Are Darui and Ao transparent attempts to cash in on Kakashi's popularity?

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Nothing against these two, but you gotta wonder. Apparently Kakashi is the most popular character in the series if you put together the collective votes in the official surveys. Kishimoto can't be unaware of this, and Kakashi seems like he heavily inspires traits in a certain type of character. Lets see what Kakashi shares with these two ninja.

Ao: A man with a prestigious and high-ranking backround in the Special Forces, Ao can be disrespectful towards his subordinates but serves his village as best he can. He wears an eye-patch, which conceals an implanted eye from one of Konoha's two great Doujutsu clans, which he is quite skilled with despite not being a native user. Ao is an expert tracker and more than proficient at Water Release techniques.

Darui: Past favorite of a long dead Kage, Darui's personality can best be described as somehow both laid-back and hypercompetent. He has a tattoo on his shoulder which seres as more than simple decoration. Darui is a master at both Water and Lightning techniques, which seem symbolic of both his blazingly intelligent mind and his calm and collected personality. Darui has many regrets. He posesses a bloodline of significant power, but what makes it deadly is the precision it enables even in the heat of combat for skilled users. Darui seems to be next in line for the position of Kage in his village. He has a Lightning Release technique of extraordinary power at his disposal, and prefers to use it as a finishing move. Darui is relatively slender, with spiked, oddly bright hair. One of his eyes is usually never visible, and the other seems perenially half-closed. Darui has performed very well in the Fourth War, and has served as a commander of a sizeable section of the allied forces. He has fought even against opponents classifiable as extraordinary Jinchuuriki, and has impressed many with his endurance.



So yeah, opinions?
 

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Kakashi still beats them both 1v1
 

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Yeah and maybe Kishi hasn't got any new ideas on what the char will look like so maybe he used some characteristics on kakashi an placed it on 2 char
 

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Kakashi is the most popular character on the series? Opinions opinions :rolleyes:

Also Darui > Kakashi.
 

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Never thought about it like that. But now you mention it.. it does make sense actually.

They somewhat do ressemble Kakashi in a way. :p altho every village probably has a sort of Kakashi I guess. :D

(the Granddaughter of Oonoki kinda reminds me of Konoha's Anko btw ..)
 

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They are pretty similar. *****. Ao I'm not sure of since he lacks Kakashi's coolness, he stole his eye and hasn't shown extraordinary battle skill. Simply an ANBU with a dojutsu.
 

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They are pretty similar. *****. Ao I'm not sure of since he lacks Kakashi's coolness, he stole his eye and hasn't shown extraordinary battle skill. Simply an ANBU with a dojutsu.

Ao hasn't really impressed at all in the manga or anime, but if I remember right he's first in command of the hunter-nin (those guys in charge of failing to capture Zabuza and his ilk) so he must be at least a little badass.

Also it seems you were trying to apply positive reinforment to my paltry reputation, so thanks for that. The exact phrase people use seems to be censored for some reason.


As to Kakashi's popularity: I don't think Kakashi has ever been the most popular character, but he's always top ten, quite often top three. When you use all the surveys together it seems logical for him to be pretty high, though I admit the whole process is biased towards characters who were present in the manga from the start. I also wouldn't swear to the ranking being accurate, but I recall reading it somewhere recently.

Also, opinions are of course involved in popularity contests, they are in fact THE WHOLE POINT.

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Never thought about it like that. But now you mention it.. it does make sense actually.

They somewhat do ressemble Kakashi in a way. :p altho every village probably has a sort of Kakashi I guess. :D

(the Granddaughter of Oonoki kinda reminds me of Konoha's Anko btw ..)

Sassy short-haired chick? Yeah, Anko vibes abound. Though less psychosis.
 

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Sassy short-haired chick? Yeah, Anko vibes abound. Though less psychosis.

The way their face is drawn and also the way they act ^^ a bit Childish yet confident .. they really are pretty similar :D
(not the hair tho)
 

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Darui is basically black Kakashi lol.

similarities:

- coolness
- laid back
- similar build
- kekkei genkai
- covered eye
- smart
- honorable
- regrets
 

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Darui is basically black Kakashi lol.

similarities:

- coolness
- laid back
- similar build
- kekkei genkai
- covered eye
- smart
- honorable
- regrets

Yeah, those are about half of the things I mentioned. That was extremely helpful.
 
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lmao... looks like someones getting his butt hurt for nothing.

Well, you just entered my thread, completely ignored everything, and wrote down an inferior listing. It was a kinda pointless and annoying thing to do.
 

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Kakashi is the most popular character on the series? Opinions opinions :rolleyes:

Also Darui > Kakashi.
Opinions are only opinions if there isn't any fact to back them up. In this case, kakashi has won the favorite character voting more than once. Therefore kakashi= most popular in the series. As for you, gtfo.
 
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