Anime characters that alone carried their entire show

FMmatron said:
Hajimete no Gal was carried by the lolicon guy.

Akame ga Kill was carried by Esdeath.

NubFix said:
Lelouch for Code Geass
one of the reason why I love the anime

Lionel13927 said:
Mineta carried My Hero Academia, obviously.

Akiroco said:


They are not wrong. He is a generic guy, just that.
I only watched first season of Re:Zero and basically what Subaru just did the whole season was:

1- Freak out
2- Compose himself because it was his only option gave the anime setup.

Like if you put any other anime generic MC like some romcom anime protag in the place of Subaru, he would for sure do the same thing.
Since Subaru is immortal either he would keep dying forever what is just dumb or look for a solution each ressurection, what he did.

Steins Gate for example do the same thing and is so much better than Re:Zero. The reason why, is simple because Okabe is a way better character than Subaru.

Suhas9980 said:


so Subaru is generic for doing something that's reasonable but Okabe is amazing for again, doing something that's realistic and reasonable? Cool

MaxiDennis said:

Well, that's a new. I would say Hachiman carried the show. Also, out of the trio, Yui has the least about of favorites (i know its know not a liking contest, but it gives a general idea):

Hachiman Hikigaya: 47429 Favorites
Yukino Yukinoshita: 20216 Favorites
Yui Yuigahama: 8246 Favorites

Akiroco said:


You didn't get me.

Okabe is amazing because he is a good character due to his development through the whole show.

What I'm saying is that the same scene that Re:Zero does, Steins Gate does, but in Steins Gate the scene is much more impactful because Okabe is a good character and Subaru not.

The time travel loop scene itself is not what makes Okabe good as a character. But otherwise what I see a lot from Re:Zero fandom is people worship Subaru because of the death loop scene and how realistic his actions are but that is just the common human behaviour.

aotisgoat23 said:
Mineta are u kidding me? Clearly the villians carry this whole show for me the heroes are waaay to generic and boring. But,

Endless_end said:
I meant that the show was really boring and only Yui was still making me watch that. And favorite numbers doesn't say a lot about a character, after all it's our personal opinion about them that counts, right?

Lionel13927 said:


It was a joke lol To me it was Allmight who carried the early seasons, in the last 2... well, no one carries them, the show kinda dropped its quality. The villains are boring for me, too. I liked only Twice.

MaxiDennis said:

Yeah, I know, but I was talking in a broad term. Because in regards to the topic discussion (in broad terms), she definitely did not carry the show alone. But yeah, if you enjoyed Oregairu for her then good for you. I mean, she is the comic relief character.

Akiroco said:


First, i'm talking about anime, i didn't read any novels and my opinions are based in the characters inside the anime.

So starting with Subaru, he is bad because he fails in the aspect he should shine. The 'realism'. The whole Re:Zero's first season is around the viewers symphatize with Subaru's character and see themselves in him through his whole suffering and how he develops through the show. At least for me this is what they tried to do.

Basically, all the changes in his personality just feels rushed and bad. They are so unnatural through the episodes that you can't take it serious. He has no inbetween, Subaru is either crazy, or good boi MC. I saw a lot of characters breakdowns in anime and honestly, Subaru was the worst i have ever seen. Btw my favorite episode in Re:Zero is his breakdown cuz it's so fucking funny unrealistic. I laughed and still laugh at it.

Not only his character development is poor done but his personality is boring and has nothing unique at all, i can't even remember 1 singularity that differs him from other characters. Like, he is the fucking MC, this should be the biggest mistake when creating a protagonist.

Later i talk about Okabe's character, english is not my mother tongue and talking in other languages makes me tired after a while. It's like doing math exercises, not funny.

TimePrisonerHina said:

..Homura & subsequently Kyubey from Madoka Magica.

Suhas9980 said:


I mean, you got it wrong in the first place? Season 1 subarau is an arrogant little shit. He's self centered. Sympathy is there yes, but that should be a given?
It's more of you expecting something specific from the series and not liking it after it didn't show what you wanted it to.

