Character That Everyone But You Hates?

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I am one of 10 people on the internet who doesn't hate Shinji and actually has some respect for him. Seriously, this is going to sound cliche, but he's had it very hard.

Also, my brother is the only person in existence who likes Jar-Jar.
 

oppp7

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I can't think of one, but there's a character that I've hated and everyone else loved. I hate Butters from South Park...
 

manicfoot

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Tingle - I can kind of understand the hatred for him but I thought he was quite a sweet character.
Raiden - I will defend the man to the hilt. Still think MGS2 is the best out of all of them.
Rosalina (Mario Galaxy) - yes, she has a stupid haircut but she's also a tremendously positive portrayal of femininity. She's the mother of the universe! Pretty much God. She's awesome.
 

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bushwhacker2k said:
Et3rnalLegend64 said:
If by "not hate" you mean "not want to die in a volcano," then Yoshida Kazumi from Shakugan no Shana. 90% of the people who watch that show wants her to die (and I'm pretty sure she was supposed to be a sympathetic character too)
People don't like her!? WTF!? I always wished she would come back because the tiny girl and maid beating up big scary evil people made me lose interest in the series.
Well, yeah. People hate her because she's not the "tiny girl" or "maid" and can't go around "beating up big scary evil people." Or the bigger reason, they hate her for the mere fact that she's a love rival for Shana.
 

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traceur_ said:
Jar-Jar Binks and Tidus. I don't even get why people don't like Tidus, he's awesome.
They don't like him because he's not as "cool" or "badass" as Cloud or Squall most likely. And the laughing scene...... oh god. Too bad Cloud and Squall have to be so emo all the time. He definitely beats them there. (Blitz Ace FTW)
 

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The Comedian is one of the favorite characters. The only character to garner a global "meh" is pretty much Silk Spectre II. Otherwise, every character from Watchmen has a fan base. Which is funny, because Alan Moore wrote Rorschach to be a hated character. Instead, something about him must have resonated in fans.

As for other characters, such as Raiden and Tidus and Squall and Cloud, if there are people that dress up as them at anime conventions then they aren't hated by everyone. Same with Shinji.

However, I have yet to meet another person that actually likes the Arbiter from Halo 2 (he's just kind of there in Halo 3). I never got caught up in the human plight of the Halo universe. From the very first game I was fascinated by all the little nuances that suggested a pattern to the Covenant, what their culture was like and the history of the Halo rings. The human side was a bland "we're being invaded we're gonna die oh noes!" story, and while I liked the Master Chief having a pattern of "only survivor" in the first two games he overall had no personality.

So here we are presented with The Arbiter, an alien character from a different culture that is manipulated by the system that made a warrior of him. Soon enough he discovers the truth of matters and has to help lead his race in a rebellion against the Covenant. I don't care if it's been done before, the execution added a personality to the aliens and brought additional life to the Halo setting. It was not a boring "man vs. alien" problem anymore.

I guess I can just say "Halo 2" altogether. Again, no, it's nothing new or stupendous in terms of story, but it's nothing bad either. But generally I have yet to find someone that liked being placed into the shoes of the Arbiter, a much more interesting character than the Master Chief, as I had.
 

Professor M

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Sylar! Although, he has sort of a cult following so I suppose it doesn't count.

Ozymandias as my back-up choice
 

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I didn't mind Tidus from FF10, but apparently everyone hates him. Not just hates him but LOATHES him.
 

XJ-0461

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I can tolerate Jar Jar Binks. Yes, he is a crap character, but he's not so bad that he killed the whole of the prequel trilogy.
 

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elitepie931 said:
Moria in Fallout 3.
I don't know why everyone hates her.
She wasn't THAT annoying.
Same here.I found her to be funny.And so was so cheering even though she was sending you to your near death.
 

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DtDust said:
Raiden from MGS2
I dont see why people think he is so bad!
Woop woop! Finally, someone who agrees with me!

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Wakefield said:
Navi. Yes Navi you heard me right. I like Navi.

Now there's truly a character that everyone but me hates.
Oh hell no. No one can like navi.... its just.... impossible.

It can't be... it can't be...
I actually also rather like Navi =P
 

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warbaloon said:
NeutralDrow said:
<color=white>Line Break.
There have also been characters I and other people like, who seem to draw excessive amounts of hate from some others.


Speak against her, and I will hurt you*.
Perhaps if she didn't make worse decisions than the rest of the brain-dead cast. Or if she didn't have annoying emotional problems that you had to address. Or if she was better than Raine at melee combat.
I'll take the realistic emotional problems over an actual straight-up "happy and friendly all the time" personality. Watching her like that was frustrating, but watching her grow out of it was rewarding.

As for combat...two words: Para Ball. And Stardust Cross, Grand Chariot, Ray Satellite, Life Thief, and Spirit Thief. How were you using her??
 

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A random person said:
I am one of 10 people on the internet who doesn't hate Shinji and actually has some respect for him. Seriously, this is going to sound cliche, but he's had it very hard.

Also, my brother is the only person in existence who likes Jar-Jar.
It's kind of hard not to hate Shinji though...=/

He did wack off to a comatose girl(can't remember who it was) in one of the Evangelion OVAs..
 

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The only anime I think I would ever watch again would probably be death note or fullmetal alchemist. I thought the entirety of both shows were great metaphors.
 

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DtDust said:
Raiden from MGS2
I dont see why people think he is so bad!

In movies its 8 From 9, i think he was a pretty good character, not quite as good as 6, but a good character
I suspect it's because it was one of the first experiences a lot of gamers had with Japanese racism.

When the whole schtick with replacing Snake with Raiden went down there were some translated periodicals going around explaining that the Japanese just couldn't see a white guy being that awesome of a protaganist, so a new hero was created who was more "appropriatly" Japanese. The idea among the designers being that it would make the Japanese racists happen and increase the growing interest in the series there, and since Westerners would eat up ninja games and such with asian Protaganists (Ninjas and such) we'd be happy with the torch being passed.

As a result the whole Raiden thing went from being a mere situation with people not liking Raiden them pulling a switch with a well liked protaganists, to a scary about of hatred. However by the same token Raiden seemed to go over very well with Japan and the fact that Americans dislike him actually increased the appeal of the character.

At least this is how things seemed to me when the character was introduced. For the record I was never a huge Metal Gear fan, took a wait and see approach, and when they happened I was pretty much "whelps, I'm done with this". Similar to how I have never bought a Silent Hill Game until recently (Homecoming) due to the censorship of Silent Hill 2 when there were protests over the flayed child bludgeoning in the demo. Differant rationale, same thing. Delayed my looking at a few "big" games.

I chalk it up with the whole "Final Fantasy X-2: Final Mission" fiasco and the lack of the "International" version of Final Fantasy X not seeing a US release with gaming occurances that had a lot to do with forming my increasingly anti-Japanese sentiments.

In my case I guess it's not so much Raiden that I hate, but what was going on around the character, and the whole reason he was created to begin with. If it was truely a natural evolution of the series it would be one thing, but it really wasn't, which is why the "switcheroo" was such a WTF moment, which was simply compounded when you looked into it at the time.

I don't follow them too much anymore (if people still do them) since they get me too angry (angry enough where I might get myself in trouble) but you'll notice some very distinct differances between press releases sent to the US, and what the press releases in Japan say in their periodicals. At least in tone.

In some cases (and I verified with multiple translations in some of the worst cases) Japanese game magazines have seemed like what I'd imagine an underground KKK newsletter would be like.