Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

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09-03-2013, 10:39 PM
Kaleohano

Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

In many anime (especially comedies), its common for the "hero" to be the most unlucky character in the series. Some of them, flat-out deserve whats coming for them. However, theres others that are long past due of having something good happen to them, but they just cant seem to get a break. The most common and classic example is that dream girl walking into a conversation at that perfect time to make it seem like something its not.

So tell me, who do you think gets screwed over and over again even though they deserve that girl/guy more than anyone?
Who knows that feel, bro?

http://funnymama.com/store/130121/134199_v0_600x.png

So one of my choices would have to be Manami Tamura from Oreimo. The takes such good care of Kyosuke no matter what the situation and has been there since they were kids. I'm not gonna give away the ending of the series, but if you see it (or have seen it), you'll understand just how hard she got jacked over by him.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8...qq0uo1_500.jpg
09-03-2013, 10:48 PM
Animedude5555

Re: Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

I feel sorry for that unnamed diclonius in the science lab in Elfen Lied, who was getting shot at with those cannons to test the strength of her psychic vector arms.
09-03-2013, 10:59 PM
Hanamaru Kunikida

Re: Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

Sunohara Youhei
http://images2.fanpop.com/image/phot...11-640-480.jpg

Expert of rejection and gets beat up a lot.

I wouldn't say they deserve it more than the protagonist but he does deserve someone.
09-03-2013, 10:59 PM
Wio

Re: Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

Makoto Itou

He gets screwed over so bad, he doesn't make it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtuAOT_c2EA
09-04-2013, 12:14 AM
Anime Forum

Re: Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaleohano

In many anime (especially comedies), its common for the "hero" to be the most unlucky character in the series. Some of them, flat-out deserve whats coming for them. However, theres others that are long past due of having something good happen to them, but they just cant seem to get a break. The most common and classic example is that dream girl walking into a conversation at that perfect time to make it seem like something its not.

So tell me, who do you think gets screwed over and over again even though they deserve that girl/guy more than anyone?
Who knows that feel, bro?

http://funnymama.com/store/130121/134199_v0_600x.png

So one of my choices would have to be Manami Tamura from Oreimo. The takes such good care of Kyosuke no matter what the situation and has been there since they were kids. I'm not gonna give away the ending of the series, but if you see it (or have seen it), you'll understand just how hard she got jacked over by him.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8...qq0uo1_500.jpg

I won't spoil the ending, but why feel sorry for her?

She doesn't own him o_O nor does she have the right to try and force herself upon him
09-04-2013, 01:39 AM
Wio

Re: Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoshikage Kira

Expert of rejection and gets beat up a lot.

I wouldn't say they deserve it more than the protagonist but he does deserve someone.

I really hate how they treated that character. You know the advantage of writing for an anime over a game is that you don't have to make everything about the main character. Yet they did exactly that, and it really was a shit stain on a decent show. It's okay to let side characters have some glory from time to time. The main character doesn't have to be Jesus.
09-04-2013, 02:01 AM
Movie Dave

Re: Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...aalexander.jpg

No words need to be said.
09-04-2013, 03:04 AM
Ceris

Re: Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

Oh, don't get me started on Minami. At first, I really liked her (liked other characters more, but Oreimo had great ones), but those final OVAs ruined her for me. Gonna copy what someone posted about her in a spoiler tag. Don't read if you haven't finished the series + final OVAs.

Everything. Well, maybe not everything, but she is pretty much the reason Kirino and Kyousuke hated each other for years. That manipulative little freak didn't like how she herself was just a plain, boring and "normal" person while Kyousuke was a very good student, a fast runner and an overall very active person, so she brought him down to her own level (through some pretty sad and horrible phsychological actions which weren't disclosed in the anime, but only in the novels) and made him a lazy "normal" person. She was also the one who told Kirino when she was like 10 years old or so that she can't love her brother, and that her brother wasn't the cool person Kirino thought he was.
And her actions also indirectly caused Kirino to become the way she is now. I mean the selfishness, and the treatment of her brother.

tl;dr: She's manipulative. Can't stand those type of characters.

Agreed with Sunohara, Makoto got what he deserved and if you want to feel sympathetic to a character in School Days, show it towards Kotonoha, and that Chimera made me cry.

Characters throughout anime I have felt sorry for, spoiler tagged just because a mere mention of a name can be a spoiler.

Myself ; Yourself - Has some of the most traumatic things dealing with multiple characters.

