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How do we improve male MCs?
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NPCs are the ones deathly afraid of showing emotion.
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By gender bending them
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That stupid Kazuya face will never not make me laugh.
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>>282297971
This. It was true since Shinji.
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>>282297913
>If the MC cries than he's a bad MC
You're the one who need to improve.
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MCs should be psychopaths so I can relate to them.
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>>282297983
Probably one of the most disgusting male characters I've seen in a very long time. He has the emotional fluctuations of a teenage girl. He's more of a female emotionally than the actual female characters in his manga. He has zero masculinity in any of his behaviors.
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>>282298224
He's a real man. You wouldn't understand.
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>>282297913
Nah
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>>282297913
fixed
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>>282298288
What
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Embrace stoicism
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>>282298288
Thanks
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>>282298292
Stark isn't a MC, Goku is.
Simple as.
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>>282298175
to be fair, two of them are crying due to their own cuck fantasies
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>>282298314
Okay but
Most of them aren't
We can nuke those guys from orbit but the rest are probably fine
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>to be fair, two of them are crying due to their own cuck fan-AAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>>282297913
bring back the based retard archetype
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>>282297913
men look much more attractive crying
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>>282297913
How dare you put Guts in that picture, everything after Miura's death isn't canon.
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>>282298471
That's...
A take
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>>282298496
it’s the truth
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>>282298518
I'm not gay so I certainly can't say one way or the other
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>>282298203
Yes
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>>282297913
>Le ebin crying male face cherrypicking xD xD
Kill yourself. Also, there's absolutely nothing wrong with Guts or Okarun
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>>282298586
nothing wrong with any of them
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>>282298203
Based Ryoumabro.
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>>282298604
Let's be honest, you specifically picked most of them because they objectively suck monkey pox infected donkey balls. Not because they cry on panel mind you, but because they're objectively badly wtitten. Now, does that say anything about the state of the industry or male characters in manga, or even the perception of the readers? No, not really. It just means those writers suck at writing male MCs.
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>>282298671
i picked them like emotional and cute boys (not all of them are emotional or cute but nothing wrong with crying)
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>be betacuck male
>watch betacuck anime
>surprised there's betacuck mc
Just be alpha and have good taste.
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>>282297913
>gay
>gay
>gay
>justified
>Ultra gay
>justified
>gay
>gay wizard
>gay
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>>282298766
>Fate
I refuse to interact with this and I have never regretted it
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>>282297951
>here is your NPC bro
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>>282297913

Gut's life was fucked up from top to bottom on a deeply physical, spiritual, and personal level. He was completely justified in having a cry and the idea that he isn't entitled to have even a single moment of sadness, despite everything, is npc-tier shit.
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>>282297913
>Guts
see >>282298901
>Okarun
literally crying from relief because he thought he killed his only friend
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>>282297913
Kafka was crying out of happiness thoughever
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>>282298471
>t. War Devil
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>>282299030
she was based for that
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>>282298864
not afraid of showing emotion, he simply doesn't
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>>282297913
Start by answering "Why should the audience care about this character?" A lot of MCs expect audience investment for free just because they're the main character.
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I'm fine with some of them. Where characters like Kazuya or Okarun or the Zombie one fall flat in this regard is that they expect all of this praise and pity for showing vulnerability, and yet other characters in the same series are punished as harshly as possible for it. There's a lot of hypocrisy there.
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You should've read / watched Undead Unluck.
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>>282297913
What is there to improve, they are better men.
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>>282299030
Why is Ado hanging out with Denji?
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>>282297913
Ichigo won as usual.
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>Make the MC big and buff
>Give him a busty female traveling companion totally not love interest who's half his size
>???
>profit
I miss this shitty manga so much
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>>282299471
name?
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>>282297913
They're fine. You need to go back, ironic weeb.
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>>282299030
>>282299038
Found the War Devil Fags.

She’s gonna die, end of story.

