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Anyone else peeved by the forced "nakama"-ness in Shounen?


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Im talking about the likes of Fairy Tail and Black Clover.

 

Characters enter a special snowflake circle / guild / gang / whatever that is supposed to be full of outcasts/misfits and is amazed by how "quirky" the members are, and then proceeded to escape life or death situation 1.5 chapter later by the power of deep friendship with the people they just met who are ready to sacrifice everything because "you are one of us now and that's the way of friendship around here just because" which move the main character's heart to tears?

 

Idk some shounen friendships are trying so hard to be unique and the narrative efforts (or lack thereof) to be a special snowflake kind of annoys me instead. I wish there would be more shounen mangas with realistic relationships.

 

What about you?

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It's one of the reasons I dropped Fairy Tail. I can tolerate if it's not overused but in Fairy Tail, they used it all the time. It becomes the reason how the main characters are able to win a fight, despite being beaten up to a pulp every time at first.

 

It became a pattern: Villains are overpowered > Beat main characters badly > MC able to stand up each and every time > Nakama power activated > Villains got beat up ONE time and lose

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Fairy Tail is a good example of what you hate since that's basically the reason why it is considered "trash" by the majority in the anime community. I haven't really encountered an excessive use of the "nakamaness" that irked me. 

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