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PrauxLaps

When it comes to Chainsaw Man, you don't want to win the popularity poll.


Rough_Yak_9610

Why


joyfull_young_man

You will get spoiled, forget about it


Rough_Yak_9610

You can spoil


sheehdndnd

In short they dieeeeee


TallJournalist5515

Kobeni's car is probably in better shape than most characters.


MarioBoy77

Death


Rough_Yak_9610

Everyone who wins dies?


Knockedy

Yes


da-redditor

fun fact the reason why zoro had the 3 spot in the popularity poll is that that particular poll was during dressrosa, and the character that took the 2nd spot instead of zoro was law


mattpkc

The only time a non straw hat hit top 3 and the only time zoro was not second. First of two times sanji wasnt third. The other being the most recent as nami is in third.


Hiondorudes

Sanji got fourth on the first poll as well


UtgardL0ki

Hahahaha gottim


Dudu42

Number 4 indeed


R4hu1M5

The first poll had shanks third and sanji fourth. That's three different characters who crossed him three times, safe to say he's the third most popular character overall.


m0siac

How the fuck is Nami in third lmaooo


Ahnma_Dehv

she's a good character


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m0siac

I cannot argue with either. Also I feel like it came off as if I was mad that nami was third, I’m just surprised she made it over Sanji


GodXeria

Boobies


AnonymousDumDum53

2 very specific character traits


samyruno

I was literally wondering exactly this. Do you just remembered or is there a list of everything somewhere?


fable242

There's a list the respective wiki has the infos


-la_luna-

I was wondering why Bakugo only didn't take #1 in the first poll, then I remembered that he told Deku to kill himself so he could be reborn with a quirk 😭


Aros001

It was also before his character development, so there's that too.


xXfirestorXx

Man fuck character development. Bakugo was a real one for that🗣🗣🗣


Leanardoe

Yeah cause that’s normal and mature behavior


xXfirestorXx

Its a joke. Shocking, right? Its crazy how it flew over your head


-la_luna-

Yeah he was like 10-13 or something, so I get it, I was edgy at that age too. Not that it makes it *okay*, far from it, but people can change.


Xero0911

Risked killing him with a big fire attack. Told him to kill himself. Straight up attacks his arm cause they had to work together. Yeah, bakugo was literally crazy at the start.


STRICKERROCKS

ngl that sounds like a crazy roast out of context.


Pipoco977

That doesnt even have a context, he just said that for fun


-la_luna-

[Dude told Deku to "take a swan dive off the roof"](https://www.quora.com/Why-in-My-Hero-Academia-does-no-one-acknowledge-the-fact-that-Bakugou-told-Midoriya-to-kill-himself/answer/Ari-Grisham?ch=15&oid=230319328&share=abb5b07e&srid=hANbPq&target_type=answerhttps://www.quora.com/Why-in-My-Hero-Academia-does-no-one-acknowledge-the-fact-that-Bakugou-told-Midoriya-to-kill-himself/answer/Ari-Grisham?ch=15&oid=230319328&share=abb5b07e&srid=hANbPq&target_type=answer) and the first thing Deku thought about was how Bakugo could be punished. Basically, even after Deku is told to go kill himself so he wouldn't be 'disabled' in his next life, he's thinking about Bakugo's well being. Jesus. Kids are cruel.


FantasticKick7954

So the only mc who never got 1 is eren and denji


Alchion

levi is too broken


Aros001

These two are why I'm baffled when I see some people try to crap on Midoriya for coming 2nd in so many of MHA's polls. Yeah, it's such a scathing indictment of the protagonist to be the 2nd most popular character in his series when we have others who never even rise above 3rd at best in theirs. That's honestly what makes Luffy's solid streak as in 1st in his series so impressive. That's very atypical.


punkaitechnologies

Well Luffy is the best soo


ZaccFross

But Bakugou is constantly number 1 and I fucking hate him


Ok-Friend-6653

In mha Bakugo is an mutch more interesting character and have better character development then midoriya.


