Kirito And What Makes A Hero Interesting
A few weeks ago, I talked about damsel's in distress and when they are particularly insulting. During that time I mentioned that the main hero of Sword Art Online, Kirito, was, and I quote myself, "the most boring character devised in anime." I still hold that opinion because he is, but the more I thought about it I asked what made him boring? Why did I hate this kid so much? Well the more I thought about it, the more I realized that he problem I have with Kirito can be applied to why a lot of old classic characters can be perceived as "boring." Simply put Kirito is flawless, he shows up, kills all of the bad guys, and gets all of the ladies without applying any charisma or effort into it. As far as I'm concerned you should have one of three essentials to make a good character: underdog, where we see the character rise from adversity; flawed, where a character is competent but struggles with a flaw that either affects their actions, destroys them, or ...