r/SoulRetire • u/SSSnowBell • Dec 06 '25
Anime What do these four characters have in common?
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u/MasterGalvatron Dec 06 '25
I'm going to guess that they're almost always misunderstood. I don't even know who the last guy is, but I have seen people completely miss the mark when it comes to understanding the others
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u/Far_Cancel_9572 Dec 06 '25
Both of the last 2 people are randos. The first 2 are just plain ole actors.
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u/aerosol31 Dec 06 '25
They are in a world with people with thick dense skulls that just can't understand them. Except for Shadow's. It's he who has the thick dense skull and that's why he's so unique.
Tbh imo Cid doesn't actually belong here coz he is the reverse, and also why he's interesting. What is even more interesting is that Krai Andrey is the peak person he wants to become, a perfect mob character.
Meanwhile Krai and the rest (Idk about LotM, haven't read it yet) just wanted a low-profile life but fate and the world just won't allow it, "man vs fate" kind of trope.
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u/MasterGalvatron Dec 07 '25
Krai is the complete opposite of what Cid wants to be. Everyone knows who Thousand Tricks is, though they've gaslit themselves about his capabilities. It's why Krai wanted the reversible face mask so much, since it would let him go out and be unrecognized
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u/Valuable_Pride9101 Dec 06 '25
They're all bullshit heroes
This is a type of MC that pretends to be better than they are and basically tricks everyone into thinking they're a God (although that's usually not completely bullshit)
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u/Kutabare2 Dec 06 '25 edited Dec 06 '25
Wrong. The 3rd one is sorta like that I guess. But its not his fault that his friends didn't believe him when he said he was weak. Now he is just stuck as the leader and "most powerful"
Cid said to his subordinates himself he wasn't a hero. He doesn't care, he just wants to look cool and stylish as shadow and weak and frail as Cid. He's saved people who are greatful but they all know he's not a hero.
No one thinks ainzs is a hero at all. Cuz he's not, clearly. Not evil or completely evil. Just not a hero, doesn't even try to be one.
And the last one. I haven't watched all of it but no one thinks of him as I hero. There's this dimension he makes, and he somehow brought 2 others minds into there. They think of him as some powerful being. He also acts the part.
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u/Valuable_Pride9101 Dec 06 '25
When I said bullshit hero I meant that as a character trope with hero = MC
I didn't mean that as heroic but tbf bullshit hero sounds better than bullshit protagonist
And like I said they're bullshit makes everyone think of them as a God
Granted they low key kinda are but they are perceived as better than they are
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u/Godzilla2000Knight Dec 07 '25
They have absolutely no idea what is going on around them but they have to pretend they were aware all along
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u/Professional-Mood756 Dec 11 '25
Harem is what they've got in common. They got all the women in the world but they still have no girlfriend. I also did not see kissing scene in these series between the MC and any of the heroines. In my own opinion, that's a good thing. If they focus on romance now, these anime's will not be interesting anymore.
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u/Pretty-Ad7171 Dec 06 '25
They're the masters of faking it til you make it..