Character of the Month: Naraku
Hello, fabulous peoples! Welcome to my final installment of my month
of countdowns, although it’s not a countdown.
Regardless, Character of the Month is a Hanime on Anime tradition, and
as such, I can’t really break that. And
this month’s character was worth the title!
In fact, this one has deserved that title for a while, and not just
because he’s one of my favorite characters.
So, enough of me talking and let’s talk about this month’s Character of
the Month: Naraku (no need to say the show he’s from. Y’all know.)
Naraku is the main antagonist of
both Inuyasha series. Originally the severely injured bandit
Onigumo who sold his soul to a hoard of demons, Naraku’s main objective is to
collect the shards of the Sacred Jewel, and is willing to sacrifice anyone or
anything to do just that. Notoriously
known for never being directly involved in his own schemes, Inuyasha and the
gang often find themselves in horrible, even soul-crushing situations thanks to
him. Yeah, Naraku needed his time in the
limelight on this blog.
Speaking of which, where do I begin
with this guy? If you read my first two
countdowns, Naraku was already one of my favorite anime characters of all time
for several reasons. Hands down he’s one
of the smartest villains in anime. Though
he often get’s called out for being a coward for it, you have to admit it’s
pretty impressive of him to pull off all of his evil plans without being in on
the action. To sit on the sidelines and
just watch things unfold is something that not many other villains in anime
that I’ve seen can pull off- the dumb ones anyway. He also gains some pretty awesome powers and
costume changes as the series progresses.
But overall, when you really get down to it, he’s just a villain you
love to hate. He’s evil and conniving,
and hard core Inuyasha fans like
myself just love every minute of it. Everything
he does is just so awful, and yet we just love to watch it. It was pretty hard to pass him up for Character
of the Month last year. Then again,
that’s probably why he was on my first two countdowns to begin with. So search for those Jewel Shards and give the
world hell, Naraku, cause you’re (finally) Hanime on Anime’s Character of the
Month of September.
Now before I go, I do have one
special announcement that I would like to make.
And I know I should have said something sooner, but I think now is a
good time to bring it up. As many of you
know, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have caused devastating damage to Houston and
the Caribbean. The footage and images that we’ve seen in the
news and online are clear in that people in both affected areas are need of
help. To those of you in those areas,
you are in my thoughts and prayers, and I have every intention of making a
donation to help relief efforts. And to
all of my readers reading this now, I encourage you to do what you can to
help. History has shown that when we
come together in a time of crisis, we make a difference.
Anyways, stay tuned next week when
I start my October tradition of horror-themed posts!
-Hanime
on Anime
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