Rob Kelk
2012-04-30 01:36:22 UTC
It's been a while since we had this fluff thread; specifically, it's
been six years. But nostalga is the latest thing, and anime-reactor.net
has a "best character" list for each year (citing the Japanese anime
names) to raid for the last half-decade-plus, so...
You wake up in a bed.
Slighly hung over.
Naked.
With a person you recall meeting at the party last night sleeping the
sleep of the sated beside (and somewhat entangled with) you.
Both of you smelling rather... well, you get the general idea.
Obviously, the first thing you do is curse yourself fiercely for getting
in this situation, then you open your eyes for identification... and it
is worse than you thought.
Where do these people rank, in both relative and absolute terms, on the
proverbial OhDearGodI'llNeverDrinkAgain (or alternately, the
WhatIdiotSpikedThePunchI'llSkinHimAliveForThis) scale?
(Yes, I know some of these are just plain wrong... or impossible... This
is what happens when we let a recurring fluff thread sit fallow for over
a half-decade. And since there are so many names, just rank the ones
you're familiar with, and add other characters from the same shows as
the whim strikes you.)
For those interested in the ladies:
Suzumiya Haruhi (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu)
Revy (Black Lagoon)
Aka Onda (Rec)
Fujioka Haruhi (Ouran Koukou Host Club)
Hitotsubashi Yurie-sama (Kamichu!)
Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière (Zero no Tsukaima)
Real Mayar (Ergo Proxy)
Tousaka Rin (Fate/stay night)
Balsa (Seirei no Moribito)
Kana Minami (Minami-ke)
Konata Izumi (Lucky Star)
Shuurei Kou (Saiunkoku Monogatari)
Makoto Konno (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo)
Megumi "Nodame" Noda (Nodame Cantabile)
Nana Osaki (Nana)
Risa Koizumi (Lovely Complex)
Yoko (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
Horo (Ookami to Koushinryou)
Aoi Minamo (RD Sennou Chousashitsu)
Isurugi Noe (True Tears)
Kasahara Iku (Toshokan Sensou)
Kawazoe "Tama-chan" Tamaki (Bamboo Blade)
Kuhouin Murasaki (Kurenai)
Noda "Nodame" Megumi (Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen)
Yasuoka Shion (Shion no Ou)
Senjougahara Hitagi (Bakemonogatari)
Erin (Kemono no Souja Erin)
Hana Morenos (Michiko to Hatchin)
Michiko Malandro (Michiko to Hatchin)
Mogami Kyouko (Skip Beat!)
Nishimura Haru (Bounen no Xamdou)
Ryougi Shiki (Kara no Kyoukai)
Aisaka Taiga (Toradora!)
Noda Megumi (Nodame Cantabile: Finale)
Kuronuma Sawako (Kimi ni Todoke)
Anarchy Panty (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt)
Anarchy Stocking (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt)
Arashiyama Hotori (Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru)
Kagura (Gintama)
Kurashita Tsukimi (Kuragehime)
Niche (Tegami Bachi)
Olivier Mira Armstrong (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (2009))
Hiiragi (Hanamaru Youchien)
Kuroneko (Gokou Ruri) (Ore no Imouto)
Shimura Tae (Gintama)
Tamura Manami (Ore no Imouto)
Tatiana Vishnyova (Nodame Cantabile: Finale)
Winry Rockbell (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (2009))
Yoshida Chizuru (Kimi ni Todoke)
Akemi Homura (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
Arrietty (Karigurashi no Arrietty)
Inami Mahiru (Working`!!)
Kaname Madoka (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
Makise Kurisu (Steins;Gate)
Matsumae Ohana (Hana-Saku Iroha)
Takatsuki Yoshino (Hourou Musuko)
Oginome Ringo (Mawaru Penguin Drum)
Amane Suzuha (Steins;Gate)
Maekawa-san (Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko)
Miyoshi Kaya (Bakuman.)
Sakura Kyouko (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
Sarashina Chizuru (Hourou Musuko)
Tomoe Mami (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
Tsurugi Minko (Hana-Saku Iroha)
For those interested in the guys:
Kyon (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu)
Archer (Fate/stay night)
Dutch (Black Lagoon)
Ginko (Mushishi)
Hiraga Saitou (Zero no Tsukaima)
Matsumaru Fumihiko (Rec)
Mizuno Kanta (Sunabouzu)
Ootori Kyouya (Ouran Koukou Host Club)
Satou Tatsuhiro (NHK ni Youkoso!)
Light "Kira" Yagami (Death Note)
Kamina (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
Hei (Darker than Black - Kuro no Keiyakusha)
Isaac Dian (Baccano!)
