INTERWEAVING CONFLICTS AND CHANGES OF AINZ CHARACTERIZATION IN ANIME OVERLORD

Abstract

The elements in a work of fiction are intertwined so as to produce a work that is acceptable to the audience or in other words has a good level of plausibility. This study aims to describe the intertwining of conflict and changes in characterization of Ainz characters as well as the plot in the Overlord anime. This research uses descriptive analysis method with objective approach. The data sources are anime titled Overlord. The results of the study show that changes in the characterization of the character Ainz as well as the plot adjust to conflicts in the story such as external conflicts that occur in the story, namely the existence of an effect that adjusts the characterization of Ainz's nature with his body, brainwashing Ainz's female subordinates which makes him a vigilant character, looting Ainz's guild which makes him a cruel character, and finally the misunderstanding of the Demiurge