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Old 2014-02-18, 08:49   Link #18
Tempester
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Planet Earth
Age: 33
Sometimes when I see shippers arguing over a series, I end up wondering "is the guy really worth it anyway?" I mean, a good deal of harems and love triangles go to the effort of giving the lead character some interesting or likeable qualities, but when some others just make him some utterly generic spineless dork with no unique qualities like Ichika in Infinite Stratos, I just think "will my favorite girl even be happy in the long run with this moron?" This is where I guess I'm supposed to self-insert, but I'm simply incapable of self-inserting into such unlikeable characters whose decisions often run contrary to what I would do in their shoes.

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Originally Posted by Triple_R View Post
Even putting aside specific in-narrative hints, there are some "rules" that are very rarely broken in anime:

1) First girl wins.

2) Tsunderes tend to win. Even if there are no girls that neatly fits under "tsundere", the one closest to a tsundere tends to win.
In regards to that, I'm sure Mashiroiro Symphony bemused many people here.
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