Also you say it's the biggest mistake when there's a huge number of people who clearly like his development, so it's less of a mistake and just a you thing. Even ignoring the several contradictory statements you just made regarding his personality.

Akiroco said:


It's not because someone is arrogant people is not going to symphatize with after seeing he dies so many times in brutal ways. He did nothing wrong to deserve that. If you don't symphatize with someone suffering just because you don't like his personality that''s just weird. Btw he is not even arrogant, he is just annoying and too sarcastic.

Also using the argument that a huge number of people like it so it's good can't be serious right? His character development is totally based in the ressurection plot device to make him freak out, and Emilia or Rem to do the opposite thing calming him down. This everytime the show wants to change the mood or advance the plot.

''The whole Re:Zero's first season is around the viewers symphatize with Subaru's character and see themselves in him through his whole suffering and how he develops through the show.''
If these 2 things aren't the show's goal, tell me what they wanted to achieve? What are the contradictions about his personality?

Akiroco said:
1- Freak out

Akiroco said:
2- Compose himself because it was his only option gave the anime setup.

Akiroco said:
Since Subaru is immortal either he would keep dying forever what is just dumb or look for a solution each ressurection, what he did.

Akiroco said:
Steins Gate for example do the same thing and is so much better than Re:Zero. The reason why, is simple because Okabe is a way better character than Subaru.

Erebus_Akeldama said:
Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen and yes I'm right, if you think that the other characters did good, quit lying to yourself, the main reason why people watch this show is for the Kakashi with pretty eyes.

Suhas9980 said:


He is indeed arrogant in season 1. Remember the scene where he gets schooled by Julius. Proclaiming himself as Emilia's knight in public out of nowhere while not actually understanding anything about it. Or him breaking promises left and right with Emilia and doesn't even try to see from her perspective. Subaru has no mature concepts for relationships. His motivations are toxic. He is someone who not only doesn't know how to respect other people's will/wishes, but willingly pushes it as if they're owed the attention. He's not supposed to be very likable at that point. I don't know if the anime got through with all this but either way in my opinion Subaru is a much better character than Okabe.

Went on a weird tangent on this thread but I'm glad Subaru is getting the positive reception as a well written character after season 2.

Erebus_Akeldama said:
Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen and yes I'm right, if you think that the other characters did good, quit lying to yourself, the main reason why people watch this show is for the Kakashi with pretty eyes.

caprisan said:
In my opinion Katsura carried first season of Gintama, most of the peak jokes included him.

MuZe- said:

Well duh, that's a normal reaction when he keeps dying in the most painful ways, not being able to save someone he loves, and not being able to talk about his pain.


In that case, you can pretty much say the same for almost any other character. They just make decisions and do stuff because plot.


What else do you want him to do? Obviously he'll do what he can given his circumstances.


No, that's because the setting and circumstances are different. Subaru suffered way more than Okabe because he not only had to worry about saving someone, but also die painfully again and again (which was due to outside factors and he couldn't do anything about it). And you also have to take into account his mental state before he came into this world, but you haven't watched season two and I'd rather not spoil.

caprisan said:
In my opinion Katsura carried first season of Gintama, most of the peak jokes included him.

Akiroco said:


You forgot the main post topic: 'Characters that carried their entire show alone'

In the topic states:
'What characters can you guys think of, that if wasn't for him or her the show would be way worse or wouldn't even work. Like, no other character could replace it.'

Someone said Subaru and i was arguing against it.
As i said anyone can replace Subaru, he is pretty basic and only did basic stuff.
Take Lelouch as example, it's pretty hard or even impossible to find other anime characters that would have done the same he done in Code Geass if they were in his place.

MuZe- said:

Lelouch can be replaced by Reinhard from LotGH because he was actually inspired by Reinhard.
Regardless, yes, I misunderstood your post. But so did many other people, like the person who said Gojo since he could be replaced by Kakashi, Levi, Killlua, etc. I thought you were saying replaced as in if that character died, another character from the same show couldn't take their place.