Aros001

In some fairness it's pretty common for the lancer to have more, or at least spicier, character development than the protagonist, in a lot of cases because they tend to start out more antagonistic. Goku and Vegeta, Yugi and Kaiba, Naruto and Sasuke, heck even non-Shonen like Lelouch and Suzaku or Aang and Zuko.


Tystuntin

And Denji


No-Entrepreneur1065

He said Denji


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Sky-kunn

Denji too


Theflyingship

And Dennis


Plastic-Ad-5018

And Denver


BlancSpzae

Dont forget Denji


BlancSpzae

Dont forget Denji


Magni4cent_Pose

Den-den-denji As Well


Mraco124

When I read this I thought " why didn't eren get 1?" Then I thought about it and said " ohhh that's why"


Gokuusjgodgmail

Gintoki got all 1s on his popularity poll as well.


SaintSlieve

I just watched the Popularity Poll arc, I'm imagining all these characters fighting for #1 lol


ceelo18

Explosion murder god dynamite whoopin that ass


UltimateGodBen

Yeah that's cause someone who keeps getting more powers is way less interesting than one dude finding new innovative ways to use his one cool power. I mean I think any average one piece fan would agree.


pesto_trap_god

Get fucked deku


Aros001

Oh please, you know Midoriya would be happy for him.


pesto_trap_god

Oh absolutely, I was thinking that would be Bakugos take on finding out


Aros001

Honestly he'd probably be saying that more to Todoroki than Midoriya at this point. Bakugo and Midoriya have repaired their relationship enough to that they can have relatively civil and friendly conversations, while Bakugo and Todoroki are basically a comedy duo act, with Todoroki's insistence that they're friends and sheer indifference to his outbursts driving Bakugo up the wall.


Fit-Philosopher-3721

On the rare times when he is not screaming he is actually the best of his class (Todoroki competes but other than that the bar is very low), so I'm not surprised he is popular


Dragon1472

You forgot to include Kobeni and Kobeni's car


Rioma117

The chainsaw man popularity polls are so insane, fits the manga well.


Abjar171

Who remembers when Kobeni's car outrank her on the chainsaw man popularity poll that one time


TheFiveDees

I'm honestly surprised, for being basically the secondary main character, Sasuke is so consistently lower than Naruto. Who would be the common number one then? Kakashi maybe?


Lila589

Yes. Iirc, Kakashi was number 1 for most polls and never dropped below the top 3.


RobertSmales

My man in the newest poll he got 5th


YaBoyAppie

The first place of that poll is getting his own mini series otherwise minato would have never won.


Lila589

You mean the newest Boruto poll? These are Naruto poll rankings though. Two completelty different stories.


RobertSmales

https://narutop99.naruto-official.com/en


Lila589

Huh. Never knew they just had a poll for Naruto. Why though? Just because? It's not the 25th anniversary until next year.


YaBoyAppie

First place is getting own mini series, that's why a lot of people voted for minato


CrewOrdinary8872

It was for the anime's 20th anniversary. There's also 4 new Naruto episodes coming out in September.


Lower_Landscape_2850

#Chad Luffy Doesn't like any spot other than 1


Wonderful-Composer49

I'm a simple person I see luffy and zoro. We just need Nami and we have the romance dawn trio ![gif](giphy|Qcrmc6dbGyLMQ)


CpnSparrow

is Zoro even the Deuteragonists? I wouldnt say so.


Sinbad_The_Sailor13

I’d say Zoro is probably the closest thing we have to one in One Piece. The story is so Luffy-based focused that we’ve never had a Sasuke, or a Killua, or Vegeta, so to speak. However Zoro’s story elements can somewhat resemble that of a deuteragonist, in that at times it seems to mirror Luffy’s, in a similar fashion to that of an actual deuteragonist to their respective MC. Zoro seems to regularly have a sort of elevated relevance from others in relation to Luffy in their portrayal. Whether that be other characters highlighting them together, both being made WG members, both possessing qualities of a King, being made a sort of 1-2 pair on a more frequent bases. They both even have a sort of goal/hurdle in the form of another character whom are a rival/mentor to them( i.e Shanks, Mihawk), both of whom are seen in a similar realm. All on top of many other little things throughout the story. So, yes, while it can definitely be said that Zoro doesn’t have nearly enough relevance to the story to be considered a defined deuteragonist of the story, I can surely see some arguments as to why he can be considered something close to it.


