can i ask you something? why does everyone love hanamiya makoto so much? isnt he kind of a dick?
I wonder why you’re asking me, but I’ll tell you from how much I know...
It’s precisely because he’s a dick that most people like him, I believe. People rarely flat out admit their true intentions and not care about what people think. It’s also rare to find in a sports anime, a character who just doesn’t care about winning or other people’s opinions to do what he feels like.
Not to mention, he’s intriguing to think about. Usually you see teams and people motivated by intentions of working together and winning with their friends, yet he has managed to make a team where everyone is supportive of his schemes of just injuring talented players. And all this when he’s himself quite talented and smart. It isn’t even out of spite, which is what makes him so mysteriously likable in my opinion. A lot we don’t know, so we sit with the question why and make countless theories on what could be. He’s just interesting.
Honestly, I’ve been in this fandom for quite a while and he still doesn’t bore me. Nor does Kirisaki Daiichi. They still seem as interesting as they did when they first appeared.