Re: [semi-OT]On Characterization Arguments

On 21 Nov 2003 14:45:29 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (8-Bit Star)
wrote:

>"Ethan Hammond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> "Dot Warner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> >
>> > I, for example, have a pretty strong dislike for _Love Hina_ because
>> > of its over-the-top violence levels.  Oh, sure, it was hilarious at
>> > first, but eventually "Keitarou accidentally being mistaken for a
>> > pervert and having the living daylights punched out of him" got really
>> > old.  And although I thought _Happy Lesson_ did the whole "what a
>> > Dating Sim would REALLY be like" joke a lot better, I half suspect
>> > that I wouldn't enjoy it as much if I sat through the rest of the
>> > series.
>> 
>> I don't like it either, but my friend loves it.  I think Love Hina dosen't
>> do anything new and the violence against the main guy is horrid.
>> Its not funny when the guy dosen't do anything wrong.  Its funny
>> when Lum shocks Ataru because Ataru is doing something wrong
>> like leering after other girls or what not and he deserves what he
>> gets, but Naru just beats on that guy for the hell of it and I am like
>> damn he shouldn't stand for that crap.
>
>I agree.  If I had been in Keitaro's shoes I would've punched
>Naru by now.

Missed point.