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"Berserk tells the story of Guts, a dark-haired man with a large slab of iron called a sword, as he roams through the world and hunts down demons."
"Nolan's movies are essentially driven by characters and the psychological transformation they go through on a journey."
"Plot should come from character. The plot of Titans revolves around Rachel Roth."
"This is character first entertainment, so this is not like, 'Oh, we have to destroy 20 Life Gems in order to win the day.' This kind of features on the characters, their relationships and their trials."
"If you want your story to have an impact on your audience, it must be character-driven."
"The Craft works and is so endearing because it's driven by its characters, not by its plot."
"The series is more focused on the characters and storyline than actual jump scares because that's what I enjoy most about other analog horror projects."
"It's so big and so vast and there's so many additional story elements and characters and things to do."
"The characters carry the show going forward."
"Every single decision is motivated by character and story and that is what makes this special."
"Characters are the engine that drives Octopath Traveler forward."
"My Hero Academia is very much character-driven above everything else."
"It's what you call a two-hander meaning it's basically just two characters the entire movie yet it still manages to create something impressively complex and interesting as well as having some nice traditional scares in there as well."
"One of the things that attracts me to an RPG is its characters."
"It's the character that makes these movies work at all, so with the mysteries behind him being center stage here, this one is a winner in my book."
"I thought this movie was good a lot of cool moments I think the characters far and away carried a lot of this movie."
"The characters are definitely the engine in this tale as Lara and Jonah her best friend lean on each other during their times of struggles."
"This book follows Kate and August, and they live in this city that has been overrun by monsters..."
"The story so far is literally driven by the characters, and that's what's so good about it."
"If you're into graphic novels and you love a character-driven story, please check out Mish the bad demon."
"Spider-Verse is special because it uses the Multiverse not just for massive blockbuster spectacle but to tell a character-driven story."
"Overall great episode, just a very character-driven conversation episode, definitely for lack of better words, right?"
"It's completely character-driven, it honors the legends the first movie set up, it has those slower, more adult moments, it has the emotion, it feels very classic Pixar."
"The Exorcist is a character-driven movie."
"This is actually, I would define it as a character-driven movie."
"What you have here is way more pure. Somebody had an idea for a story that could leverage Godzilla in a meaningful way for the characters and the theme."
"World building should be presented in a way that is character-driven, showing us the world as it matters to the characters."
"A character-driven story allows the audience to imprint onto the characters in the film as we grow to understand their wants and internal struggles, creating a more relatable person for us to root for."
"Man's script, which had originally been written in 1979 and turned into the failed TV pilot turned TV movie 'La Takedown,' may rest on bank heists and hot pursuits, but it's really about the characters, not the plots."
"Why is the MCU so successful? Because they're character-driven and because they're really well-acted and really well-written."
"They're character-driven mysteries, the main character is a woman who is a baker and owns a small bakery in Australia."
"Arcane is one of Consequence, highly focused on its characters and their actions that have unforeseen consequences."
"Cowboy Bebop focuses more on the characters and their journey and less on the plot."
"Characters are walking, they themselves are the plot."
"It feels very real and it feels very much like things that a lot of us have experienced before regarding grief, regarding regret, regarding that love that you want or a love that you can't have, or complications with friendships."
"This show is very much Riva's story. She's the driving force behind the entire narrative, her arc and her decisions are what defines the beginning, middle, and end of this plot."
"I'm more of a character-led writer. I'm not amazing on plot and that goes for a lot, so I always go back to the character and hopefully the story will come from the character."
"Megalobox stands out for its gritty atmosphere, character-driven narrative, and emotionally charged boxing matches."
"If you want something heart-pumping, fast-paced with really lovable characters, you gotta read his backlist."
"I really do believe that this applies to character-driven photography projects as well."
"I love characters, I love stories that are really character-driven and focus on relationships, and this show is nothing if not that."
"The balance between beautiful writing, amazing storytelling, really interesting, and enough of the plot being driven by character was perfection."
"A very epic plotline that is very character driven."
"It's very much a character-driven theme."
"Dino Thunder is what happens when the more simplistic character-driven stories of yesteryear meet the more modern carefully crafted story-driven narratives of the Disney era."
"It's ultimately about characters, you know? I mean, Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins are just great, and their relationship is just so great."
"This is the type of book that you read and that you love because you love the characters."
"If you're gonna tell stories in that era, make them not with focused on cameos, make it focused on small character-driven narratives about people that are living within the Star Wars Galaxy."
"'Eye of the Comet' is character-driven space science fiction that is truly captivating."
"It's a very character-driven novel... hopefully you find the characters at the heart of it that drive me."
"It's the characters fundamentally that made people fall in love with the world."
"It's the point of view characters that carry the story."
"Actually making the story the star and the characters come first, and then everything else comes out of that."
