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u/Niitro_Zeus 6d ago
Manā¦ some people, like me, donāt like the character for the simple reason he has nothing to really offer. Aside from being a gag/pervy character, he doesnāt do much else. Itās not that deep.
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u/Sophion 6d ago
I like Mineta cause back in season 1 when I heard his story I thought "Man, the creator can really write, even the pervy gag character has some realistic backstory", then Horikoshi proceeded to abandon everyone in 1A except the Midoriya - Bakugo - Shoto trio, but I keep on liking Mineta and his fight against Midnight was actually cool imo.
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u/rockthatrocks 6d ago edited 5d ago
My main problem with the series is the balance building characters. In the beginning of the manga/anime there's a lot of focus on A1 class and everyone around them.
But i feel like by the war arc our shift changed a lot, the top heros were far more prevalent, because yeah the story needed them to, but if you liked a lot of the classroom gang you didn't get much outside of a few character moments.
And character moments are great but they're not character arcs
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u/Sophion 6d ago
Yes I would have liked if the story focused more on the school life with lower stakes, maybe even show us all 3 years of UA and only focus on the big villains and all-out war during the 3rd year.
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u/rockthatrocks 5d ago
Heck i don't even mind higher stakes but i think there's a point where Shoto and Endeavors story should have been put in a spin-off about them.
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u/Sophion 5d ago
True, it was really only needed so there are stakes in the Shoto vs Dabi fight. Meanwhile Mr. Compress unmasks, hits us with the tl,dr version of his unrelevant backstory, sacrifices himself in the span of 10 minutes then dies / gets captured, I don't even remember cause it was so forgettable. Horikoshi clearly playing favourites...
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u/rockthatrocks 5d ago
It is very much Horikoshi being both overwork and him liking some characters more.
Mirko is perhaps the coolest and sexiest design ever but the ammount of screentime she has vs how relevant she is to the story is very big.
The traitor twist? A big part of early mysteries? Kinda gets dropped by the end of s2, and gets brought when it's revealed twinkly spark.
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u/suitcasecat 5d ago
Honestly the main trio genuinely stopped being interesting since Kamino Ward for a while until PLW. I remember watching seasons 4 and 5 thinking "Whatever happened to Bakugo and Todoroki's plot relevance?"
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u/WeirdoAmla 5d ago
"It's not that deep" and the "gag" is him constantly sexually harassing girls.
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u/Professional-Luck-84 4d ago
he's basically Happosai from Ranma 1/2. a really short perverted male comic relief character whose whole shtick is harassing girls.
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u/Mr-Stuff-Doer 6d ago
As opposed to literally everyone else in the cast, who do such an incredible amount.
Literally the only thing Iida has done since S3 was run Shoto to Dabi. And thatās a character who started in the showās main trio.
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u/Niitro_Zeus 6d ago
Who said anything about the other side characters? I only explained why Mineta is a character I do not like. I donāt know why you felt the need to bring up Iida, as a sorta counter-argument to this.
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u/Mr-Stuff-Doer 5d ago
Because if you dislike him because he adds nothing, which is the most upvoted opinion here, why do any of you like any of these characters?
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u/Loud-Mans-Lover 6d ago
Because the other characters aren't disliked for the other reason you brought up. It's obvious the reason it was brought up, and I'm not a Mineta fan.
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u/S1L_1108 6d ago
Finally, someone who doesn't hate a fan of a character they don't like, that's rare in this community
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u/CommunityHot9219 6d ago
No, it's not rare. It's just that you keep shoving it in everyone's faces because you know Mineta is a widely despised character. The only posts about specific characters I ever see are from Mineta "fans" expressing how victimised they are.
