Thread:Mangetsu20/@comment-4280197-20140210112210/@comment-3403804-20140227235319

Ten's earlier post was spot on, in all honesty. Seke's personality could be expanded greatly, among the things you've described is the general Shonen formula keywords. What does he think about his friends? What is his disposition? What is his behaviour? What does he think about his enemies? These are four primary questions, and you need to answer many more questions than that.

You state that he protects his friends, and appears highly protective of them? Why is that? Ichigo's prime reason for being so extremely protective of others is the result of a the traumatic events he experienced as a child. Ichigo believed he killed his own mother. He's blamed himself for her death for 10 whole years. His desire to help others is a way for him to cope with that immense emotional trauma. He doesn't help others because he wants to be their saviour. He helps others because everyime he sees someone about to be killed or injuried, he's probably reliving that dreadful memory again and again inside his head. To him, he's not saving Rukia, Renji or someone else, he's fighting against his own perceived failure, he fights to save his mom!

That's just one example, furthermore, its also wise to detail many of his other interests in the personality section, does he like to read? Does he enjoy caligraphy? Does he like Music? You know, small things like that can really spice up a character, and they're only positive influences because they make them stand out.

Ten gave you a pretty good piece of advice if you examine what he said. He said the following:

''From there, your villain or villains need to represent a threat to that character personally, their life, their ideals, and the things they care about. Ideally, all of the above. That does not require a powerful person. I can invent a villain with no powers whatsoever, save his manipulative personality, and accomplish every single one of those objectives.''

This is 100% true, the main antagonist only needs to be a threat to the protagonist, he or she doesn't need to be immensely powerful. Some Power is indeed neccessary, but it doesn't have to be personal badass Powers, it could be immense Resources, immense military Power. It could be immense political Power as well. The actual mastermind could be something as simple as a spiritually aware human. But who uses immense Resources to Ensure that he's got henchmen that are a billion times stronger than he to guard him. That's just an example, just know, that if you create a villain, you need to defend him somehow. This can be done a number of ways.