Overrated as fuck.
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>>282299489
is denji ever going to restore/resurrect power?
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>>282299495
Denji’s just got Allahed by Yoshida.

Who knows in the upcoming chapter tomorrow?
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>>282297913
I see more and more series with middle ages MCs that aren't afraid of women. Feels like a breath of fresh air.
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What's wrong with Tanjiro?

He's basically Kenshiro-tier when compared to losers Denji and Deku.

>Shows pity but still kills demons.
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>>282297913
The only bad and pathetic ones are kazuya and decuck.
The guy from the zombie manga is debatable since it was just a lame fake out .
Tangerine, guts and okarun cries for good reasons and are mostly badasses
Denji is weird ,but that’s mostly thanks to Fujimoto’s shitty writing in part 2.he was great in part 1.
Do not care about kaiju guy
Stark is not the protagonist of Frieren
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>>282298203
Tanjiro is, in a sense, a kind of psychopath.
In fact, there are only about two scenes in the entire story where he actually cries.
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>>282299566
nezuko lives scene being the only real tears one.
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>>282299566
He kinda must have to.
He has to look at his sister 90% of the time and can’t really show many weaknesses or cry about his family/friends too much since too many people depend on his actions.
In fact his biggest inner moment was the dream one during Mugen train arc, where his mind actually showed how hard he was touched by losing his whole family except for his sister
The other times he burst into tears were when important people dies in front of him (Rengoku , the messages from Shinobu,Muichirou and Genya’s deaths), when he thought his sister was going to burn in the daylight and when he was healed back after turning into a demon, thinking he might have killed or injured someone
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>>282299543
He has a lot of empathy and feels sorry for irredeemable people, but at the end of the day he always gets the job done. His personal feelings never become an obstacle in doing what is right, it’s quite manly.
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>>282299397
This manga was a fucking fever dream. I liked it, but I understand why it's not for everyone. In hindsight, maybe it was a mistake for it to run on fucking shonen jump.
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I really don't hate Deku that much
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>>282298203
jinwoo cried once and everyone almost dropped the show
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>>282297913
Have them win a little more, enjoy themselves and show something else other than pure endless misery for misery's sake.
I hate myself for reading.....is that fucking stark from frieren?
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>>282297913
Have them nakadashi their FMCs on the regular
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>>282297913
At least with Deku everyone knew he was no role model, on the other hand Dandadan is ruining an entire generation of kids.
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>>282297913
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong.