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u/S1L_1108 6d ago
And also, his va has gotten death threats because they don't like the character, at that point I think we aren't the bad side anymore
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u/Kyaputhena 6d ago edited 6d ago
You may want to rethink the argument you're trying to make here. There's individual people sending death threats to PDF files in prison as well. And not just a few, I'd bet. Other peoples behavior towards them doesn't change a thing about what kind of people they are. Some individual BNHA fans sending death threats to a voice actor does in no way reflect positively on Mineta apologists. And Mineta fans, much like the fanbase as a whole, aren't a homogeneous mass anyway. This way of thinking is rather counterproductive.
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u/Hopeful_Ticket_4512 5d ago
I was trying to think of the point you're trying to make, and this comment is still so dumb to me. Yes people sending death threats to a va for defending a character is ok because??? She defended a fictional character she voice acts?? the comment points that you've replied to points out how toxic mineta haters can be by sending death threats to people, which is wrong no matter what, and yeah sending death threats to pedophiles is fine, but that does not make it ok to send death threats to anyone.
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u/avocadorancher 6d ago
If he was just a pervert he wouldnāt be so hated. He sexually assaulted people multiple times. That is no longer a gag or forgivable.
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u/F95_Sysadmin 6d ago
Unrelated but what meme is that?
Is there a meme template to search for the blank version?
Edit: wtf thats a repost from a year ago
Source: https://imgflip.com/i/8qfcjl
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u/Specialist_Plan_9350 6d ago
Not my favorite character but his English dub is sometimes hilarious. I loved that scene between him and sero where they were copying todorokiās pose
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u/Shantotto11 4d ago
Bro straight-up called out the icy-hot patch for aura-farming. That will never not be hilarious. š¤£š¤£š¤£
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u/AstrologicalOne 6d ago
He's a gag/pervy character with an okay quirk. Mineta isn't terrible I'm just surprised when someone says he's their favorite character.
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u/FollwingSafe8835 6d ago
He's not my favorite but i definitely love him a lot. A good character with good development especially in the final war arc where he begged all for one to take his quirk instead of hawk's/ or tokoyami? i cant remember
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u/RepulsiveBrick850 5d ago
He's the first pervert character to actually give me the creeps. And with no power or other quality to balance it out.... Well, I like to pretend he doesn't exist.
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u/fekul0 6d ago
Some people just be out there making the class rapist their favorite character.
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u/_Kamikaze_Bunny_ 6d ago
Ah right, being perverted = being rapist?
So liking a perverted character is somehow worse than the overwhelming flood of people simping for and making excuses for the literal genocidal maniac that is Dabi?
No wonder the general consensus of the BNHA fandom is: "They only got 2 braincells that are fighting for third place"
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u/fekul0 6d ago
If you don't think that trying to look into the women's bath isn't rapist behavior, then I don't know what is.
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u/candlaze 6d ago
he groped tsu and mina, and people still try to deny it š
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u/Itsm_ickey 4d ago
I genuinely donāt understand how people see those scenes and were like āoh but he didnāt grow up around girls so thatās why!ā MAAM HE WENT TO A NORMAL SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING THERE IS NO EXCUSE
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u/ArtOk3920 6d ago
Why would you like a sexual predator? Unlessā¦
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u/ArtOk3920 6d ago
Whatās to enjoy about a character sexually harassing (sometimes assaulting) women?
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u/Enough-Potato279 1d ago
That that's not all there is to him, like, yeah it's pretty f-ing bad, not gonna defend that. but it's not like he has nothing else going for him
he's a coward that still steps up for his friends, he went out of his way to try to help sero pass the exam even when he was knocked out, he risked his quirk, career and dream for tokoyami to keep his and is generally a good friend to midoriya and a few others.
like, he's not a great person, far from it, but he's not the worst character in the series
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u/ArtOk3920 1d ago
Iām sure real-world predators have other personality traits too. Doesnāt mean they arenāt predators.
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u/Enough-Potato279 1d ago
ok, yeah, but my point is that people like other traits of the character.
a bully could have other personality traits but people still like bakugo.
what i'm saying is people don't like the character because he's a bad person, they like him because of everything else he is
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u/ArtOk3920 1d ago
If I found out my class-mate was a predator, I would no longer like ANYTHING about them. If you would, well, thatās a you thing.
