. (That's almost Suguro protecting Rin's virginity. lol)
Now that I think about it, I've listed how much a like the main characters, but I haven't explained why...
Izumo: She was my absolute favorite at the beginning of the manga, but since the Inari arc, I'm not sure anymore. I liked how she was written as a tsundere, the amount of rudeness, kindness, and bashfulness was credible. Later I expected to see more kindness and less rudeness but an equal amount of bashfulness. Though it seems the bashfulness almost completely disappeared. And that's the most important part of what makes a tsundere a tsundere. I want the bashfulness back. : (
Renzou: He's probably my favorite character, though that doesn't mean I like everything about him. Mainly I like how easy-going he is. Also he's often the voice of reason, when Yukio ... is not ... there... ... X:
Ryuuji: He's an old fashion tsundere who looks like a thug and acts like an honor student. It's hard not to like him.
Rin: I could really relate to him... in the first few chapters. I was the same sort of fuckup, somewhat too violent for civil society (apart from Scotland maybe) but not a bad person. Violent heroes are truly not rare at all, if we're talking about action stories, they're probably the great majority, but most of the time they also live somewhere or in some way where it's only a good thing to be violent. In AnE it's more complex than that and more like real life, or at least my life, and yours I assume. Anyway ... As the manga went on, and as one should expect, I've only found more and more dissimilarities between Rin and I. He's way more emotional than me for one. And I face-palm every time he promises he'll do things he has no idea whether he can or can't do. He's also a real troll some times, which I definitely am not. But I like people like that.
Yukio: I'm used to japanese people, and Yukio's type, the type who has a facade completely different from what they truly think, is very common in Japan, despite not being so common in manga and anime. Even though Yukio's contrast is pretty extreme. Long story short, I like him, but he needs help.
Toudou: Like earthforge said, his manipulative skills are impressive. And personally I was also impressed by his martial art skills the first time we saw him, I want to see more of those. Also I wouldn't say he's pure evil, only he really doesn't care about collateral damage. And we still don't know what his ultimate goal is, do we? If he even has one.
Shirou: Everytime there's a new flashback my opinion of him changes. I guess that's because he himself has changed a lot through the course of his life. So it's hard to say.
Shura: Same for Shura as for Shirou concerning the flash backs. Though she's still around. So I'll talk about her right now. I'm amazed at how much she's breaking the rules and still has her job. Seriously though, she's tough and she always does what she wants yet she's kind and always try to help people, so I like her.
Arthur: He really seems self-important, but then again he is the paladin. A hair-head pretty boy who's also a cold brute. He sure is interesting, though I'm not sure how likable he is. He wants to protect the world, right? So I guess he's a good person. Just not to his enemies.
Lightning: At first I just thought he was a lazy hobo who got this far only because he's a genius. And I still don't think I was wrong. But as I was expecting to dislike him (probably because authors always screw up these characters) I've really grew to like him. And like Arthur, he's into some shady stuff, but at the end of the day he's trying to protect the world, so he can't be a completely bad guy.
Kuro: Kuro mostly acts like a cat, unsurprisingly. Not a lot, but somewhat of a tsundere too. He's lovable. That's all.
Lucifer: I really like how he looks, how he behaves, and how he speaks. His world annihilation plan though... He's talking about the good of everyone, but in the end he's only doing it for his own good. From what I got, he can't bare to stay in Gehenna because staying in Assiah is too tempting, but when he's in Assiah he keeps suffering, so he wants to destroy Assiah to stop the suffering... but also to stop the temptation, no? So basically he's like "if I can't have it then no one else can", isn't he? That's far from the noble cause he pretends to have.
Mephisto: I have nothing against him. He's definitely entertaining. But it's strange because what I often do to test what I really think of a character is wonder what I would think of them if I took them out of their story and put them in a different story or in real life... but with Mephisto it's strange... when I take him out of that story, he seems to me like a completely different person, like his role in that story defines most of what he is. When I take him out, all that's left is an otaku.
Amaimon: I can never tell if his blankness is interesting or boring. It's interesting because even though he's blank, I can still see him as a person. Too often, in other stories, blank characters just don't seem real.
Takara: As far as I can tell, he's asleep. So nothing to say.
The puppet: He's just rude and antisocial, there's nothing to like about him. But the way we always forget about him until we notice him in the background and go "What the? How could I have forgotten his existence again?", is pretty interesting I must admit.
Satan: Not sure what to think given we only saw him once. Also, I'm somewhat confused by the fact that in a way he's not really older than Rin and the others.
Konekomaru: To be honest, I try not to pay attention to him. I think he's a nice guy, overall. But he's just not the type of guy I'm found of. I could say many more things than what I've already said on the forum about what I don't like about him, but since at the end of the day he's a nice guy, I won't.
Shiemi: Like Konekomaru, she's nice. And though not for all the exact same reasons, I'm also not found of her. But unlike Konekomaru, I've looked at her a lot... and I've talked about her a lot. Which is in part because people talk a lot about her and I just joined the conversation, but I think it's also because I genuinely try to like her. I try to like her, but when I go look at what the people who like her write about her, I can't help but feel they're not seeing her properly. Like they're seeing her through rose-colored glasses if you get what I mean. So I've started playing the devil's advocate, and now many years later many might still remember me as one of the notorious Shiemi basher. Though my real opinion of her, even if not too dissimilar, is very distinct from the one I've showed, especially back then. I won't go through everything, but for the main part, I really think she's meek and acts like a child, but at least one thing I've nerve admitted online is I really do think she's cute. She always seems to be doing her best. And even if someone as no other redeeming traits, as long as they're doing their best, I can't hate them. Also, the way she shamelessly says whatever she thinks some times, I can really relate.
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