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06-02-2021, 03:29 PM | #11 |
Kaiju or Hero?
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Touma's struggle of having too many ideas for stories and not being able to decide which one to write first. As a writer and aspiring author myself, I felt that pain in my soul! I have a feeling the scriptwriter for that episode was speaking from experience with that line.
For me, personally, the most "me" character I have seen in Toku is Banjou Ryuuga from Kamen Rider Build. The way he acts is almost identical of me, and his musclebrain moments are very similar to how I sometimes brute-force things. The only thing I don't really have of him is being exactly fit, I like to think I'm pretty strong and fit, but only recently learned I'm weak as heck. Another Character I relate to would be Hidari Shotaro from W. I try to do things by myself, but ultimately end up needing the help of others on things, of how I sometimes get annoyed with things in a comical way like him. Perhaps I also have a bit in common with Tokiwa Sougo from Zi-O, as I enjoy reading about history and historical figures, and often people stain many of them as people who should be forgotten because of one bad thing they did in life, but I always see them as the people who brought us to this day, and can see the good in their achievements and remember them for that, after all, nobody's perfect. I also have a bit of Momotaros in me (Haven't seen Den-O the series, but from what I've seen of him in other media, I can already tell), with his flamboyant, gung-ho attitude. Other's I have a connection to would be: Asakura Riku form Ultraman Geed, Shin from Ultraman Orb, Katsumi from Ultraman R/B (Who left quite an impact on me), and I can't think of anyone else from the top of my head, so maybe I'll explore more on this at a later date. |
06-02-2021, 04:47 PM | #12 |
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Decade. I relate to Decade’s arrogance,flippancy and want to find his own world...
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06-02-2021, 05:21 PM | #13 |
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I suppose the main one was Wataru in Kiva, especially considering I was technically in my last full year of school the year it came out and funnily enough the protagonist of the anime Shugo Chara! probably spoke to me for similar reasons being on the spectrum, despite the fact I'm obviously not a girl in an anime lol
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06-02-2021, 05:47 PM | #14 |
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Uh I saw too much of myself in Nakamura from Tokusatsu Gagaga. Just an aging adult who society and family thinks should grow out of childhood fiction.
On the other hand, all my friends think I'm most like Geiz- A grumpy tsundere type bitter about an inevitable future but at the end of the day will come through for friends.
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06-02-2021, 06:08 PM | #15 |
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The two characters I found myself relating to the most in terms of Toku stuff is Eiji from Kamen Rider OOO and most especially Jiro from Android Kikaider. Their difficulties in dealing with their emotions and the world around them was something that hit really close to home.
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06-02-2021, 08:56 PM | #16 |
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Definitely Banjou. Passionate, dumb and bi
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06-02-2021, 09:25 PM | #17 |
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I remember hitting an early point in Kamen Rider Garren's story, where it's about this guy whose life is ruled by fear and anxiety, so he just sort of lies down in it and becomes okay with this weakened, compromised version of his best self... I remember hitting that part and being like Yeah Sounds Familiar. The better part was watching him resolve to overcome his failings, to give up on giving up, and I could remember what it felt like to choose to fix yourself rather than shrugging at your self-imposed limitations. Definitely an arc I could relate to, excluding the occasional totemic significance of puzzle pieces and pacts with monsters from eternity.
The other one from toku that resonated with me? Cubi, from Ghost. A monster who is built to hurt people, but instead opts for the creation of art? Yes, 100%, it me.
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06-02-2021, 10:19 PM | #18 |
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This is genuinely a lovely idea for a thread and I just want to take this opportunity to thank everyone on this forum for their persistent defiance of stereotypically grumpy internet behavior. It's wonderful being around y'all.
As for the topic, man, I mean, I can see parts of myself in so many of the characters in these shows – I think relating to characters is a lot of how we enjoy fiction in general – but while I could pick from an almost infinite number of people in tokusatsu to talk about, there are definitely two that jump to mind. One is my homeboy Hiromu from Go-Busters, who I latched onto immensely when first watching the show. It's tough to describe; the kind of thing I would seriously need an entire Go-Busters-centric thread to rave about, because it genuinely is a case where almost every weird quirk of his personality was something I connected to fiercely. Like, him in that Go-Buster Oh debut is literally just me in any group project ever, for example. I love Red Buster so freakin' much that he has genuinely given me greater perspective on the entire idea of representation in media as a whole, because when I stop to think about why Hiromu makes me so happy, it becomes so much easier to understand why anybody would want to feel the same way – whatever that means to each particular person. I'm only scratching the surface here, but, suffice it to say, just one of many, many, many reasons Go-Busters will forever be in my heart the way it is. The other is my homegirl Hiyori from Kamen Rider Kabuto, which probably won't be surprising to anyone who read my posts in Die's thread about the show. What's unique to her though, is that it was only really after going back to Kabuto for that thread, way more conscious of my own personality so many years down the line (Go-Busters helped there, 'natch), that I truly appreciated just how much of myself I do see in her. Like, I don't know how oblique I was being about it in there, because I often hesitate to share anything even slightly personal, but when I'm calling out all those very particular details in Yui Satonaka's performance, those are things I recognize, to a level that almost did feel like looking into a mirror at points. I praised her acting so highly because it comes off so much more genuine and specific than the standardized sort of performance you'd expect for a character like that.
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06-05-2021, 03:03 PM | #19 |
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06-05-2021, 03:08 PM | #20 |
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