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S/he must be ugly, NEET, have a 2 inch tall penis, and be virgin.

Basically, someone that I can personally relate to.

The ability to overthrow a hopeless situation in a matter of seconds.

A lesbian. Oh MDR, why was your ending so shitty?

Badassery, whatever form it takes. Someone that it's just plain cool to be.

Not retarded

Ningen

>>2169831

>Not retarded

THIS.

A nice guy/girl with some confidence so the story doesn't get bogged with pissing and moaning/me raging at the character. Not asking for much.

>>2169830
Fuck yeah Yumemi.

>>2169820
theres already a signum vn

Full of grace. Can make kicking ass look like they are ballroom dancing.

>>2169831

You must not have very many games to play.

A good protagonist can, even when presented with a ridiculously difficult scenario, such as the impending destruction of the entire branch of possibilities that his universe is in, manage an utterly mind-bending escape and manage to bring about an ending where everyone survives, Blink Winkel-style.

Even if he doesn't have a face.

Hotblooded.

>>2169853
What game is this?

Badassery in Mysical elements... Rule Breaking and making a scene more moe than Kohaku can.

>>2169820
>What does /jp/ look for in a protagonist?

Signum onee-sama.

OSAKA BANCHO

>>2169868

>>2169820
Somone who's not from a shitty show.

Generally experienced. I don't want to watch some newbie own the shit outta everything because he/she is the protagonist. I want to see them doing methodically tedious shit just to make victory possible. Like planning relentlessly then having a hitch and having to throw the plan out and come up with a new one. Shit like that.

>>2169861
Lilian Black.

>>2169875

KICK LOGIC TO THE CURB

>>2169874
You'll have to define a show that matches that description, first.

A manly spirit. A plus if they start out completely normal and become a hero through actual effort. I despise normal protagonists who suddenly discover that they have powers to make them some kind of demi-god.

And competence. Just being able to reason in hard situations looks much more respectable than crying until he's magically saved by hax powers.

>>2169861

Mary Watches/Us

>>2169878
Not a shounen?

>>2169872
>>2169853

Determined, straight forward and kind. The type of person who picks themselves up and stops crying when they fall down, always pushing forward never shying from a challenge yet always standing by their principals.

A protagonist who is a slut, but still manages to emanate utter badassery is something almost unsurpassed.

>>2169876
>>2169883
Got it, not a game. Should have picked up the obvious reference.

Sure is Typical Shonen Fighting Series Hero in here.

Tragically flawed. I actually prefer sad endings over happy ones.

Yumemi...your flaw was that you were too pure for this Earth...

>>2169887
Do I need to be less subtle?

>>2169875

Heroes like that would only work in high-brow shows.

>>2169899
shirou in bleach clothes.jpg

An idiot who everyone look down on but still manages to capture our heart.

I don't care, while there's LOYALTY..

Hate sluts and manwhores.

Sayonara wo Oshiete's protagonist is so flawed the entire game is literally about his flaws.

Someone who always fights against injustice. It doesn't matter if what they are doing will fuck alot of people over. All that matters is that she is righting a wrong.

>>2169849

Faith/Signum ?

FUCK YEAH

>>2169899

To be fair, it shouldn't be so surprising. The reason they are so over used is exactly because they are so popular.

Yeah, I get it, popular doesn't automatically mean good, but sometimes I like a good honest hero doing what is right. Making such a protagonist great is in how well you give them their own identity outside of that generic cluster with their own flaws and troubles.

I dislike self-rightous protagonists who cling to an ideal, but rather I prefer someone who has a goal, knows what they're doing and how to do it. For example, rather than seeking a concept like justice, without any real plan other than doing the right thing would be against this. Instead, someone who wants to win and won't mind getting their hands dirty to do it would be suitable.

At the same time, a complete self-interested bastard is someone I'd also hate. They'd have to have morals, but wouldn't be shackled down and trapped by them.

Rather than special powers, they use skill. Not the kind of cunning planning that evokes Death Note imagery, but relying on insight and seeing through obstacles. In general, also using experience over innate ability.

