What Makes a Good Antagonist in Anime?
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- My Hero Academia Season 7 just started, Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 is over, and Re:Zero Season 3 is coming. Let's talk about Protagonist & Antagonistic dynamics in these series with Deku, Yuji and Subaru, as well as Shigaraki, Mahito and Roswaal.
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I completely forgot to put a disclaimer at the start of the video, but this video has spoilers for My Hero Academia up to Season 6/7, Jujutsu Kaisen up to Season 2, and Re:Zero up to Season 2
One dynamic that i adore btween a villain and a MC is Denji and Makima. They wanted almost the exact same thing deep down and approached them in completly different ways.
You see that Makima could've achieved a far better dynamic with other people if she was raised in the right way. She would always have to be the devil of control, but that doesn't mean it has to be something so big that would completly disconnect her from any possibility of making bonds. I wish it was made more clear how basicaly the previous iteration of the control devil (Makima) was groomed since a young age and this affected her. By adopting Nayuta, Denji granted what Makima wanted.
CSM truly touches the thematics of nature vs nuture very well.
Subaru just has so many goated antagonist dynamics. Like almost all of the major antags are personal foils in some key way. There’s so many other great dynamics out there tho, Thorfinn and Askeladd, Ichigo and Aizen, Kaneki and Furuta, the list goes on.
Dynamics ftw! The quality of a protag-antag pair can really make or break a narrative, and analyzing their interplay is usually a good way to gain a better understanding of what a story if trying to say. Well done.
Luffy and Blackbeard goes underappreciated. Luffy strives not only to become King of the Pirates, but to also become the freest man on the seas. He believes some fights are not worth fighting and that anything is possible. Blackbeard is set up perfectly because unlike other One Piece villains who cannot fathom Luffy's way of thinking, Blackbeard shares the exact same philosophy and dream as Luffy. The key difference is that there is no depths Blackbeard won't sink to in order to further his goals.
I really thought Roswaal was the best complementary character for Subaru until that one character from Arc 7.
Oh how this was such perfect timing with mha’s recent chapter :)
Ikr
What makes a good villain? Being named Todd Fang
According to MHA, ones the best antagonists are the ones that get mercilessly executed by the "hero" in a way that completely undermines the theme it's been building up for half a decade👌👌
Oh and especially ones that keep making the world smaller by having everything revolve around them and making the world smaller and smaller by having every bad thing that has ever happened in the history of the universe be their fault, all while constantly coming back over and over again while hijacking attention from everyone else.
Truly nobody does it like HoriGOATshi👏👏
to be fair, the first one was acknowledged by the story. yes its exactly that, which is why it was showcased in the dabi dance part and changed the way society sees heroes, making way for the dark hero arc
i cant defend the second one tho lmao
@nerov3402 oh nah the Hawks kill was very well executed, I'm talking about Shigaraki/Tenko and how Deku completely failed to save him lmao
Though ig now the story has retroactively justified Hawks' actions afyer that latest chapter :/
All I'll say is we need more Antagonists like Sojo
Oh Mahito how I miss you
Im crying man Hori really said: "fuck YOU in particular"
This is a sign for everyone to read Re Zero if they haven't already and for me to reread Arc 4 for like the 5th time.
Re: Jujutsu Academia
Actually laughed out loud at the red shoes joke. Great video!
YUJI & MAHITO!!!!!!!
SUBARU & ROSWAAL!!!!!!!!!
DEK-
Deku and Shigaraki clears Yuji and Mahito but ok 💀
Considering their lack of interactions especially how it got worse now, it’s clearly not better but sure lol
@@jeffali5157 if you think interactions alone defines a whole dynamic then please humble yourself. Their parallels are unmatched compared to Yuji and Mahito, whether it be dialogue, the situations they get put in, or even the panels of them. Regardless the mall interaction itself was major setup for their own developments as well as their rivalry in the long term. The whole dialogue of Shigaraki in the first war “I don’t care if you don’t understand…that’s what makes us…heroes and villains” is a prime example of why interactions aren’t entirely necessary between them beforehand. But since their first actual fight in the first war and this last war arc they’ve had more interaction since they had become true rivals/enemies. And wdym it got worse now? If you’re talking about the conclusion to this last war, then you’re poorly mistaken.
