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Is Tanjiro the Best Shounen Protagonist of All Time?
Dec 5, 2021 1:25 PM
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Like every shounen protagonist is so cliche. They either want to be the Pirate King or Hokage. Whereas, Tanjiro doesn't want either. He just wants to protect and revert his IMOUTO back to human, which is relatable. Every other shounen protagonist is unrelatable. IDK how I can relate to someone who wants to become the Hokage when there's no Hokage irl; it's so unrealistic. Is Tanjiro the Best Shounen Protagonist of All Time?



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Dec 5, 2021 1:30 PM
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Very easy answer for this, no
Dec 5, 2021 1:31 PM
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you better be trolling no way in hell this guy is the best.

Dec 5, 2021 1:33 PM
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What type of question is this 😂😂😂😂


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Dec 5, 2021 1:35 PM
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Yeah of course! I love the shallow one dimensional mary sue pure hearted ball of spikey goodness :)
Dec 5, 2021 1:36 PM
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LMAOOO 💀💀😭😭⚰️
Dec 5, 2021 1:40 PM
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ummmm ur trolling right tanjiro is no were close
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Dec 5, 2021 1:43 PM
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imagine voting yes 😂😂🤣🤣💀💀

Dec 5, 2021 1:53 PM
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How can I relate to someone who wants to protect his imouto when I don't have imouto irl?
Dec 5, 2021 1:53 PM
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How do you relate to reverting a girl back to human from demon?
Dec 5, 2021 1:54 PM

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Nice bait. This doesn't say Gintoki
Dec 5, 2021 1:57 PM
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He's good but no. If we count Death Note as a shounen (which I don't but MyAnimeList does.) then I would say Light Yagami.
Dec 5, 2021 2:00 PM
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_spoon_ said:
imagine voting yes 😂😂🤣🤣💀💀
belive me I am the one,just for joke because I know most of them going for yeah so I wanted to do something different but yeah we all know he is not the best protagonist of all time but no that bad either like people reacting if we criteria for best is 9.5/10 then tanjiro is like 7.5/8 but yeah if you think he is the best then ok and there is no way to prove who is the best just because even if we put a pool voting with large audience like last year cringylol awards tanjiro is going to win because of demon slayer popularity and sine how demon slayer is a main Stream show so imagine a poll where tanjiro,eren,kaneki,guts, lelouch, light,luffy where nominated so I will be not surprised if tanjiro or eren going to win it just because mainstream audiance blindly vote eren, tanjiro or maybe light(death note too have international audience).
Ratings doesn't matter only enjoyment does.
Masterpiece or mid, generic or fresh,best or worst are all subjective
Eren is goat,and aot is still a masterpiece (eg.subjective opinion)


Dec 5, 2021 2:01 PM

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Come on, he is typical, boring, too empathetic shonen protagonist. There is nothing unusual or interesting about him

Dec 5, 2021 2:01 PM
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Thank you for this post xD
Dec 5, 2021 2:01 PM

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Nice bait dude LMAO
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Dec 5, 2021 2:04 PM
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Lmfaoooooooooooooo
Dec 5, 2021 2:12 PM
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_spoon_ said:
imagine voting yes 😂😂🤣🤣💀💀


Imagine taking this bait serious. The only thing dumber than this poll is you children actually getting triggered lmao
Dec 5, 2021 2:13 PM

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Kaiseki said:
How can I relate to someone who wants to protect his imouto when I don't have imouto irl?



Just get an imouto
Dec 5, 2021 2:16 PM
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Dragevard said:
Like every shounen protagonist is so cliche. They either want to be the Pirate King or Hokage. Whereas, Tanjiro doesn't want either. He just wants to protect and revert his IMOUTO back to human, which is relatable. Every other shounen protagonist is unrelatable. IDK how I can relate to someone who wants to become the Hokage when there's no Hokage irl; it's so unrealistic. Is Tanjiro the Best Shounen Protagonist of All Time?



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okk now lets report your troll as*. bullshi""er
Dec 5, 2021 2:19 PM

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I love Tanjiro but not that much. He's a good main character but not on the level of a Goku or Luffy.
Dec 5, 2021 2:26 PM
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Bro what? He's like a bottom 10 shounen there are tons of characters who have 1 episode that are better than tanjiro hes paper thin
Dec 5, 2021 2:26 PM
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I like Tanjiro. No one else is more empathetic than this guy and that matters in a world where he actually kills his enemies instead of beating them unconscious. It makes him pretty unique. Who else says I'm sorry to every Zaku they curb stomp into the ground?

Luffy is the greatest Protag of all time. A simple and complex man all rolled into one. But who is this post for? Demon Slayer haters? Demon Slayer mega fans? I legit can't tell.
Dec 5, 2021 2:28 PM

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I don't know if i should laugh or cry.
Dec 5, 2021 2:28 PM
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Very simple, an easy answer to this question. No.
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Dec 5, 2021 2:38 PM
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Nah not at all. I would argue for legoshi fro. Beastars, or light from death note
Dec 5, 2021 2:39 PM
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To say that all other protagonists are unrelatable because they want to achieve something like pirate king or hokage is dumb. You can’t take everything at face value, it’s about the message behind each characters arc. Becoming hokage could be the same as finishing first in a race or something along those lines. It’s about pursuing what you desire no matter how tough the journey. In shows movies and literature the creators utilize devices to establish characters code and goals that allow them us the audience to understand when the characters story will end, and to what place they’re willing to go.
Dec 5, 2021 2:44 PM

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No, he's not Deku, but he's still one of greatest protagonists in general that we will ever see.

