And what I mean by messianic characters is these characters who are made out to be one of the underdogs, one of the weaker ones—and then that weakness is never displayed. Never manifested. Instead, this character wins every fight through determination or just by enduring longer. While I like this theme, it’s not always an outlasting contest. How about a character who ISN’T made to be an underdog and he just faces moral challenges? More fascinating to me. Or a character who IS actually weak, and the series is a process of him growing?
I really like Fairy Tail, but I don’t like that part of it.
