What elements would a "generic male lead" bingo card contain if it was based off anime, manga, and related media like VNs & LNs?
I don't think anyone could find enough traits to fill a bingo card with.
>>133822333
>is in second year of high school
>moral compass lacks nuance
>>133824669
>fuccboi boy band haircut
>>133822333
Pretty much the opposite of that one.
That bingo is for vidya, isn't it?
>>133822333
Parents are not present in the story
Has a little sister
Virgin loner
>>133825084
>Pretty much the opposite of that one.
Let's put it to the test.
>Military Rank
Inverse would be maybe put into a situation where teenagers shouldn't be, like controlling giant robots
>Title or Designation instead of Name
Well, you can't really reverse that without it being a non-issue.
>Criminal
Too uptight about the rules?
>Vigilante
Concept of morality lacks nuance, is childish, show tries to present this as compelling
>Hardened veteran
Implausibly experienced/talented
>Loner
Show has other characters say hero is charismatic/alluring/magnetic
>Cold and Aloof
Dense/autistic
>White
Japanese is just way too common. Maybe dark hair/dark eyes?
>Dark Humor in the face of danger
Screaming the obvious out loud
>Biceps as big as your thighs
No real muscle definition
>Anti-Hero
High schooler
>Makes a Living Being Violent
Is too obsessed with inflicting retribution upon an entity
>no patience for politics
Prone to lecturing people
>Guns. Lots of guns.
Sword with really long name? Powers up by screaming?
>Brooding
Cannot process emotions like normal person
>Psychological problems
Pass
>Lots of Armor
Wears high school uniform into combat
>"Gritty" reboot
Is a clone of the MC of another popular series
>Bald/crew cut
This haircut >>133824669
>Scowls a lot
Looks perplexed all the time
>Supernatural powers
Is either considered the strongest or is given the lowest possible power level rank(e.g. too many LN heroes to count these days)
>Killing Spree
>They Killed My X They Gotta Pay
These can stay intact.
>>133822333
Ryuuko gets a bingo for the third column, right?
>>133824669
Kurenai isn't boring. He's awesome.
>>133826531
no he's incredibly boring
>>133828420
Wormslut confirmed for male protagonist.
>>133822333
Kaiji has none of those, except maybe the scowling. Yet I still feel his reactions are very predictable and his characterization is generic. How come?
>>133824669
Keiichi wasn't that boring.
>>133830361
>>133824669
Maebara "fuck destiny up the ass" K1 was a great MC. And he certainly wasn't generic.
>>133824669
>fucks his sister in front of his girlfriend
>boring male lead
Haruka was baller as fuck