While Love Exalted and Pure Goods can have traits that overlap, both of these concepts can also have different traits.
The table below highlights the differences and the similarities of both concepts.
Love Exalted and Pure Good | ||||
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Unique Only to Love Exalted | Similar Characteristics | Unique Only to Pure Good | ||
Being loved for their pleasant and positive character traits is the main point behind this character. | They usually lack negative qualities. | The main point behind this character is that they are absolutely good and virtuous without any corrupting qualities. | ||
The character is purposely designed by the writer to be loved both by the audience and the other characters in-universe. | They are not portrayed to be a jerkass hero. | For a character to be pure good, they need to meet and pass every part of the pure good criteria. | ||
Bog-standard heroes up to pure good heroes can included as love exalted. In some instances, even anti-heroes and sympathetic villains (provided their likeablity is consistent) can qualify to be love exalted. | They are never portrayed as appalling and unsympathetic. | Only heroes who meet the pure good criteria (e.g. they are good enough by the standards of the story and lack corrupting qualities) can be included. | ||
Groups and organizations can be included. | They evoke levels of admiration from the audience due to their heroism and noble behavior. | Groups and organizations cannot qualify. Only individuals. | ||
These characters can be considered seriously good to some extent, but not too much. | They both cannot be portrayed too seriously. | Characters who are seriously good can qualify to be pure good. |
Examples of Pure Good Heroes who are Love Exalted[]
Examples of Pure Good Heroes who cannot be Love Exalted[]
- Gandalf from Middle-earth and Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings
- Samurai Jack
- Kyoko Kirigiri from Danganronpa
- Gyomei Himejima from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
- Soichiro Yagami from Death Note
- Jonah Whitman from Angel Hare