I laughed when I saw this one, because the reason I didnt like OT was because Kei was such an introvert, and frankly, socially pathetic, which is normally fine (Rei from Eva is my favorite characters, just for starters). What I didnt like is that despite his lack of charisma, he some how made every girl in the ENTIRE show (minus Kaede) sexually interested in him.Alucard_FoN wrote:3:Based on charisma
Hrm... Kei Kusanagi from Onegai Teacher. Everyone who meets him ends up liking him even if they don't at first.
Love Hina was nearly identical, in fact OT even looks a little like Love Hina (I'm sure this is no accident). This flaw bothered me with Keitaro as well, but Keitaro had to deal with some (well, two, three if you count his aunt) serious biatches. Just the fact that he convincingly befriended Naru helped me forget just how blatantly shonen Love Hina was.
Ok, back on topic.
1: Best based on strength
Well, I guess I would have to name any character from DBZ. I get the impression that if one character seemingly maxed out, another would surpass them, and so on and so on. Not to pick on DBZ, a lot of animes unfortunately do this. In anime, strength and abilities are exaggerated more than everywhere else. Therefore, the question of strength is a scientific question in an unscientific category, there should be a single right answer, but if you wait around another 5 minutes, there will be a NEW right answer. Meanwhile, the other questions are UNSCIENTIFIC and purely opinion based, so those are easy to answer.
Well anyway, I'll officially say Ryoga from Ranma 1/2. Inuyasha, Sanosuke (from Kenshin) and various DBZ characters, were near picks. I picked Ryoga narrowly over Sanosuke because both of these characters rely more heavily on their strength (and have a lot of it) than all the other characters. Ryoga's attacks are clumsier (often relying on indirect hits from rocks and shrapnel), so therefore he narrowly edges out the skilled Sanosuke for reliance on strength.
2:Based on intelligence/wisdom
Naraku. There are a lot of smart heroes, but smart villains are rarer. He's not afraid of being thought of as a coward, hes unprovocable, he IS a coward, never soiling his hands even when he becomes powerful enough to take chances. He sets up clever traps, some of which are impressively complex and well planned out. Hes the only character in the show who doesnt repeat information 50 times. (although thats really just a pacing problem between the anime and manga rearing its head).
3:Based on charisma
Spike Spiegel is a little charismatic; but timelessly hip is a better word for him I think. Charisma should be measured in how the user uses it, to negotiate, to befriend, to amuse. Spike has an amusing Charisma. Griffith had a kind of, well, gay, charisma, but he had a lot of it.
Onizuka had some Charisma as well, but he did his share of whining (so did Spike now that I think about it). Asuka had a mean type of charisma, and Miroku had a perverted yet strangely wise charisma.
After all that consideration, I think my vote has to go to Kaji from Eva. He had an amusing charisma and was definitely charming. He was too charming at first and I hated him for it. He was a double agent and he only made it as far as he did because of skillful (non-covert) espionage. He had to get out of a few deadly situations with his slick demeanor, and at one point he convinced the unstable and emotional Shinji to change his mind and return to NERV, under the pressure of an impending apocalypse (he had just watched units 00 and 02 be defeated by the 14th angel (I think). He didnt even use this fact to convince Shinji, because with an unstable kid like that the fate of mankind may have little meaning.
4:Based on voice (dubbed, preferably)
So many good voices, subbed and dubbed.
Subbed:
Tie: Alucard (Joji Nakamura?) and Folken (his voice sounds almost identical to Alucard in the Subs but I know they're different guys.
Dubbed:
The Golden Boy: Oe Kintaro
also:
Gene Starwind
Spike (David Lucas)
Vash the Stampede
Ayanami Rei (Amanda Winn-Lee)
5:Based on overall coolness and appeal.
Ah the easiest one. Definitely Spike Spiegel.
most definetly
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