>>55345256I didnt fall in love with him right away until I brought BW2 in 2012 and truly fell in love with the gen 5 games after fully embracing the story and the depth to all the characters. I resonated a lot with a character that felt like he couldn't fit in with the world around him, makes mistakes and hurts people in the process but wants to better himself.
I was also reading Kynim's comic during my lunch breaks when I was in high school so I grew attached to her version of N so much that I started projecting that onto the N that I was interacting with in the games. I also remember staying up early in the morning just to watch the live airings for the N episodes of the anime and although I was waking up early on school days just to watch it, for me it just energized me and made me incredibly happy just to finally see a character that just clicked with me in a way that would probably take all day to explain to you walking and talking on a screen even if it was in a language I couldn't understand at the time. Its funny now given I'm now older than he was during bw2 when I first fell for him when I was 14..time flies.
For me, N represents a special moment of my life where I was my most passionate about life and my hobbies. Whenever I think about him my mood is lifted to an almost absurd degree and he keeps my mind racing which in turn helps motivate me to get shit done. He gets me through some lonely stressful days where I'd rather just be away from other humans because I aways think, if he was able to get through some of the crap that he did and still wears a smile on his face then I can too.
sorry for my schizophrenic rambling, I can't really explain logically why I love him I just do.
also my best friends Pokemon husbando is Cheren whom she fell in love with because of myths of unova + BW2 so its just funny seeing another Cheren fan itt since you remind me of her a lot