it’s not but it definitely adds more to it than how it usually is, Yuji and Mahito being antithesis to each other and actually being executed well enough in dialogue and battles is clearly better than deku and Shiggy’s where their dynamic definitely could’ve been great until the final act stripped all of that away especially with the poorly executed conclusion. If you think sloppy execution is better I’m sorry but YOU are poorly mistaken and you should check yourself
@@jeffali5157 Yuji and Mahito was executed well but Deku and Shigaraki’s was greatly done and the execution was good too fym poorly executed? How was it not well executed but somehow Yuji’s and Mahito’s was? 💀💀💀
I love the idea of Deku and Shigiraki arguing with each other in a podcast.
A bit off topic but can I just say that your anime videos are currently some of the best on the entire platform and I really hope you keep growing and putting out quality content like this!
"I like mess up little dudes" thats a quote for sure.
Just wondering if this video was made before or after the new mha chapter because damn this video age beautifully now
before LMAO
Fantastic video with great coverage of how influential the protag antag dynamic is on characters, it’s the primary reason I feel so disappointed in the handling of Izuku and Shigaraki, neither are their own characters anymore, merely vessels to move the plot onwards.
Keep up the great work, not enough people are exposed to your content for how well you cover literary topics.
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The best part of these forms of dynamics are how they are able to explore both charchters through simmlaries and differences in both ubrining and ideology to create natural conflict without the plot forcing them together one of my personal favorites and a crime in anime adaptation is yugo from the promised neverland his parleys to ray reflecting what he could become if he lost emma and the rest of the kids aswell as the main characters goal forcing yugo to face his past mistakes and how he ended up the way that he is making him one of my favorite characters in anime.
What makes a good antagonist you can learn from my top 10:
1. Sato
2. Sousuke Aizen
3. Zeke Yeager
4. Hisoka Morrow
5. Suguru Geto
6. Pain
7. Cell
8. Nimura Furuta
9. Conrad Leto
10. Akito Soma
Zeke my goat 🐐
I feel like most antagonists from HxH are easily top 10, but that's just my opinion.
Damn nice list, it's cool to see furuta and akito there
Now this shall be fun
(MHA rn is tragic ngl💀)
Peak zero mentioned with and best character dynamic in the anime
You deserve a greater view base bro
Great video Charlie!
Very unfortunate timing for this video 😔
SUBARU AND ROSWAAL
Peak zero used as an example
Totally out of left field, but been watching xmen 97, and magneto is an excellent example of a good villain. You understand why do they do what they do, it makes sense given what their past, and the most important part imo, is that it's relatable or justified, there is a part of you that wants to see the villain win, and puts into question the protagonists ideals.
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Meanwhile MHA with it's recent chapter... It's not looking good😬😬
BTW very great analysis on antagonists and how their dynamic with the MC work! Keep up the good work!
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The background music bout to make me cry bro 😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏
3:03 i guess you can say that we are ALL just "messed up little dudes" in our own ways, so that makes sense.
I like when the protagonist and antagonist fist bump
Would love to see you breakdown aizen's character from bleach, arguably the best antagonist I've seen in anime😊
0:17 You can silence me but you can't silence the truth!
As disappointed as I am with Jujutsu Kaisen, Mahito is not only my favorite villain in JJK, but the best character in JJK.
does he know? *riddler face*
Amazing video
I wonder why this video is doing better than the last video with the creepy orange in the thumbnail?🤨
Mha 423 spoilers
Shiggy and deku’s last conversation was very sweet and fitting for all they development they got together😊……..
….wat do yu mean they spent 40 chapters just looking at each other
My opinion on heroes and villains has arrived 🙌
this was realy cool but I feel like 11 minuts wasnt long eoungh to put down all your ideas. I could have watched 30 minuts of this.
Based video