JAIF

In b4 Shirobashing

Hitsugaya is, well... random. He is given a suitably decent background, as decent as most other secondary characters or even more, but that background is not only epically disproportionate, but also epically irrelevant to the amount of involvement he has in the plot, not to mention his absurdly large screentime. He is a character who, by all means, should not have taken that much of the spotlight in the story and the plot - there is nothing about his story, personality and interactions with more important characters that can justify this level of involvement.

The answer to this lies to the fact that he has such a large fanbase, mostly due to his bishonen design - you know, the white hair, the blue eyes, the supposedly serious and cool attitude, a huge-breasted woman always on top of him... - which is one of the common variations of the typical design for the "cool hero" character - a design we've been presented with time and time again, and those who are more immersed in the world of anime and manga have seen materialized a million times over. Therefore, while he is but an abused cliche for some of us, for the most part the fanbase loves him because for the most part the fans haven't had that much experience with the genre, thus have not yet encountered this design too painfully often.

However, a mangaka is supposed to make money, and to make money, he needs to sell his manga. And for his manga to sell, he needs to give the fan favorites the most screentime. So Hitsugaya got tossed in a position he is by no means fit to fill.

Therefore, I dislike him, and Shirogetsu hates him.

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