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What are the worst Gary Stus you've ever seen?
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This nigga was my childhood hero but definitely him
Not a single duel lost ever
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>>284465570
Probably those isekai MC that get 100s of cheat skills(including damage and status effect immunity, AoE instant kills, skill stealing. 1000x XP gain ect.) for free.
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Krai Andrey.
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>>284469101
Just started watching his anime, and yeah he's up there. He's fun though
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>>284465570
Imagine hating prez when he had a million flaws he simply covered up by studying and grades
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>>284465570
A thread died FOR THIS?
>Kenshin
I dont remember he being uber powerful, he trained like a bitch
>Prez
i dont remember he excelling at al he tries his hand at
OP I really dont think you even know what being a Gary Stu means.
>>284469122
>Krai
There is something ion that anime that keeps me watching even when I reckon its borederline trash. But I guess it doesnt shy away from its tactics, unlike other anime. Krai is the quintessential imposter, the guy has zero talents (or he doesnt acknowledge he having any) and he hets saved again and again by his artifacts, his friends and other misundertandings, I guess what i like about it is the mockery it does of the 5D chess player cliche, when a certain character seems at death's door, and then miraculously he pull an ace, and it suddenly turns out that the situation, and every possible variation was solved before the main event took place. Lets say its like a bland joke masterfully told.
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>>284465570
how is Kenshin a gary stu?
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>>284468672
Those guys obviously don't count because they're in another world. We're talking about real life anime characters here.
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>>284465570
Somewhere, a chill ran down Fujiwara's spine.
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>>284469564
Slaine deserved to win. Fuck eggboy.
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ruffy
naruto
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thank you anons itt for not saying kirito. he's not a gary stu and never has been. i used to think /a/ is filled with pseuds who parrot ecelebs' opinions, but i was wrong all along. thanks for giving me hope that there are good people
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>>284465570
How about you actual provide a concrete definition of a Gary Stu?
I've never seen consistent answers. Everyone seems to have a different definition.
I can't provide examples of Gary Stus until I actually know what is and isn't a Gary Stu.
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>>284465570
Kenshin was a way better character back when he was a kid in Trust and Betrayal
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>>284471771
Are you serious?
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>>284473908
Go ahead and tell the class why he is one.
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>>284465570
Kenshin is not a gary stu, I don't think you know what gary stu means, he isn't even the closest hiten mitsurugi user to being a gary stu.
>>284467845
He's more like a messianic character with a half-competent deck. Team unicorn and Kiryu duels were bullshit though. Still, he grasped victory through earnest effort, went through the process of fall and rebirth in order to become stronger, and never shyed away from leaning on others.
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>>284473826
>How about you actual provide a concrete definition of a Gary Stu?
Someone the writing bends over backwards for at every opportunity. Even when he fails it only works in his favor. His moments of weakness only make others like him more. Every other character is dragged along in his wake and doesn't seem to have much of a life without him. He never needs to grow in meaningful ways because it's the rest of the world that's wrong. He was born special and accomplishes things no one believed possible without sacrificing anything important. No character meant to be taken seriously dislikes him for long, and if they do hate him it's for silly reasons they come to regret later.
Do people even know the term is based on a satirical fanfic anymore? It was made to sum up all the qualities of shitty self insert fanfiction. Now it's just "strong character I don't like."
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>>284473974
He wins every fight while Sanosuke jobs.
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>>284465570
Why do so many retards these days have a hard time telling the difference between gary stu and aspirational heroes? Is this a self insert kind of thing? Like if a character is good at anything at all or is the moral focus of the story they're suddenly "A GARY STU." This whole generation is brain rotted.
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>>284474058
So, not Kenshin
>>284474066
Joey Wheel- I mean Sanosuke Sagara jobs in a vacuum.
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>>284474066
>The hero wins is his show about sword fighting were losing would result in death
You're an idiot.
>Sanosuke jobs.
Not really. He's got plenty of wins under his belt and all his major arc fights. You're an idiot.
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>>284474162
people always talk about 2nd characters as if they are jobbers when most of the time they are very capable people. I hate this trend of shitting on them.

just look at yamcha. he was always strong, good looking womanizer, famous, millionaire and gets to fucks his shapeshifter cat every night.
the only issue is that he's not strong as the strongest beings of the universe.
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>>284474066
he literally only "won" against Shishio with the help of 3 other guys and then Shishio killing himself by overheating anyway
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Who was in the wrong?
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>>284474312
Enishi beat Kenshin
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>>284474312
hiko seijuro is the real GOAT of the series.
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>>284474344
neither
that's why its a tragedy
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>>284474268
kill yourself. retarded faggot. he isn't garty stu, asuna is the real mary sue
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>>284474421
found the sao kiddie
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>>284474421
He kinda wasn't until he was. I think it was a combination of the number of women wetting themselves over him and the unique dual wield skill. If he had less women, or no unique skill, or even an unique skill that wasn't dual wield, he could've kept not being one until maybe alicization.
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>>284474432
>t. IQ <65 and sucks ecelebs' cock 24/7
you do remenber that trannies online started the sao hate train? no sane person with IQ >110 hates SAO
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>>284474477
Any sane person with over 90 IQ who watched SAO only enjoyed it until they left SAO.
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>>284474477
>shit is so bad even axewounds hate it
yeah that makes sense
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>>284474501
>>284474503
can't believe i share this board with such pseuds
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>>284474344
>>284474407
Kenshin. That's the tragedy. Hiko said it himself. The sword of hiten mitsurugi can only be used in defense of the innocent. As soon as Kenshin picked a side he went against that.
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>>284474590
What? Do you actually enjoy the Flyff and Cawadoody arcs?
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>>284474225
I agree most of your post but Yamcha was a heavy jobber even back in Dragon Ball; he existed to show off how strong other people (the Mummy, Jackie Chun, Tien, Kami in Hero's body) were.
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>>284474927
That's called a Worf.
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>>284465570
Kenshin fits in this, how?
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>>284474690
kenshin fought for a side looking to uplift the defenseless and wanted to remove a system that took advantage of the innocent for its own ends
he picked the side that stood for an ideology closest to his sword master's philosophy
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>>284474945
Doesn't, OP is probably from /co/ and isn't used to his main characters not being whining incapable faggots.
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>>284465570
>yeah bro just wageslave for 4 years then you would get to be the stronkest without actual effort
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And no I'm not a Jeannefag
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>>284474983
And he was an idiot for doing so. Here's how it works; you see some bandits accosting a farmer village? You fight them. You see soldiers picking on the downtrodden? You fight them. YOU DO NOT pick a side in a political shit show and empower the people who are just gonna do the same shit that started the war in the first place.
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>>284475051
>just keep killing until everyone who disagrees with you dies anon
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>>284475051
anon you do understand even kenshin's master realized this is a fucking retarded philosophy right?
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>>284475124
>>284475050
Who let the fatefags in?



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