| I'm on both sides about this. I dig shoujo alot alot. When I started this anime last year I it immediately put me off and I stopped. Yes kou has trauma and he's hurting and going through something very real very triggering. But ya know so are also characters and people in general. I do not by any means want to invalidate anyones trauma anywhere. Please know that. Incase my input is misinterpreted as insensitive. Kou dead ass is the reason I dropped this anime so quick. I couldn't tolerate his behaviour, actions, attitude or his gloomy side. We handle pain very differently this much is obvious, however no amount of pain can or should justify being a grade A jackass towards innocent and not so innocent people alike. I felt a bad for futaba cause this guys just very insensitive and aggressive with/towards her and for what? Cause he's grieving? Cause he can't see beyond his pain even if just a little? Nah bruh you can't be an ass like that to anyone who cares about you. I mean technically you can be an ass but you have no right. Why hurt others when you know how damn painful emotions can be ? I imagine (even if it's just ideally) that because you're hurting so bad, you atleast wouldn't put someone else through that too because it's so shit. Makes sense?? We acknowledge his trauma absolutely. But we can't allow it to justify his annoying and rude actions towards anyone. Think of others dude...jeez. Sorry I may have gunned for the other side a little too harder than I meant to. Lol if someone actually reads this whole thing. You my friend are dope. This anime is so adored and romanticized by too many viewers ( atleast I believe so). Not cute it's harsh. I think I finished it just for the sake of it. Wasn't impressed. Male characters like that are.... Okay I'll stop now. I can respect peepz opinions and I hope others could respect mine too. Awe |
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Yeah that too....... |
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| noo fr😭😭 typical shoujo mysterious cool ml ugh. i feel like he's a lot better in the manga so maybe ill read that to give him a chance to redeem himself.. |
| Countless Shoujo has the typical tsundere MC with a fucked up past—and expectedly, their character design is drawn with “hot edgy 2010s” style so they can compete with the female protagonist. Kou is a bad example of this stereotypical character, especially in the anime (he probably develops in the manga but cba reading it since the anime makes him a turn-off). A greater example of this stereotypical character is Chika from “Kono Oto Tomare” (highly recommend, especially the manga), won’t spoil but he actually develops and his actions are justified. |
| Well for once in a while we gotta have people who are represented as annoying as Kou, well he pisses me off in the manga after the anime for more rivalry, misunderstanding, and distancing between him with Futaba type of reasoning, so sure he's one tough guy to handle and takes a while to step in (though gradually as the story progresses he starts to overcome it) but the least to defend his character is all the traumatizing past life he had to go through from some familial issues and some people can't move on from that because they're the important part of your own life too so it kinda takes a while, well too much for Kou but it is what it is for his rather characterization. |
"......If I told you that I was a real witch, would you believe it?"  |
| I get where you're coming from, he had grief he needed to get rid of but he just seems so emotionless all the time I don't really like him, but then again I'm never a big of fan or edgy shoujo characters |
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besosondos said: Honestly if you read the manga, the way he is towards others makes sense and could be justifiable. I personally love his character traits i have read it but i think he's is a very miserable kinda human but atleast he suits Futaba so yesh all good. |
    it's a cruel world out there |
Khurrum_ said: What y’all find annoying about Kou? The unnecessarily excessive cold shoulder he gives to Futaba pisses me off, in the anime & manga more particularly (as he rejects her once). Somehow it seems he passively shoves the accusations of his personal problems on her. Like she deserves the world the pure sweet feelings she hold for him & we know so do you, Can’t you answer them more properly?🤧 (tw just an opinion, yours can be different)  |
| Yes I agree completely, I didn't like him at all |
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