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In Japanese anime works, schools are a common scene, and students often take on the role of the main characters. Naturally, the classroom becomes a frequently occurring stage. Recently, an anime fan conducted an in-depth statistical analysis of 400 Japanese school-themed animations and discovered that the main characters mostly prefer to sit in the back left corner of the classroom, close to the window.
At the same time, there are some classroom seats that have never been occupied by the main characters, seemingly implying that those spots lack “main character fate.” Next, let’s explore this netizen’s detailed analysis.
A popular post was recently published in the Anime section of the Reddit forum in the United States, attracting the attention of countless anime fans.
The poster “Math082r” claims to have conducted a detailed analysis of 400 Japanese school-themed anime, systematically counting the seating distribution of the protagonists in the classroom, and presenting which seats are most commonly occupied by the protagonists and which seats are nearly untouched using charts.
As shown in the chart, the seats with the most “protagonist luck” are undoubtedly those at the back left near the window, followed closely by the one in front that is also by the window. This trend is remarkably pronounced, while the front right of the classroom, such as position “B5”, seems to have never been favored by the protagonist, as if there is a hint of having brushed past the protagonist.
The window seats in the last row are definitely full of protagonist fate!
This research has sparked widespread discussion among netizens online, with many people questioning: Why is the seat by the window in the left rear so favored by the main character?
Some netizens speculate that placing the main character in the back of the classroom can reduce the depiction of other characters in the background, thus simplifying animation production.
In addition, the protagonist sitting by the window allows them to “wander” outside or quickly react when events happen outside, such as the dropping of the “Death Note.”
At the same time, this seat also facilitates communication between characters, which is more conducive to the advancement of the plot.
Moreover, this discovery has led many netizens to reflect on the seats they occupied in school and poke fun at their “fate.”
Some netizens jokingly remarked that because their seat was in the front right of the classroom, they have yet to experience a wondrous adventure of “crossing into another world.”
Some people even joke that there should be a light novel about a main character sitting in seat “B5” who can still experience a harem romantic comedy.
Although these statistics are based on an artistic choice in animation creation, they reveal an interesting pattern: in the fictional school world, even the position of a seat seems to imply the fate arrangement of the characters.
So, have you ever sat in the “main character’s seat” located in the back left of the classroom? Or, like those animated protagonists, have you looked out the window for strange landscapes and surprises?
All of this fills us with imagination and reflection on the extraordinary “destinies of seats” in our ordinary lives.
