Does My Hero's world carry the same statistics? Either way, Hagakure would have to be quite unique in that, while she cannot see her own face, she can see literally everyone else's. We really aren't exposed to many people with disabilities in the series outside of those who are injured on the job. There are about 36 million people in the world who cannot see. Now imagine that, not only do your friends not know what you look like, but neither do you. Hagakure is vying for fame and notoriety like the rest of her friends, but she's going to have an uphill battle on her hands, which she is absolutely already aware of. It should not go unnoticed that Hagakure's superhero ensemble gets little fanfare from her classmates. We know this occurs in the My Hero Academia world, given how much attention is given to the young ladies' formal wear in the feature film My Hero Academia: Two Heroes and how justifiably excited Class 1-A gets over their new superhero costumes. (No goth phase? No, thank you.) This might seem shallow at first - who cares if someone can't see what they look like in a mini-skirt and combat boots or an over-sized pair of jeans? At least she can't see any teenage acne! Some people would give up one of their own hands if it meant never having to go through a pimple phase.īut don't forget, Hagakure now has to watch all of her friends go through these phases, embracing or rejecting them, and ultimately finding their perfect fit. But this also makes it more difficult for Hagakure to experiment with different looks - something that is very common with people her age. To be fair, there's something quite liberating about Hagakure's friends being unable to know what she looks like - being body-shamed or harassed over her body would likely be more difficult. Part of Hagakure's ability to experiment with her own identity has been stripped from her. Hagakure is at a time in her life when she is supposed to be forming her personality, learning who she is, who she wants to be, and how that should or should not inform her relationships. But there's good reason to suspect an existential crisis is gnawing deep inside her teenage brain. Toru Hagakure - or, the Invisible Girl - seems upbeat, cheery, and peppy. Maybe the saddest character in anime is a perky girl in a school uniform. Maybe they don't brood in their overwhelming doom and gloom. But maybe, just maybe, the saddest character in all of anime (and maybe anything ever?) doesn't have an intensely violent or depressing origin story. Neglected, abused, forced to murder Crona of Soul Eater and mentally/emotionally broken Ken Konecki of Tokyo Ghoul can attest to that. From The Green Mile's persecuted gentle giant John Coffey, to Breaking Bad's intelligent but often misguided Jesse Pinkman, there's no end to tragic characters whose very existence leaves you in dire need of a puppy GIF or two.Īnime is no different. Movies and TV series are not short on depressing characters.
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