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It's not the 80s anymore
They got better
>>134984271
Nah.
>>134984271
Shading and animation styles got better
They were moralfag gary stus then, they're moralfag gary stus now
Meh, I liked Sword Art Online. Don't know who the guy on the left is.
Younger protagonist for a younger audience.
>>134984427
>>134984380
Kenshiro was a badass moralfag, Kirito is just a scrawny self instert character who gets all the ladies for absolutely no fucking reason.
kirito would wreck kennys shit
>>134984271
Ken wasn't that cool.
>>134984427
He's the 5th Jojo.
could have chosen a less baity picture is you wanted to talk about the legit differences.
>>134984271
Industry is held hostage by otaku
>>134984427
Guts I think
>>134984496
It's Gatz you mongoloid.
>>134984271
>>134984271
Skinny teens are the cool kids now, not the over grown man looking bullies people modeled them off of in the 80s.
Its an improvement, I'm not going to believe a fucking 18 year old looks built like a Ox. Besides that skinny teen with super powers and don't give a fuck attitude is cooler.
>>134984431
Pretty sure Hokuto No Ken was a kids show in Japan.
>>134984271
Protagonist then
>Gets NTR'd for being a faggot
>Muscled Mary Sue
>Has faggy hair
Protagonist Now
>Prevents waifu from getting NTR'd
>Strong and skilled but believable and relatable
>>134984271
Japanese male attractiveness standards happened. Over the last 15 years or so, it started to become more popular for men to have feminine features. So naturally, modern character designs reflect that, and all the heroes are basically tomboys with penises. Kirito in SAO is the perfect example of this, as he goes from "feminine looking dude" to shemale.
Tbh senpai
Anime protagonist from same year
>>134984539
>>134984271
>Then
secret techniques
no one can beat me
gets cuked
saves waifu
gets cucked
waifu dies
forever cucked
>Now
secret techniques
no one can beat me
gets cuked...NOT
gets shot
SUZUKU
>>134984580
The 80's even had cooler "feminine dude" characters.
>>134984680
desu
cuck
senpai
Why did they revert these?
>>134984533
>Skinny teens are the cool kids now
>>134984716
>>134984959
and his little brother
>>134984533
This is what weebs really believe now
I would tell you that liking sao makes you a flaming homosexual, but
omae wa mo dÅseiai
>>134984873
You can see the autism in his eyes.
>>134984959
I thought only newfag use tumblr
Wingman (1984)
mmofags like cutesy stuff. That's why sao is popular.
>>134985751
All of them are his little brothers
>>134984271
Characters that are more easily related to garner a larger fan-base, ie, more cash for studios, publishers, etc. GG, money.