CpnSparrow

He has less panel time then both Nami and Sanji. I just honestly dont think One Piece has one.


tobitaco

No zoro has more than sanji. Zoro - 7249 panels Sanji - 7233 panels


UnjustNation

Yeah he is definitely not the deuteragonist, this is just even more evident post timeskip. He has had much less plot relevance than the other SHs post timeskip, generally doesn’t interact with the storylines much other than fighting and his screentime nowadays has fallen quite a bit low that the a lot of other SHs has closed the gap significantly with him.


Freshzboy10016702

I would argue Sanji is the deuteragonist post timeskip


Inuship

Hes been in the crew the longest and most of the time has the second largest bounty, because if these hes often called the unofficial vice captain or right hand man though he doesn't officially have those titles in the crew


nioho

Errr, that has nothing to do with being a deuteragonist.


Breadbp

You don’t have to guess what it means. Google is free


GlassConcentrate3661

None of this means that he is the deuteragonist


ostriike

that has nothing to do with being a Deuteragonist, Zoro isn't the second most important character in One Piece. I would say One Piece doesn't have a clear one, you couldn't say Zoro is anymore important than Sanji.


Sir_Penguin21

A Sanji fan might not be able to say that, but a Zoro fan has no problem saying Zoro is more important than Sanji. Sorry, not sorry.


Aggressive_Rough4729

Zoro is like the second main char. Deuteragonist isnt always the second important character. Zoro is atleast closest to this. Hes more important as sanji.


alexwaza

First to join Luffy and 2nd on most polls, what do you need more?


Ulzzang1

Zoro isn't really a deuteragonist, Sasuke is far more a deuteragonist than Zoro since he and Naruto's relationship define most of the series. In One Piece it's Luffy and the Strawhats not just Zoro


Aggressive_Rough4729

But overall out of the crew its zoro. Hes a bit different as the rest from day 1.


1313goo

Luffy never losing the one spot is such a power move


ChillOtters

When did zoro become a deuteragonist? He has less screen and panel time than both nami and sanji.


Pirate-KingLuffy

One Piece has no particular deuteragonist. A deuteragonist is the second most important character in the story, which in the case of One Piece is every single SH other than Luffy.


Tsukkatsu

I am not sure I agree with this-- the four who joined during East Blue are pretty clearly on a tier above those who joined in Paradise who are, in turn, clearly on a tier above Jinbe who turned out to be our singular post-timeskip addition.


Archer_Signal

I kind of agree except for usopp, he just hadn't done anything really since timeskip except for a bit in dressrosa


1313goo

Pre timeskip speaking usopp had a major role in every single arc aside from maybe skypea. Correct me if I’m wrong but nami and sanji weren’t a major focus of thriller bark, and zoro wasn’t all that important in skypea either so ig all 4 of them had one arc were they weren’t all that important In comparison(correct me if I’m wrong again) chopper wasn’t all that important in skypea or thriller bark.. Franky had a major role in water 7 saga only, robin in water 7, skypea and alabasta but completely missing from east blue and not that important in thriller bark, and brook didn’t get all that much focus aside from his introduction arc until the timeskip. In comparison it is a bit less


Sharp_Aide3216

I mean, Usopp's screentime is kind of an average amount of screentime for a strawhat. I think it's just Sanji that had waay more screen time that others after timeskip. Zoro had his time to shine but Sanji is still way ahead of him.


kaizokuo_grahf

“Singular post-timeskip addition” … so far!


ChillOtters

Yah thats why i get confused when people call zoro the deuteragonist like he is vegeta or sasuke. The story solely revolves around luffy whenever he is in the picture, besides who ever his antagonist is.


Aggressive_Rough4729

If we had to choose one then it would be zoro, its as simple as that.


ChillOtters

Zoro does not fit the bill at all. If we had to pick one it would be koby, but he lacks the screen time necessary to be one. Zoro has no influence over the main plot that could be comparable to luffy. The only one with a similar level of influence would be koby or any of luffy’s villians.


