Who is the worst protagonist of all anime?

Aug 2, 2024 6:12 AM

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this is a weird question but none of the mainstream shonen protagonist are remotely close to being the worst in all of anime. some of them are lame but that's cuz shonen is for teens.

anime is a huge genre, there are a lot of terrible protagonists out there

Aug 2, 2024 6:16 AM

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Any generic romance protagonist, any generic isekai protagonist, eren

Aug 2, 2024 6:26 AM

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Skylar-whoo

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If this forum gets around 100 post (more or less) might Actually gather all the MCs that you’ve suggested and list them in a poll so everyone can vote.

Aug 2, 2024 6:29 AM

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Everyone seems forget about redo of healer mc?

Aug 2, 2024 6:35 AM

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Piromysl said:
When we talk about who is the worst anime protagonist of all time, the only correct and objective answer is that Yellow Thing from Symphogear. Most people do not even know she exists, because series is quite niche and definitely not mainstream. But trust me, she makes Kirito look like Lelouch in comparison.

it's been a while since i watched symphogear how is she bad?

Aug 2, 2024 6:39 AM

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perolero said:

it's been a while since i watched symphogear how is she bad?

Lemme copy paste one of my posts from related threads, that kinda explains it.

Spoilers ahead:

When a protagonist in first season drives still mourning secondary protagonist to suicide attempt by her insensitive remarks like "I'll replace her" and as such insults the memory of her recently deceased soulmate, then instead of having a moment of clarity and realizing how out of touch it was, but decides to prove that she was correct, then that's quite immoral thing to do.
And when that same protagonist five seasons later as a first reaction to unhinged terrorists murdering 100k innocent people, children even, and laughing about it being "we should befriend them" without even being fazed about what happened, instead of saying "we should stop them and bring them to justice" literally in the face of secondary protagonist once again who witnessed this traumatic event, then that's totally fucked up thing to do and textbook sociopathic behaviour.
That was the result of five seasons of supposed "development". She got so accustomed to Talk no Jutsu villains over those four previous seasons, that it became muscle memory, not compssion and as a result she is just an egoistic sociopath, that doesn't give a slightest flying fuck about anything or anyone other than validating her own sick and twisted sense of self gratification.
It literally took her less then a second to forgive a mass murderers, but she struggled to forgive her useless dad for over episode.

Can you imagine her forgiving someone who harmed someone she cares about?

Now, that I think about it, she was seemingly completely unfazed when Miku was kidnapped. Twice.

And on that note this franchise ended. Due to convinient writing she was always morally correct, nowhere ever her morals were challenged and on top of all that she manages to Talk no Jutsu a misantropic villainesses, who was on quest to destroy humanity for millenia in like two or three sentences, just like she did before.
You may think that I'm overthinking, overanalyzing and that Symphogear is just a "dumb fun, that requires to shut off your brain to properly enjoy", but this shit is literally in the face and having a protagonist, that due to writers blatant incompetence is just a grifting sociopath and a bad person, who we are supposed to relate surely diminish how I can enjoy this show.

Yellow Thing singlehandedly turned 9/10 series (overall) into 3/10.
By giving compassion to irredeemable villains instead of those who need and deserve it, she sents pretty clear message:
"No matter how evil you are, you will receive clemency. If you innocent person, then fuck you!"

But you know what?
Similarly to Wonder Egg, this mess of an ending still shows potential for 6th season, if you consider this as a cliffhanger. Yellow Thing's morals could be properly challenged. This Chekhov's Gun is still hanging on the wall.
In my frustration I managed to even figure out a potential concept for if.

Aug 2, 2024 7:06 AM

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@buny0058 If the birthday from your profile is correct, we were born on the same day. lol

@Skylar-whoo I literally met some random ass person on the mall and we both had the same birthday haha- Wanna add me?

Aug 2, 2024 7:08 AM

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If you havn’t watched mha then how can you confidentally call deku a bad mc? He’s actually a really well written character and this is a common missconception that blind people make. Same with calling the show itself bad when it’s quite frankly the oppisite.

I don’t remember calling Deku a bad MC.

@Skylar-whoo Mb i read your post wrong. Although is it really true that hes the most popular hated mc? i just don't see it.

