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2009-08-19, 00:54 | Link #2162 |
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Man what is up with the discussion board here in this thread? It's completely different from Ranka's (I thought I expected more disccusion and not constant praise all round).
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2009-08-19, 04:38 | Link #2163 |
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That shows the obvious difference in fan-power.
Sheryl even managed to conquer a chapter of space marines led by Chapter Master Tak. It's mainly because all the Sheryl and Ranka related discussion goes on the Ranka thread currently. and because Sheryl has no questionable deeds. We discussed her actions and Grace's actions a long time ago. And We pretty much finished with the discussion until the Movie. Last edited by willyvereb; 2009-08-19 at 08:11. |
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And judging from different polls, majority agree too.
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2009-08-19, 10:38 | Link #2166 |
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If you really want a discussion, perhaps you should start one yourself? I'm sure there's enough people here who would indulge you. Thing is, a lot of Sheryl discussions have been bleached white from use. It feels done, over with, and what's left is the strong fanbase.
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I still have one more question though. How come there's so many people that are Sheryl fans compared to Ranka's? It's the comparing Lelouch and Suzaku (Suzaku deserves more than he does right now. He's not even in top 10 on the polls).
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2009-08-19, 11:34 | Link #2168 |
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For this question, I could only answer for myself, but imagine each and every answer of her fans around here, and we could perhaps make a picture of why she's popular. I bet people like her for different things. I liked her because she's tsundere, plain and simple.
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2009-08-19, 13:13 | Link #2171 |
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Well, why we have more sheryl fans than Ranka fans? Maybe because Ranka is like a child/litle girl. She's extremely naive and innocent, and perhaps cute. But for most of the otaku(and to even non-otaku) liking a female character means liking her as a possible girlfriend too. In japan even if it seriously depends on the middle and high-schooler community it has a hard base of older anime-viewers. Especially the continuation of old shows like Macross Frontier. Back to the point: Ranka's only appealing as girlfriend to a limited degree and it takes out quite a few chances to make her popular. And another thing: She even has a competition on the "cute loli" type in Klan-klan who's a big breasted woman and a cute loli at once. So she's neither the cutest child nor the most appealing female. She has a saving point though. She's Sheryl's rival. That makes the Sheryl-haters root for her and even may Ranka fans.
In contrast Sheryl has great deal in looks(I think she's at the top 3 at almost anyone's rankings for being the best looking female MF character) further enchanced by her wide variety of clothes, very serious amount of maturity, flirting personarlity and tsundere behaviour. Only two of them are usually a win for an anime character. On the top of it she has a more coherent development of character. And perhaps as Ranka she's too a love interest of the protagonist. And perhaps as I said for Ranka Sheryl can gain fans by being Ranka's rival from the group of Ranka-haters. In short is like we make fight a light cruiser with a battleship. P.S: I somehow forgot to mention the singing part that takes a great part again. But I think it favors Sheryl more again. May'N is an acomplished singer so her fans having a higher chance of becoming Sheryl fans just because that simple fact. |
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Honestly, Who ever said that Sheryl has never been criticized? No one is bashing Ranka, They're only discussing character flaws - that Sheryl also possesses. True, some people might have a motive around that, but this is a forum to discuss the character. If you want to bring something up in the Sheryl thread then do it. Just make it productive. Set the right example with your actions. |
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You're absolutely right, DH- it's not helping. But, then again, you're free to do whatsoever you please, provided you don't turn out to be an obnoxious prick towards other fans or get around complaining about reputation and then go around giving others bad rep for the heck of it so... just try not to stir up too much trouble, alright? This subforum already has somewhat of a bad reputation, due to some unbecoming behavior last year.
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2009-08-19, 15:56 | Link #2175 |
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Well, she's not a mary sue that's sure. Marry Sue is someone without a real character. Sheryl has character. But about her flaws? Well, the only thing people are critising over and over the happenings at ep 20-21. And because neither of the sides can agree on the others' opinion nor form a compromise.
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