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y0shi64 10156 cr points Send Message: M / California Online	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 8/18/12 Unnecessary background Spoiler Alert! Click to show or hide When my sister asked me why i would 40+ dollars for a figure of a character, (it was Yui from K-on! but that's irrelevant), we started discussing what a character is supposed to do in a story. As our discussion progressed we came to a mutual understanding that most American stories don't give emphasis on characters. We could only give a few examples of characters that could defy (Holden Caulfield, Fry yes from Futurama, and some of the cast from How I Met Your Mother to name a few). This was about two months ago and she's gonna come home in about 5 days. Anyway I managed to pique her interest and she agreed to watch a few anime. I'm not trying to get my sister into anime, but I do want to her to understand the role a character should play and that plot doesn't have to be the biggest emphasis in a story. I decided I would show her: 1.) A show completely driven by characters. 2.) A show where the central theme revolves around the character(s) and 3.) A show where the plot is driven by the characters. 1.)Lucky Star (there is literally no plot, theme, or any other storytelling elements, completely driven by the characters) 2.)Kaichou wa Maid-Sama (theme revolves around the relationship between Usui and Misaki with no over-arcing plot) 3.)Puella Magi Madoka Magika ( Spoiler Alert! Click to show or hide Headless Mami... Kyubei... Honmura) What i would like to know is if there is a better example than the shows I have chosen? Thank you
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Customer Support starry 18086 cr points Send Message: 21 / F / Canadaland (Asia... Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 8/18/12 y0shi64 wrote: Unnecessary background Spoiler Alert! Click to show or hide When my sister asked me why i would 40+ dollars for a figure of a character, (it was Yui from K-on! but that's irrelevant), we started discussing what a character is supposed to do in a story. As our discussion progressed we came to a mutual understanding that most American stories don't give emphasis on characters. We could only give a few examples of characters that could defy (Holden Caulfield, Fry yes from Futurama, and some of the cast from How I Met Your Mother to name a few). This was about two months ago and she's gonna come home in about 5 days. Anyway I managed to pique her interest and she agreed to watch a few anime. I'm not trying to get my sister into anime, but I do want to her to understand the role a character should play and that plot doesn't have to be the biggest emphasis in a story. I decided I would show her: 1.) A show completely driven by characters. 2.) A show where the central theme revolves around the character(s) and 3.) A show where the plot is driven by the characters. 1.)Lucky Star (there is literally no plot, theme, or any other storytelling elements, completely driven by the characters) 2.)Kaichou wa Maid-Sama (theme revolves around the relationship between Usui and Misaki with no over-arcing plot) 3.)Puella Magi Madoka Magika ( Spoiler Alert! Click to show or hide Headless Mami... Kyubei... Honmura) What i would like to know is if there is a better example than the shows I have chosen? Thank you Check out the sticky threads please. Recommend me an anime! http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-7173/recommend-me-an-anime-read-first-post Locked
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