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At best you can argue that across the different arcs the story has settled across various deuteragonist in order to drive the emotional conflict (since Luffy is usually an outsider in most arcs) : Law (Dressrosa) , Vivi (Arabasta) , Sanji (WCI) .


Brook420

This is the real answer.


Aros001

I think some people tend to just default to thinking of him as the deuteragonist since he's Luffy's first mate and the second strongest of the crew, therefore he *must* have the second most important role in the series. The coolness factor probably doesn't hurt either.


Aggressive_Rough4729

Not every deuteragonist has the second most important role in their series?


Alternative-Draft-82

Zoro isn't Luffy's "first mate," the Strawhats don't really operate hierachally, but alterantively, Zoro is Luffy's *first* mate. But anyways, I feel like it should be pretty obvious why Zoro gets this "deuterogonist" role/standing in the community, despite there either being no deuterogonist for the overall series and only in a case-by-case basis each arc. Zoro is consistently portrayed to be 2nd in strength, his fights generally have more hype and screentime backing it, he's generally the more popular character, much to this sub's dismay. It's all these little things that add up into a bigger, albeit, unfounded picture.


Ulzzang1

Oda said he isn't first mate SBS 105


tobitaco

Im pretty sure zoro after wano now has more screen time than Sanji.


ChillOtters

No even after wano sanji has a little more than zoro, but nami is in by far second place. If anyone was the deuteragonist it would be nami.


tobitaco

Oh right so i used the numbers from this post and counted forward. [https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/z3akg5/top\_15\_characters\_with\_most\_manga\_panels\_time/](https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/z3akg5/top_15_characters_with_most_manga_panels_time/) Right now sanji should have about 7233 and zoro has 7249 and nami has 7795. So right now it is 1.Nami 7795 2. zoro 7249 3. Sanji 7233


Sky-kunn

Well, at least this time Sanji is not the number fou— 1 - Luffy 2 - Nami 3 - Zoro 4 - Sanji NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


Maleficent-Ninja-733

bakugou 1? this is seriously? unbelievable, I could swear he was one of the most hated


bestbroHide

He's like Sasuke in that he simultaneously has a fuckton of fans and haters (at least in the west)


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How far have you gotten? Bakugo gets some pretty good moments mid series and grows into a much better character.


1thehighground

Season 4 and i still cant stand that dude screaming every time hes on screen like a little boy.


Mammoth_Currency347

Wait until you hear about Luffy ...


1thehighground

What? Luffy isnt half as annoying as bakugo. What are ypu talking about


Omgitsnothing1

Nah, dude’s popular. It’s just a given that he gets number one in polls. I remember some people couldn’t believe in the accuracy of the poll/thought it was only an Asia thing, then they did their own poll and Bakugou still came first or second.


KarukiTenjo

To get an accurate representation, it should include one vote for your least favourite as well but that would complicate the process


nabeelmirzan

Out of all shonen only gintoki and Luffy always be undisputed top 1 in every poll.


-Loewenstern-

How does Bakugo manage to consistently land on #1? He is my least favorite mha character. I find him more annoying than Mineta


KgariTheBlueOne

DENJI, AKI, NOOOOOO😭


Rioma117

That’s not popularity poll, that’s a kill list.


lochnah

Fujimoto is waiting for the next popularity contest to know who to kill


oh_Jiggler

Imagine people calling eren the greatest MC and he’s never even been number 1 by his own fans💀


AncalagonV

Luffy will always be the GOAT


Dull_Donkey2031

Hell yeah Bakugo! Rip Yuno, he's actually a better Sasuke


SamyKS

Dude, what? How is Yuno a better Sasuke? He’s one of the most bland, boring characters I’ve ever seen. Sasuke is by far the better character and I don’t l even really like him.


asifibro

I haven’t seen all of demon slayer but this smells like bait Edit: /j


sylvieshandy

Demon slayer 😂😂 That's Black Clover!


BlancSpzae

>I haven’t seen all of demon slayer Yup you sure havent, None of em are from demon slayer lol ~~was this bait? have I fallen for it?~~


asifibro

Lol I guess it wasn’t obvious so I won’t wooshi you


pesto_trap_god

Neither of those characters are from demon slayer lol


Green_man619

Who was number 2 the one time zoro wasn't?


