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Friday, February 4, 2005

Can't we stop the abuse?
The title was inspired by Shinmaru's article in the videogame section.

Today my topic are those characters that are traditionally skipped over: the bakas and shy ones (at least those are the labels we give them).

You know who I'm talking about. There is at least one in each show or manga. For example, take a good look at these pictures.

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If you don't know them, they are [in order] Himura Kenshin (Rurouni Kenshin); Jonouchi (YuGiOh!); Kazuma Kuwabara (Yu Yu Hakusho);one of Shinji's classmates (Evangalion); and Goku (Dragonball Z/GT).

Not all of them are class clowns, like Yusuke and Kuwabara. Kenshin can be quite sharp minded when he needs to be, but when it comes to relationships, he is clueless. Now that I think about that, all of them are.

Many of these characters labeled 'dumb' really aren't what they present on the surface. They may not be geniuses, but the public in general has a ball picking on them for the lack of intelligence.

I'll admit that they are more goofy than the other main cast of characters, but there are little glimpses of what lies beneath from time to time. An example of this is Joey's action during Mai's duel in Battle City, and Kuwabara's shining moments in the Sensui saga.

Maybe I am ranting now, but in closing, please be kind by commenting!


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