Let's see how many of these we can find by pooling our resources. Just post a cap of it in this thread when you see it.
Tomoya's all the way in the back; doesn't count.
>>7147 Actually I though that is the protagonist seat. I'm pretty sure it's more common than what Tohno has posted. I'm too lazy to actually go and take screenshots. There was a 'Blazing Bat' pasta floating around about that-guy from Kimi ni Todoke which was based on the fact that he had the protagonist seat (all the way in the back). Then again Sawako's seat would be the one Tohno suggest (second last instead of last). Actually it's so widespread I was pretty suprised when it turned out Keima from TWGoK sits in the middle row. This is completely unrelated but I was sitting in the protag seat (as in last desk, not second last) quite a bit, especially in HS.
last window seat, second to last window seat, the hell difference does it make? stop nitpicking.
My 2 cents.
The strange thing is...
>>7149 >I though that is the protagonist seat Some of them might even realize their own position only when they reach that place.
My highschool didn't have windows, so I never got to sit in a protagonist seat ;_;
>>7162 You're destined for greatness.
I remember once in about grade 5 before anyone knew I was autistic, and I had trouble focusing, my teacher put my desk in the corner, facing the window so he didn't have to look at me. I used to get real hot and feel sick in the summer times.
>>7159 Rei is the real star of the show?
>>7166 Well she has a pretty big role in End of Evangelion...
>>7164 This happened to me in 7th grade ;_; Up until then I got the second to last window seat every year since 2nd. Interestingly, it was always a fat boy who sat behind me (not always the same one either). 8th grade had me sitting in the back alone in front of the teacher's desk. Once in high school I took back my usual place in the second to last window spot mostly out of habit (until I simply stopped going). Though no fat boys sat behind me then, actually there was always a buffer in every class of empty seats around me for some reason...
>>7163 ...on some hiki/NEET satyre (probably including NTR).
>>7154 Um, I'm pretty sure there's a big difference between the two. I'm pretty bored lately so I might actually go through my HDs full of anime to make some caps but I don't watch any romcom shows so I don't think I'll find many examples of this. Again, I always thought that the last seat is the protag seat. Hell, even Akarin sat in the last row by the window. I thought they were poking fun at her with this.
I will never understand why the protagonist always has to sit in that specific area. Is it easier to draw or something? Even Horizon and Guilty Crown have the main characters sitting in that seat. For the Horizon MC, it doesn't even make sense, because his personality is the type that sits in the VERY front.
>>7184 >Is it easier to draw or something? Probably, yes. I mean, half the screen is just a window (which you can usually fill very easily with generic skyblue or light) while the remaining half is just the protagonist, with maybe one character behind him. Anywhere else and you'd be pretty much forced to draw multiple background characters as well as details of the classroom itself. In fact, if you think about it, it's an economic shot that quickly sets the setting (classroom window and 1 background character) and shows the main character. I can't imagine any other spot in the classroom would be as efficient and cost-effective as the window seat.
>>7186 Well then. I'm glad we solved this. Can't really get mad if they're doing it to save money.
I don't think they do it to save money in any regard, I think it's more done just because everyone has done it for so long, almost like a meme of sorts. The same way you see a lot of classrooms in anime have the number 2-C or 2-B.
>>7189 >I don't think they do it to save money in any regard, I think it's more done just because everyone has done it for so long, almost like a meme of sorts. I agree. I think a lot of studios/authors do it just for the heck of it.
One seat behind and you're fucked.
No seats were near the windows in any of my schools. Hell, my middle school had NO windows. All the classrooms were in the middle of the building while the outer walls all were offices for teachers and admins. We weren't allowed to stare out the window. Or have dreams. ;_;
>>8983 Unless you're a anime character, I don't see how that's appropriate for this thread.
does this count?
>>9092 The real protag is the bored kid in the last row who looks out of the window. That's a very protagy thing to do. One thing nobody seemed to ever mentioned is how the protags are seated by the window for plot related reasons - they can see what's going outside the school that way. So whenever they see someone suspicious entering/one of their friends leaving even though classes aren't over yet/Death Notes getting dropped left and right they can get up and run out of the class (and since the classes have two pairs of doors the last row is quite close to the exit) and do whatever the protag is supposed to do.
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
>>9202 >Real Player What the fuck am I seeing?
>>9208 What I'm wondering is why, not only is the video player itself in the cap, but also has transparent edges.
>>9208 We've fallen through a time warp.
did anyone post Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka yet?
even Yuki's seat...
>>9296 Candy boy! long time no see.
Ayumu is the one who suffers the most from the MC's curse.
>>9361 Right? It's like, why doesn't he just change seats.
>>9390 Because then someone else would take it, along with his spot light and all his bitches.
CardCaptor Sakura (episode 8)
nästan
>>9557 Too far away, doesn't count.
>>9562 i think there is some confusion about exactly which seat we are discussing
>>9566 There is but even then the ones in question are last and second last.
hmm...
>>12105 That's the back corner, it has to be second from the back, baka.
>>13523 Tomoya Okazaki and Itou Makoto were there as well. I think that rather might be the doomed protagonist sit.
>>13531 Oh God, you're right.
Does that mean Kana is doomed?
I don't see why it has to be second from the back, why can't it be back corner window OR second from the back corner window? There seems to be plenty of protags in the far back corner to warrant it's inclusion. and is this really even a cliche? seems more like a in-joke type of thing, like the Wilhelm scream.
>>13815 I don't know, I'm just fucking around... But we'll see.
ararara
>>14123 If you ask me, when a anime has two characters in the back two seats, the one second to the back takes priority. see >>13515
+1
She's so cute.
>>20451 Oh my god, I forgot!!! [runs to Nyaatorrents]
and here I thought Tsubomi was more of the main character.
>>20547
Since Nisekoi protagonist Raku used that seat, does it make him a minor character?
Continued at >>23195 And Kaname Madoka too?
>>23195 He's a harem protagonist, those are always minor as far as characters go. >>23196 Banhammer incoming, brace for impact.
>>23196 Meduca meguca is a deconstruct, also Meduca isn't the main character.
I think this might count.
No one wants to sit up the front close to teacher?
>>26009 Of course not, you know how stressful that is?
>>26010 not always
Yuki is another exception.
This really says something about who the protagonist of this anime is.
I wonder if studios aren't just doing it out of a sense of tradition at this point.
>>35652 I think Super Cub is company sponsored. It's like a really, really nice ad. Not that I'm complaning.
>>32494 For a little variety, cooking class.
>>37019 This one was almost surely intentional, I think they even explicitly said "your seat is in the back" or something.
Now I know why I never amounted to anything. If only I had picked the right seat...
Best girl gets the best seat.
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