The Anime Realm Contest #3: My Favorite Character (Kuroo Tetsurou of Haikyuu!)
One of the most difficult questions that an anime fan is asked is who their favorite character is. I tend to have a favorite (even favorites) in every animated movie or series that I watched. And apart from that, it sometimes changes every time I re-watch the same series or film. I mean, we discover something new every time we watch something again and again.
Anyway, this is my entry for The Anime Realm Contest #3: My Favorite Character which is due in several hours. (It took me weeks to think... JK~)
Who Is Your Favorite Anime Character?
A fanart I made 7 years ago...
Since Haikyuu! is one of my favorite anime and I have watched all seasons around ten times already, I decided to pick my favorite from the said series. He is Kuroo Tetsurou, the captain of Nekoma High School Volleyball Club.
He isn't the main character and is not even a member of the main team of the series, but I love him!
Why do you like love this character?
because he's hawt
There are several reasons why I love Kuroo!
Aside from being hawt (lol), he's nerdy and goofy. I like characters who are dorky like him because they seem fun to be with. However, despite his dorkiness, he has pretty serious side.
He is the embodiment of the word "confidence". I like how he knows himself, both his flaws and good points. He's pretty confident in his abilities as an athlete because he has diligently worked for it and also as a person. His self-confidence is contagious in a way that people around him would feel motivated in doing something, including Kenma.
I love characters with a "gap". Kuroo is crazy, but he is very passionate and dedicated. I also love how he acts not only as a bestie, but also a brother and even a parent to his teammates and rivals alike.
I love how he took care and taught not only his teammates, but also players from the rival team. He just has so much love for volleyball.
And another thing, I love how he sassily and sarcastically argue with Yaku using chemistry-based insults. (This is such a plus point for me!)
When did you start liking the character?
He first appeared in the middle of season one when they had a practice game with Karasuno. That time, I thought he looked so cool, but I didn't know much about him as a character. He was diligent and was a great leader to his team. I remember him saying this famous line:
"We are blood in our veins. We must flow without stopping. Keep bringing oxygen, so that our brain can operate at his best."
After witnessing this, my heart went munekyun!!!!. The poetic side of me was hit by cupid's arrow. (lol... sorry, that was cringey.. xD) From then, he had a huge impact on me.
However, I loved him even more in season two, when he helped training Tsukki and Hinata together with Bokuto and Akaashi. My KuroTsuki heart started beating that time. hahaha
I fell in love with Kuroo even more in the manga when Karasuno and Nekoma played against each other in the Nationals. It's yet to be shown in the upcoming movie, but I'm so excited to see that part again!
What makes this character special from the rest?
This may be a spoiler for non-readers, but Kuroo has so much dedication for volleyball. After the time skip, he worked for Japan's Volleyball Association. Even though he doesn't actively play anymore, he decided to continue working hard behind the scenes.
He's someone who's willing to train even his rivals in order to have a more exciting game. His love for volleyball is to the roof and he doesn't forget how and why he found this love, so he always values the wishes of Nekomata-sensei and his team.
Lastly, he's special because he's Kuroo. He is himself... the confident, dedicated and crazy poetic nerd.
Wahhh, Kuroooooo huhu, he is also one of my fav character. There are a lot of awesome and cool character in anime world that its really hard to choose sometimes. And Kuroo omg, he is really just cool, and I agree with you as how you describe him. He is just special talaga. But all of the Haikyuu team, Kenma is really my fav, although I love Hinata, Kageyama, Tsukki and Yamaguchi and gosh, I like all of them kasiii haha. But Kenma is very special to me, so much. I just love him, thats it. Anlaaa, tuloy gusto ko na ulit mag rewatch huhu. Buti nalang diko dinidelete sa storage ko yan.
Gora na!!! Rewatch mo na yarn!!! Hahaha I rewatched it last year and I'm gonna watch again soon... But I'm planning on re-reading the manga first... Hihihi it's really my comfort anime...
And I can understand why you love Kyanmaaaaa😻😻😻
I watched some episodes of Haikyu and I must say that it is entertaining.
It is indeed entertaining. I suggest you continue watching. :) Do you like Slam Dunk? ^^
Yes, I like slumdunk very much.
Cool! Who's your fave?
It is Hanamichi Sakuragi
Hahaha... Sakuragi is hilarious! ^^ Have you watched the movie?
I missed its showing... I've read it in the manga, but I wanted to watch the movie. T_T
Not seen it, he is indeed hilarious, by the way, this is @afterglow, this is my ALT account.
Hi!!! It's been a while! Kumusta? :)
Is this alt only for anime content? ^^
Ok naman :)
I can't say, if you look at the posts of this account you will find the 17th post posted in the STEEM blockchain. Meron pa nga ako pinost na mga sexy, tapos Bible verses, AI, pati ako naguguluhan, haha. This account has no direction really, once in a while naiisipan ko na gamitin. But I think I am not going to use this to post to communities anymore since me and sir adam had a conversation a while ago.
hahaha... xDDDD
I see.. I have an alt, but I rarely use it... sometimes, I use it for microblogging like sa dbuzz. :)
Di ko pa na-try ang Dbuzz. I think I have to accept the fact that I don't need an ALT account.
If you have a lot of time, it would be useful.
I didn't want to use my main account in microblogging, so I use my alt from time to time. :)
I love how you describe him as a confident, dedicated, and crazy poetic nerd, I must say your taste is pretty FAB and yes I can truly say that Kuro is one of the best characters in Haikyu. I also loved him in season 2 because of how he helped Tsuki in blocking and Tsuki is my favorite character I don't ship them though (actually I kinda just wanted Tsuki for myself lol) JK 😭 but YES he is a green flag so he deserve your love for him❤️
Hahaha... Thanks! Season two was really good, but I'm really looking forward to watching the movie. How I wish there was season 5 instead, but yeah... beggars can't be choosers. haha
No worries if you don't ship them... :) And I'll lowkey ship you with Tsukki from now on, too! Go go go!! hahaha xDDD
Yes... a green flag indeed! Thankies! ^^
omg yes thx for the support I'll invite you to our wedding soon (I'm seriously delusional rn😭) and yes how I wish there would be S5 I seriously don't wanna end with a movie with Tsuki noo but yet we can't do anything I guess I'll go thx the author and the animators for there hard work and this anime seriously a wholesome one.
Hahaha... I'd definitely show up to your wedding with Kuroo.. hahah And yes, I'm feeding your delulu... <3
True... I've talked with some Japanese otaku friends and one of them told me that one of the reasons might be the lack of seiyuu. Most seiyuu from Haikyuu! are also doing other big projects, for instance Kuroo's seiyuu is Gojo-sensei's seiyuu. So doing two anime series would make the schedule more hectic compared to a series + a movie. Welp, we don't know exactly... but whatever it is, we're happy that they at least continued with the animation. :)
They are going all out in JJK eh I do hope they make S5 I don't care when, I can wait😭 but yeah thankful for those workers.
True that... :)
This is an interesting character, I really didn't expect him to be someone's favorite character so it's a big surprise. I remember him perfectly from the anime, he is one of those that leave a good impression on you.
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Yeah... though a lot of people like him, they don't really consider him as a favorite... :)
Will do so after work... I'm quite curious about other people's faves! ^^