Aug 2, 2024 7:12 AM

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Buny0058 said:
@Skylar-whoo Mb i read your post wrong. Although is it really true that hes the most popular hated mc? i just don't see it.

I have seen a lot of content were people on anime convention are asked this question, and Deku is the one that I see the most.

Aug 2, 2024 7:14 AM

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@buny0058 sure, let me add u

Aug 2, 2024 7:23 AM

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Way too many to name

Aug 2, 2024 7:39 AM

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I don’t understand why people hate Deku so much. Is it because he cries? Takemichi is also not that bad imo. I think Tokyo Revenger’s was terrible. But him as an MC wasn’t the worst. I don’t get the hate for either.

Aug 2, 2024 7:41 AM

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Sieg from Fate : Apocrypha

He is in the most literal sence an NPC, who is for some reason the protagonist of the story. I found myself rooting for him to die any possible chance or for the villain to win.

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Aug 2, 2024 7:56 AM

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well , there r many . every new season atleast 3/4 mc r there who might be considered that

Aug 2, 2024 7:56 AM

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I never hated deku. I do hate Rudeus as a character though. Also kirito got pretty bland later on.

If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then its not a waste of time.

Aug 2, 2024 8:13 AM

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Worst in writing or worst in character? If its worst in character, it is Makoto from School Days and it isn't even close

Aug 2, 2024 8:13 AM

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Ayanokoji from Classroom of The Elite. he’s not really bad, I just find him boring as hell. He gives the same expression all the time and acts all cool and edgy and I just hate it. If u like him, I don’t have a problem, but I still hate him.

Aug 2, 2024 8:15 AM

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It's gotta be Arajin from a delinquent anime called Buuchigiri

He completely ruins an otherwise good anime. Here's a list of crimes.
1. Actively calles his single mother a bitch anytime she says anything.
2. Betrays and neglects his 'best friend' through out the anime.
3. Terrible jokes. For example there's a running gag where he suddenly has to shit anytime he makes a decision and he flees from the consequences.
4. Chronic simping for a girl that has rejected him and is actively repulsed by his pressence. Over the top romantic gestures and constantly following her.
5. Never makes an active decsion. The story happens around him.
6. Is never punished for his terrible behaviour and gets to save the day multiple times and reap all the rewards.
7. He does not have a single redeeming quality.

The worst protagonist ever has got to be this guy. Hands down.

Aug 2, 2024 8:52 AM

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If they say Deku then they haven’t read/ watched MHA.

Aug 2, 2024 9:20 AM

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Fam from Last exile season 2
She's an annoying character that won't shut up about the "grand race"

What you see is what you get , Sorry my English is not the best .

Aug 2, 2024 9:23 AM

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Wtf so many haters here and most of the mc's sum of you guys are talking about ain't even that bad -.-

Aug 2, 2024 9:24 AM

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https://myanimelist.net/character/166741/Person

Aug 2, 2024 9:52 AM

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Kinoshita Kazuya from Rent a Girlfriend

Aug 2, 2024 10:00 AM

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Naoya from Girlfriend Girlfriend. Right after asking a girl to go out with him and she accepts. He then gets asked out on the same day, and he accepts it. I never ended up getting past the first episode because I ended up frustrated with him.

Aug 2, 2024 10:01 AM

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Otaku_4511 said:
The answer's Naruto. I haven't seen it but I've read it. As to why, talk no Jutsu would be too easy of an answer. Dude's just a hella annoying yapper.

Avg dragon ball fans who thinks db is the best 🤡🤡🤡

Aug 2, 2024 10:07 AM

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Any shows where the mc looks like a copy pasted version of Kirito, in which most of the time they have the personality of a cardboard.

Aug 2, 2024 10:34 AM

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AshTheChamp said:
Kazuya (Rent a Girlfriend), Anos (Misfit of demon Ling academy), Kirito (SAO), Tanjiro (Demon Slayer) and some more.

Deku is slightly above average. He is way too overhated

yea its Kazuya imo , he's just so non motivated.
tanjiro on the other hand , well I won't put him in the good ones but he's not worst also (4.5/10)
but no way it's kirito

Aug 2, 2024 10:36 AM

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Yukarix said:
Any shows where the mc looks like a copy pasted version of Kirito, in which most of the time they have the personality of a cardboard.