... I can't remember one goddamn character that fits this perfectly though.

I liked Clare. Even though she was weaker than everyone else, she was still determined to get strong enough to kill her arch enemy. She never gave up, even in a hopeless battle, and was willing to destroy herself to order to defeat her enemy. She was also kind of a pedophile.

Someone who wants to try and find his place in the world. Even if the world says he doesn't have one. He just keeps trying. I'm sure we all can relate to that.

I hate a protagonist with a insta-win weapon/skill. It makes him fall on it like a crutch. I would rather see a protagonist be resourceful and use tactics and strategy over sheer power.

>>2169927
Shannon Casull?

Willing to sacrifice pretty much the entire human race to protect those he loves, rationality be damned.

A protagonist with armpits.

>>2169939

Sound like Berserk.

>>2169943
He and the lolis were the only good parts of that anime.

>>2169928
>liked
Does that mean you've given up on the manga?
That reminds me, I need to get the two latest chapters.

>>2169943

Never saw it. Most of the other characters I like either wind up being bad guys, die before half the game is over, are an unimportant side-character, or some/all of the above.

Actually, now that I think about it, Inspector Runge is the closest I can think to my ideal protagonist.

>>2169820
A jerk.

>>2169965

To be honest, I started reading it after the anime ended and I haven't gotten past the first volume yet. I want to finish reading Death Note first. slowpoke, shit tastes, etc

Protagonists who don't put up with shit

>>2169976

Player 1 Team:
- Mario
- Reimu
- Adol

Player 2 Team:
- Luigi
- Sanae
- Rance

>>2169986

Claymore (manga) is good up until Peita ends which as I'm sure you've heard isn't how the anime ends in that place. After that it gets a has good and bad chapters.

Stop reading Death Note, ideally after LADIES. Seriously, it's terrible after that. It's pretty terrible before that too at times, but it has some good bits to mellow it out. Seriously overrated.

I suppose the same could be said of Claymore, but I don't think Claymore pretends to be anything more then Berserk with genders reversed to a different world war.

>>2170017
> mellow it out
Oho!

>>2170017

I don't think I'm even that far yet, and I've been reading DN for years now, since my sister first showed it to me.

I did enjoy the Clare/Priscilla fight in the anime and thought that Clare's awakened form was fucking awesome, but I also heard that the manga after the Northern Campaign gets kinda dodgy with Yuma and TRYING HARD.

>>2170093
>I did enjoy the Clare/Priscilla fight in the anime and thought that Clare's awakened form was fucking awesome,
The problem with the ending wasn't the fight, but how it ended. Even the actual premise of the fight seems ridiculous if you read the manga - Clare should be unable to kill Isley, let alone Priscilla. Priscilla is clearly the most powerful lifeform on the entire continent, so much so that everyone from the Abyssal ones to the Organization are afraid of her.
Plus the anime ends before Isley's motivations during the Pieta incident can be explained. It's a shame really, it was a beautiful plan.

>but I also heard that the manga after the Northern Campaign gets kinda dodgy with Yuma and TRYING HARD.
Eh, Yuma's only in one chapter, and she doesn't do much.

>>2170117

I always figured that the only reason why Clare nearly defeated Priscilla in the anime was that she was confused by Teresa's essence in Clare's body and Clare's willingness to awaken just to defeat her, and let her guard down just enough until Raki stepped in and cockblocked Clare from dealing the final blow.

>>2170174
Yes, and that sucked. And it lead to Jean dying to save Raki. Bah.

Protagonist of what?

The standards have to be different for the game and the non-interactive storytelling. You know, the game protagonist just has to win every time, that's the whole point of playing, so the story must make this bearable by not making him/her too much of an asshole and too much of a retard. On the other hand, protagonist of traditional fiction can be basically anything, as long as the rest of the world reacts to his character accordingly. No plot hax and Mary Sueism is enough, after all we don't even have to like him, we just need to find his story interesting.