We've all seen stories where the normal guy/girl character is thrust into a new and strange environment/situation/etc and his only option, it seems, is to somehow deal with things and come out of it alive.
Often, the character is too idealistic to just ignore things. In other cases, they need to struggle just to survive.
This is pretty formulaic, isn't it?
It's been done to death.
The 'freaky school', the 'crazy dorm', 'ridiculously powerful student council' and so on and so forth.
But what if they did just ignore things? What if they were cynical and self-absorbed enough, or just plain disinterested enough to not care about any kind of bigger picture. And had just enough ability/guts/power to be able to try and back their decision up? What if they, upon being faced with one of the usual ridiculous situations, they simply went:
'Screw this shit, I'm going home.'
Pick any such series/show/comic/whatever you want to. Personal suggestions would include Utena, Yakuza Girl, Ikki Tousen, X/1999, but whatever manga or anime or book or game you find that you feel could benefit from such treatment is more than fine.
-Griever
Often, the character is too idealistic to just ignore things. In other cases, they need to struggle just to survive.
This is pretty formulaic, isn't it?
It's been done to death.
The 'freaky school', the 'crazy dorm', 'ridiculously powerful student council' and so on and so forth.
But what if they did just ignore things? What if they were cynical and self-absorbed enough, or just plain disinterested enough to not care about any kind of bigger picture. And had just enough ability/guts/power to be able to try and back their decision up? What if they, upon being faced with one of the usual ridiculous situations, they simply went:
'Screw this shit, I'm going home.'
Pick any such series/show/comic/whatever you want to. Personal suggestions would include Utena, Yakuza Girl, Ikki Tousen, X/1999, but whatever manga or anime or book or game you find that you feel could benefit from such treatment is more than fine.
-Griever