thinking about it, i suppose one can understand how Kei Kusanagi feels. He may be 18 years old but he was really out of it with his standstills for a good number of years. Therefore his experiences and judgement are still not up to scratch in dealing with sudden relationships.
Anyway, it all turned out ok in the end! to Kei and Mizuho! the happy couple!

LOL. Oh how KeiichiK1 always disses what I say.
Heheh Kusanagi-kun is made that way. Heheh you can't expect that character to be as forward and strong like other anime characters, if so then he wouldn't be Kusanagi Kei. Without that personality and attitude of his, he wouldn't be in the story.

I'm sure a lot of people have a personality like Kei. He's only a child. And yet you may be comparing him to Kamishiro Maiku and Morisato Keiichi. Well yes indeed do so.
But those characters have their own qualities and flaws too, that's what makes them who they are.

Kusanagi-kun has his standstills which interferes with his life and thus may have caused him to act as he does.
Whereas Kamishiro-kun has great experience in computing and and smart, strong willed. And Morisato-kun is a college student studying. You can say the same for Keiichi, ^_^. He could be better if he was more engaged and couraged when seeing Belldandy. He could just go up to her and say his true feelings, etc. But he doesn't do that instantly because he's Keiichi, he's made that way.

Gomen ne. But what I've just said is rather obvious when it comes to anime character design and production.

Sumimasen! :sheep:

Um, I'm not dissing what you say simply because I have a different opinion that you. I just call them like I see them. Kei is a bit too spineless for his own good, especially at first. In time, he got past that somewhat, just as Keiichi did (Keiichi was also far too spineless for his own good at first).

Don't get me wrong... all characters have faults, and I think bringing those up in a discussion of that character is perfectly valid. Kei is too passive. Keiichi is not open enough with his feelings until he's forced to confront them. Maiku is, well, honestly, he's a jerk. Even Belldandy is a bit to naive. Tenchi is too indecisive (come on, how could he NOT pick Ryoko). The list goes on and on. That doesn't mean they are a bad character, but those faults are part of who they are and can add a lot of depth to a series. The problem is, many times that fault causes the character to act in ways that are unbelievable. Would any real person just sit there while someone was talking about plans to put the moves on their wife??? To top it off, he then proceeded to act like a jerk to Mizuho, increasing the chances of such a seduction succeeding.

Just because I'm not fawning over a character that you really sympathize with does not make my analysis of that character a personal attack on you. If you view it as such, you should skip over my posts because I'm not going to lie and say "I think Kei Kusanagi is the greatest character ever!" when I don't really think that. This is a discussion with a variety of different opinions. A thread should not be an initial post and then 50 post saying "You're absolutely right," "I agree," or "Yeah."

Larry

gosh, how often to you see 3 successive posters whose names begin with "Kei" in a thread!
yes that is true, we all have our opinions, and we also have our own way of defending our views, that is the whole point of discussion. We mustnt fall into the trap of thinking too deep into it. otherwise flame wars will start.

ok!!!!!!!! *stands up* time to revive my thread....

how is kei different from onegai teacher to Onegai twins??

was there any difference in how he spoke to mizuho??
his personality??

a sensible guy but always caught in the wrong places right?

he's cool to his friends but a little shy to mizuho dont u think?

helpful and lucky guy too for getting mizuho to be his loving wife and teacher...

I think is difficult how cohabition. Student-teacher = husband-wife.
If my wife is my boss and this history must be secret, i'll change work.

most of the nice anime guys begins their name in the letter "K" just like keiichi, keitaro urashima etc....

in samurai X, the main character's surname also starts with a "K"

Kenshin Himura^^

name others....

Ai Yori Yoshi the principal character is Kaoru Hanabishi.

kamiya kaoru is also from samurai X^^

Are we speaking about the character in general, or the principal character?