With anime’s recent domination around the world, fans are increasingly understanding the medium’s strengths.

Anime likeOne PieceandJujutsu Kaisenhighlight these strengths, making anime fans proud of their favourite franchises.

However, protagonists constitute a significant part of any story thatanime is hit or miss with.

Light Yagami in Death Note staring at his Death Note notebook.

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When this doesn’t happen, you get characters such as Kazuma and Rudeus.

After discovering this power, Light vows to make a perfect world by killing every criminal.

It is a tricky situation with Light.

Light Yagami laughing when he is finally caught in Death Note

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After the death of his mother, Eren Yeager vows to kill all titans but unexpectedly becomes one himself.

Eren steadily becomes evil, killing innocents to protect his friends.

Fans shouldn’t condone Eren’sgenocidal actions and extreme measures, which threw the world into chaos.

Eren screaming as Mikasa holds him from behind in Attack on Titan

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The superhero anime focuses on aspiring heroes attending school to realize their potential and help save the world.

Deku meets many complicated students as they test their strength and encounter heinous villains.

WhileDeku separates himself from other tropey anime protagonists, he ends up as a whiny crybaby with clashing motifs.

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He still works hard, butthat effort is undermined by hypocritical messages.

Despite having no magical ability, Asta gains the power to null magic with his swords.

With theBlack Cloveranime currently on hiatus, fans won’t have to endure this loudmouth for a while.

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WithNeon Genesis Evangelionreceiving a brilliant remakein the form of movies, fans see how they changed Shinji.

While Shinji is a complex character with mostly natural reactions to his situation, it makes him extremely hateable.

However, after getting hit by a train, he finds himself transported back to his middle school days.

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To do this, he must join the gang responsible for her death and change it from the inside.

DespiteTokyo Revengershaving many great episodes, it is rare for some to have good moments from the protagonist.

Takemichi falls into the same trap as Deku and Shinji;he is a whiny crybaby.

Asta surrounded by smoke in Black Cover.

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Takemichi alsoshows no sign of growth, reverting to his annoying ways too often.

Along his adventure, Boruto encounters many other ninjas who are children of the previous cast.

Unlike his father, Naruto, one of thebest protagonists in anime, Boruto is arguably the worst.

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He is an annoyance and doesn’t have any endearing qualities, making him a straight-up pest.

However, a classmate sees the photo and decides to help Makoto, creating an exciting romance anime.

School Daystakes place in a high school setting, making it one of themost popular anime genres.

Shinji Ikari sitting in an Evangelion cockpit in Evangelion 1.0

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However, this anime proves to be one of the worst in the genre.

Makoto is also incredibly selfish and manipulates the people around him, making their lives worse.

He alsostrings along two girls in a weird love triangle that paints him as an irredeemable douchebag.

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The only way to free oneself is to beat the game, which Kirito strives to do.

Despite the show being extremely popular, many fans agree that Kirito is the worst part.

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Takemichi crying in front of the Toman gang in Tokyo Revengers

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Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

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Makoto Itou wearing a school uniform standing outside in front of a fence in School Days anime.

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Kirito smiling with a sword on his back in Sword Art Online

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