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Discussion time! Dr. Nurse !!VXYqZpcDK/C
Which /cm/ did you initially dislike/not understand the attraction, but came over to their side after getting further in the series/READING the series/making some revelation about the character.

Pic is extraordinarily related. Before I read One Piece, I had no idea what everyone saw in him. I thought his nose was doofy (and it still is, in a cute way). But then when he was being cute even while in "badguy" mode and especially when he was like "LOL" when Zoro whipped him, I GOT it. He's adorable, holy crap.
>> Anonymous
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Yukimi. I didn't dislike him at first nor anything, but I didn't really care. His voice and manner of speech in the anime caught my attention, tho, and after I started actually reading the manga my love for him just grew and grew.
Yukimi manages to be badass and friggin' adorable at the same fucking time. How awesome is that?
Now he's my second favorite character in Nabari. And my lack of Yukimi fanart does not make me happy.
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Before I started to watch kaiji, I had no idea why everybody kept saying "Kaiji is moe." I thought it was just another annoying, overused and forced meme because all I saw was overflowing amounts of GAR. But then I started to watch Kaiji and the truth is that his behaviour makes him moe, not the looks. It changed my assessment about moe.
Geez, this sounds almost religious.
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Chouji.

At first I was like "Okay...he's a pig, and sort of an idiot." Not to mention he's not exactly attractive to the normal eye. But as the series progressed...and I saw the flashblacks involving him as a child...how he was picked on, and how he was still so sweet and only wanted friends...and his friendship and loyalty to Shikamaru was so strong. What really did me at the end was when he was willing to sacrifice himself, and when he did, the speech he gave at the ending.

Oh God, it was so sad.

Now he's my favorite character in Naruto, and the cutest guy I've ever seen.
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Srsly. I still don't like him, but after reading some fanfiction and discussions, I've started to war up to him.
>> Anonymous
>>1072025

*Warm up, I mean >>;;
>> Anonymous
>>1072025
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT
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>>1072024

THIS. I thought he was funny before, but now I find him funny and adorable.

My contribution is Usopp (pic related, hurr).
First few episodes I saw him in, he irritated me, but by the end of his arc I'd grudgingly accepted that he had _some_ guts. And then he just.... grew on me. I think as the stakes got higher, and he actually started to fight harder despite being terrified, somewhere along the line I started rooting for him.
I love his mix of high pride and fear of the super-charged world around him, and every time those clash he grows as a character. Total contender for Mai Husbando.
>> Raxuyu !KWx3uBas9o
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This guy.
I thought he was just a generic character.
I was very wrong.
>> Anonymous
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Edgeworth. At first in the first game he is such a jerk and so unlikeable...
>> Anonymous
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I'll admit, when I first started reading the series, when I saw Usopp I just thought, "No, please don't join. Just stay behind on your little island." Even after his village's story arc was over, I was only able to tolerate him, but never really like him.

Then he beat a guy up with a hammer.
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Let's be honest now. We've seen Heero's character before, countless times. When I first started watching the series, I was pretty bored with the first episode. Until the stupid girl invited him to her birthday party.. and he tore up the invitation and said he was going to kill her. "FUCK YEAH!" was all I could muster, and I finished out the series hoping he was going to keep his word.

Should've been a bomb, man.
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In the Anime, I didn't like Soubi at all, he seemed like a dick.
I have a huge crush on him now I read the manga, because he's a lot more human.
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I really can't understand why I didn't liked him from the start. But I thought he was just ugly and boring and never said anything meaningful but... then I realized how smart and kind and deep he really is. Gosh, he's the most awesome character in whole Naruto.

(I could the whole scene when he's crying word by word, even before I learned japanese)
>> Anonymous
>>1072134
Haven't watched the Anime in ages (it got crap) which episode is that?
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At first I was like, what a toad mouthed goof - but then I was like, this guy fights like a monster :D

I've only seen the upto about episode 80, but I hated him right up until he fought Hitsuguya and showed how sinister he could be, rather than always playing the nice guy. I love how he fights, and all the really gothic art of him.

>>1072025Not L specifically, but while I was waiting to see Deathnote I avoided fanart like the plague, and got tired of seeing threads of its characters.
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It's hard to explain my dislike for him at first. I thought he'd be just another team that the Devil Bats would win against and be nothing more than another goofball. But after the Devil Bats game with the Naga's and that page were he walks away in tears, I think I absolutely turned to goo. Also, building the Devil Bat next to the Alexander's snow statue. Adorable.
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>>1071909
Who IS this, I keep seeing pictures of him and I get intrigued. I' ve only just started reading OP.

Anyway, this is my vote. His younger self is annoying, his teenager self is lolweakandpathetic.
But him at 25/20 years later? Excuse me while I orgasm.
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>>1072361
His name's Kaku, and you'll meet him when you get up to Water Seven. And yes, he's every bit as awesome as promised.
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When chapter 58 came and went for me, my favorite character in the series had really been L, and I was kind of mad about it, and ready to drop the series. I read one or two chapters after it and I was even more ready to drop it, thinking, 'what the hell?' My first impression of them was just that they would just give us some girly explosive brat and an L wannabe one?

