2008-11-13, 01:01 | Link #21 |
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In a way, I think he's being used (by the writers, not other characters) as sort of a "glue" to help hold the others together. That's not an exciting role, but an important one.... maybe.
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2008-11-13, 04:19 | Link #22 |
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I don't know about that. Kitamura was the catalyst for Taiga and Ryuuji becoming friends, and introduced Ami to the two but I don't think he plays much of a role except as Taiga's love interest. He's supposed to be best friends with Ryuuji but I haven't really seen much of that.
Imho, he's the weakest part of the cast, which otherwise is my favorite ensemble cast in school based anime, except for Azumanga Daioh. |
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I don't buy the fetish thing, but your argument for him to have some kind of ulterior motive is thought provoking and makes me think that I need to watch this Kitamura guy a little more closely.
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2008-11-13, 23:33 | Link #25 |
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Perhaps the term 'fetish' is too extreme a word, maybe "has an affinity for" would be a better way to put it. Clearly there are two pieces of clear evidence of this; his emotional confession of Taiga, in which he said he liked her outspoken personality; and his adoration of Sumire, which really doesn't make any sense(Ami is probable too, but as you said, there's nothing to back it up. I just threw it out there anyway >.>). You say it could be a sense of duty, and it's quite possible it could be. It's just that I dislike him as a char, so I am pessimistic about him before I'm optimistic.
Well, at the very least, I'll say the one probable thing that links Taiga, Ryuuji, Minorin, Ami, and Sumire would be that in some apparent way, they are... outcasts? weirdoes? well, they initially seem different from the normality of people. |
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I guess the one thing I see in him as a questionable quality is his indifference to so many things. He's almost too easy going and nonchalant about things. As best as I can recall, him asking Taiga to be friends with Ami is the first time you see him get emotional about anything. As far as his confession to Taiga, that was a year ago. At that age, a lot changes over the course of a year. I think Kitamura has changed since then and is much more confident and self-assured, now. When he tells Ryuuji about that confession he seems to treat it as a light-hearted, silly thing from the past. I don't put a whole lot of weight on that.
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But then, this guy is easily disposable. Never in my 8 years watching anime have I seen such a "main character" Hardly noticeable at all. He is only Ryuuji's best friend, and a guy who is popular with girls, but nothing else. He is like that guy from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei... what was his name again? You know, the invisible guy. Aahhh forget it. |
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Actually, he's having his own anime harem series in the same timespace .... we're just getting to see all the dysfunctional people who are in his background and only have small roles in that series' camera view.
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2008-11-18, 19:38 | Link #34 |
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LOL are you kidding? A best friend that don't even truly associate with Ryuuji that much? Minorin and Taiga are best friends. Haruta and Ninori are more of a friend to Ryuuji than Kitamura is.
He's just some 'caring' guy who wanted to help Takasu out with people being scared of him. Kitamura was probably only interested in the fact that people perceived Ryuuji as being a scary guy, since you know he loves the scary type. Male or female, he doesn't discriminate. |
2008-11-28, 15:03 | Link #38 |
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I don't know how I missed this, but anyways, if the room is black, how can you tell whether the black cat is there or not? You won't know unless you try to look for it. If you believe it's there, you gotta search, esp since there's no light to shed in this situation.
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2008-11-28, 16:38 | Link #39 |
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Kitamaru is the nice guy of the series. He's indeed a bit like the usual harem lead.
He's probably put in the show to make Taiga realise her real feelings for Ryuuji, while being part of their little group. He causes some funny scenes sometimes, but he's the least important person of the main characters.
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