So without further ado: "Which of the five Hisaos, that you witness within the five different arcs, did you like the most and why?" Do please bear in mind, this topic (or at least my post) will likely have SPOILERS without the black hiding them, because if I did that then the rest of my post would be almost all black
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For me, I liked Emi's Hisao the most by far. The reason for that is probably deeply tied to Hivemind's writing style, but bottom line for why I feel this way is that in that arc his personal character growth is almost beyond belief. He starts out depressed, confused, uncertain in Act 1 (like always) and by going down Emi's arc this is evidenced by allowing himself to get told what to do by, in his own thoughts, a girl who is half his size. Indeed, at that point he shares a lot of his characteristics with Lilly's Hisao, including the most obvious one. He's quite stupid.
I measure his stupidity through a simple inarguable fact. Only in Lilly's and Emi's arcs does Hisao forget to take his pills and pushes himself either too little (in Lilly's case) or too much (in Emi's case), thus suffering multiple occasions of significant heart problems. But the difference is that while Lilly's Hisao remains blissfully ignorant of his stupidity right up until him pondering Lilly's crane after her departure, mainly due to Lilly's politeness, Emi's Hisao constantly gets his lumps from Emi and the Nurse that he needs to watch himself.
Sure enough, as a result of that, he improves and does not suffer heart problems after the track meet. And the reason why Hisao improves, I feel, also ties closely into the writing style of his thoughts - one which focuses less so on his biases and preconceptions and much moreso on his observations (indeed as a true scientist would probably think). This not only drives him to be more and more careful in regards to confronting Emi, but it also makes him far less obnoxious or wordy, when there is no need to be such. And indeed, for me at least, the epitomy of this shows in the Instant Replay scene, should you choose to be just a little bit stupid and talk to Emi (not Meiko) and then talk to Misha.
I've never really bought into the rationally resolved ending you get from talking to Meiko, because Emi is not too big on words and rationality spewed into her face. But I did buy into Emi changing because of Hisao's resolve in chasing after her, reminding her of all the good things that have happened since her father's death and that, ultimately, Hisao's there for her, even if he never found out why Emi doesn't want to talk about her past. Whatever it took to make sure good things will keep happening to her, even if he might be gone some day, he would do it.
So - after that little explanation of mine...who's your favourite Hisao?
EDIT: Added the Manly picnic arc after the suggestion for teh lulz and apparently this ensured the votes were wiped clean.
Let's see if the inclusion of Kenji's 'arc' can sway the votes in a significant way!
