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Originally Posted by Marcus H.
KLGChaos has a point here:
Yes, characters in manga and light novels these days are mere stereotypes swapped around, but at least they are likeable. Im-Dal Young plays the extreme opposite, and it creates this rage-inducing manga series that makes its readers want to rip their hair out. And the problem here is that making characters like those appear to be his style.
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and that's exactly my point
he dares to be offensive. I'm not saying he's the Howard Stern of manga writers, but he certainly likes to challenge the norms. Remember that pregnancy arc from UxU? Or Jin-Ho hitting a girl like thug? interesting times
your typical manga author would try to "soften" their characters. Not IDY. And he does succeed (but not always) in this because it manages to induce rage in readers. If it was overdone, that character would only end up being a caricature and become unintentional comedy.
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