You just wanted to post Kazuya, didn't you?
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>>282299566
In reality, there are a lot more moments, but since he’s a well-trained soldier, by the very next panel after shedding tears he immediately switches his mind into murder mode.
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>>282297913
stark is based
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>>282299397
>Unbought Unsold
Power to Nagate Sales
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>>282299791
Then u don't belong here. We hate Decuck here, right boys?
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>>282299086
Sheit. This cutie makes me want to squish him.
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>>282297913
Make them non-japanese
Nip politeness and lack of straightforward emotional expressions are a cancer for social interactions
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>>282300435
>Nip politeness
kek. Take a look at their Twitter to see how "polite" they really are. The Kanto massacre happened for a reason, and many of the perpetrators were civilians, not just the military.
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>>282297913
By letting them develop
Also Guts at least has a legit reason to feel a little emotional
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>>282300524
>White knighting
Ewwww.
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>>282300349
>Magi S3 never
We'll never see Arba animated
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>>282300534
Well excuse me I like seeing characters develop and having actually read the entirety of Berserk, Guts has seen and been through a lot of shit so he gets a pass
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>How do we improve male MCs?
Replace all of them with Rance
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>>282297913
Don't need to
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Denji was crying in that panel because he had to kill his adopted brother.
And he cries in Part 2 because his little sister got her head chopped off and other awful shit.
He's around Guts tier in terms of suffering.
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>>282299791
If he had a nicer design it would be fine, the crying is overrated
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>>282300699
Did Tsugumomo finished traing and went after his sister, or it´s still an endless orgy?
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>>282297913
More aura.
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>>282297913
himmel is more a mc than stark
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>>282300524
Guts must never show his feelings, ever. Even when he's alone.
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>>282297913
We stop posting this thread every day.
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>>282297913
make them fat balding oji-sans
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>>282301329
Why are his lips so fat?
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>>282297913
make them faceless
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>>282301367
for Kissu
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>>282301404
Kek
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>>282297951
Shut up, mangina.
Can accept tears, but not MCs bawling like fucking babies.
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>>282298246
He's a fucking kid in the guise of a 22yo grownass chud.
The retard is even indirectly pushing his oneitis to his rival because of his inability to hold, kiss and fuck her.
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>>282298412
Author had to rewrite the series, otherwise chinks would have invaded nipland
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>>282299495
Denji and war will die.
Asa's gonna become the new CSM
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>>282299489
She's gonna weaponize Cuckji
>>282299495
Who? Power's dead, he can at most find the new blood devil.
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>>282301551
Editor must have wanted the series to fail too. How you gonna approve a plotline that made little sense in-story(without mindcontrol) and in the middle of anime debut
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>>282297913
>Zoom thinks a character is only well writen if he acts signa and aura farms
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>>282297913
>implying Stark is even in the same ballpark of annoyingness as Kazuya
Excellent ragebait sir, here's your (You), I do say good show hmhmyes quite
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>>282297951
You're right, it's okay to be weak. Men need to be okay with showing weakness.
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>>282297913
>How do we improve male MCs?
Grooming
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>>282301973
Not in this gen and modern society. If you show emotions, your gf will dump you, your friends and family will betray you and your self worth will be pulverized.
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>>282302062
>modern
you mean for all of history? it's only in recent times that weak men can still get housing, a job, and food.
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>>282297913
fuck you there's nothing better than some manly tears
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Just read better manga
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>>282297913
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>>282302416
>never got with Nikaido
Still mad
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Tanjiro is peak masculinity. He is gentle, friendly and he cares about his friends and family. He isn't afraid to say what he's thinking or confronting bad people. He knows most demons were transformed against their will like his sister and he feels bad for them but he realizes they're a threat and kills them anyway.
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>>282302311
Ishida-sama...
I fucking kneel.
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>>282302427
I kind of like their relationship it didn't really need to go further or anything.
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>>282297913
fuck off, Plato
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz-VJl7UkB8
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>>282302489
>He is gentle, friendly and he cares about his friends and family. He isn't afraid to say what he's thinking or confronting bad people.
This is literally the epitome of a beta male. IRL, he would settle for a used-goods single mother in her 30s because women would find him boring.
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>>282302561
Fatherless behavior.
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>>282302561
Beta males lock all their feelings inside while writing their revenge fantasies on 4chan.
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>>282299495
Denji will hopefully die. It's literally the only way to redeem his character now
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>>282297913
You're a fucking asshole. That image is so full of shit it's insane. Go read solo leveling, you fucking faggot, that seems more your speed.
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>>282303343
I can only cope with how unlikeable Fujimoto made him in part 2 by thinking he will get offed like a rabid dog.
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>>282302489
>tumblr
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>>282298412
It was too late, the series was dead to me after the cuck crying scene.
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>>282301973
Men are ok with showing weakness.
It is the women who arent ok with men showing weakness.
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>>282300972
>Forgotten the second the manga ends
>Even by it's sequel spinoff
lul
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>>282298580
goatku just enjoys the struggles
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Cryings fine but most of the shit in OP are crying for dumb reasons
>THIS ANTAGONIST WHO KILLED A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HAD A SAD LIFE
>HES JUST LIKE ME MAYBE
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>>282302494
Tokio is ultra based
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>>282297913
Ftfy
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>>282302311
>>282304414
>crying already
Pussy bitch like the rest of them.
Joking of course but you can't expect smegmapilled autists to know anything different.
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>>282304899
Man, his journey has been insane thus far.
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>>282297913
By culling the japanese herbivore population
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>>282305272
They are already dying off on their own, no need to spend the extra effort.
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>>282300972
kino
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>>282298412
What an absolutely out of left field NTRBait does to a series. Never dropped a series faster than that shit. No idea if its even over or not.
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>>282297913
>throwing denji and guts in there
Hahahahaha
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>>282301526
Akaza bawled like a baby in his gf arms and is still is the manliest dude
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>>282308305
>Akaza bawled like a baby in his gf arms
And the gf dumped him bc she realized he wasn't manly at all.
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>>282297913
Make one that just wins at everything without any work involved.
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>>282298288
Our HEROES...
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>>282308456
nigga she unknowingly drank poison
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>>282297913
MCs peaked with Deku. Copy that archetype.
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No time for crying.
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>>282297913
Read better manga
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>>282300971
It's his mom and no still training but it seems close to happening since Kazuya was able to beat Kukuri in a fight just like his mom
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>>282299030
Will vanillafags ever understand?
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>>282297913
Make a Frog MC of course
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>>282297913
By being better men
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>>282297913
Kaijuu No.8 has the worst MC
>Protag is nearly 30
>Still acts a like the average teenage MC
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>>282297913
Guts should not be in here given what he's been through.

