{"id":186,"date":"2026-07-12T23:54:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2026-07-13T03:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T03:50:04","slug":"animesite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/animesite\/","title":{"rendered":"Animesite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>As for the character I would pick, it would have to be Ken Kaneki from <em>Tokyo Ghoul<\/em>. To me, he is someone who I like a lot, given his whole deal, with that being having to navigate his life as a half ghoul after being human for nearly all of his life. Even if he is considered &#8220;edgy&#8221; or &#8220;emo&#8221; by those who know the media, to me he is a wonderfully written character in regards to his trauma and eventually finding the will to live. <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"519\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41431\/2026\/07\/6c61f0c6249bab53954431011543c54e-e1783912940973.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41431\/2026\/07\/6c61f0c6249bab53954431011543c54e-e1783912940973.jpg 404w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41431\/2026\/07\/6c61f0c6249bab53954431011543c54e-e1783912940973-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41431\/2026\/07\/Zxp5yj.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-224 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Alongside that, he is a character that has a vast array of sort of iterations as he constantly transforms across the main series and its sequel, with that being <em>Tokyo Ghoul: Re. <\/em>He also is someone who likes to read a lot, with that being shown plenty within the manga, alongside all the references made in regards to books. For instance, the most obvious one would be <em>The Metamorphosis <\/em>by Franz Kafka, as he likens himself to Gregor Samsa with his transformation into a half ghoul. Overall, he&#8217;s a character I would love to be in terms of cosplay for a con. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>As for my favorite iterations, it would have to be his life as Haise Sasaki, along with his transformation as the Black Reaper. For Haise, it was him living under a false life, with no memories as his life as Kaneki. He is considered as the sort of &#8220;dream&#8221; to allow Kaneki to cope with the events of the end of <em>Tokyo Ghoul<\/em> and with nearly dying. Eventually, as Haise begins to learn more about his life beforehand, he does eventually learn about his own traumatic past and thus, wakes up from the &#8220;dream,&#8221; marking his transformation as the Black Reaper. With that, it came with his own sort of acceptance of his wish to die as a hero as he becomes deadset on fulfilling that wish as the Black Reaper. Eventually though he does soon gain the will to live, which I found to be wonderful. Below is a picture of the Black Reaper form.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"483\" height=\"601\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41431\/2026\/07\/Haise_Sasaki_on_the_cover_of_re_volume_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41431\/2026\/07\/Haise_Sasaki_on_the_cover_of_re_volume_1.png 483w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41431\/2026\/07\/Haise_Sasaki_on_the_cover_of_re_volume_1-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41431\/2026\/07\/Kaneki_the_Black_Reaper-1-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41431\/2026\/07\/Kaneki_the_Black_Reaper-1-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41431\/2026\/07\/Kaneki_the_Black_Reaper-1-2.png 545w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41431\/2026\/07\/Kaneki_the_Black_Reaper-1-2-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As for the character I would pick, it would have to be Ken Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul. To me, he is someone who I like a lot, given his whole deal, with that being having to navigate his life as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/animesite\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31160,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sunnybadillo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}