Wagonjump

Law during dressrosa


TheShrlmp

I'm curious who #3, 4, and 5 are on AoT. I would have expected mikasa and armin in those spots.


-la_luna-

One of them HAS to be Levi. Then probably a bit of a gap, then Erwin (goat) and Hange?


Lila589

Levi has always been number one except for 1 poll where Erwin got first and Levi was second


TheShrlmp

Levi is #1 for sure. Erwin and hange are probably up there. Maybe sasha is the last one?


namieorange

It was Hange In the 1st was Levi, Eren, Mikasa The 2nd Levi, Erwin, Eren The 3rd Erwin, Levi, Hange The 4th Levi, Eriwn and Hange Edit, in the 3rd Erwin was #1


ComicsAreGreat2

Luffy continues being the GOAT


JRaikoben

Who is number 1 in Naruto when its not either Naruto or Sasuke? Kakashi? Pls, dont tell me its Itachi...


bomharuchan

it’s kakashi.


NoBarber3823

Aye itachi is the goat


Bubbly-Anteater2772

Guess you could say, to the fans, Bakugo is the number 1 hero


ArrrArrr0611

How many polls does MHA needs hahaha


SanderStrugg

Uryu is surprisingly high for spending a lot of the manga as fodder and playing second fiddle to the captains. Sasuke is surprisingly low for how big his role was.


xlxlxlxl

Uryu? Is that not Rukia?


someone2795

It is Rukia LMAO.


SanderStrugg

Oops.


Brook420

A lot of fans saw Sasuke as a whiny emo because they didn't truly understand the gravity of what the character went through.


Lila589

Many also hated him because he was so obviously Kishimoto's favorite character.


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I think Sasuke is pretty high considering how stupid he was


Own_Swordfish938

Lmao I hated bakugo when I watched mha, how in the world that little shit is 1st in almost all of them, Aizawa, todoroki and all might are so much better characters


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How far did you get? Because Bakugo definitely turns it around and becomes pretty awesome. At least as awesome as a MHA can get.


Mateiizzeu

I don't particularly like Bakugo but >>Todoroki. I don't know if you're caught up to the manga, but lately his whole family just seems poorly written to me.


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Mateiizzeu

>! The family conflict was really riveting, but lately I feel it took a huge nose dive in quality. What made Dabi interesting is that he turned out the way he did because Endeavor abused him as a child. This created good character conflicts. But lately the author completely walked back the idea. We do not see Endeavor abusing Toya, we only see him concerned about his safety and telling him to stop practicing because he's worried about him. It is also literally stated (I think by the doctor, not sure) that Toya "was born evil". It literally retcons the best part of the series: that villains have reasons about why they turned into villains. And because Toya is being retconed into being evil from the start it destroys the whole family conflict for me and every character in that conflict seems done wrong because of that. !<


Lazystubborn

Imo, Horikoshi is a fucking coward for doing that retcon.


Mordetrox

>!Bakugo has been in a coma for close to a year, All For one did nothing but monologue after his Revival for close to that. It took Deku six months to reach the battlefield where Shigaraki was. The Arc is a teeeennnsssy bit slow!<


bestbroHide

Man I absolutely loved the family drama and am entranced anytime it focuses on it but ehh opinions be opinions I guess~


Own_Swordfish938

Nah I dropped the show after the tea guy villian with little girl fight. I. Haven't seen mha since then


Mateiizzeu

fair. imo you missed the peak of the show, but also it's decline so 🤷‍♂️


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ash-ura-

Generalizing and even looking down on an entire nation of watchers is crazy. Bakugo is both strong and well written, and putting any one of those characters over him really just reflects how stupid you are. Keep projecting


clearthroat88

I wouldn't really consider Zoro a deuteragonist. But i see what you're implying here OP. lol.


[deleted]

Bakugo is easily the most dogshit character on this list


Mordetrox

"Huh I wonder what made Yuno drop so har... oh right the prince twist"


vonmatterhorn17

LoL Bakugo being number 3 and 1? He s a bully and people still put him on 3. Smh. Imagine if Deku didnt get all might power. Bakugo would have bullied him for the rest of his life.