New gate imo, I just watched 1 ep n dropped it
but it's totally cheap copy of SAO

Aug 2, 2024 10:37 AM

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Remember Shidou from Date a Live? Imo worst as well as biggest enemy of us😂

well ofc there are more but I could remember just this right now as I watched a shorts of him just moment ago

Aug 2, 2024 10:39 AM

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anchovieStix said:
i mean surely it has to be kazuya kinoshita right? Also yea deku is annoying as well

kazuya ain't too bad let's be real. he's the embodiment of 60% of the anime fandom, he's like E tier but definitely not F

Aug 2, 2024 10:49 AM

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Sora from No Game No Life. He’s annoying, cocky, a little shit, a womanizer, and the narrative treats him like the second coming of christ. Despite desperately needing it, he goes through zero character development. Each “challenge” that he faces ends in him having zero issues winning at all.

Aug 2, 2024 10:54 AM

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Momonga from Overlord, he is pretty much nothing, he lacks any backstory except of 'nice game session it was, oh! I am skeleton now!'. So author make from him anything he likes when it's convenient for him in regard of story which directs nowhere. First he feared of his minions and all shy, in next second he kills some adventurers in most perverted and cruel way ever just to 5 minutes later act like a hero with hidden motives which he doesn't have in fact since the retinue plays the king here. I mean, sure, there are many awful characters in terms of how they act and think like that one MS from Rent a Girlfriend but even unpleasant MS is better than hollow one.

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Aug 2, 2024 10:54 AM

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I hated that guy from Nagatoro but I guess I just hate almost all romcom MCs

Aug 2, 2024 10:59 AM

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EliteWarrior910 said:
It's gotta be Arajin from a delinquent anime called Buuchigiri

He completely ruins an otherwise good anime. Here's a list of crimes.
1. Actively calles his single mother a bitch anytime she says anything.
2. Betrays and neglects his 'best friend' through out the anime.
3. Terrible jokes. For example there's a running gag where he suddenly has to shit anytime he makes a decision and he flees from the consequences.
4. Chronic simping for a girl that has rejected him and is actively repulsed by his pressence. Over the top romantic gestures and constantly following her.
5. Never makes an active decsion. The story happens around him.
6. Is never punished for his terrible behaviour and gets to save the day multiple times and reap all the rewards.
7. He does not have a single redeeming quality.

The worst protagonist ever has got to be this guy. Hands down.

THIS! This is the o my correct answer.

Aug 2, 2024 11:08 AM

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Itou, Makoto from School Days is definitely the worst Main Character of all time, not many MCs can compete as to how horrible this character is.

@yuno_mal Makoto is a fantastic MC, he is just terrible as a person, but he is great as a character.

Aug 2, 2024 11:14 AM

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yall arent mentioning shinji from evangelion??

Aug 2, 2024 11:17 AM

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Goon Freak from hunter x hunter doesn't deserve to be the mc. Rest 3 are WAY better contenders for that title

Aug 2, 2024 11:18 AM

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Yukito from Kamikatsu though it is lowkey.

Yukito was sort of born evil or at least broken since he was born into a cult and the only way he can possibly function is always by manipulating people. The problem is the show reinforces that his attitude is okay, and divine beings who do exist get screwed a lot by his manipulative ways. A mirror character to him was unfortunately defeated by his team despite actually knowing the kind of monster he is and calls him out on it repeatedly only for it to not cause him to reform his ways in the slightest.

Still the show was enjoyable in spite of him, but yea he is a pretty bad protagonist with little to no growth and him diving deeper into what makes him flawed is rewarded.

Aug 2, 2024 11:39 AM

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the 2 that come to my mind as definitely being really bad is deku and tanjiro

Aug 2, 2024 11:41 AM

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@Doriss for some reason people hate when the main characters fear or cry, people call shinji from evangelion a coward because he fears disregarding how he stands up time and time again, they hate deku because he is emotional when it's the best thing about him. Characters who are allowed to fear, cry and be hurt are the best, most interesting and most relatable characters when done well

@Guilmon1 I think people are hating on Shinji not just because his scared. It is more so how he bitch about it, the timing and the how frequently he does it and add the other things he does that can irk people. Like the rebuild movies did a better job on showing that side of Shinji.

