>If I kill you, I'll just be like you
Why is this so common in anime and manga? Other mediums don't do this very much.
If I kill you, I'll just be like you
Cooper Johnson
Jaxon Collins
>If I kill you, I'll just be like you
This line can ruin a whole character for me. Fucking hated racoon girl when she said this and hated the shield hero even more when he let that faggot king and his whore daughter live
Tyler Jackson
brb i'm gonna kill a cute loli
Alexander Nelson
Anime and manga are made in a cultural context of buddhism, in which violent urges and malicious deeds will set you back in terms if spiritual growth.
Joshua Myers
It's just like real life where killing someone causes their soul to get sucked into your body, making you more like them. Art imitates life.
Gavin Jenkins
It's a hard counter reaction to Japan's former bloodthirsty days that ended with WW2.
Aaron Gonzalez
I agree, that was very out of character for Naofumi to stop Raphtalia from exacting revenge at this point in the story.
Tyler Kelly
capeshit does this bullshit all the time. Just look at how batman refuses to do anything to the joker or anyone bad that does so much bad shit.
Thomas Sullivan
its a good feel when they just shoot the dude anyway
Gavin James
>if you kill Ted Bundy you're just as bad as him
>state kills him
>mfw we're governed by a serial rapist/killer entity
Leo Evans
I actually like a non murdery hero. Especially if their non murdery tendencies are sort of important to the plot. But even baring that it's really not a big deal to not have the hero kill, just have them, you know, NOT KILL. No need to make a big fuss over it. The good guys should have some moral regard.
I just think it's kind of sloppy when they murder their way through a thousand grunts but then when they face a named character it's all OH NO! MORAL QUANDARY!
Jose Thompson
Posted this in a shitty trope thread ages ago and remember being called a sociopath.
I can't imagine the thought process someone goes through saying no person can be horrible enough to justify killing them.
Ryder Nelson
The problem with Batman isn't that he doesn't kill the Joker, the problem is that edgy writers made Joker so retardidly evil that there's no reason he shouldn't get the chair. He went from a clown themed hood to a mass murderer and there was really no reason for it beyond shock value.
Kevin Ross
>I just think it's kind of sloppy when they murder their way through a thousand grunts but then when they face a named character it's all OH NO! MORAL QUANDARY!
This exactly; I think it's great if a character has a strong compulsion against killing but if they only remember it when faced with the decision to spare important bad guys with no care given for the slaughtered underlings then it just falls apart and makes me hate them no matter what else they might have going for them.
Nicholas Williams
Even worse is:
>guy ends up dying anyways
I know
I think Mob Psycho handled it well
Henry Garcia
Let's put it this way. Typically there's a good reason why the villain usually dies during or as a direct result of the battle. Once you beat them, there's really no reason to kill them outside of just wanting blood. That of course isn't to say that there aren't times when it's acceptable, like say a revenge story, then it's satisfying as fuck. But typically in your more heroic adventure you want your hero to act, well heroic.
Connor Wood
> there's really no reason to kill them outside of just wanting blood
you can't be sure they dont just start doing evil shit again
Gabriel Kelly
If my memory serves me correctly it happens literally right after that guy that's on the floor gets free from her sword point.I'm fairly certain that's the point where I dropped shield hero too for that very reason
Adrian Green
No, you can't. But most settings have prisons or legal systems or any number of ways you can deal with them. It can even end in the death penalty depending on the laws of the world. It's an issue of context and if the villain absolutely MUST die then the story should be written in a way that either accommodates that for good or ill. We're not saying DON'T KILL. We're saying we understand why the good guys don't going around Franking their enemies once the day is saved.
Christopher Myers
I thought Dragonball does this shit very well.
Characters aren’t above killing people who need to die, but will still offer mercy on occasion and more often than not the narrative won’t go
>Wow, isn’t this character so virtuous and wise?
But rather
>Holy fuck Goku you retard I could strangle you right now!
Lincoln Powell
I wouldn't really call that VERY WELL either. In fact that's even more infuriating. I'd sooner take the moralizing because at least moral fags are clinging to an ideal. Goku's just a massive retard.
Gavin Richardson
They added that specifically for the anime. Source material didn't have it.
Alexander Garcia
And the guy isn’t just some street urchin that swiped some purses, he’s a wealthy and powerful man whose machinations destroyed the lives of many
Benjamin Adams
>OFFER ME MONEY!
>yes
>Power too! Promise me that.
>all that I have and more. Please...
>offer me everything I ask for...
>ANYTHING YOU WANT
>I WANT MY FAMILY! WASSHOI!!
Robert Jackson
Didn't TLoU2 do it recently? Of course after your character went on a murder rampage on all the goons she suddenly gains an epiphany on the one she actually had a stake in killing.
Leo Taylor
And after the person she was hunting bit off her fingers too no less. So the MC is just sitting there, with no revenge, no fingers and we're supposed to feel sad because she can't play guitar because like....revenge is bad or some shit. Which is stupid. I mean for a lot of reasons.
Aaron Morgan
Slave mentality moral faggotry drives me up a wall far moreso than Goku’s antics.
Unintentional stupidity is far worse than intentional stupidity in writing.
William Williams
Brainlet sociopaths ITT
Thomas Rivera
Goku's not unintentionally stupid though. He's purposely disregarding the consequences of his actions because OMG I WANNA HAVE A GOOD FIGHT. He had a stronger sense of moral responsibility as a child.
Connor Moore
Watch better stuff summerfag.
Cooper Reed
>..revenge is bad or some shit. Which is stupid. I mean for a lot of reasons.
It is stupid for average underage Zig Forumstard or Zig Forumstard. I bet you can't even understand Dostoevsky stories because lol grandma died or some shit.
Sebastian Sanders
Fuck of Neil, you wrote a bad story
Jose Rivera
It kinda makes sense for her since Naofumi is very anti-revenge and the idea of revenge is very blatantly shown as ugly and dangerous via his transformation. In this context it isn’t bad.
Now obviously if they killed him you bet she’d go absolutely apeshit and kill them.
Connor Nguyen
Whats wrong with killing people to offer their blood to Khorne?
Christopher Mitchell
Khorne is not true God, heretic.
Juan Allen
I guess I can't think of anything off the top of my head.
Austin James
They already took revenge upon each other for the entire game, killed their friends and family, and made each other’s lives horrible. At that point, you kinda should just go ahead and off the other person to ensure they don’t come after you later on.
Lincoln Walker
Because most of anime is directed towards children, and instilling in them proper moral conduct is a given.
I know you're a neet sociopath that barely leaves his home user, but in the real world there's something called "law", there's a difference between subhuman tier behavior like revenge and proper justice.
Adam Rodriguez
You killed way to many people at that point to suddenly draw the line at the person you were actually after. And the whole guitar thing just feels like some freshman who just recently discovered dramatic irony. Also apparently there are a lot of one handed guitarist.
Evan Campbell
>protecting yourself and your loved ones from future harm is subhuman behaviour
>passing judgment off to someone who has no interest in your wellbeing is what a real man would do
Liam Morris
>most of anime is directed towards children
>airs past midnight
Or was Shield hero one of those that can afford primetime?
Benjamin Anderson
Yes agreed.