But after a week or so, I told myself to be open-minded and finish the series, hoping something would make up for that, and I guess I kind of got attached to the ones I seriously figured I'd end up hating. I really grew attached to Mello's character, and Near is really cute, even if I found him rather boring during some scenes, seeing him all decked out in the police uniform made me laugh. But, I realized how alike and different they were from L, which made me feel a lot better, and I admit I turned out liking the second arc now more than the first, but I still think L was pretty awesome.
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Echizen Ryoma.. When I read about the the series, Ryoma sounded like a total bitch, which made me not want to read it. When I did read it though, I was won over by him in the very first chapter. I don't get now how I could ever hate him.
>> Anonymous
>>1071909
A friend of mine likes him, too. (Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if you were her.) But I still just think he's creepy. D: Like, I feel like he's bite your eyeball out or something.

Wtf, I'm weird.
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>>1072700
If we were talking about Buggy, I could understand. (And I'd totally let him) But Kaku? HE'D NEVER.
>> CrookedCat
Uhm 145 maybe?
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Oh, god...
When I was in my Naruto phase, I remember I thought Neji was such an ass and I hated him. But when I watched his fight in episode 100-something I bawww'd. Then he ended up as one of my favorites.

I gave up on that series long ago, but it does still have some good characters, I'll admit that...
>> Zom !!LQeWGzqin9j
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I hated him. I still kinda hate him. But at least I now understand his narcissistic, asshole-ish ways. But he's still a bastard.
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I know I'm in the minority, but I honestly wasn't all too impressed by him until the scene with him and his daughter. Now I like him (but he's not my favorite).
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>>1073001

Same, I hated him until that scene.
>> Dr. Nurse !!VXYqZpcDK/C
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>>1072708
And besides...

Giraffes are super cute.
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I used to hate Kanda, didn't understand why people liked him except for the Pretty Boy With A Chip On His Shoulder dynamic.

Then the Level Four invaded, and Kanda used his own body as shield for Komui. After that, I couldn't help but at least admire him.
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Ulquiorra Schiffer. At first, I thought that he was just some sword-fodder character, and the only reason anyone liked him was because they thought he was "emo", and that's just the "in" thing to be. However, as the series progressed and I found out more about him and his character, I soon fell in love. Now, I wonder why I ever disliked him in the first place.

The one thing that earned my admiration was that scene in which he took on the full force of Ichigo's Getsuuga Tenshou and came out of the smoke without a scratch and looking even cooler than he did before.
>> Anonymous
>>1072141
When did Gin EVER play the nice guy?
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luke and ashe. i was disappointed at first in the game, after seeing the opening with his short hair (how hot he looked!) and how much of a douche he was. i almost stopped playing. great thing i didn't, eh!

look how sparkly they are.
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I hated Dominic at first. I forget exactly why (what was it 2005?) but I think it had something to do with his uptight army attitude. I thought he was going to be the emotionless prick of the series. But then he began to show emotions, like when he met Renton's grandfather or his growing love for Anemone. Suddenly his character was developing and he grew on me. He's now my favorite character from Eureka7.
>> Anonymous
yeah.... while playing it i had a real love/hate relationship with luke XD but after certain things happen he redeems himself a lot XD

then there was his cameo in rfadiant mythology..... the scene with him and hrold made me lol =D
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>>1072038
Similar. When I first heard of this, I thought it was ridiculous.
But there was SO MUCH SUBTEXT in the game.
It consumes everyone in the end.
Now they're adorable.
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He started out as a self centered asshole, consumed by his own ego without showing any care for other people. Despite Yugi defeating him many times and succeeding at what he failed at he still acted like the winner, filled with arrogance.

But when he starts to develop he turns so much more likeable. Throwing Yugi the card that helped him defeat Marik just before that duel, attacking Zork with Blue Eyes Ultimate, the end of the duelist kingdom arc when he embrace Mokuba. He's one of the YGO characters that develop the most really.
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The underappreciated Naohiro Usui from the also-underappreciated Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro.

Originally, I disliked him because he was a rigid, petty, angry, bureaucratic little bastard hung up on perceived rivalries of the past. I think Yako said he was a "glasses runt... looking down on everyone from such a low place", which sums it up.

But he's a hard worker with a strong sense of justice. He's just a normal guy in management, but he's wonderful *because* he's just a normal guy in management. He's fearless in the face of threats from opponents that are bigger and more badass. And he knows it's necessary to manage the details while everyone gets caught up in the big picture, like fussing over the funding for Yako's food bill while HAL has a gun to the world's head.

I'm a total faggot for him.
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>>1072361
Seconded. I didn't get all the fuss with him. He was more tolerable than cute. It took 20yl Lambo for me to look past his childishness and see how awesome he can be.