I’m convinced that only a select few authors know what a personality is and how to apply one to a character. Maybe it’s a western preference that each character has an identifiable personality, using a goofy reference here, “Dean Winchester” but I feel like every individual i see in a manga is this flat caricature of a person. Like actions have 0 emotional impact unless it’s this romantic scene or tragic backstory, but after that we get nothing.
I’m convinced that only a select few authors know what a personality is and how to apply one to a character. Maybe it’s a western preference that each character has an identifiable personality, using a goofy reference here, “Dean Winchester” but I feel like every individual i see in a manga is this flat caricature of a person. Like actions have 0 emotional impact unless it’s this romantic scene or tragic backstory, but after that we get nothing.