Maybe Denji is justifiable but the rest are 'literally who' tier.
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I wonder who's worse between Naruto and Deku in that department.
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>>282315957
Not that I watched or read MHA beyond S1.
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>>282297913
stop catering for self inserters
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>>282315957
Deku and it's not even close
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Jojo and HxH are the only good Shonen.
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>>282315957
They're both static characters that suffer from a lack of meaningful growth or challenge to their worldview for a long-term story centered around a single main character, but Naruto's basic character is at least proactive and goal-oriented which at least justifies him as a protagonist.
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>>282303412
say what you want about gooks and how their whole economy relies on bootleg shit but it's much easier to avoid this annoying omega male faggot MC in manhwa than it is in manga.
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>mc is a faggy beta numale
>gets psychologically and physically tortured
>becomes complete stone faced edgelord
Unironically my favorite trope
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>>282301526
Your mother will die in her sleep tonight if you don't admit you would bawl line a baby for her
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>>282319315
when that ever happened other than Tokyo Ghoul and Fist of the North Star?
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>>282319454
you forgot Guilty Crown
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>>282297971
POST SOME OF THEM NOW!
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>>282297971
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>>282319478
everyone forgot that piece of shit
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>>282319131
>Gookshills
Of course you Gookshills will be there while pretending that 90% of your protags aren't a bunch of Omega male faggots
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>>282299530
People would just try to tell you otherwise Mostly Gookshills
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>>282299644
How did Tanjiro even get the reputation of being Crybaby MC anyway? People cherrypicking one scene?
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>>282320017
gooks need to serve the military thanks to their problematic neighbor, which means that being a neet with no social skills is less common there than it is on Japan
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>>282320165
Somehow they're still more pathetic on the internet than those neets
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>>282298607
I like his Son
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>>282297913
by giving them an injection of testosterone
What the fuck did you just fucking imply about guts, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I've been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I'm the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You're fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that's just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You're fucking dead, kiddo.
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>>282301551
>rewrite
That's impossible since that kiss is the conclusion of the arc.
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>>282302062
go touch grass bro
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>>282323049
Crying per se is not the problem, is sobbing with the mouth wide open and snot running down the nose. No one looks dignified like that.
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>>282298901
Guts is literally a generic babbys first byronic hero
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>>282297913
Put them in dresses. Not reading the rest of the thread, but hopefully that was the general consensus.
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>>282297913
>How do we improve male MCs?
Easy. All they need is sex.
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>>282324940
Nigga you're gay



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