JRPG characteristics are bound to be present in any Japanese game which has Japanese characters. So I'm used to it. And I'll take JRPG cliche characters over characters using the 'f' word every single sentence like the cast from San Andreas.
If you wanna see the heights of bad JRPG characters just play Star Ocean 3 and 4. Especially 4. That game has some of the well... corniest VG characters ever, coupled with bad voice acting. Trust me I'm very tolerant with bad characters but man the ones in that game just made me cringe.
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Rock n' Roll and Glam Metal... It never died