Comment by creata
2 days ago
Giving the blood type of the character is common in anime and manga. Wikipedia links it to a belief that blood type can predict personality.
2 days ago
Giving the blood type of the character is common in anime and manga. Wikipedia links it to a belief that blood type can predict personality.
You can also see it in Street Fighter II: The World Warrior.
Okay, but why are we importing pseudoscience?
Because it's fun.
I don't believe astrology is real, but I've assigned birthdays to some of my characters based on zodiac signs which are said to align with their personality, simply because it's cute and fun. I was inspired by the characters of Sailor Moon, each of which have a birthday in a zodiac sign ruled by their associated planet. (So Moon is a Cancer, Mercury is a Virgo, etc.).
I guess to each their own. I can see how it can be fun but when zodiac signs are discussed it is disproportionately about more than "fun" and that certainly biases me (and I think many others).
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