Why We Like Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu)

[@roycekennethminordevera2870]

Hachiman is very relatable and he is a character that is true to himself! He never lies and that’s why Yukino and Yui fall for him.

[@DrxgonZ]

but he calls himself the biggest liar

[@megugu2155]

@@DrxgonZ and thats why hes truthful to himself. he knows he is lying to himself and thats part of the reason why he said "i want something genuine"

[@atharv7353]

I've been like him half of my life, no girl has ever fallen for me.

[@solomon1453]

think like INxPs types or ENxPs types are like that

[@nubkid1990]

@@atharv7353 😅reality is disappointing .I've been like hachiman for 4 years and no girl never fall for me but Plus point is I was atheist friends with them which is my LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

[@SOLDIEROFGOD_121-1-2]

He is a protector who walks under shadow always sacrificing himself for the sake of others this is quality that every man should have.

[@souleternal3661]

What you said just reminds me of Itachi

[@SOLDIEROFGOD_121-1-2]

Hikigaya hachiman from oregairu. Ayanokoji from classroom of the elite. Goblin slayer from Goblin slayer. Sesshomaru from inuyasha. Naofumi iwatani from rise of the shield hero. Itachi uchiha from Naruto. And Natsuki subaru from re zero. They are Legends. And these are Greatest anime in the history of anime.

[@souleternal3661]

@@SOLDIEROFGOD_121-1-2 agree also kazama from grisaia, leuluch from code geass. But i think ayanokoji is more selfish but still great character

[@francisabellana445]

The Title of this video is wrong, we don't like Hachiman WE LOVE HIM!

[@mahziyartavakoli8330]

You got me in the first 63% ngl

[@Ku9gami]

This is the best main character in anime. Everything he says is nothing but true.

[@gaunos-s5735]

This video is so well done. You described Hachiman perfectly. I haven't seen anyone perfectly describe a diverse character like Hachiman, but I'm hella happy with this video. I subscribed, keep up the good work man.

[@lucidgazing2078]

One of the best character analysis' i've watched from Oregairu! I was introduced to "No Longer Human" by Dazai from another podcast a couple days ago and considered it for my next read, watching you parallel hachiman to dazai now convinced me to order this book now and start reading it asap

[@bstylia14]

thanks! Get ready to feel ike crap after reading that book though lol

[@sergiosanchez3267]

Oregairu is my favorite anime by far. Really really nice analisys man, i felt it.

[@shaboy54]

Cool video. Definitely sums up many of Hachiman’s characteristics and what makes him a beloved anime character.

[@billytinna993]

Hachiman is basically the spokesperson for all negative/depressed high schoolers.

[@Rudieas]

College to

[@theeg-topic3803]

The most satisfying ending I have seen

[@ivorytorea]

