What was the turning point for the “actually good guy”?
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The change in the fans’ impression of Ah-Shi is almost always linked to Hachiman’s monologue.
In other words, if Hachiman says something bad about Ashesan in his monologue, the readers and viewers will have a bad impression of him, and vice versa.
Originally, a romance told from the protagonist’s point of view is a medium where the reader’s empathy and sympathy is naturally high, but in Ore-Gail, the linkage rate is even higher because many fans are particularly empathetic to the protagonist, Hachiman.
With that in mind, Yawata is a guy who enjoys cursing his rear, and since he had no information or interest in Aoshi at the time of the first volume, he was definitely speaking from his own preconceived notions.
Therefore, the monologue with Hachiman’s bias mislead the readers to some extent.
In the first volume, Ah-Shi’s attitude toward Yui was certainly overbearing, but looking at her behavior after that, it seems that her stance of “Yui’s weather-beaten attitude is not good, and I want her to change it” is not only because she wants to change her own color, but also because she genuinely wants to stop Yui from making a bad impression on the people around her. I can strongly guess that she is genuinely trying to stop him from making a bad impression on people around her.
The reason why she was irritated by the bad relationship was not because she wanted to change the subject, but because she was simply worried about it.
In light of this, it seems that the scene where Yawata got a favorable impression of Ah-Shi was the one where the fans’ perception of Ah-Shi definitively changed.
As of volume 4, Yawata’s analysis of Ah-Shi calling him “Hikio” is that “he’s not making fun of me, he’s just not interested.
He doesn’t feel as bad as he did in the first volume, but he still doesn’t have a good impression of him.
In the scene where they are preparing for the cultural festival in volume 6, she asserts that she and Yui will be in charge of bringing in the guests, without confirming Yui’s intentions at all.
When pointed out by Yui herself, she was slightly upset.
Yawata has come to understand his natural selfishness, but he’s not unlikeable, and he commented, “It’s really like Mr. Miura.
In this way, Yawata gradually changed her impression of Mr. Ahsis, but it was the school trip chapter in volume 7 that decisively changed her evaluation.
In the second episode of the second season of the anime, she is planning to bring Ebina and Yawata together at the request of Tobe of the Hayama group, when she runs into Ahsisa at a convenience store.
She warns him to stop messing around with Ebina, and Hachiman is trying to figure out how to deal with her. …… Later, after she correctly recognizes the relationships within the group and each person’s personality, she realizes that the warning was issued to prevent a situation that could lead to the collapse of the group. This is the first time Miura has looked at me properly in a real sense.
Even though Hachiman’s monologue was cut in the anime, it was still enough to show how much he cares about the group and how he is afraid of destroying it.
After this, Hachiman has a pretty explicitly positive impression of Ah-Shi, and even in the monologue, he is very supportive of her.
Even in the scene where Ah-Shi shows aggressive behavior towards Yukino, he understands her better than anyone else and even describes her as a “cute girl”.
In fact, she’s a bit of a natural, the queen of the damsel in love.
Now that this perception has taken root, there must be more than a few fans who think that Ah-Shi is the most personable of the female characters in the series.
Summary
Of the many characters in Ore-Gael who have refracted things, I think the most pure female character is definitely Aoshi.
I hope she’ll be happy!
