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tarheel91 on 02 May 2009
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Words Of Wisdom said:
ctk495 said:
tarheel91 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
ctk495 said:
EUREKA SEVEN.One of the best anime I have ever seen.

Which means you need to watch more than 4 anime.

You already said you can't stand Renton at the beginning, which makes it a little unfair.  Eureka 7 has some very good character development, and the world that it takes place in is awesome.  I think you're not giving it anywhere near enough credit.

I mean the whole Coralian thing wasn´t interest.But the Renton and Eureka relationship was what got my hooked up.Also the anemone relationship was interesting too.Episode 48 is my favorite.I guess it is since BONES did the original FMA that also had a good character developement.

I can stand stupid main characters.  I can stand clumsy main characters.  I can stand mostly incompetent main characters.

Anime is filled with far too many of all three IMO.

The one type of main character that bothers me is the angsty/whiney main character.  I can't stand that kind.  Renton has enough pent up angst and self-monologues to give Fred Savage from the Wonder Years a run for his money.  Winnie meet Eureka.

I'm a sucker for the classics though.

Sure, he starts out like that, but he sure as hell doesn't end like that.  He develops more than any other anime character I've seen.  He's clearly just a kid, and it shows (unlike most anime where you'll have 12 year olds with the maturity of people double their age).  Look at Hamlet.  That's one of if not the greatest piece of literature in English history, and the main charactor is indecisive and cowardly all the way up until the end.

Edit: I guess what I'm saying is that Renton feels real in a way many characters don't.  He's, what, fourteen years old when the show starts.  Honestly, how is an average fourteen going to handle being thrust into the situation he's forced into.  Not very well, to be honest.  However, he grows and proves more than capable, and that's what I like.  It's a great growing up story.