Because you like Lain Iwakura in Serial Experiments Lain
Howl puts the "tortured" in tortured artist. He just wants to be recognized for his work, but no one wants to trust a boy that sorta looks like a bird. See them in Howl's Moving Castle.
Mavis Dracula's interests are anything black, scream cheese, and flying around. See them in Hotel Transylvania.
Ofelia is face-to-face with the deadliest creatures of the underworld and completely unafraid. See them in Pan's Labryinth.
The Ice King is lonely and looking for a princess to sweep him off his feet. See them in Adventure Time.
Raiden is an efficient soldier haunted by his repressed past. See them in Metal Gear Series.
Louis de Pointe du Lac is wanting to find a way of living that doesn't make him miserable. See them in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles.
An off-beat dork, John Egbert is funny, inventive, and endlessly optimistic. See them in Homestuck.
Other people's opinions have never mattered much to Haruka Nanase, and they aren't going to start to do so now. See them in Free! Iwatobi Swim Club.
In the Land of the Dead, finally free from the restrictive customs of Victorian society, Victor Van Dort is coming out of his shell. See them in Corpse Bride.
Ciel Phantomhive is a haughty teenage nobleman who doesn't suffer fools gladly. See them in Black Butler.
