fragoff wrote:I can think of only one anti-hero. She leads a school with an iron fist and love wearing sluty outfits wile beating up one of her student, who happens to also wear a sluty outfit...and a scissor....
Give it up, fragoff. They brought up the series in this podcast episode, so the topic is concluded. We shall never hear it mentioned again.
(Just make them think we've stopped caring - maybe then they'll let their guard down and release it!)A cool topic episode, kudos! I do think some of your mentions were stretching it quite a bit, but then again, it's all for the sake of discussion, isn't it? I don't think I'd call a character an anti-hero (let alone a villain) on the mere grounds of breaking the law. It's really a matter of morals (the morals of our society, not the fictional one in the anime) in my opinion. But then again, I didn't study Greek literature, so who am I to speak
.
Anyway, to illustrate my point, a nice example would be Yuri Lowell from
Tales of Vesperia: He doesn't mind getting his hands dirty if he feels something needs to be done, but we as the player always feel that he's a 'good guy.' Contrast him to Velvet, the protagonist of
Tales of Berseria, who doesn't care how many innocent people suffer in the wake of her quest for revenge - a quest which ultimately leads to a good outcome for her entire world. That's anti-hero material for you.
From the New World is an interesting case. I kind of wonder who you guys (I believe it was Andrew) meant when you said there were actually evil characters in this show. Were you referring to a member of the extended cast? Because there isn't anyone in particular who I'd consider evil/villainous. Or were you talking about the big twist revealed in the final episode? Because that's a different story altogether.
When you guys brought up Arata from
Trinity Seven, I initially thought you were nominating him for a different reason - especially after you'd already talked about
School Days. I mean, he does have that sleeziness about him
. But I suppose he doesn't lay hands on any of the girls, at least not in the same way as Makoto does.