L (Death Note)
Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch)
Nozomu Itoshiki (Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)
Shinichi Chiaki (Nodame Cantabile)
Simon (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
Yuuichi Aizawa (Kanon (2006)
Negishi Souichi/Johannes Krauser II (Detroit Metal City)
Chiaki Shinichi (Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen)
Ikari Shinji (Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Jo)
Kaiba (Kaiba)
Kurenai Shinkurou (Kurenai)
Lawrence Craft (Ookami to Koushinryou)
Natsume Takashi (Natsume Yuujinchou)
Okazaki Tomoya (Clannad)
Takizawa Akira (Higashi no Eden)
Takasu Ryuuji (Toradora!)
Adam Blade (Needless)
Araragi Koyomi (Bakemonogatari)
Casshern (Casshern Sins)
Fan Hyulick (Tytania)
Natsume Takashi (Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou)
Okazaki Tomoya (Clannad After Story)
Takamura Mamoru (Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting - New Challenger)
Sakata Gintoki (Gintama)
Katsuragi Keima (Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai)
Koibuchi Kuranosuke (Kuragehime)
Lag Seeing (Tegami Bachi)
Ozaki Toshio (Shiki)
Ryner Lute (Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu)
Takanashi Souta (Working!!)
Vash the Stampede (Trigun: Badlands Rumble)
Watashi (Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei)
Roy Mustang (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (2009))
Ozu (Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei)
Franz von Stresemann (Nodame Cantabile: Finale)
Hasegawa Taizou (Gintama)
Heiwajima Shizuo (Durarara!!)
Hijikata Toshirou (Gintama)
Matsukichi (Sarai-ya Goyou)
Sanada Ryuu (Kimi ni Todoke)
Okabe "Hououin Kyouma" Rintarou (Steins;Gate)
Baka Ki El Dogra (Level E)
Cao Cao (Souten Kouro)
Kaburagi T. Kotetsu (Tiger & Bunny)
Kawachi Daikichi (Usagi Drop)
Natsume Takashi (Natsume Yuujinchou San)
Nitori Shuuichi (Hourou Musuko)
Takakura Shouma (Mawaru Penguin Drum)
Niizuma Eiji (Bakuman.)
Nyanko-sensei (Natsume Yuujinchou San)
Hashida "Daru" Itaru (Steins;Gate)
Hisakawa "Poppo" Tetsudou (Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada
Shiranai.)
Kraft (Level E)
Senji Kiyomasa (Deadman Wonderland)
Suguro Ryuuji (Ao no Exorcist)
been six years. But nostalga is the latest thing, and anime-reactor.net
has a "best character" list for each year (citing the Japanese anime
names) to raid for the last half-decade-plus, so...
You wake up in a bed.
Slighly hung over.
Naked.
With a person you recall meeting at the party last night sleeping the
sleep of the sated beside (and somewhat entangled with) you.
Both of you smelling rather... well, you get the general idea.
Obviously, the first thing you do is curse yourself fiercely for getting
in this situation, then you open your eyes for identification... and it
is worse than you thought.
Where do these people rank, in both relative and absolute terms, on the
proverbial OhDearGodI'llNeverDrinkAgain (or alternately, the
WhatIdiotSpikedThePunchI'llSkinHimAliveForThis) scale?
(Yes, I know some of these are just plain wrong... or impossible... This
is what happens when we let a recurring fluff thread sit fallow for over
a half-decade. And since there are so many names, just rank the ones
you're familiar with, and add other characters from the same shows as
the whim strikes you.)
For those interested in the ladies:
Suzumiya Haruhi (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu)
Revy (Black Lagoon)
Aka Onda (Rec)
Fujioka Haruhi (Ouran Koukou Host Club)
Hitotsubashi Yurie-sama (Kamichu!)
Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière (Zero no Tsukaima)
Real Mayar (Ergo Proxy)
Tousaka Rin (Fate/stay night)
Balsa (Seirei no Moribito)
Kana Minami (Minami-ke)
Konata Izumi (Lucky Star)
Shuurei Kou (Saiunkoku Monogatari)
Makoto Konno (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo)
Megumi "Nodame" Noda (Nodame Cantabile)
Nana Osaki (Nana)
Risa Koizumi (Lovely Complex)
Yoko (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
Horo (Ookami to Koushinryou)
Aoi Minamo (RD Sennou Chousashitsu)
Isurugi Noe (True Tears)
Kasahara Iku (Toshokan Sensou)
Kawazoe "Tama-chan" Tamaki (Bamboo Blade)
Kuhouin Murasaki (Kurenai)
Noda "Nodame" Megumi (Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen)
Yasuoka Shion (Shion no Ou)
Senjougahara Hitagi (Bakemonogatari)
Erin (Kemono no Souja Erin)
Hana Morenos (Michiko to Hatchin)
Michiko Malandro (Michiko to Hatchin)
Mogami Kyouko (Skip Beat!)
Nishimura Haru (Bounen no Xamdou)
Ryougi Shiki (Kara no Kyoukai)
Aisaka Taiga (Toradora!)
