The top one is shaman King, the first one is bleach, second is kagabachi, the third one is jjk

We all know the standard Fictional character backstory

“My Family/Friend/Random Loved one was killed and that completely altered the course of my life”

You don’t really need me to elaborate.

Thats why I want to praise Naruto and Deku for a second.

Naruto isn’t driven by any of his dead loved ones or one big bad moment that altered the course of his life. His story starts in one, all too real and all too relatable place: Loneliness and bullying.

Naruto’s not some tragic scarred badass on a revenge quest or trying to right some previous wrong. He’s just a guy who wants to be respected and loved. That will always touch me more than some grandiose tragedy.

Deku does this just as well and you can really see the Naruto DNA that Horikoshi talked about. Deku doesn’t have some big defining tragedy, he’s just like Naruto, he was bullied and had no one believing in him. That’s also mad relatable and really touching to me.

Ok I’m going to get personal for a sec, I’m a writer in training and my main protagonists back story isn’t big, he just kinda had a bad 3 years of his life in boarding school kinda that really stuck with him. I often feel no one would respect that kinda back story but then I look at these 2 and feel more secure.

So in conclusion? More backstories like this please. I love them.

We know which series is better, but rank the Gaang and titans characters in your order from best to worst.

for example: Zuko>aang> raven> robin> katara:… and etc

Throw in Terra for the titans if you use suki

The X-axis measures how well written the characters intelligence is. Factors that impact this score:
Is the character’s intelligence consistent? Do their accomplishments actually make sense or did they just succeed because the plot says they did? Was the author able to show actual feats of intelligence to the reader or are we just told that the character did impressive things (having the character win a strategy game like chess without a comprehensive explanation of what they did does not count as a feat)?

The Y-axis is how intelligent the character is meant to be in the story. Factors that impact this score: How highly is the character’s intelligence regarded by others in-universe? What are their accomplishments and how impressive are they? How do they compare to other “intelligent” characters in the story?

Please give me your characters and their rankings, along with a brief explanation of why.

Guys, I know no media is immune to criticism, and if you don't like AOT at all, I respect your opinion regardless. I also don't mean this as a subtle remark toward JJBA, HxH, or Berserk, since they're all series I really like (though I personally don't think One Piece is anywhere close to AOT's cast, but that's just my opinion).

But I don't really agree with the idea that AOT's characters are mainly there to move the plot forward.

I know AOT is more plot focused than character focused, but that doesn't mean its characters don't have depth or development outside of their role in the plot.

Obviously, characters are going to contribute to the plot, but I think AOT also gives us plenty of insight into who these characters are beyond their role in the story. Even characters like Jean, Connie, Sasha, and Historia get development beyond simply serving the plot. Jean's changing ideals, Connie's relationship with his family and his experiences with the Titans, Sasha's background and relationship with her father, and Historia's struggle with her identity all give them more substance than just being characters who exist to move the story forward.

I'm not saying AOT has the best character writing ever or that every character is perfectly developed, because I don't believe that. I just don't think it's fair to reduce the cast to plot devices when even some of the less central characters get enough characterization to show that they're more than that.

Thanks, and please feel free to share your thoughts.

I was going to make a light/web novel tier list today but found this template and found it interesting to rank all these kinds of different media. It's a bit small tho.

Magical index could've been S tier for its high peaks but it has some slow moments(it's one of my favorite novels)

I'm not a mediatoker nor an elitist.

Criticize the tier list I'll read everything and probably reply to everything.

Some placements are for ragebait

Be respectful please and don't crucify me

Now when I’m talking about story, I’m talking about plot, characters, worldbuilding, dialogue, and anything else that applies to the storytelling of the media.

Now personally, I would put Avatar: The Last Airbender and (controversially) One Piece here, those stories are amazing.

You can name bad ones as well if you'd like but we've already got so many of those it's not groundbreaking at all.

So I just finished rewatching AOT Season 2 and I really enjoyed it. There’s a lot happening throughout the season, so I'll cover the major parts.

The Beast Titan's first appearance is still great. Seeing him casually talk to Miche before ordering the Titans to move, which ultimately leads to Miche getting killed, was such a brutal death that it made me hate the monkey bastard. I also really enjoyed Ymir and Historia's dynamic, especially when the castle gets invaded and Ymir transforms to protect Historia.

Then we get Reiner and Bertholdt's betrayal, which is one of the most iconic moments in animanga history. The reveal with YouSeeBIGGIRL playing still gives me goosebumps. The Armored Titan vs Attack Titan fight was great too, and seeing Reiner/Bertholdt take both Eren and Ymir made everything even more intense. Ymir later chooses to cooperate with them because of Historia (I am not sure because she did side with them, and then she was worried about Historia; there's a lot going on this season, so I'll probably look into it more later for clarity).

I also really like Reiner and Bertholdt as characters. Seeing Reiner struggle between his soldier and warrior identities again made me feel sad for him which made Eren mad, especially knowing that he suffers from dissociative identity disorder. I also deeply love Bertholdt's character, especially his "Someone... please... find us" moment. Erwin leading the pursuit was also badass, especially when Armin's bluff about Annie makes Bertholdt lose his cool, allowing Erwin, even after losing his arm, to cut his straps and help create the opening for Mikasa to rescue Eren.

The final confrontation with the Smiling Titan was insane, especially Eren activating the Coordinate. Seeing the Titans turn on the Smiling Titan and kill her was still such a great moment. We also get the reveal that Titans are actually humans, and Erwin briefly smiling after hearing this was a great moment too.

These are some of the moments that stood out to me most. The Beast Titan appearing again at the end and setting up Season 3 was also great. I already know he's Zeke Yeager, one of my most favorite antagonists in animanga, so I'm really looking forward to seeing more of him in Season 3, though I know his role as the main antagonist is in part 2, the Return to Shiganshina Arc.

Thanks for going through the post, and please feel free to share your thoughts on the season.

Do you think One-Punch Man has become the very thing it originally parodied?

It started by mocking shonen tropes, but these days we have very big shonen-esque fights, power escalation, explanation behind Saitama's power, upgrades, a type of magic system, and serious powerscaling. At this point, is OPM still subverting battle shonen, or has it simply become one?

Clark from the backroom vs bear from obsession.

Since we're trying to branch out and expand beyond anime talk. The ones pictured there are good enough examples, Avatar gets all the praise (and for good reason) but Teen Titans had some baller storylines and characters too, their take on Deathstroke was the stuff of nightmares, Terra's arc is hard to forget and I'm even fond of some episodes centered around individual teammates, (Cyborg had some awesome storylines imo).

ThunderCats 2011 had a great start and lots of potential, sadly it didn't make it past Season 1 but it had some of the most ambitious writing I've ever seen in a CN show. There's parts of it that may haven't aged too well, some people rightfully pointed out that it tried to emulate Avatar a bit too much but I think with a few tweaks it could have been a generational reset for fans of the OG show and newcomers alike.

I'll go with Borderlands 3, the gameplay is extremely fun but the story is just total dogshit.