In terms of Shonen/Seinen Series, which one do you think has the best set of characters? I have a personal pick but i am curious to know what other people think of this.
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Which Shonen/Seinen Series overall has the best cast?
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One Piece is first for me.
The reason for One Piece is that at this point it really feels like a world, there are so many characters and a lot of them are very memorable and have been there for a LONG time.
We have different factions each with their own strong members.
People like Koby, Garp, Ace :(, Sabo, Kid, Law, Shanks ... the list can go on and on, are all characters I think about when somebody mentions One Piece and some of them haven't been featured in ages in the manga but they are in this world and they will show up again.
The reason for One Piece is that at this point it really feels like a world, there are so many characters and a lot of them are very memorable and have been there for a LONG time.
We have different factions each with their own strong members.
People like Koby, Garp, Ace :(, Sabo, Kid, Law, Shanks ... the list can go on and on, are all characters I think about when somebody mentions One Piece and some of them haven't been featured in ages in the manga but they are in this world and they will show up again.
One Piece
Core group of characters who get to have regular battles with both new allies and enemies appearing each arc. Also characters can be widely varied in power levels because specific skills can be useful.
Core group of characters who get to have regular battles with both new allies and enemies appearing each arc. Also characters can be widely varied in power levels because specific skills can be useful.
One Piece has the most persistent and lived in world so as a full cast it's the most impressive. The internal consistency required to create such a feat in a weekly basis is a near inhuman feat. There's something close to a hundred reasonably memorable and stand out characters.
Even more impressive is that these characters through separate arcs and journeys that have almost nothing to do with the main story but are sometimes shown in the cover chapters and then occasionally may turn up again. The amount of characters with their own agency that actively go pursue them even when they're not all that important to the certain story is astounding.
Even more impressive is that these characters through separate arcs and journeys that have almost nothing to do with the main story but are sometimes shown in the cover chapters and then occasionally may turn up again. The amount of characters with their own agency that actively go pursue them even when they're not all that important to the certain story is astounding.
One piece.
So many characters that aren't just forgotten even efter 16/17 years oda remembers to bring them back in huge story /plot progressing ways
I'd like to say Naruto but man kishimoto dropped the balls hard in part 2.
And nah at DBZ. He can't even remember Launch :(
So many characters that aren't just forgotten even efter 16/17 years oda remembers to bring them back in huge story /plot progressing ways
I'd like to say Naruto but man kishimoto dropped the balls hard in part 2.
And nah at DBZ. He can't even remember Launch :(
I like that Haikyu spreads its plot/focus around all of the characters on the team, and even delves into the key members of opposing teams as well.
Granted, it's not as long running as many of the ones mentioned here, but I think it does a really great job of not falling into the trap of only focusing on the main characters.
Granted, it's not as long running as many of the ones mentioned here, but I think it does a really great job of not falling into the trap of only focusing on the main characters.
Hinomaru Zumou another sports manga running in Jump did as well until it's story/structure shift, it's reasonably common in team sports manga.
I have way too many issues with how Oda handles women and the decline that initally happened in the 2nd part
Part 1 naruto has a really well rounded and great cast and it's an amazing cast overall till obito and tobi become the same person ( 2 awesome characters separated combine to make 1 lame one )
Naruto cast is one of the main problems with part 2 as all the cool people are barely used. Like whatever happened to rock Lee i love that guy
It does when that continuity ensures that cast it continually developed which isn't true for most shounens or rather the vast majority.
One piece is my favorite because of the cast. Oda has to have an awesome personality to be able to create so many unique and amazing characters in the 20+ years that he has been writing the series.
This.
Entire main cast has been reduced heavily to one note gimmicks in favor of the side characters we get every chapter.
Umm we haven't seen the entire cast together for 1-2 years, we just had an arc entirely focused on one crew member.
Jojo by far and away number 1.
Gintama is a close second.
Hero academia is also very great, but I'd put One Piece ahead of it in third.
HxH rounds off my top 5
Gintama is a close second.
Hero academia is also very great, but I'd put One Piece ahead of it in third.
HxH rounds off my top 5
Naruto. Complain all you want about power creep and whatever else but the reason the show was beloved was because the world building and cast of characters was just spot on.
Interesting. My main complaint about the OP characters is how most of them are stuck in a state of arrested development. They enter the series, have a cool back story and then play they role on the ship until their character can be focused on arcs later. We just got done learning about Sanji's history, and after all of that, Sanji is barely changed by the experience.
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