATE TO ALL OF THAT... except for the part where he tried to destroy the world that one time. Though I guess everyone's probably had those feelings sometimes.

I'll take hiwa07, thanks!
Edited 2013-06-22 16:19 (UTC)

[personal profile] pleonasm 2013-06-23 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
I guess mine would be Kurashita Tsukimi from Kuragehime. I am not obsessed with jellyfish, but when I was growing up, I was also the hugest dork who could not talk to boys, dress cutely, or see without my glasses. Nowadays I am a lesbian who dresses like a boy and still wears glasses. So not as much. But I really love Tsukimi and I'm rooting for her to gain some confidence someday.

Taking lacytanga07, thanks!
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[personal profile] psithurism 2013-06-23 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
I RELATE TO ALL THE HORRIBLE VILLAINS. In all the good ways of course. Pick a villain, any villain. Especially one who steps on him cape and makes a complete fool on himself. That's me.

Taking Shirogamon 07, thanks!
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[personal profile] mrr 2013-06-23 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
i think medaka box is . . . somewhat relatable to me as a series, to an extent. like, medaka's want to believe in people and also her lack of common sense, and anshin'in-san's nihilism, plus kumagawa's being as a loser, shiranui's lies and also her eating habits, and naze's idea that suffering is necessary for something beautiful to be created—obviously, not to such an extent bc lol anime characters but i do think medaka box is one of those weird series where the people are also like, some representation of people/humanity/society. or maybe i'm just weird.

dna07 is mine!!
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[personal profile] poland 2013-06-23 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Eheh, I'm another one who doesn't really relate to fictional characters. I feel for them and everything, but I relate way more to actual real live people.

Taking military07 for my choice \o
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[personal profile] chikky 2013-06-27 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
Hibiki from Suite Precure! She is me in an anime. Her and I have so many of the same views! Plus she's a Soccer player and has a big heart!

Taking Cleaning07!
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[personal profile] magaru 2013-06-27 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Simon from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann pre timeskip. He has trouble believing in himself and relies on other people since he doesn't think he can make it on his own. Sadly, I don't have a Kamina to tell me to believe in him who believes in me.

For similar reasons I relate to Miranda Lotto from D.Gray-man

elegance07 as my choice card!
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[personal profile] astralfire 2013-06-27 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Tadakuni from Daily Lives of High School Boys, oh god he's me. And his friends are my friends (the megane is [personal profile] byakkun). Um, Chiaki from Minami-ke because she's tsundere.

Also anyone derp is probably me, like Yosuke (minus the homophobia), Togusa from Drrr!!, or even Date from Sengoku Basara. I'm derp, but I try to be optimistic for my friends!

Also that one short girl from Working! is totally me too.

I NEED TO FREAKING REMEMBER MY CARDS. I'll snag Wish 07!
Edited 2013-06-27 16:00 (UTC)
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[personal profile] gilbo 2013-06-27 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I can relate to Rita Mordio from Tales of Vesperia. All I want to do is spend day and night doing something I love, learning all about it. I'm not much of one for social interactions, but I do have close friends I can spend time with and such. I also relate to how she has that one special person she will do anything for, even if it risks her life in the process.

taking blastia07!

[personal profile] gammacrank 2013-06-27 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
The first character who came to mind was Miranda Lotto (D.Gray-Man). ...Not because I'm unlucky or have been fired from a hundred jobs or anything, but I reread her introduction arc in the manga while I was in a bad emotional rut, when everything in my life looked like a failure even when objectively I knew it wasn't, so. I guess it helped to watch a character persevere through repeated failures and everyday defeats, even when things looked hopeless.

Taking Arlia 07!
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[personal profile] dialny 2013-06-27 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I have not though about this subject much, so probably I don't really relate to anime characters that easily. Maybe it's the cultural difference. Or the fact they usually are quite extremity in their traits.

But if I should say someone... maybe it would be Nagisa from Clannad. I'm pretty unsure and shy at times and really have hard time to call to people I don't know. Or even people I know, if I don't have some premade subject to talk about. But I'm not as shy, if I get to talk about things I like, especially this series of cute creatures, which is considered childish by most people. I cry easily, either for real life sadness or for movies/books/music. And I have always been very wide-eyed and believe lies/pranks easily. Also according to a friend of mine, I have an abysmal tolerance for alcohol XD

I'll take musket07
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[personal profile] mori 2013-06-29 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm. I tend to relate a little to the really hyperactive and clingy characters, like the ones who are always trying to get someone's attention or just like bothering their friends. For example, I used to joke around with one of my friends that I was the Miyagi to her Hiroki (from Junjou Romantica). And I think a lot of the reason that I can't get attached to rival characters usually is because I tend to behave a bit like them? Being really antisocial or getting annoyed easily at others, that kind of thing.

If I had to pick a specific character, though, I'd probably say Lag Seeing from Tegami Bachi. I get attached to people really easily, I hate ending friendships, I cry a lot sdfjkasdfjd.

Taking zeus07 o/
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[personal profile] bluechimera 2013-06-29 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh man...uh...hmm. Lol you asked a hard one sheesh! XD

I relate a bit to Bridget (Guilty Gear) and Aprhodi (Inazuma Eleven) because they're both male, but aren't traditionally masculine. As a matter of fact, they're both fairly girly in appearance, but they don't let it bother them. They're just themselves, and each series doesn't make it a sticking point that they're androgynous. (In Guilty Gear it's mentioned because people mistake Bridget for a girl, but he doesn't really seem bothered by it lol)

I have a strange affinity for Fai from Tsubasa as well. I think it's because he's sort of like the 'mommy' of the group, kind of a goofball and always smiling, and keeping an eye on people. But at the same time, there's a lot of stuff roiling about under the surface he's not quick to show others. He's a surprisingly multifaceted person under all that grinning and pretending, and he's capable of some dark stuff too. Not saying I'm exactly like this lol, way too much angst XD

I'll take Keyblade 07~!
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[personal profile] kaleido_scope 2013-06-29 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
My Animé spirit animal is definitely Kuroh Yatogami. I forwarded a description of his personality to a friend of mine from the K Project Wiki and they all asked, "Jin is this you." I find that he reacts to situations similarly to me. I'm also told that my KHR! spirit animal is Basil, which is excellent as well (although he's beaten up in his initial introduction oops). I think that I can relate to a point his devotion to people important to him. On the other hand, I am also told there is an inner Hibari lurking inside me if people manage to rub me the wrong way, oops.

On that note, I'd like to take choice card of Bite 07, thank you!
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[personal profile] yoonghwa 2013-06-29 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Does Snorlax count? Because I am pretty sure if I were to be reborn (and fictional characters would be allowed), I'd be reborn as a Snorlax simply because all I do is sleep and eat. I also relate to Amano Ichigo from Yumeiro Patissiere because at first, she says she's pretty average and her only talent is eating cake AND HEY, ME TOO!!

Casually grabs aquapearl07~
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[personal profile] dawn_of_madness 2013-06-30 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
I can relate to all the dorky characters with low self esteem. Tsuna from Reborn really hit home. Hes a dork like no other and has been told he's a loser most of his life. Added to that is his terrible luck. I'm not the most confident person in world and I've never feel like I can live up to the potential that other think they see in me.

Assassin07 please.

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