Maakasu_Taihaku wrote:Thanks Radien, and yeea i have her playing pool on the background of my PS3 with her hat, he style is very cute and cool. I love chess and pool, so i was surprised XD, i use to be good at both....doubt i can beat her if i tried now, but playing with her would be a expierence in its self. My pool table sadly got destroyed...and chess....no one to play with :'(
You like chess AND pool?... Haha, I can see her appeal for you.
I'm sure Hanako would be very gracious if you played her, even if she thoroughly trounced you.
And about truly liking Hanako:
I can relate. Heck, I could relate even if Hanako was a much more imperfect and annoying character. Here, let me show you two of my favorite characters from Japanese RPGs. (These two are male, so it doesn't have anything to do with attract for me.)
This is Nash from the Lunar series. This shot is from the oldest version of the game he appeared in. I used it because it provides a good approximation of his personality: this screenshot shows the
first line he says in the game. They toned it down when they remade the game, but he DOES have a pretty big ego and an overdose of bravado that is far too big for a scrawny teenager like himself.
Suffice to say, he's an immature smartaleck who is difficult to get along with...but his behavior is all part of an ill-conceived attempt to get people to like and respect him. In real life I'd want to punch someone like him in the face... In a fictional game, however, he's just so pathetic that he tugs at my heartstrings. Poor guy. He deserves a big hug -- after everybody takes turns whacking him upside the head, anyway.
Then there's this kid, from Star Ocean 2...
About 8-9 years old. Supergenius. Invented an intercontinental weapon mostly by himself. Has a large team of adult scientists at his beck and call. A rude, immature know-it-all who shows disdain to practically everybody.
But later in the game, after everything goes horribly wrong, he totally loses his cool facade and breaks into tears. He's just too much of a little kid for me to take any of his rudeness seriously. I can't help but feel big-brotherly instincts for the poor kid.
There's a term for this... I think it might even be mostly a Japanese concept, but I forget. The English term for it, though, is "the love of imperfect things." It manifests itself in anime as "that awkward, 'moe' girl who always trips over herself, bonks her head, or drops a tray full of plates." Sometimes is kind of a parental instinct, but other times it's just a basic human nature: you've gotta find some flaws endearing if you ever want to get close to anybody, because nobody's perfect.
Anyway, I've rambled a bit too much here, but basically, those are the reasons why I think it's perfectly understandable for you to like Hanako best, even though she's severely flawed and/or "damaged." As long as you take the right approach, it's okay to like (or love) people for similar reasons in real life, too.
, kinda depressed though.....cause its over. I still have the other stories to complete.....but Hanako......... 
wish it could go on forever...... I should've waited to do hers last... i plan on going back to her again though once I've done the rest.....I don't think i've read such a touching story.
