No offense but Naruto and Ichigo are kinda annoying. Goku is also pretty stereotypical IMO. Luffy's ok but I think he's too childish to be a fan favorite.
It's rare to find very serious intelligent protagonists who are not immature in someway or outshined by some kitten rival in shounen.
Your favorite shonen protagonist?
Started by Lid, Aug 05 2014 01:17 AM
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Posted 18 December 2014 - 12:27 AM
All of the character in your post is shonen heroic character. They somewhat dumb, love to eat, and never kill human character.No offense but Naruto and Ichigo are kinda annoying. Goku is also pretty stereotypical IMO. Luffy's ok but I think he's too childish to be a fan favorite.
It's rare to find very serious intelligent protagonists who are not immature in someway or outshined by some a**hole rival in shounen.
Why? That kind of thing is much more appealing to the target demographic.
It's stereotype, but I'm fine with it.
There are that kind of character like keima from the world god only know.
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Posted 18 December 2014 - 01:51 AM
My top 5 favorite Shounen Protagonists
1. Jio Freed
2. Edward Elric
3. Haru Glory
4. Goku
5. Ichigo Kurosaki
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Posted 18 December 2014 - 04:52 PM
Inuyasha- if he's considered a shounen hero
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Posted 18 December 2014 - 04:57 PM
I guess I view him more as an antagonist.
I'd agree on that, he was an antagonist but not a villain. But he still was beyond awesome.
Inuyasha- if he's considered a shounen hero
Agreed! I got annoyed with him many times, but when all is said and done, I still consider him both awesome and sweet. Hehe, we have similar tastes, tang!
And yeah, Naruto was one of my favorite protagonists until that what must not be named happened.
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Posted 18 December 2014 - 05:13 PM
Probably Luffy and Ed. Lelouch and Kenshin aren't too bad either.
Edited by sushi., 20 December 2014 - 10:25 PM.
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Posted 18 December 2014 - 10:18 PM
He's shonen hero.Inuyasha- if he's considered a shounen hero
Anti hero is shesomaru.
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 01:33 AM
The killer of gods Seiya.
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 01:53 AM
Did he already fight Zeus? Or the author doesn't continue it.The killer of gods Seiya.
He will achive that when he kill kratos
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 02:27 AM
I totally forgot Gintoki. Gintoki is the best shounen hero for me. He doesn't need flashy battle scenes and powerups. He's just Gintoki. Silver haired funny sham-urai
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 02:28 AM
Did he already fight Zeus? Or the author doesn't continue it.
He will achive that when he kill kratos
I have not seen the manga, but still I think he hasn't fight, but in the anime the creator make him surrender to make way to the main character of Saint Saiya Omega. Still Seiya is legendary as protagonist, but my favorite Ikki The Phoenix.
By the way not even Kratos:
Edited by Liu bie, 19 December 2014 - 02:32 AM.
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 02:48 PM
I always though seiya was pretty weak but I liked his character.The killer of gods Seiya.
Now about the best shonen character...
Well Saint Seiya was a big part of my childhood so due to nostalgic reasons
1- Seiya
2- Goku
3- Kenshin
Edited by Nar123, 19 December 2014 - 02:49 PM.
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 05:31 PM
Hanamichi Sakuragi from Slam dunk.
He is just that funny and awesome.
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 05:35 PM
Goku from the Dragon Ball franchise. 
It's amazing how even as he grows up and matures, a lot of his characteristics remain the same, but he also has great qualities as an adult; he's a loving husband and father even if he's a dork who enjoys fighting, as well as being driven to protect those precious to him.
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 05:58 PM
Ed for me.
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 09:29 PM
I always though seiya was pretty weak but I liked his character.
Now about the best shonen character...
Well Saint Seiya was a big part of my childhood so due to nostalgic reasons
1- Seiya
2- Goku
3- Kenshin
I will return to my origins LOL this was my childhood:
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Posted 21 December 2014 - 04:19 PM
WHEN this became a Saint Seiya topic? Why was not I informed?
Did he already fight Zeus? Or the author doesn't continue it.
Pfffff... Damned if I know. Kurumada seems more focused on other projects than on giving a proper end to his series.
Anyway Seiya is fine, but my favorite Bronze Saints are Shiryu and Ikki (Ikki is my best friend's favorite characters).
I will return to my origins LOL this was my childhood:
The first Saint Seiya epusode what I ever watched was the one of the Hyoga versus Hydra fight. I watched it in the early nineties and my jaw dropped to the ground since I had never watched some cartoon like that. It was completely different of most stuff that I watched in TV back then.
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