Questions MEME - 5, 6, & 7
Anime character you
feel you are most like
(or wish you were)
Sailor Mars - Rei Hino
Now, granted, I always preferred her manga personality, but even in her anime form she's still one of my ultimate heros. Er, Heroins.
Mars, as portrayed in the manga, is classy and refined. Perhaps a little haughty, she makes up for that by extruding the peaceful charm of a born aristocrat. Her anime incarnation is loud, bossy and brazen. She can be described as a "bitch," but no one can say that she doesn't speak her mind.
As a kid, this was amazing to me. A lot of people that know me now scoff at the idea that I might not do this, too; that there could have ever been a day when I was quiet, reserved, even sheepish. (Yes, Sandy, I'm looking at you ;D) It existed, though, I assure you.
The advent of Sailor Mars in my life encouraged me to say what I was thinking, instead of bottling it up inside. I'd like to think I've still got some amount of tact remaining, though. Am I like her? I guess I'd hope so, but I really can't tell, myself
Most annoying anime character
Sailor Moon - Usagi Tsukino
As odd as it as it may be for a fan of this series, it took me a long time to accept or like Sailor Moon herself. A crying, whiny little baby throughout most of the series, it's difficult for me to view her as any sort of "leader," Queen, or otherwise person of power. She's the least likely to be capable of performing the job without doing some major growing up--which we are never privy to in any part of the series.
Instead, we're expected to believe that this blubbering airhead would make a good Queen of the World because... she likes people? I guess. Which is fine and dandy, except that Usagi is the kind of person who frequently forgets, accepts, and just "glosses over" the whole "this is a villain who has killed a bunch of people" concept. I can't help but think that there's a reason why the Crystal Tokyo we get glimpses of is largely unpopulated.
Actually, that isn't even the largest part of why she's annoying.
I understand that Usagi is the main character, and MCs often get more attention put onto them than the rest of the cast. This wouldn't bother me if she weren't such a blatant Mary Sue about it. Every other character in the series is expected, it seems, to suck up to Sailor Moon's ass. Even the villains.
Despite all logical reasoning, she is More Powerful than all the other senshi (a fact which makes no sense as she's the worst fighter, hands down.) No one ever draws the logic that her great true power is as a conduct for the others'. No, really. Nine times out of ten, they're required to siphon their energy into Sailor Moon (usually at the cost, or endangerment, of their own lives) just so that the little brat can glitter-doom the enemy. Without them, she couldn't do jack shit.
But is this ever addressed? No. Absolutely not. Because Sailor Moon is the Biggest Baddest Girl In Heels ever, and she could so totally kick all the other senshi's asses. Because she's the ultimate Senshi. Ever. In the entire universe. And everyone loves her. And she's so pretty, and sweet, and all the guys want to fuck her, and all the girls want to be her, and yet no one ever has a problem with her, who isn't later killed or proven to be Utterly Wrong.
I admit to liking her a little more in fanfiction--wherein the author has usually made her mildly OOC, in that they've given her a brain and weaknesses.
Favorite canon anime couple
Heero Yuy & Relena Darlain -- Gundam Wing
I'd be lying if I said that I'd always loved this pair from the first time I watched the series. In the spirit of honesty, I didn't even like Relena the first time. Or the second. Or third.
It took me growing up and re-watching the series to finally understand what she was about, and what her and Heero's relationship meant to the series. That was the point where these two raised the bar up to favorite canon couple, ever. Of course, I don't often like canon couples, so there isn't too much competition. ;D
What these two have that others lack is depth.
Rather than their relationship being spelled out with "I love you"s, or even acknowledgment, the show allows subtext to build the connection between the two.
To Relena, Heero begins the show as her shining beacon of hope. He represents everything her lonely, sheltered heart has wished for: mystery, danger, the unknown, and, potentially, someone who might like her for who she is, rather than what she's worth. She discovers his pillar of strength and uses it as a template for her own, resolving to be more like him and to fight for her beliefs--as soon as she figures out what those are.
To Heero, Relena is innocence. She is a child, lost and frightened in a world that she doesn't understand. He is both envious of this innocence and annoyed at her weakness. He wars with himself--does he kill her naivety or protect it?
As the series continues, Relena explores her place in a world at war and draws her lines of morality as Heero's ideologies are torn down around his ears. They find one another again as Relena's light is beginning to burn. For only a brief moment, they stand together as equals, before the war draws them apart again.
But they still think of one another, drawing on the belief that the other is alive in order to pass their most difficult moments. To each, the other represents a never-ending hope for something greater than the changing tides of war. A future, perhaps, if not for themselves but for this other person.
The end of the series draws them together once again, and their positions have changed. It is no longer Relena who needs to be saved from herself, but Heero. He is lost in a world without soldiers--a world he created but does not understand. She is the pillar of strength, the light in the darkness, whom he must lean against as he gathers the shattered pieces of his own.
Though not necessarily romantic, they will always be a "couple" in my mind--a pair that, for whatever reason, is tied to one another by ties stronger than simple friendship or love.
Day 1 - Very first anime
Day 2 - Favorite anime you've watched so far
Day 3 - Your anime crush
Day 4 - Anime you're ashamed you enjoyed
Day 5 - Anime character you feel you are most like (or wish you were)
Day 6 - Most annoying anime character
Day 7 - Favorite canon anime couple
Day 8 - Most epic scene ever
Day 9 - Saddest anime scene
Day 10 - Most under-appreciated anime character
Day 11 - Favorite mech series
Day 12 - Best anime soundtrack
Day 13 - An anime you didn't think you would like but ended up loving
Day 14 - Current (or most recent) anime wallpaper
Day 15 - Characters whose hair you'd kill for
Day 16 - Favorite crack pairing
Day 17 - Funniest scene ever
Day 18 - Best fight scene ever
Day 19 - Mandatory swimsuit post
Day 20 - Favorite shoujo anime
Day 21 - Anime that made you cry
Day 22 - Favorite boy’s love couple (or yuri couple, if you don't like that sort of thing)
Day 23 - Anime you think had the best, or most intriguing, art
Day 24 - Favorite anime hero or heroine
Day 25 - Best anime villian
Day 26 - A character everyone loves but you just can't see it
Day 27 - Favorite anime opening theme song
Day 28 - Favorite pokemon
Day 29 - Favorite school uniform
Day 30 - Favorite anime ending theme