Ken is not quite as annoying and cringe as Zenitsu

Nov 3, 10:22 PM

Khashishi

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but he comes close, and he's the MC.

Nov 3, 10:27 PM

SanessyAdversary

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Uh, sure? good for you then ig!

Nov 3, 10:29 PM

Menehune

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I can't handle the Ken hate, he's a good boy 😭

Nov 3, 10:37 PM

Fluffshi-

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bruh this useless post, cause unlike zenitsu shi doesn’t feel forced he actually feels like an actual character plus the show is goofy anyways so it fits the theme. zenitsu is hated because his character just feels so forced and the show is more serious. My personal opinion

Nov 3, 10:38 PM

yummy_W4ffle

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Menehune said:
I can't handle the Ken hate, he's a good boy 😭

bud did nothing to deserve the hate 😭

Nov 3, 10:46 PM

sohma_kyo

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why are y'all hating on my boy Okarun so much, what did he ever do to deserve this?!

Nov 3, 11:17 PM

alchemy310

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Okay? There is nothing wrong with Ken as a character imo.

Nov 3, 11:19 PM

Khym_

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You’re probably going to hate some of the characters going forward. Okarun is not nearly as bad as them…

Nov 3, 11:20 PM

ZXEAN

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He is better than all of your favourites.

Nov 3, 11:27 PM

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Lawliet-dono

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don't say bad things about Okarun he is a good boy and some points of his character are relateable

Nov 3, 11:41 PM

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ColCasey

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he is annoying but to compare him to the most annoying character in anime is a bit disrespectful

Nov 4, 12:08 AM

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GTRaijin

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He is nothing like Zenitsu. He is more like your typical rom-com anime nerd, shy mc but he is more likeable than those and actually has balls (well, technically no).

Nov 4, 1:07 AM

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ejleon

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There nothing wrong with either character, they are personalities that play off one another.

Demon Slayer: extreme - middle - extreme

Dan Da Dan: introvert - extrovert

Follow the anime story, characters, dialogue

Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.

Nov 4, 1:28 AM

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TRC_Randy

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I don't find him annoying at all. Rather it's an insult to put him next to Zenitsu.

Nov 4, 1:38 AM

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Goose_grips

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I don’t really find him that annoying tbh. I haven’t read the manga yet but from what I’ve watched I find him to be really relatable but not in the “literally me” kind of way, the scene where the girl acts like she’s super into him and then walks off talking about how she was messing with him really hit hard as a similar situation constantly happens to me

Nov 4, 2:07 AM

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Merve2Love

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Does he?

Oh, Well....guess you don't like Shonen-Protags. Who cares?

Nov 4, 2:18 AM

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bluebluebluebell

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As someone allergic to Zenitsu I can confirm that Okarun is a good boy.

Nov 4, 2:50 AM

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kagamiiin

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who's zenitsu???????

Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes...just be an illusion...

Nov 4, 3:06 AM

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TensaiSid

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Stop hating on Ken, dude's character actually fits the story. I don't get the Ken hate.

Nov 4, 3:10 AM

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AkatuKatu

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i don't get the comparison. Zenitsu yaps too much, but Okarun has a nice balance of being socially awkward but honest

Nov 4, 3:24 AM

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Mr_Sai

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you mfs just dont understand zenitsus character at all

Nov 4, 3:31 AM

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Mahendra496

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Okarun look likes Tanjiro with Alien Nerds.

Nov 4, 3:54 AM

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Vinsmoke__Abid

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Poor boy, Ken. Always getting hate

Nov 4, 4:24 AM

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Trimethylglycine

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nowhere close. Zenitsu is in his own tier of being intolerable as a character

死人に口なし

Nov 4, 4:50 AM

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lisathewise

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Mahendra496 said:
Okarun look likes Tanjiro with Alien Nerds.

even has the same jp va 😭

Nov 4, 5:33 AM

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I_love_Furina

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ken is way better than zenitsu bruh

Nov 4, 5:38 AM

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Sekaiichi01

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if we are talking pre-Hashira Training Zenitsu... then yeah... Okarun is faaaar better than him

otherwise, idk tbh... because I can't say Zenitsu is annoying then, and Okarun is never annoying...

Nov 4, 5:38 AM

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Sekaiichi01

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if we are talking pre-Hashira Training Zenitsu... then yeah... Okarun is faaaar better than him

otherwise, idk tbh... because I can't say Zenitsu is annoying then, and Okarun is never annoying...

Nov 4, 7:12 AM

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I don't really see a problem with Ken. He just acts his age. Since he's been a loner for some time and has developed more quirky hobbies and interests, it makes sense for him to have a few quirks himself. This series is largely comedy, so he's a perfect MC for this in my books. His banter with Momo is so entertaining.
Demon Slayer is an entirely different genre, though, with a much different focus. I think it's just your preferences which don't allign with this.