Nanaka: When I found out how much pain she went through, I cried so hard, I'm a very sympathetic person and that hit me so hard...

Shusuke and Shuri: Incest or not (not declared) isn't the issue, they just dealt with too much crap.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Rika: The amount of suffering she went through was so immense.

Satoko: That abusive dad...

Mashiroiro Symphony

Sana Inui: The anime focused on her and she lost the love contest. The heartbreak for her was a pretty big impact.

Angel Beats

Everyone.
Order wise: Iwasawa, Yui, Yuri, Otonashi, Hinata
09-04-2013, 03:17 AM
ChibiLovett

Re: Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

Quote:

Originally Posted by beyond_birthday

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...aalexander.jpg

No words need to be said.

Her! I don't cry much at anime, TV shows, or movies, but that part with Nina gets me every freaking time. TT~TT

Also Suigintou from Rozen Maiden. (I'm not saying anything specific, but I'm putting it in spoilers just in case.)

Maybe it's just because I have a soft spot for psycho characters so I see and understand the reasoning behind what they do, whether it balances out with what they did or not, but whatever the reason, I always felt sorry for her. All the Rozen Maidens lived for was to achieve perfection to be loved by Father, and she had the most obvious flaw of them all and, imo, had the most reason to be fighting the Alice Game.
09-04-2013, 09:43 AM
Meenah

Re: Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

Then again there's Andrew Hussie who kills off everything I (we) all know and love. uwu
09-04-2013, 10:09 AM
Rusty Blade

Re: Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

Doesn't almost every single childhood friend character count. Most of them get stuck in the friend zone in the end despite being closer to the protagonist than anyone else. That sucks. I mean a few of them get there in the end but for the most part growing up with someone seems to be the biggest curse in anime relationships.
09-04-2013, 04:47 PM
Hanamaru Kunikida

Re: Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wio

I really hate how they treated that character. You know the advantage of writing for an anime over a game is that you don't have to make everything about the main character. Yet they did exactly that, and it really was a shit stain on a decent show. It's okay to let side characters have some glory from time to time. The main character doesn't have to be Jesus.

Except, this is a visual novel game (the main route) before an anime....

I agree with you though, I think that's the problem with many Shoujo series out there, essentially it's always about the main character and supporting characters only exist to support the main character.

I think in this factor, Shonen series really surpasses it.
09-04-2013, 05:33 PM
Wio

Re: Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoshikage Kira

Except, this is a visual novel game (the main route) before an anime....

Yes, the novel game had no choice about it. The animation writers had liberty and still made terrible decisions. That's the problem.
09-04-2013, 05:42 PM
Kaleohano

Re: Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoko Littner

I won't spoil the ending, but why feel sorry for her?

She doesn't own him o_O nor does she have the right to try and force herself upon him

but she's worked so hard! And of all the people for him to choose. lol its so sad!
09-04-2013, 06:00 PM
Vintniv

Re: Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

Too many, almost all animes are designed to make you in some way feel sorry for their characters. KEY, is notorious for this; see Kanon, Air, Angel Beats, and Clannad. They almost exclusively fill their games/animes with sad characters with sad back stories.
09-04-2013, 06:15 PM
Karirie

Re: Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

Crona from Soul Eater. His past was so sad, it just made me feel so bad for him. :(
09-04-2013, 06:38 PM
DenjaX

Re: Know that feel, bro (Anime character you feel sorry for)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaleohano

In many anime (especially comedies), its common for the "hero" to be the most unlucky character in the series. Some of them, flat-out deserve whats coming for them. However, theres others that are long past due of having something good happen to them, but they just cant seem to get a break. The most common and classic example is that dream girl walking into a conversation at that perfect time to make it seem like something its not.

So tell me, who do you think gets screwed over and over again even though they deserve that girl/guy more than anyone?
Who knows that feel, bro?

http://funnymama.com/store/130121/134199_v0_600x.png

So one of my choices would have to be Manami Tamura from Oreimo. The takes such good care of Kyosuke no matter what the situation and has been there since they were kids. I'm not gonna give away the ending of the series, but if you see it (or have seen it), you'll understand just how hard she got jacked over by him.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8...qq0uo1_500.jpg

You have been blinded with the "Eh hee~" smile:

Press spoiler for the truth:

http://i.imgur.com/mcb84AE.jpg?1

EDIT: Damn... text too small...