That kind of Character is what most ppl Including me Call an "Gary Stu" if the character is a male character or "Mary Sue" if the character is a Female.
These Characters however for me more often Transform into Characters who are so poorly written that they might have been written by a person who only has 5 seconds to Create a character because said person is a bit to lazy al while having no Idea what a Human is.
They are Mostly poorly written because, well They are to perfect for the Situation where the show takes place in because Most of the Situations Rely on Tension "will Character X survive or win?" and that Tension is just gone when I know that the Character is Perfect or has Gary stu plot Armour.
I like Characters who have Clear mistakes like a Ninja who is poorly skilled in Ninjitsu and the art of Silence or A guy who made Mistakes in his past which Costed him a arm and a leg.
I like these Characters because I can see them Grow and overcome their Flaws.
With Gary Stus, I hardly see them overcome their flaws because They "OFCOURSE!" have no Flaws to begin with.
So can a Gary Stu character work Good in a show?
Well, it can as long as that character either is:
1. a Interesting and Compelling Character to me who Actually Grows and Develops
2. Introduced as Perfect but then starts making Mistakes as the shows on
or
3. a Character who is in a show which clearly Ridicules that type of Character/Makes jokes surrounding his/her perfection in such a way that the show is at least Fun to watch.
Here Enters "Sakamoto Desu ga?" with the Character of Sakamoto, or as we call him Swagamoto because he is "Cooler" but in most cases "Coolest".
His Character basically Screams out "GARY STUUUU!" because he is so Perfect,
While all the other Characters just Bask in his glory.
So did the Show do the 3 things I mentioned earlier?
Well it only did the 3rd one and then Fully embraced it like it should.
Sakamoto desu ga? is an episodic show where Every episode is Actually 2 episodes spread over 24 Minutes equally.
in each episode, Swagamoto has to put up with Other students who (Like me) Dislike Gary Stu Characters or Help out fellow Students who need his help Resulting in him Getting into Various Situations where his Perfection is Needed.
These Situations work very well with Swagamoto's perfection which then Results in Comedic High-jinx.
I like that kind of humor because it is Just Ridiculous, makes fun of my most hated Arch-type the Gary Stu and Above all, is Actually Funny in my Opinion.
However, these kinds of Situations are putting the Side Characters at the Background while Sakamoto is perfectly in the spotlights and they don't get much screen-time and they are Just average students and nothing more just like Students are in Reality Minus the Animeness which is sad because they could have been Interesting characters.
However, I See the train of thought of these Characters, like they were Observing Sakamoto Just like I the watcher was Observing him. The side Characters are also more of a Main characters in The skits that involve them and Sakamoto, Making Sakamoto more of a Side Character while he is The main character because I see the Story through the eyes of the Side Characters.
Sakamoto desu ga? is Clearly a Comedy Show that Looks Nicely Animated for that type of show and just Makes fun of Swagamoto's Ridiculus perfection and the Character of Swagamoto Could not work if the Show was not a Comedy but something else instead like an Serious Action show Because well You might know why.
But the wonders of Comedy shows is that it is already Considered Enjoyabe if just the Jokes alone are funny Because Comedy to me just has to Rely on being funny.
and That is what Sakamoto desu ga is, A really funny show.
So if you are looking For a good laugh then at least check out this show.
I can guarantee you that it will at least make you laugh once or many times.
I give this Comedic show at this point, an well Deserved 8 (score might change overtime because it is still airing)
I haven't reviewed something in a long time so I might have made some pretty Critical errors so feel free to point them out in my Face at my profile if you want to.
Have a Nice day Readers