Oh no, I wrote this comment already and then my computer crashed before I could send it and I had to write it all again and forgetting half of it or not being able to recreate it as well as beforehand, I am so sad :P This is such a good video, props to you! Oregairu is my favourite show, despite that tho I have not watched season 3 yet (in part because I wanted to watch it in one go for greater impact, but also because due to my depression putting me in a spot where I am not feeling like I can give it the viewing experience it deserves, given that it is a final ending that can only be experienced once). What I did watch tho were a lot of other KZbinrs video essays on Oregairu and how it links to their different depressions, how they can identify with Hachiman (which in itself poses an interesting question, after all the reason I clicked on this video here^^, what does it mean if all those different people for all their different reasons and with all their different depressions can all identify with Hachiman in the same way I can?), they even mentioned all other things from artstyles to who is best girl and even viewing fatique, which obviously is hitting pretty close to home for me as it may be my favourite anime but it is simultanously emotionally fulfilling as it is exhausting. But none of them actually mentioned what was bothering me the most about this show - that it is fiction. Now that sounds awefully mundane, but what I mean is essentially the realization that for all that I can identify myself with Hachimans struggles and thoughts and perspectives - there is not gonna be a benevolent teacher-sensei figure that is interested and engaged enough to care about and see through my struggles to force me into a magical romcom situation where not just will I suddendly find understanding and acceptance but also be useful for people that are prompted to come to me for help, all for their own individual reasons and me being actually able to do something about it that makes me not just misunderstood but even likeable. In my life there won´t be this superficial situation where everything is set up and falls into place. And even if, Hachiman is beast, not just does he come up with all those solutions, never failing anyone but also being able to work tirelessly here and there and everywhere that old grumpybear. For all that I can identify myself with him, those things will not happen and even if they would, I would not be secretly amazing like him. And I like that you pointed that out what all the other KZbinrs did not, that this Hachiman is not something that I should aspire to be like, that this is not how life works, in my life there will not be that random goodwilled Sensei and not that Yukinon that will set me off to self growth. And the Hachiman that everyone can identify with so well is not a good role self to play because instead of making people interested in you like in the show, being like him in real life in the beginning would only bring more misery. And I like that you pointed this out. Because it is a part of my exhaustion of why I haven´t watched the ending, because as long as the show was going on (I also didn´t read the LN for that reason yet) there was always the room for growth but now with a fix happy ending waiting, I am almost afraid of losing touch with my favourite show, because it is not where I can see myself in anymore. And all of those other KZbinrs just talking about how they could also identify themselves with Hachiman while at the same time persuing all their interests in creating big communities and hobbies (not that I am saying they are lying, but their identification is understandable but just different) Because I often wished I was like Hachiman since I always saw him as distinctly different from myself Because my life is not a magical romcom. But that is why I like (my interpretation of) your theory so much, because if this story actually leans itself on the work of "No longer human" and is basically an alternate, more cheerful, more hopeful outcome of that story...well at first one would think that gets me down, because as I stated my life is not Hachimans romcom and I am not secretly amazing like him and I won´t have amazing people help me with it...but actually that´s why this theory brigthens my view of this aspect. Because I am not meant to identify with Hachiman as he was, but the potential of growth that he has in him and in the show that potential for self-growth into self-love was needed to be prompted by the Sensei and the club. But I as one of those Hachimans hearing this theory can actually interprete the show into something that while I will not have those things get presented to me like for Hachiman in the show, it gives that hopeful outlook of what could be a reality for such a character in which the author would not have to kill themselves in the end. Because for me, I can actually prompt myself to self-growth, in my case by learning about psychology. In a way I guess I could say I can find my own Senseis in the people that explain it to me because it makes the world make more sense to me, it helps me understand more of others and myself. And with that self-growth from self-love I can actually endure the ending, that perfect ending that Hachiman finds, because even if I don´t, I can at least realize my potential for growth into the person he becomes and go be able to reach out for a fulfilling ending of my own. I don´t need a Yukinon or club of myself to become a more rounded person, I can infact become the person that would have the capacity to realize and grasp the possibility of such a situation like Hachiman is able to in the end if it presented itself to me. And I got the show to actually provide me with the hopeful optimism that such a possibility could be a part of life, with all the setup that it needs to prompt its story, it actually describes lifelike situations after all, leaning on a work about real life but with the hopeful idea that with that journey of self-growth past my old identification of Hachiman I can infact hope for a different outcome to Osamu Dazai. With that being said, great perspective, I think I can watch the show now, that´s exactly what I wanted to prompt myself into with watching the youtube essays on Oregairu after all, so basically exactly what I said about giving myself the nudge in a forward direction seeking and finding the input I need for myself :D And having had to write the whole comment again its now three hours past my bedtime and I certainly did not completely catch everything again but I hope it makes sense regardless.

[@bstylia14]

wow, I'm glad I could be of help! I was kind of hoping for this video to reach people who aspire to be like Hachiman in season 1 and warn them of the dangerous path they're taking, but I'm happy this was able to reach someone with a different perspective as well!

[@ivorytorea]

@@bstylia14 It´s a creators curse and biggest friend I guess. People will always relate to a story through their own experiences, seeing actions through their own lenses and make connections in their own way of thinking. I for example really relate to Hachimans ideology, doing the right thing whatever it takes from you, looking for something deeper and seeing seemingly mundane nice things as what they are (as well) and that can be ways the world organizes itself, praise conformity and repress different ideas or whatever. But I never related to Hachiman as a loner character, that aspect was always seeming to me kinda superficial because all those characters WANT to relate to him. In that sense my loneliness is stemming from a different place and has a much closer representation in Sangatsu no lion, that feeling of having been born wrong that Rei has, of being hated for doing nothing wrong and the actual representation of bullying is probably the closest I have seen to being realistic in Hinas arc. But there is nobody that is going out of their place to make Hachimans life more miserable than what it is, it is just in everyday seperation. And hence when the show went on and ended in having the issues in the club "resolved" in the end of season 2 it kind of became apparent that the show will have to transform because he is not a loner character anymore but at the same time that is where it alienated me, I just don´t have something similar in my life. It basically annoyed me a bit that so many other people are "relating" to my favourite anime, but loneliness is so stylized in Oregairu, its a show image of it, that is there to convey the things that come from it. And as you said, the point is that Hachiman changes from it, because the loneliness was not his real self, so it kinda annoyed me that all the other people seemed to find that "fake" image of loneliness so relateable when that was never what I liked Hachiman for. It was a bit like people mocked me liking the show in a way because they related to some fake loneliness that comes only from their own volition and could be broken up whenever they chose to, while I related much more to Hachimans words of "once a loner, always a loner", that it is hard to break out of it, it follows like a stigma and is out of my control. But over the last year I can definitely relate to that journey of self growth towards showing care and love for myself because it transforms me as well nowadays. But I still hate the idea that other people seemed to have that choosing loneliness is taken because it is an easy route somehow and read that into Hachiman because he just like them can just break out of that loneliness on the first opportunity he gets, while I mean, yeah...his "life" is a show that needs to get things moving, but if others relate to that part of him that it was for me like as if they are also playing their loneliness up like a show and not the real thing. Because I know getting better for me is a damn hard journey, its not something that I could get rid of by just choosing now to be different. Those things inflicted some real wounds on me and it has taken me some god damn long ass hours of self reflection, therapy and tearing up badly healed wounds time and time again so they can really heal and I can actually get a different outlook in life. Its a damn painful process for me to integrate my past. And that other people can relate to solving loneliness by "just get friends that recognize how great you are"...that´s a show, not the real thing. So anyways, long ass responses, thx for the video, it helped me in my own way.

