[Mesnick]

Continuing this topic, I was reminded of Lenin’s quote: “In a personal sense, it is very important whether a person harms you from evil motives or from good ones. But in practical terms, there is not much difference.” Transferring this from reality to the show, we can conclude that the prefix “anti-” is the prerogative of important and/or interesting characters for the plot/viewers. That is, no one would call an anti-villain a kaijin for an episode of the Showa era, even if there are reasons for this in his motivation. Therefore, different viewers may have different views on some characters. That is, it is obvious that Takatora was a villain at the beginning of Gaim and became a hero at the end, but his intermediate stages may not have been noticed by everyone.