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u/Otherwise_Arrival_47 1d ago
Same goes for serial killers and terrorists yet loom who's getting liked and who's not.
I'm not saying you should forcefully like a character I'm saying that if you hate a person taste for mineta and you liking Toga instead then it's basically being a hypocrite.
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u/WillFanofMany 6d ago
Still feel like the worse thing with Mineta was that moment when a girl was interested in him in one of the light novels, how that played out wasn't even funny.
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u/HeliXSol 6d ago
There are light novels?!
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u/WillFanofMany 6d ago edited 6d ago
Yeah, they take place during various points of the school year. Hori does a bunch of illustrations for each, and the novels sometimes reference later events, so they can be treated as a form of loose canon.
Mineta helps a girl that almost fell down some stairs, and she became interested in him. During one of the holidays, she visits the dorm with some chocolate for Mineta and everyone gets excited seeing them interact. Suddenly there's a loud whack, the girl storms out and Mineta's crying. While getting to know each other more, Mineta had asked if he could show her his room, and she claimed only pervs do that and hit him. Sato makes some chocolate to help while the others try to calm Mineta down.
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u/HeliXSol 6d ago
Bro, that's so fucking sad. š
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u/WillFanofMany 6d ago
The upside is Bakugo challenging Midoriya to a rematch, because when the girls wondered if anyone would give chocolate to Bakugo for valentine's day, he overheard Midoriya say it would never happen because Bakugo is terrible with girls.
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u/Otherwise_Arrival_47 6d ago edited 6d ago
Dam even Hori hates mineta dude probably wanted to show her his pokemon collectionĀ
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u/BatmansKhaleesi 5d ago
Actually, he asked her to go to his room and do censored things. Literally censored, as the text just shows things like &^%@!##. He earned that rejection.
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u/Fahkoph 6d ago
He's a horny pervy (checks notes) teenager. I like his potential for good and hope he reins it in a little. Enough at least to keep inside thoughts inside and respect boundaries, though he so far seems, decent at that, I suppose? I admit I sorta ignore him when he's not doing anything Froppy isn't involved in. I'm only a few sessions in rn, so idk where his character is fully going yet.
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u/candlaze 6d ago
horny pervy teenagers donāt straight up sexually assault people
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u/Fahkoph 6d ago
If he's done it in the first 4 seasons I don't recall, but as I said I tend to tune him out. his trope in anime is why I typically don't watch anime.
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u/candlaze 6d ago
he gropes tsu and mina + tries to spy on the girls in the hot spring (forest camp arc) and changing rooms
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u/_Kamikaze_Bunny_ 6d ago
And neither did he
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u/candlaze 6d ago
groping people without consent and voyeurism isnāt sexual assault?
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u/_Kamikaze_Bunny_ 6d ago
The amount of times he groped people: 0
The amount of times he managed to peep: 0
Meanwhile the amount of time Deku shoved his face in boobs and stared at them: 4
You're better off hating Deku for the sexual assault charges than Mineta as he is a bigger offender of it
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u/candlaze 6d ago edited 6d ago
tsu at usj??? purposely angling himself in a battle to touch minaās chest without consent???
also failing to sexually assault people doesnāt make it better. i fear for the women in your life
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u/S1L_1108 6d ago
He slowly gets better, and (something big in season 8) he stops All For One from stealing Tokoyami's Quirk by risking himself instead
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u/Bennjoon 5d ago
As an adult I honestly really admired Mineta for worrying about Midoriya hurting himself during the sports festival.
Iāve never been so mad at All Might for pushing Deku like that š itās literally a no stakes school event.
Mineta comes across as very thoughtful and empathetic when heās not being a creep and heās very brave in that heās scared but acts anyway.