[@alextorres-if6qj]

Props to you man you really explained what I feel about hachiman and the whole show in general and about the whole “Anti-social” trend that people take lightly and I feel you man on the whole depression thing as I am not a person who thinks I have depression or anything severe I just see my sadness as a come and go type of phase yet this sadness has been with me since I was just a kid pretty much always alone even when I’m around someone but you always got to look in a positive direction and remember that there are others in this world and if you believe nobody can help you then try and help somebody because being a genuine person to not just others but yourself it shows how much you can really grow and that to me is what helps me push on

[@tunguska2370]

Tltr

[@keiivfx]

I’m sorry but if he was in the classroom of elite he would be the main character

[@rickastley1370]

My most fav mc😍😍

[@pulkitriat3301]

Army?

[@jericotorres9020]

Nice topic and review man for one of my favorite anime character.

[@abhiroopkar3196]

a little late to the party, but the similarities to no longer human is certainly a very interesting comparison to make . . . great video blud! (also tone down the meme sfx a bit :0)

[@L.L4041]

Didnt hachiman make best male character of 2020

[@justsomedudewithnoneck8329]

No cap oregaiu got robbed of best couple and best drama they didn’t even get nominated they had couples that weren’t even couple they were friends meanwhile the 8man and yukino going on dates and stuff is kinda mess up

[@alphaismywife6518]

He won male character of the decade

[@somerandomguy2348]

@@alphaismywife6518 in my heart,he is my only fav mc with whom I can relate myself

[@ashishtembhekar4251]

all the major characters in oregairu have alliteration in their name.

[@senshai1267]

Well, he does do freestyle rap too. When it is required .

[@sakshamgurung8031]

nice one man. Keep up the good work. Btw I am from discord

[@owenwillett7581]

I always told myself that I wasn’t that anti social then I watched oregairu and I said I need to change some shit

[@anuzravat]

Why am i Here? Edit:- After Watching the whole Video. Yeah i wanted to be cool I putted a Hachiman DP With his Quote. I still Want to be cool. I subconsciously Try to be Anti-social

[@bstylia14]

Just to suffer

[@sarthak6212]

So did you succeed?

[@anuzravat]

@@sarthak6212 well.. i stopped trying to be like him but i can't socialize much

[@8man550]

I LOVE MY PROFILE PIC

[@bstylia14]

lol thug life hachiman ftw

[@Kidusrox]

Great video

[@tunguska2370]

Oh fu- That concentration camp got me

[@hinng3298]

Safety Helmet needs to be passed

[@bstylia14]

er....

[@enanebres6481]

New Subscriber here

[@enanebres6481]

18k 2y 110k subs

[@orboakin8074]

I am relatively new to anime and I tried watching this show on Crunchy Roll in 2021 but I dropped it after the episode where the pink-haired girl came to thank him for saving her dog and he just blew her off and used the stupid excuse of "She is nice because she wants something" and it really made him hate him because even though I can understand being a recluse, being a cynical jerk to others in that extent is just too much. I had no idea he actually undergoes an evolution and drops the cynical loner a-hole attitude, mainly because most other videos and comments about the show were usually just people praising and idealising his loner lifestyle. Also, maybe it's partly because my own teenage experience was different from those in Japan or the west as I was born and raised in Nigeria.

[@tunguska2370]

"Cringe"

[@tunguska2370]

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[@Itachi-kd4lb]

𝐼𝑓 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑, 𝑖𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. - 𝐻𝑖𝑘𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑦𝑎 𝐻𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