Never change, MAL community. The same cringy thread happens under every romcom, especially Dress Up Darling. How is it even acceptable, that a dude does not prioritised getting into girl's panties instead of somehow building the relationship from scratch, step by step. On a serious note, if you pay attention to first two episodes, you'll notice that Minami was teasing him non stop, so it is pretty obvious why he would act flustered around someone who he barely (still at that point) knows. Otherwise, he would be a shallow, generic playboy. Timid personality is used as a starting point of character development, which is why most of the romcom protagonist are like that, which is a good thing. |
PiromyslJan 28, 2024 4:43 AM
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Moppit said:
@FiddlePie You described a good 75% of rom com protagonists. They always stutter in their speech. Completely indecisive and always nervous around there crush.
@FiddlePie You described a good 75% of rom com protagonists. They always stutter in their speech. Completely indecisive and always nervous around there crush.
Yeah. It’s like the norm for rom com animes nowadays
| @FiddlePie This has been a trope in anime for decades. |
| I dunno. He seems pretty ok by japanese rom com standards. Especially since he's accosted by someone extraordinarily open and touchy-feely as Minami. A lesser MC-kun would have had trouble forming sentences without stuttering and nose bleeding. Or talking at all. Or maybe the standards are set so low that anyone able to form a coherent response to a girl is somehow seen as normal... |
| Haha, if the MC manned up like that, they already would be breaking beds. |
| He's a tolerable MC compared to many others. Rental girlfriend? SugoiDekaiOppai said: Or maybe the standards are set so low that anyone able to form a coherent response to a girl is somehow seen as normal... Japanese guys are supposedly super herbivorous, so that may be it. |
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| I'm so confused by effing Tsubasa, what is his problem? He feels like a Super Duper Hyper Virgin that definitely, absolutely, wants to stay a Virgin for the rest of his life Is he asexual? Is that the reason why he blocks every classic and cliche situation for romantic development? Why does he pull away from a potential kiss and even thanks a bro for interrupting said potential kiss? You've gotta be totally not into girls to reject such a situation, bc guys, I'm not a bro but I totally would have smooched Fuyuki in that situation So does he just want a Mom figure who holds his hand when he's sick, and that's why he rejects romantic situations? Is he asexual or into guys? Or does he believe he'll develop a super power if he just stays a Virgin until he's 30? What's his deal? |
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| @SkyhighCFC what about that is bait? just throwing around some buzzwords without any real thought process behind it? |
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@ScrewFiction I choose to believe it's bait because I shudder to think anyone could actually be that ignorant and/or stupid to believe that crap you wrote lol
| @SkyhighCFC That explains nothing, a lot of words to say absolutely nothing so now I'm choosing to not waste my time with you anymore lol |
| I rewatched a few old animes over Easter and one thing I don't like about many of those older shows is when they have the "super-cool" MC who is amazing at everything but acts all stoic and aloof and is monosyllabic. Tsubasa might be timid, but he's got space to grow and improve. When a character is already the ultra giga-chad, there's barely any room for character development because they're already somehow the apex of humanity. Give me the loser MC who slowly grows and learns any day (but they do need to grow when the times comes, I'm looking at you Shinji Ikari). |
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I rewatched a few old animes over Easter and one thing I don't like about many of those older shows is when they have the "super-cool" MC who is amazing at everything but acts all stoic and aloof and is monosyllabic.
Tsubasa might be timid, but he's got space to grow and improve. When a character is already the ultra giga-chad, there's barely any room for character development because they're already somehow the apex of humanity. Give me the loser MC who slowly grows and learns any day (but they do need to grow when the times comes, I'm looking at you Shinji Ikari).
Tsubasa might be timid, but he's got space to grow and improve. When a character is already the ultra giga-chad, there's barely any room for character development because they're already somehow the apex of humanity. Give me the loser MC who slowly grows and learns any day (but they do need to grow when the times comes, I'm looking at you Shinji Ikari).
| @Junichi_Hashiba I don't know how you come from... however you'd describe Tsubasa's personality on one end of the scala to the exact opposite of the scala aka the "giga chad" especially since there are a lot of characters that are settled in the middle of the scala I mean, at the end of the day I understand now why Tsubasa is how he is, seeing his upbringing, but still the last two episodes were especially frustrating, and at the end their relationship did almost not develop at all 🤷 |
| His personality is no new and is actually cliche. There are good amount of similar animes out there featuring MCs with similar personality. It´s the safest choice of personality for animes like this one based on teasing, kya~ and wholesome moments. |
Vi-May 3, 2024 2:41 PM
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| Tsubasa's personality amounts to "I played the piano for a few seconds in that one episode" and studying. There's really not much to talk about here. |
| To be honest, I don't really care for Tsubasa because he's the run of the mill overused mc trope in romcoms that takes 1 step forward then takes 2 steps backwards to self sabotage any development among any relationship that could grow. I don't really care about who he chooses because I know that most of the time characters like him NEVER makes a choice and it's always up to the reader/viewers to fill in their own conclusions because romcoms like this are structured mainly for shipping. The only reason I'm watching this anime is because of the good writing that makes the girls shine and complement each other minus the mc. Their genuine friendship and support for each other without the scheming or over the top jealousy is what keeps me interested. Not the mc or his never ending dilemma to "choose." I honestly couldn't care less. |
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