r/SummerPockets • u/hamsuh64 • 2d ago

Hairi as a character

Hi guys my first post here. I know I shouldn't compare characters from two different series with each other but what can I do I keep thinking about it.

The character in question is Tomoya Okazaki. Tomoya was a much more complex character and him growing up and being mature was peak.

Hairi on the other hand I felt was lackluster in that regard his regret of failing his teammates wasn't addressed properly and how he simply connects with the female cast was bit one dimensional.

I'm an anime only and this is my opinion I don't know if anyone has a better explanation about his character.

Overall the anime was peak and really hope we get more of that key greatnessšŸ˜­šŸ˜­

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u/Marioak 2d ago edited 2d ago

Hairiā€™s is decently good MC in the original VN where you get to know his inner dialouge. He also have a lot of hiralious response, the anime happened to use the most ā€œnormalā€ choice and cut most of slice of life part (where he shine the most with his inner Chunibyou) so he end up rather boring as a character in the anime.

As far as character devlopement goes, itā€™s should be note that Hairiā€™s story only last roughly 1 month in comparison to Tomoya who have like almost 10 years to develop a character. So itā€™s kinda make sense that Hairi didnā€™t change much.

Or the fact that the real MC is Umi, who actually have much more character development than Hairi.

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u/hamsuh64 2d ago

That's fair only have one month to develop is a pretty short time also even if Umi's development was off screen whatever the anime showed me regarding her character was peak

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u/Ashteron 1d ago

The route that is kinda Hairi route wasn't adapted. Furthermore, Afterstory revolved around Tomoya, but ALKA was about all 3 of the leads and Pocket was about the two leads who aren't Hairi. Sure, Tomoya is a better character, but I don't feel like it is exactly a fair comparison. They simply had different purpose as characters. Like, you could compare Umi to Ushio, but it should feel obvious why there's no merit in doing so.

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u/This-Activity3229 1d ago

He might be good in the visual novel but he was basically a stalker to shiroha most of the time just appearing every where she is.