
Old Fate fans often say that Shinji is actually a good guy and not a bad person, but I might just be a lifelong newcomer in thinking that he is simply a villain of villains.
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We @kondosatoru, March 5
People try to trivialize Shinji’s villainy with all sorts of descriptors like “a small fry,” “an ordinary person,” or “a fool,” but isn’t that harsh? What is that? Something like “Muscle strength refers not to the strength of muscle but to normal attack power,” or “A villain is not a bad person but someone inherently evil”? Is this some kind of fundamental Fate terminology?
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We @kondosatoru, 18 hours ago
It’s not that I dislike Shinji because he’s a villain. I like the character. Vegeta was a complete villain up until the battle with Pubb, but I doubt many people disliked him for that. However, seeing that many people think Shinji is just small-time because he can’t fully embrace being a villain, I just think, “Would someone who can’t fully become a villain be able to kick away and laugh at a truly vicious Fujine?”
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We @kondosatoru, 18 hours ago
Even if he was raised under a magician’s sense of ethics, Shinji can’t remain in that middle ground; that’s not how one reaches the core. In contrast, that is a part of what makes him human. While that unspoken aspect is one side of his small-time nature, I think that when discussing Shinji, he should be measured by human ethics rather than that of a magician. Though it may vary from person to person.
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We @kondosatoru, March 5
No matter how much someone is warped by external factors, if they’re not a villain, they cannot commit rape.
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We @kondosatoru, 2 hours ago
Looking at replies and quotes, it seems that the shifting definition of what constitutes a villain is causing some debate. When Shinji acquired leadership and told Shirou that the Fujiko he kicked away died, or when he oppresses Sakura, he is in a position to gain pleasure from it. Whether causing harm as a pawn, a magician, or a human changes depending on the stance. He’s something else entirely compared to Tosaka and other runners.
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There are a few people who make it sound like even small-time criminals aren’t really bad people.
The story is about a villain who has a certain level of power.
Isn’t the one who’s not a bad guy from a different world?
I have the same impression as the image.
Roots are generally good ones, I suppose.
But I think that Shinji from sn is not a good guy anymore either.
It seems like you’re saying that you had a friendship with Shirou.
Choose your friends.
>>5
I wonder if it only worked because Shirou is a person on the broken side.
There are two completely different versions of Shinji, so there’s a possibility of confusion.
It feels like the wickedness of what is being done is somewhat underestimated, as it is overly emphasized how disgraceful it is.
It’s a clown, but at the same time, it’s just plain terrible.
Sakura is being raped.
Isn’t it that the ones who are playing the original are the real bad guys?
It started with Hollow becoming a gag character, right?
Type-Moon works have that kind of aspect, after all.
In anime, is it explicitly stated that there is rape?
I don’t know because I haven’t watched the anime.
The root is a good guy according to the official settings.
I feel like the mainstream opinion was that it was unreasonable.
>>13
It feels like it could go all the way to Hollow…
With just SN, it’s kind of… like that.
A scoundrel, or rather, a lowlife.
Whose is it…?
I’ve thought since the Tsukihime era that Type-Moon’s good person judgment is strange.
I have had a penchant for favoring and liking incredibly chaotic enemies since my doujin days.
>>18
Aren’t you just not being favored by Shinji?
>>24
I often see people getting strangely emotionally involved here, though.
>>33
Sure, it’s easy to empathize with feelings of inferiority, and on top of that, most people are saying that Shinji is a scumbag.
I mean, that’s a player’s perspective and has nothing to do with favoritism from the official side, right?
Is it just that Shirou’s tolerance level is strange?
I remember thinking it was too silly to launch a Rider’s special attack on the rooftop where I was too.
>>20
Well, back then I was really pressed for time…
Was I said to be a good guy?
It is described that there are good aspects as well.
I think some people might think it’s character dissing when you say someone is a bad guy…
There’s no doubt that he’s a villain, but I feel like the existence of worse people makes his shadow less prominent.
There used to be some good things in the past.
Isn’t it the case that there are fewer people who claim they are not bad people…?
He’s a good guy at heart…
>>30
I didn’t say anything like this, but somehow there are strange embellishments attached to it.
Since Shinji keeps trying to appeal that he’s actually a good guy.
In the case of sn, it’s trash, and with ha it ended up as a gag, so I perceive it as having become somewhat milder.
I like it enough to want a route.
I won’t say he’s a good guy, but
Not a villain, but trash, scum, a weak human.
I can somewhat understand that nuance.
Myo has charm.
Isn’t it like a good guy mixed with the impression of moon seaweed?
In the original, Shirou’s reaction was just a “hmm” even when he died.
I think it might be mixed with Shinji’s impression of the moon.
If they said that Shinji from the moon is basically a good guy, I could accept that.
It seems that Shinji is aware of having failed his character enough to regularly engage in Shinji’s revenge.
I don’t think he is a good person, but I do feel that he is pitiable or pathetic.
Also, in fan creations, I often ended up being put through horrible situations for the punchline.
It seems that they’ve become a lovable character due to being turned into a gag character in HA.
It’s funny how they’re becoming more and more weak-kneed because they went viral.
Even if the original creator Shinji Shirou dies, I won’t be shocked…
I tried going from SN to HA without knowing the online reputation, but I felt a bit of a disconnect thinking, “Why is this guy fitting in so harmoniously?”
I thought maybe I was missing some information.
The difference between a villain and an evil person is something that Aoko or Shiki might talk about when explaining it to Toako.
I think that character consistency is often compromised in derivative works.
It feels like I can’t talk about a character as an individual without considering the meta perspective of the circumstances of each work.
I understand that there isn’t a particularly bad impression of Shinji in UBW.
Because I was completely a fool, for better or worse.
I saw that the treatment of Sakura differs between the PC version and the all-age version, which changes the impression.
>>51
Even in the all-age version, it’s still included in the Bug’s Warehouse, you know.
It seems that the impression of Shinji from the Moon and the somewhat ambiguous portrayal of Shinji has merged together.
Well, as long as the rape doesn’t go away, the impression won’t improve.
It was caused by the environment, so there is a sense of being a victim that feels acquired.
There is an impression of being a loser, a pathetic person, or a failure, but…
Were they really acting in the shadows to the extent of being called a villain?
The rear root doesn’t seem like a good guy.
>>55
It’s just Shirou and Mushroom saying whatever they want…
He’s just an ordinary jerk.
Most people probably like the character, but don’t necessarily think of them as a good person.
I thought it was just a minor detail, but doing something like normal Sakura R*** with just a rider is a bit much…
Aren’t the voices of extreme people just loud regardless of which opinion you take?
The official statement doesn’t say that the root is a good guy, and isn’t it quite a minority even among fans…?
Originally, they are a scoundrel, but without all the implications related to the Holy Grail War, they aren’t really a villain… It might be that the story has become exaggerated as it is being told like that.
I was thinking, is Grandpa also being nicely purified and passing away…?
I mean, it’s still really strange to me that HA ended with such a refreshing last shot!