Nov 4, 7:20 AM

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I'm not particularly bothered by him, I actually like him for not being too shy to sometimes talk rudely honest with Momo.

No, this isn't my signature-desu.

Nov 4, 7:37 AM

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Don't ever compare Okarun to Zenitsu

Nov 4, 8:32 AM

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Mate, Zenitsu is on another level of bullshit entirely, I have no problem with Ken, and he's also in DanDaDan which is a "comedy" anime so that character fits just fine in these types of animes, but Zenitsu, on the other hand, feels forced in Demon Slayer, that anime is way more serious so Zenitsu feels like a shitty character the author shoehorned in it just to please the 10-year-old kids with all his retarded as fuck screaming, ear rapes and pathetic attempts at comedy.

It's all about the "Tonal Whiplash", Ken fits in this anime so I don't feel the Tonal Whiplash with that character, but Zenitsu doesn't fit in an anime like Demon Slayer, that shitty character is shoehorned in it so I feel the Tonal Whiplash in it, seriously, Demon Slayer is a great anime and I won't take that away from it, but it also has one of the worst Tonal Whiplash I've seen in an anime, hell, it's probably the worst one.

Nov 4, 8:48 AM

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Vampire_Lord

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Ken isn't suffering from constant fear of the death like Zenitsu.

Nov 4, 12:48 PM

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shane_nichols

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Yeah, but he's still shit compared to Chad Denji.

Nov 4, 1:12 PM

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roupaaz

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He is nothing compared to zenitsu, he is more complex and he isn't annoying (zenitsu is one of my favs in demon slayer but I still find him annoying)

Nov 4, 1:16 PM

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TrevRockOne

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No one is as annoying as Zenitsu.

Nov 4, 1:45 PM

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JojoUchiha

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Okarun's annoying? what about him? as far as socially awkward boys go, he's up there for me as a character... plus he's really cool when he transforms. not the greatest MC ever so far or anything but he's cool to me and i have really low tolerance for shit main characters like Deku for example.

Nov 4, 2:11 PM

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ryzxgum

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the 3-gatsu no lion fan complaining about annoying and cringe characters when that's almost the entire cast for 3-gatsu lmao.

Nov 4, 2:16 PM

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ham_phd

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he's not even the MC

Nov 4, 2:49 PM

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rasta_senpai

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“Tbh Naruto is quite a bit taller than Master Roshi is, not even gonna front”
How or why someone is drawing comparisons between these two characters has to be the biggest waste of time I’ve ever seen

Nov 4, 3:51 PM

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alexswrld

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he’s not annoying tho? i don’t get what he does that’s so annoying.
also u cant compare a main character to a side character

Nov 4, 4:23 PM

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Euroqean

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He's literally the only thing that's preventing me from continuing the manga and the anime. Being an unappealing nerd is one thing.. But being an annoying wimp TOO??

I feel sorry for Momo's character cause she's actually appealing and has character - further down the line the author will force a romance between Momo & Okarun cause it's a shounen. Ew no thanks

Nov 4, 4:51 PM

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justmaya

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Okay, but both of them are really cute though.

Nov 4, 4:58 PM

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Sheol01

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I find him relatable. As for Zenitsu? His annoying days are over, from the Manga spoilers I've seen. Infinity Castle will be an entirely different Ball Game.

Nov 5, 12:08 AM

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he's realistic tho

Nov 5, 2:16 AM

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Khashishi said:
but he comes close, and he's the MC.

zenitsu is one of the worst, most annoying characters ever. there's is 0 wrong with ken, at all, don't get why people think he is cringe and annoying...

Nov 5, 7:39 PM

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PeripheralVision

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I think the difference is that Zenitsu does not even have an arc. How is Ken even close?

Auroraloose's Aurorasimp

Nov 5, 8:37 PM

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The fact that you have to stoop to shitting on Zenitsu, a one-dimensional side character in a different show, to prop up Ken really doesn't sound as grand of a compliment as you think it does. Okarun is pretty lame overall and this series is hard-carried by Momo.

READ TORIKO

Nov 5, 11:04 PM

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Zenitsu is just cringe to have the basic shounen character traits to be the comedy relief while Okarun is like this because of his loneliness and sad past. so two different things, like Gear 5 Luffy and Okarun's transformation comparisons the only thing they have in common is the hair nothing else.

Nov 5, 11:15 PM

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ken is just a nerd who's also an introvert, that's it

zenitsu is an extremely annoying joke character who never gets developed

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