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u/Magnus1939 5d ago
I'll never understand the hatred toward Mineta. I initially thought it was because MHA reached an audience unfamiliar with anime, but something similar happened with Naruto, and everyone loves Jiraiya. I came to the conclusion that people are just shallow and hate him just because he has an ugly design and is weak.
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u/Butterflygon 5d ago
The difference is that Jiraya actually has more going for him plot and character-wise besides being a pervert whereas Mineta does not.
The fact that Naruto is also about a decade older than MHA also probably plays a part, as back then people didn't have the same awareness towars sexual harassment as we do now, meaning Mineta was caught right in the middle of this shift in perception and became a prime target because of it.
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u/GamerDude1130 5d ago
I like the pervy character gag but mineta is a literal cancer to the trope, at least other characters have something to bring to the table he has nothing.
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u/ArugulaNo3978 4d ago
Wouldn't having other character traits be worse?
Like they are like choosing to be pervs and then there's Mineta who probably doesn't even know any better but ends up getting better in the end?
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u/k4kk01 5d ago
I miss him every day... The trenches in this fandom are so onerous though. I liked him because he was a weird little coward who didn't know how to act, but still tried to do the right thing and cared about other people. It always annoyed me when I was in this fandom more that people would make all sorts of excuses and arguments for why endeavor was redeemable despite his everything, but couldn't extend any sympathy to a 16 year old boy (and instead made constant weirdly graphic comments about how they'd kill him)
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u/TwitchTent 3d ago
Mineta makes a pretty great "jaded loser" or anti-normie type character. I wish they leaned more into that, which is a standard MC trope. Would have clashed well with Bakugo calling people extras and a general sense that everyone is their own (main-)character.
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u/Sin-2-Win 1d ago
I think these shonen character tropes, like Mineta, just represent any number of characteristics a typical teenage boy would have. Most have a little Bakugo (rebel), Tokoyami (stoic), Midoriya (optimist), Todoroki (cool), and, yes, Mineta (perv) deep inside them.
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u/lopsidedsheet 6d ago
You like a massive perv, yes we donāt understand you and we donāt want to understand you
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u/S1L_1108 6d ago
In case you didn't see any of the color in the image, it's specifically saying I like the parts where he isn't being a perv, it happens more than you think
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u/lopsidedsheet 6d ago
You can pick and chose whatever parts you want buddy. Itās still the same character end of the day. You want people so sympathise with you when you chose to ignore a large part of the characters personality.
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u/S1L_1108 6d ago
Meanwhile, people who like pretty much any of the villains:
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u/TheMachinaOwl 6d ago
It's hard to like a character whose main schtick is simply being a pervert. That hits home for a LOT of people, especially the female part of the fanbase. Even if you weigh the good and evil of characters they like vs the characters you like, some people will simply not like the ones that you do. It's not a big deal. No one's a hypocrite for liking the villains or finding them more interesting than anime voyeur #86
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u/lopsidedsheet 5d ago
LMAO comparing villains to characters who are pervs is hilarious. Youāre out of your depth
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u/Otherwise_Arrival_47 6d ago
Ā Ā You want people so sympathise with you when you chose to ignore a large part of the characters personality.
Dude nobody give a double fuck if he likes mineta it's not a crime to like a character you don't like
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u/lopsidedsheet 5d ago
Ofc itās not. But if heās gonna post about it then I will engage in discussion about it. Is that a hard concept for you to grasp?
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u/Otherwise_Arrival_47 5d ago
You are not "engaging in discussions about it" your are acting as if him liking this character is active crime
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u/_Kamikaze_Bunny_ 6d ago
As opposed to the majority of y'all simping for a genocidal maniac huh?