Dec 5, 2021 2:48 PM

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He's nowhere near being the best.
Dec 5, 2021 2:48 PM

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tanjiro isn't bad, but he's pretty basic. his only personality trait is being kind ig.

imo yusuke is the best shonen protagonist
Dec 5, 2021 3:10 PM

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SSJ2K said:
_spoon_ said:
imagine voting yes 😂😂🤣🤣💀💀


Imagine taking this bait serious. The only thing dumber than this poll is you children actually getting triggered lmao
bro I know its. bait. but anyone who actually voted yes and thinks tanjiro is actually the bet protagonist is on something else

Dec 5, 2021 3:11 PM

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Attackonfiller said:
No, he's not Deku, but he's still one of greatest protagonists in general that we will ever see.
preach it deku and tanjiro are the best protagonist's in all fiction

Dec 5, 2021 3:13 PM
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You make great jokes
Dec 5, 2021 3:27 PM

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"reverting his imouto back to normal"

I think Tanjiro is a siscon.



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Dec 5, 2021 3:33 PM

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I understand your opinion (if ur not trolling), cause I actually think Tanjiro is a pretty unique character and a really good mc. Tanjiro is one of MY fav characters of all time, so I understand what ur trying to say.
Dec 5, 2021 3:38 PM
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I like his character, but he’s definitely far from being the best shounen protagonist
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Dec 5, 2021 4:06 PM

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Dragevard said:
Every other shounen protagonist is unrelatable. IDK how I can relate to someone who wants to become the Hokage when there's no Hokage irl; it's so unrealistic.

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Then I'd say that Denji is the best shounen protagonist because he is the most relatable ("I just wanna feel some tits").
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Dec 5, 2021 4:13 PM
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What?? He’s a very average shounen protagonist which doesn’t mean he’s bad he’s just not very unique. Also, you are taking “relating to a character” way to literally. Obviously you can’t relate to the need of wanting to become the Pirate King but you can relate to wanting to become the best at something which Luffy and Naruto both want to.
Dec 5, 2021 4:20 PM

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Paja03 said:
Dragevard said:
Every other shounen protagonist is unrelatable. IDK how I can relate to someone who wants to become the Hokage when there's no Hokage irl; it's so unrealistic.

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Then I'd say that Denji is the best shounen protagonist because he is the most relatable ("I just wanna feel some tits").
he’s not relatable to me at all he’s a fucking big ass simp
Dec 5, 2021 4:30 PM
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I'd argue he's a better character than a lot of people say he is, but he is still a mid-tier protagonist. His personality is bland, his motives are about as uninteresting and shonen as they come, he's literally nowhere near best shonen MC status. You talk about Luffy and Naruto's strong, single-minded goals as if they're detrimental to their characters, but both of them have such well-developed personalities outside of their convictions that, even if you were to remove those convictions, they would still continue to be great characters. Remove Tanjiro's desire to turn his sister back into a human and you're left with nothing.
Dec 5, 2021 4:39 PM

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yes tanjiro is one of the protagonists of all time



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Dec 5, 2021 5:15 PM
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Dragevard said:
Like every shounen protagonist is so cliche. They either want to be the Pirate King or Hokage. Whereas, Tanjiro doesn't want either. He just wants to protect and revert his IMOUTO back to human, which is relatable. Every other shounen protagonist is unrelatable. IDK how I can relate to someone who wants to become the Hokage when there's no Hokage irl; it's so unrealistic. Is Tanjiro the Best Shounen Protagonist of All Time?



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i think gon is a perfect realistic shounen protag. He just wants to find his dad, that’s it. Plus even if tangiro has a better goal, i find it hard to believe he’s more entertaining or well done than someone like luffy
It just works 😮‍💨
Dec 5, 2021 5:25 PM
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You have said Tanjiro is the best means he is the best no debate.
Dec 5, 2021 5:38 PM
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Can he beat Goku tho?
Dec 5, 2021 6:14 PM

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Original_Name69 said:
Can he beat Goku tho?


A single headbutt will do the trick
Dec 5, 2021 6:31 PM
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That belongs to gon my guy, and denji for the new generation.

Other candidates are:

Clare (claymore) [manga]
Oz vessailus (pandora hearts) [manga]
Allen walker (d gray man) [manga]

Don’t at me saying where’s goku, naruto, ichigo, luffy, edward, hinata, eren, deku, saitama, asta, tanjiro, yuji or takemichi because they’re poorly written.
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Lol wtf kinda question is this!? Gotta be bait


Dec 5, 2021 6:45 PM
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tanjiro is literally the best protagonist of all time no debate
Dec 5, 2021 6:50 PM
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I don't whether he is the best or not but he is the most humane shounen protagonist of all time.
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Dec 5, 2021 6:54 PM

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It has to be bait right? Right? I think he's a pretty cliche one tbh.
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