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When did you connect most with any of the characters? I kind of connected with Atoli near the end of Vol 2, with the whole Sakaki thing. I'm not very talented or popular or anything either, so I could relate to her.

Anyone else?

Haseo through the entire series. This is why I liked G.U. so much. I was basically watching another version of myself trying to save his friends and the world from vanishing. I remember the friends I had, the betrayals, the deaths, the pissed off moods I was in, the really special friend that, sadly, I went super emotional on, the random feelings I had with different girls, and last, but not least, my obsessions for the wrong goals. Yeah, Haseo's just a mirror image of myself, only with a badass avatar and powers I can't obtain in reality.

That's kewl. lol, ironically, I had the same thing with Zidane too, though that's beside the point.

Well, technically this happened in Roots, but I connected the most with Shino, which explains my Shino fangirling.
I guess back then, I thought the way she was trying to hide her pain and continue on was similar to the same emo crap I was thinking.

I can't think of any other characters I've "connected" with at the moment.

Yeah...seems like a lot of people are depressed these days. I blame...well, everything, not least of which is that we generally have good reason to be. sad though...

I kinda feel like i connected with Silabus. (weird right?) Although they never really touched on this topic much (or at all to my knowledge) i know wat it feels like to watch your friend pass you by while u stand still. But man it is weird that lately I have been really down in the dumps. : ( kinda depressing just thinking about my depression. lol

I feel like I basically am Atoli, at least in the online world. >.>

endrance

Actually, Sakubo. I am pretty much Bo offline and Saku online. The resemblance is uncanny.

No specific game event comes to mind, considering pretty much 90% of the character development Sakubo got was when Saku was leaving.

hmmm... i think most connected with kuhn. in the third 1 i think he gets dumped by 2 of his girls and i get dumped often so its just like awwww poor kuhn. either him or pi cuz she will do anything for who she loves and same with me

Mellow Grunty wrote:Actually, Sakubo. I am pretty much Bo offline and Saku online. The resemblance is uncanny.

I'm the opposite, pretty much like Saku offline and Bo online :P

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The end of Reminisce was a time when I connected with Atoli, as well. Before that I didn't like her much, but after seeing her in a situation I'd been through myself, I felt a lot more sympathy towards her. Now she's one of my favourite characters. Overall, though, the character I relate to most is Endrance. Not because of any specific event, but there are lots of things about him which I'm only too familiar with (though I'm not nearly as withdrawn a person as I used to be).

Vorbei wrote:So I don't think that Kaoru's part is quite done, although he did do a rather good job that could lead gracefully to an unspoken "awakening" to become himself again.

I'd agree with that. He's in a much better state by the end of the story, but in a way it's a precarious sort of improvement, because it still relies so much on another person. He's become stronger, but also made himself vulnerable. But I like to think that in time he'll develop a little more independence and self-confidence, and his infatuation with Haseo won't end as sadly as things with Mia did.

I did connect to most of them at parts.

When I'm at my best, most fun and proficient state, I resemble Zelkova.
When I have to be serious in order to balance someone else, I go Pi.
When at my worst, I can sound like Endrance, Bo, or Atoli.

I understand Atoli's feelings, somehow. Bo's loneliness leading into alter-egoing ( I do that,too . Me and Bo are much alike) and Endrance's isolation,too. Or Zelkova's interest on operating Haseo, haha ! I get like that towards interesting specimen. I wonder if Endrance choosing Blade Brandier relates directly to Mia's previous job class? It's an amusing inversion you mentioned there, Vorbei. ( I don't mind the fluff, but if Endrance didn't go so overboard about it in the way he did, I might've liked him more. His love for Mia is something I can relate to. )

I can also relate to Aina,somehow. And Yata, in the ' I loved you the most but even so I couldn't make it ' .I think the worst you could get is Gaspard-like, before the PK tournament events.

Atoli was extremely relatable to in the Shino meeting scene.