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Characters who are technically part of the main group but contribute absolutely nothing

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IN a show with an ensemble cast, the character who's just kind of there. Like yeah, i guess they're in the main characters orbit but they're out of focus

Tristan from Yugioh. In DM at least he almost never duels, he's barely even a cheerleader

Chihiro from Azumanga Daioh. Almost no personality

Ukita from Death Note. If you count L's task force. Has the least amount of development and is the


Shino from Naruto and many of the other Konoha 12 are just background characters. TenTen is also a big offender
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Sadly, Chad from Bleach. He feels like the Tristan of Bleach.
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It's hard to call Chihiro a part of the main group in Azumanga. I think she's only around during the first chapters and heaven knows if she's even in the same classroom with them later on in the manga.

Speaking of wasted potential in side characters, I choose Manzou the Saw. That character really needed a better gimmick. Samurai Champloo needed better recurrent characters in a nutshell, like those three old men from Cowboy Bebop.
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Angel Nanael from Queen's Blade. She does nothing, she contributes nothing and has absolutely zero importance to the story since she's the comic relief.

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Sadly, Leorio from Hunter x Hunter. I love him, but he's essentially a comic relief character.
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Not sure why you would mention Shino. He stopped Kankurou during the Crushing of the Leaf stopping him from interfering in the already difficult fight with Gaara.
He also defeated Torune the guy with the instakill chakra eating bugs that even Obito avoided. He's consistently shown to be a competent strategist and pretty effective ninja in his few fights. Sai is supposedly part of Team 7, I cannot tell you what he was doing from the Pain arc onward.
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Ein from cowboy bebop. Other than helping Ed in Mushroom Samba and even a lesser role in the episode Toys in the attic (if memory serves, if not I’m sure I will be corrected). I just wish that they had more of a story plot to show us how smart he was due to experimentation. Well beyond helping Jet with a Shogi move.
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Steph from No Game No Life. A character who doesn't have much of a role other than fanservice.
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Among currently airing shows, Kaho was mostly left out of Watanare. I guess she has more presence later in the LN, but considering this anime season alone the ensemble feels unbalanced.

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Serena in the first year of Pokemon XY. Also Bonnie from the same series. Max from Pokemon AG. Chloe from Pokemon Journeys. Most of the Naruto's classmates except for Shikamaru. Yamcha from DragonBall Z.

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