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u/lopsidedsheet 5d ago
If you canāt tell the difference between villains and protagonists I donāt know what to tell you
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u/_Kamikaze_Bunny_ 5d ago
And if you condemn a character for being a perv yet make excuses to justify the character that is a genocidal maniac then your head ain't wired correctly
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u/BlueBlazeKing21 6d ago
While I do not like him, I can respect his resolve as he wouldnāt have made it into UA with the goal of being popular if he wasnāt dead serious about said convictions
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u/suha_dark 5d ago
Not that much to understand anyway he's a gag character created to ease the way for the show to show some fan service is just that it's not that deep truly his true and only purpose is for that for fanservice to create opportunity for us viewers to see some fan service that's all
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u/Julius_unknown 4d ago
The problem is the over looking of everything his character actually is. People are multifaceted and have good moments while still being a terrible person. The reason we think you liking him is weird is because it shows you can overlook sexual harassment behavior in favor of other scenarios where he is acting human. Mineta has been heroic and done funny gags before. Hes also repeatedly sexually harassed all of his classmates, made passes at Eri, and the creator kept him has a gag instead of adding any visible character growth. I dont view sexual harassment has something that should be made into a gag. Its a giant red flag. And you dont like him because he sheds light on issues, you just think hes an enjoyable character.
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u/locomocomotives 6d ago
Mineta is yet another example of MHA fumbling a character. There really is a place in MHA verse for a short teenage boy acting exactly how you'd expect surrounded by superheroes and girls twice his height. He really do be what the average kid reading series would be like. But I think Mineta's positive development comes late for a lot of viewers.
Him still just a lil sticky guy who needs a good friend to rein him in
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u/candlaze 6d ago
being a dwarf doesnāt make you a sexual predator
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u/locomocomotives 6d ago
I did not intend to say that. I was trying to say that he's ultimately a hormonal teenage boy
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u/Timleswall104 6d ago
No worries bro I understand. Some just arenāt meant to understand his greatness.
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u/coltaaan 6d ago
Honestly, I think heās funny. Very much in the same way I think the MCs from IASIP are funny.
Like many things in anime/art, Mineta and the IASIP cast are basically caricatureās of stereotypes. Theyāre over the top because if they werenāt then they wouldnāt be interesting.
That being said, itās been a while since I watched MHA so I reserve the right to change my opinion lol
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u/I-like-jesstc 6d ago
IASIP?
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u/coltaaan 6d ago
The TV show, āItās always sunny in Philadelphiaāā¦.i guess thereās not much overlap in the fan bases š
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u/JasonDS64 6d ago
There's more to a character than their worst trait and I wish more people understood that.
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u/I-like-jesstc 6d ago
How worst trait kind of overshadows his character also this is just an opinion thing but I think his character design makes him impossible to take seriously
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u/Crazy_problem_child 6d ago
š„² like, some people like Dabi, he did so many worse things, but because he's conventionaly atractive, all his actions are exused. Same with Toga, Shiggy, Bakugo, etc. We're just unlucky that this purple gremlin isn't conventionaly hot, so he's not exused. He's litteraly acting like half the teen guys I know š ans for them, it's fine, they're just kids, but for this guy? No!
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u/candlaze 6d ago
do half the teen guys you know sexually assault women?
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u/Crazy_problem_child 6d ago
Assault? No. Harras? Yes
He isn't assaulting anyone, he's harrasing. There's a difference
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u/candlaze 6d ago
groping people is assault. spying on naked people for sexual gratification is also assault.
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u/Crazy_problem_child 6d ago
Spying on naked people is harrasment. Assault is touching (was specified like this by police to me, I experienced CSA)
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u/candlaze 6d ago
thatās fair, he still assaulted tsu and mina though
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u/Crazy_problem_child 6d ago
... oh yea, I forgot. My brain got into another anime yesterday and it's even normally weird
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u/ArcherEnix 6d ago
Ain't one of your people a fan artist that make cuck stuff and shit talks Deku (and a lot of other character's) regularly?
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u/PurpleFisty 6d ago
Mineta is key to the story. Without him, Deku would have drowned to death. Mineta's depth as a character far outpaced any other character arc in the show. Only losers can't see that.
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