Blackout
Worshipper of Chin Chin the Dark Lord
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This is rather common (at least from what I see) in Action Harem like High School DxD and Absolute Duo. The MC will say some cringey line like "I will protect XXX!" in a real shonen series protagonist fashion, only to have their ass kicked by the antagonist. And the worst part is, the reason some MC won after they fight the same antagonist has nothing to do with their hard training. Using the aforementioned series as examples, Issei only managed to beat Riser Phenex because he had a bottle of Holy Water, and Tooru could beat K only because of the level up serum he received from the loli principal.
I'm not saying that all MCs shoulld remain invincible. My point here is that if you want to make your MC go through a growth stage, I'm sure that there are better ways to do it. Or are the authors suggesting that a guy who tries his best only to fail is cool? I simply do not understand. Any thoughts on this?
I'm not saying that all MCs shoulld remain invincible. My point here is that if you want to make your MC go through a growth stage, I'm sure that there are better ways to do it. Or are the authors suggesting that a guy who tries his best only to fail is cool? I simply do not understand. Any thoughts on this?