Noda Megumi (Nodame Cantabile: Finale)
Kuronuma Sawako (Kimi ni Todoke)
Anarchy Panty (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt)
Anarchy Stocking (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt)
Arashiyama Hotori (Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru)
Kagura (Gintama)
Kurashita Tsukimi (Kuragehime)
Niche (Tegami Bachi)
Olivier Mira Armstrong (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (2009))
Hiiragi (Hanamaru Youchien)
Kuroneko (Gokou Ruri) (Ore no Imouto)
Shimura Tae (Gintama)
Tamura Manami (Ore no Imouto)
Tatiana Vishnyova (Nodame Cantabile: Finale)
Winry Rockbell (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (2009))
Yoshida Chizuru (Kimi ni Todoke)
Akemi Homura (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
Arrietty (Karigurashi no Arrietty)
Inami Mahiru (Working`!!)
Kaname Madoka (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
Makise Kurisu (Steins;Gate)
Matsumae Ohana (Hana-Saku Iroha)
Takatsuki Yoshino (Hourou Musuko)
Oginome Ringo (Mawaru Penguin Drum)
Amane Suzuha (Steins;Gate)
Maekawa-san (Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko)
Miyoshi Kaya (Bakuman.)
Sakura Kyouko (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
Sarashina Chizuru (Hourou Musuko)
Tomoe Mami (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
Tsurugi Minko (Hana-Saku Iroha)
For those interested in the guys:
Kyon (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu)
Archer (Fate/stay night)
Dutch (Black Lagoon)
Ginko (Mushishi)
Hiraga Saitou (Zero no Tsukaima)
Matsumaru Fumihiko (Rec)
Mizuno Kanta (Sunabouzu)
Ootori Kyouya (Ouran Koukou Host Club)
Satou Tatsuhiro (NHK ni Youkoso!)
Light "Kira" Yagami (Death Note)
Kamina (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
Hei (Darker than Black - Kuro no Keiyakusha)
Isaac Dian (Baccano!)
L (Death Note)
Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch)
Nozomu Itoshiki (Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)
Shinichi Chiaki (Nodame Cantabile)
Simon (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
Yuuichi Aizawa (Kanon (2006)
Negishi Souichi/Johannes Krauser II (Detroit Metal City)
Chiaki Shinichi (Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen)
Ikari Shinji (Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Jo)
Kaiba (Kaiba)
Kurenai Shinkurou (Kurenai)
Lawrence Craft (Ookami to Koushinryou)
Natsume Takashi (Natsume Yuujinchou)
Okazaki Tomoya (Clannad)
Takizawa Akira (Higashi no Eden)
Takasu Ryuuji (Toradora!)
Adam Blade (Needless)
Araragi Koyomi (Bakemonogatari)
Casshern (Casshern Sins)
Fan Hyulick (Tytania)
Natsume Takashi (Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou)
Okazaki Tomoya (Clannad After Story)
Takamura Mamoru (Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting - New Challenger)
Sakata Gintoki (Gintama)
Katsuragi Keima (Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai)
Koibuchi Kuranosuke (Kuragehime)
Lag Seeing (Tegami Bachi)
Ozaki Toshio (Shiki)
Ryner Lute (Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu)
Takanashi Souta (Working!!)
Vash the Stampede (Trigun: Badlands Rumble)
Watashi (Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei)
Roy Mustang (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (2009))
Ozu (Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei)
Franz von Stresemann (Nodame Cantabile: Finale)
Hasegawa Taizou (Gintama)
Heiwajima Shizuo (Durarara!!)
Hijikata Toshirou (Gintama)
Matsukichi (Sarai-ya Goyou)
Sanada Ryuu (Kimi ni Todoke)
Okabe "Hououin Kyouma" Rintarou (Steins;Gate)
Baka Ki El Dogra (Level E)
Cao Cao (Souten Kouro)
Kaburagi T. Kotetsu (Tiger & Bunny)
Kawachi Daikichi (Usagi Drop)
Natsume Takashi (Natsume Yuujinchou San)
Nitori Shuuichi (Hourou Musuko)
Takakura Shouma (Mawaru Penguin Drum)
Niizuma Eiji (Bakuman.)
Nyanko-sensei (Natsume Yuujinchou San)
Hashida "Daru" Itaru (Steins;Gate)
Hisakawa "Poppo" Tetsudou (Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada
Shiranai.)
Kraft (Level E)
Senji Kiyomasa (Deadman Wonderland)
Suguro Ryuuji (Ao no Exorcist)
--
Rob Kelk <http://robkelk.ottawa-anime.org/> e-mail: s/deadspam/gmail/
"I'm *not* a kid! Nyyyeaaah!" - Skuld (in "Oh My Goddess!" OAV #3)
"When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear
of childishness and the desire to be very grown-up." - C.S. Lewis
Rob Kelk <http://robkelk.ottawa-anime.org/> e-mail: s/deadspam/gmail/
"I'm *not* a kid! Nyyyeaaah!" - Skuld (in "Oh My Goddess!" OAV #3)
"When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear
of childishness and the desire to be very grown-up." - C.S. Lewis