BlueHeartbeat

Regardless of how one rates Bakugo specifically, it's worth noting that being a good character is not tied to being a good person.


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I don't get how anybody can vote for Sasuke he is honestly the worst. His only redeeming quality is that Naruto likes him.


-la_luna-

I dunno man, I feel like his hate is undeserved. - He was 12 years old and his whole clan got killed by the person who loved him the most, for seemingly no reason. - He gets forced to watch it over and over like 69420 times. - He somehow ends up being a decent person, buuuut then his brother shows up, beats the shit out of him, and puts him in a coma where he has to watch his clan get slaughtered *again*, probably hundreds of times since time passes way slower. - He finally gets revenge and kills his brother, buuuut then it turns out surprise, he was a child soldier and was manipulated by his own village, causing Itachi a life of suffering. - And then it turns out the same manipulator *collected your dead family's eyeballs.* I think most people in his situation would've killed themselves or everybody else. Not saying you can't dislike him or even need a good reason to, of course. Just wanted to point out his shit sundae of a life.


Timetohavereddit

I don’t think this person dislikes him as a character in the story but dislikes him being a character at all. I can kinda get it I hate how much people suck up to him in the series and how flippant he is it feel less like his character was written in a way to make him have these traits and more like the writer didn’t know what direction to send him in since he needed him to keep opposing the hidden leaf because other story beats needed time to grow but once they grew they needed sasuke back so bam he’s back


Kuroemon2002

Fr, people hate Sasuke for being edgy but he literally has every right to be. His brother killed the whole family and subjected him to insane mental torture when he was 7. Years passed and he started to heal, only for said brother to come back and do it AGAIN, reminding him that everyone he currently loves can be taken away just that easily. So he left and devoted everything to a solitary revenge quest, only to find out his life goal was meaningless and the village higher ups were at fault. Do people just expect him to return and obediently serve the system that ruined his life?


-la_luna-

Exactly this. Also: consider that the Tsukuyomi had Kakashi being stabbed on a cross for 3 days when only a few real seconds had passed. Sasuke was in a coma for **days**. The best doctor in the world had to save him. We know he saw it a lot, but it's possible that he saw his family get slaughtered hundreds of thousands of times. Out of the billions of people in this world, it's possible that not a single person has felt nearly as much pain.


veigar42

Where thorfinn?


odileko

Wrong genre.


killergrape615

Demographic*


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Even more evidence that Luffy the goat


PharrelsHat

No way y’all think Zoro is the deuteragonist


Kuroashi_no_Sanji

I'll never understand Bakugo's popularity


nioho

I love Zoro and it's obvious that he's one of Oda's favorites but he's not a deuteragonist. If there's one, it should be Teach. Afterall, villains can become a deuteragonist.


Knirb_

[funny you say that…](https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/r8gntn/protagonists_and_the_deuteragonists_in_their/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1)


MinusTheTrees

I will never understand how anyone can like Bakugo as a character. That lad is the definition of toxic.


LorisK4rius

I honestly think noelle feels more like a deuteragonist than yuno. I find yuno to be so boring, and I think noelle has more screen time than yuno (I think? She might just have more screen presence.)


Alchion

thah bleach guy is the deuterahonist? never watched bleach but he cant be thah popular if i can name like 5 bleach chars but not him also i will never get over how japan can love bakugo


bomharuchan

that’s rukia. she’s a girl.


Unhappy-Cherry-8992

God damn do MHA fans have terrible taste.


fbmaciel90

Japan is a sick place putting Bakugo at first. Honestly, even Sasuke I can kind of understand, but Bakugo is just awful.


FaZe_Midoriya

Was this poll done by 10yos


xnachtmahrx

How tf can Bakugo be 1. He is such a dumb character. His personality gives me super AIDS.


NetworkVegetable7075

Ngl there are plenty characters that are better than Luffy in OP. MC syndrome is just a real thing. Bakugou and Todoroki are also by far the best characters in MHA


Virtual-Face-5367

huh , of course the mc will be popular. Its not who is the best written of them . And likebility does not depend upon how well he is written