Main characters and Side characters

[Willie8622]

In most of the anime's I have watched, there is always side characters that are way more interesting to me than the main character of the story. The only anime where I haven't experienced this is DBZ because Goku is just awesome.

Examples of this is the following:

- Naruto - Here characters like Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, Hiruzen, Minato, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Itachi, A and killer Bee come to mind as well as Kakashi's Dad. They are way cooler than Naruto and Sasuke from the moment they were introduced. And they are powerful as well.

- One Piece - Here you have to look at Shanks, Rayleigh, the Admirals, The Shichibukai, Gol D Roger, Whitebeard, Garp and Zoro. They are just awesome and are much more fascinating than Luffy.

- Bleach - Although Ichigo is reallycool, characters like Yamamoto, Kyuraku, Ukitake, Zaraki, Unohana and of course the great Urahara are all characters that I would like to see more of and see what power the actually possess.

- Magi - I am currently busy whatching this, but here Sinbad and his 8 generals are really amazing.

And so I can mention alot more anime's that have this trend. I know that these other characters are introduced for various reasons, but why must they always be such awesome and badass characters that always seem more likeable than the main character.

Why not make the main character the most awesome character. I know that the main character always becomes the most powerful person and so forth, but by then I do not actually care about him/her/them anymore. And then with some crazy ass move they overshadow these once monster characters as they were nothing.

Sometimes I wish that we can just see more about these other characters that are introduced in anime's. A good example would be Hiruzen in Naruto. He gets praised as this strong character, but nothing is shown to prove this.

I will just have to wait and see if all the great characters that I like will be shown more of and actually show some of their hype that was mentioned.

 

[Lana Del Taka]

Kishi is one of the worst at side characters.

 

[Corgi]

I've never really experienced an anime where I thought the main character was the coolest besides SAO

 

[RaitonOniKairRasengan]

I agree.

However in my opinion DBZ Gohan was better than goku, when he went SS2 it was unparalleled at the time Lol. And actually Gohan was originally meant to replace goku (When he first died) but he was so popular so he brought him back.

 

[TRE MERCER]

Kishi side chars are so interesting imo.

 

[ALTERNATIVEE]

well that's how it is

 

[Dantе]

I found Gohan interesting too though.

 

[UltimateHawk]

in attack on titan levi and mikasa are way more badass than eren

 

[Meee]

Watch something like Death Note or Hellsing, They had epic main chars.

 

[take it easy]

naruto main char more badass than side characters.

 

[-Punk-]

Naruto is the only series where I don't like the main characters .

 

[Risuna23]

Watch Hellsing Ultimate. Alucard is an awesome main character.U_U

 

[Tenshi Uchiha]

all depends on the anime the at the rate the characters a developed throughout the story, cause you have some cases where you have a really good side character and then they just fall off.

 

[chopstickchakra]

You like them better because you aren't constantly bombarded by their story and when they come in it feels like something fresh for you. If they were the main focus of the story you would eventually start to like the other characters more as well. I.E. If Kenpachi was the lead and Ichigo was a side you'd like Ichigo more because you see him less often.

 

[FoxesInWonderland]

Naruto and sasuke are badass my dude

 

[~Ethereal~]

Naruto and sasuke are badass my dude

Agreed, I second this.

 

[Chakra Wizard]

That's a shōnen thing, if you ask me. Most of my favorite series don't even have much competition from their supporting casts - Cowboy Bebop, Steins;Gate, Clannad, Eden of the East, Haruhi Suzumiya, Hellsing Ultimate, etc.

 

[Dãrth1]

Itachi is the best side character ever imo