The Difference Between Kusanagi Godo in Light Novels and Anime: A Warrior Who Enjoyed Battle
Ordinary Group Owner: "That's not quite right either."
Ordinary Group Owner: "I don't know about Akatsuki Kojou, but when it came to characterization, Kusanagi Godo was only poorly handled in the anime."
Ordinary Group Owner: "The light novel version of Kusanagi Godo was actually pretty good. At the very least, he was a qualified king."
After seeing Tony Stark's words, Su Yunqing shook her head and refuted him.
She had not read the light novels for Akatsuki Kojou and had only watched the anime, but Kusanagi Godo was different. Although she had watched the anime first, she had barely read the light novel version either.
However, because readers who had read the light novels had criticized Kusanagi Godo's personality in the anime, she had read analyses comparing his character in both the anime and the novels.
According to them, the Kusanagi Godo portrayed in the light novels was highly consistent both in his true self and in his conduct as a king. The warrior hidden beneath that gentle youth also fit the character far better, giving him more charm and color than those male leads who were nothing but overly kind.
But for some reason, the anime production team chose to magnify Kusanagi Godo's human side. It could even be said that they had given him the traits of a do-gooder.
Yet Kusanagi Godo in the light novels was not a do-gooder. He was merely an ordinary high school student, and hidden within his heart was a warrior rather than some saintly figure.
The conflict between the two turned this Hegemon, who should have possessed considerable personal charisma, into an overly kind fool who understood nothing. Not only did he lack any goals of his own, but he also needed the heroines' help in many matters.
The most obvious example