I am okay with Shinji as protagonist but I can't blame people for not liking him since we don't really get that much of a context about him that can explain why is he like that. It's like at least with My hero you can get why Deku just by episode 1 cries a lot yet there are still people hating on him just cause he cried.
Now look at Shinji, the series don't really get any strong positive outlook for Shinji and the most we get of him early on in the story is basically him bitching, being rude to people who tries to care for him and that he is also a bitch even in the battlefield.
It was a good thing I did watch the first rebuild movie a first when it was new and got a good impression on Shinji then I watched the series as I wait for the rebuild sequels.
Like you I also did not get why people be hating on Shinji then when I watched the OG series. I can see why people did have that opinion.
Watching the og series weekly will definitely garner Shinji haters pretty early on if it was aired now imo. People won't be patient and hold off opinions until the episode that will paint Shinji in a really good way to come.

Aug 2, 2024 11:42 AM

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Rudeus and that guy from Redo of Healer. Both straight up villains

Aug 2, 2024 11:44 AM

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rudeus for real. there's absolutely nothing to like about him

can't yuck my yum

Aug 2, 2024 11:45 AM

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Disrespectfully, Deku. I hate him with a passion.

ONG bro he is such a bitch worst mc for me

Aug 2, 2024 11:46 AM

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Shinji Ikari. Hands down, worst MC of all time. And in the Movie causes the death of the ENTIRE human species.

Aug 2, 2024 11:48 AM

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I don't think Deku is a bad Protagonist. He's an annoying crybaby sometimes but other than that he's fine. Most importantly he fits the story and him being the protagonist of MHA just feels right.

As for the worst protagonist, I'd go with someone like Ryuuto Kashima from "Our Dating Story". He's just a tropey romance protagonist who is insecure AF and has nothing that makes him special (from what I've seen at least).

I've also seen people say it's Takemichi and while I haven't seen enough of Tokyo Revengers to actually comment on him, I have to say that so far he's a bit like Deku except he can't fight. But he feels like the right protagonist for the show.

Aug 2, 2024 12:01 PM

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I don't even bother considering who is the best or worst protagonist tbh.

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Aug 2, 2024 12:44 PM

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Eiji Hoshimiya from Big Order takes the top spot for me. He is Leluche, if Leluche were an absolute pussy. Dude has the power to literally command complete obedience from anyone, yet still gets his ass pushed around, tricked, bullied, and bitch slapped by everyone and their mother.

Hickykissy said:
The mc of school days which I haven't watch yet

Skylar-whoo said:
You haven’t watched it, but feel that way? That’s a red flag for a character tbh.

Ignore all the naysayers, Makoto is an absolute Chad, who has girls throwing themselves at him left and right. Everyone from elementary school girls to Hot momma MILFs be trying to jump on that D, and he doesn't turn any of them down. He'll bang his GF, then turn around and bang her mom and little sis, then go bang his second GF, then bang her dad's GF (who also happens to be his own daughter, and Makoto's half sister, thought to be fair, everyone is that series is either cousins or half siblings, so, it's really not that werid.) So yeah, shits wild, and unlike all those other pussy harem protags, he makes sure he gets some. Garbage Human being sure, but Chadliest of Chad prtoags.

Aug 2, 2024 1:32 PM

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I hate takamichi, I am sorry but I don't care what he did in the manga and how ophe has become in the manga but to me he is still a crybaby with strong character to save him (one of the biggest pussy in anime history)

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Aug 2, 2024 1:59 PM

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@EliteWarrior910:
Oh my God! How could I forget about him?! Guys, I have an MC that I hate! I hate Arajin (Bucchigiri?!) so much that I completely blocked him from my memories, but I was just reminded of him. Yes, I fully agree... Arajin is THE biggest mistake as an MC. I remembered... now I'll try to forget about him again, xDDD

Aug 2, 2024 2:02 PM

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Goon Freak from hunter x hunter doesn't deserve to be the mc. Rest 3 are WAY better contenders for that title

@Emp, oh really? I like Gon very much, for me Leorio is the most boring character from HxH ;-;

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