"It's just a great story, right? It's character-driven."
"These characters are ultimately dysfunctional, but they play off of each other in such an amazing way."
"It's about the characters, it's about the humanity, it's about this grounded part of ourselves."
"Comedy, even slapstick comedy, depends on characters more than simple physical activity."
"This is a very character-driven story that's grimdark without being too dark."
"Books about books, books related to books, books with authors as main characters."
"Books that are made with the story and the characters as the primary driving force... that's what kids connect with."
"This is definitely one of those slow, kind of thought-provoking, character-driven stories."
"I'd rather have a movie that has really great characters and an okay plot because I remember the characters more."
"Fruits Basket at its core is a character-driven series."
"No matter what the plot is, I love the characters."
"Ultimately, this is a character-focused show."
"It is truly a masterpiece in character-driven epic fantasy."
"Wow was very much a character-focused fantasy story."
"It is the characters that absolutely make this story for me."
"The Conjuring is a very character-focused movie."
"It set the standard for all these smart, character-driven, and culturally aware cartoons."
"13 hours is an often powerful, character-driven piece of cinema."
"I love Mia, I love the action, it's very plot-driven, it also has great characters."
"I want to tell personal stories, I want to tell character-based stories."
"The last five years is definitely for you if you're really into character work or character-driven shows."
"I allowed the character to tell the story opposed to forcing the outline."
"Classroom of the Elite is just so good, psychological light novel series with lots of drama and suspense and some really interesting characters."
"Episodic television lives and dies by its characters, and this also happens to be luckily one of Lupin's greatest strengths."
"It's all character-based, gave us great character moments."
"It's a movie that holds up really well based around a great set of fun, quirky, likable characters."
"Andromeda is still a game propelled by its character and storytelling."
"It's just such an emotional read, very character driven, just to say."
"Characters are what drives your story."
"It's sad, heartbreaking, beautiful; it's very character-driven."
"Character is king in the post-modern movement."
"Once something happens, for me the story happens because of who the characters are."
"We have characters that feel real and it really feels like the characters are in charge of the story."
"All of the books are character-driven."
"It is entirely character-driven, and I can't help but appreciate it for that."
"Characters to me are the most important part of a story."
"It was really great, so if you love stories that are much more about characters and relationships than it is necessarily about the actual overarching plot, it was really great."
"A surprisingly character-driven commentary about the pitfalls of the entertainment industry."
"It's always about the characters and about how those characters express something that the audience is feeling."
"On the logical side, I am able to look forward and know that I'm still going to find the show mesmerizing, visually stunning, continually character-driven."
"I am such a character-driven reader and I fell head over heels with how Robin Hobb was depicting these characters."
"It was strong enough anyway, beautifully observed, with the strength coming from the characters."
"Free Guy starts with a really bad idea and a plot that could be generated by an AI, but through sheer power of likable characters, smart execution, and just a little restraint, turns into surprisingly a pretty enjoyable movie."
"It was a page-turner and it was really exciting with all these characters."
"The actions are rooted in deep character values."
"It's a really fascinating, like character-driven novel at the end of the day."
"Any of the jokes that still come directly from the characters are usually pretty solid."
"...so often what makes Harry Potter so great is that it tackles these big political narratives that become about the complex battle between right and wrong by tackling it an intimate character based way..."
"The characters of Chain of Iron are just so fun to read about and the drama, oh my gosh, the drama in this book is so good."
"The characters are the driving force of The Proud Family."
"Immortal longings by Chloe Gong is the perfect combination of a very plot forward fantasy story with compelling characters that also has a dash of romance."
"Mass Effect is a series defined by its characters."
"I like the drama, I like it when they're character driven."
"Everything that happens in it is a consequence of just the character-driven like beginning phase where they're all like writing letters and spreading rumors."
"It's a really wonderful ride, I love the characters in this."
"I would say the strength of this series is for sure the characters, the angsty romance, as well as the Shanghai 1920s setting."
"These movies live and die by their characters."
"I loved the characters, I loved the setting, I truly was hooked from beginning to end."
"The characters can make a boring plot the most interesting."
"For me, I think the characters are what makes the book."
"It's very character driven, wholesome sci-fi."
"This is a really character-driven romance story but each character was very thoroughly and well developed."
"The show relies on its characters."
"If you're looking for a very different, character-driven sci-fi, I would recommend this one."
"I thought the whole book was so good, so well written, very character driven."
"I love stories that are so heavily character-based."
"This is such a character-driven sci-fi, it's super accessible."
"It's very character-driven, you learn about the workers, the people that visit the coffee shop, and it's just great."
"His character's drive and goals are driving the narrative forward more."
"If you enjoy books that are very character-driven but are very heavy on the politics, then The Counselor is for you."
"My favorite part of this movie was that it was a character-driven movie."