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tbl · 2008-01-10, 06:39

I decided to make another thread as the last didn't go as well as I would've hoped.

I'm looking for a manga or anime series where the PROTAGONIST who is male (please don't suggest a series where the following applies to another character and not the protagonist, even if it is a main character) goes through a change in personality and stays like that for most, if not all of the series.

Example: I think a good example would be Robin Hood. In most retellings, Robin of Locksley was somewhat of a spoiled brat kid, then he left for the crusades, witnessing the horrors of it, before returning to become, well Robin Hood the hero.

Anime/Manga Examples:
The Count of Monte Cristo (anime and Alex Dumas novel)
Ubel Blatt
Kaze no Stigma
Parasyte/Kiseijū
Rurouni Kenshin
Area 88
Black Cat
Gantz

I wouldn't really count Death Note or Code Geass.

Thanks again.

Potatochobit · 2008-01-10, 09:21

Historys strongest dsiciple kenichi
Bamboo blade

NightSamurai · 2008-01-10, 09:40

Black Lagoon and Ergo Proxy, but both of these are pretty well known and I am pretty sure you have seen them... A lot of anime/manga could apply, as most main characters do not remain static throughout the anime. Are you looking for gradual change over time or a more sudden one?

tbl · 2008-01-10, 18:26

I'm just looking for a drastic change in their personality, not something like just becoming more confident.

jedinat · 2008-01-10, 18:58

Juuni Kokuki - starts out as a rather pathetic "I'm just trying to be good so why do bad things happen to me" sort of girl... towards the end she is rather... manly I guess, lol. Silent/stoic, but still a bit realistically uncertain of herself. Two other major female characters go through big changes as well.
...yet now I read you are looking for a male protagonist... *is saddened for a bit* yet I also see you're looking for manga as well.

hmm...
Kurozakuro perhaps. He initially goes through a huge 360 degree personality change... yet ultimately it feels a bit more like psychological instability rather than a true personality change.
I can't really think of anything else, unfortunately.

Troilism · 2008-01-10, 19:13

Toward the Terra - This is a really great show and the protagonist Jomy undergoes a pretty hefty change of becoming a leader.

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tbl Affably Evil Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hammerspace or Australia, I forget which	Change in character's personality I decided to make another thread as the last didn't go as well as I would've hoped. I'm looking for a manga or anime series where the PROTAGONIST who is male (please don't suggest a series where the following applies to another character and not the protagonist, even if it is a main character) goes through a change in personality and stays like that for most, if not all of the series. Example: I think a good example would be Robin Hood. In most retellings, Robin of Locksley was somewhat of a spoiled brat kid, then he left for the crusades, witnessing the horrors of it, before returning to become, well Robin Hood the hero. Anime/Manga Examples: The Count of Monte Cristo (anime and Alex Dumas novel) Ubel Blatt Kaze no Stigma Parasyte/Kiseijū Rurouni Kenshin Area 88 Black Cat Gantz I wouldn't really count Death Note or Code Geass. Thanks again. __________________ Destroy. Destroy. Destroy. Slowly, completely, gently beyond comparison, cruelly to the point of numbness, I'll violate your life. That's right. The instant I rip off your limbs, tear open your rib and pull out your intestines, biting into your neck as you scream in agony, chewing through your eyes as I ignore your pleas for mercy and spreading your brains on the ground like butter! I am sane, well more or less Last edited by tbl; 2008-01-10 at 19:14.

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tbl Affably Evil Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hammerspace or Australia, I forget which	I'm just looking for a drastic change in their personality, not something like just becoming more confident. __________________ Destroy. Destroy. Destroy. Slowly, completely, gently beyond comparison, cruelly to the point of numbness, I'll violate your life. That's right. The instant I rip off your limbs, tear open your rib and pull out your intestines, biting into your neck as you scream in agony, chewing through your eyes as I ignore your pleas for mercy and spreading your brains on the ground like butter! I am sane, well more or less

2008-01-10, 09:21	Link #2
Potatochobit Certified Organic Join Date: Dec 2005	Historys strongest dsiciple kenichi Bamboo blade

2008-01-10, 09:40	Link #3
NightSamurai Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hawaii Age: 36	Black Lagoon and Ergo Proxy, but both of these are pretty well known and I am pretty sure you have seen them... A lot of anime/manga could apply, as most main characters do not remain static throughout the anime. Are you looking for gradual change over time or a more sudden one?

2008-01-10, 18:58	Link #5
jedinat Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 38	Juuni Kokuki - starts out as a rather pathetic "I'm just trying to be good so why do bad things happen to me" sort of girl... towards the end she is rather... manly I guess, lol. Silent/stoic, but still a bit realistically uncertain of herself. Two other major female characters go through big changes as well. ...yet now I read you are looking for a male protagonist... is saddened for a bit yet I also see you're looking for manga as well. hmm... Kurozakuro perhaps. He initially goes through a huge 360 degree personality change... yet ultimately it feels a bit more like psychological instability rather than a true personality change. I can't really think of anything else, unfortunately.

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Troilism Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	Toward the Terra - This is a really great show and the protagonist Jomy undergoes a pretty hefty change of becoming a leader.