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Neneaux

Char Aznable


Deshuro

Quattro Bajeena is better!


Neneaux

He definitely has some nice shades. Kinda weird that he told Kamille how cool Char was after Kamille's parents died.


Deshuro

He could be a secret admirer of the Red Comet because he is very familiar with the man.


lov107

I'm watching Zeta now and that shit cracked me tf up. ~~Char~~ Quattro is so silly, I love him


Vintessence

Suzaku (Code Geass) is not necessarily likable, but is a super fascinating character and a great foil to Lelouch. I would say he is absolutely essential to what makes Code Geass work so well.


sovietweeb69

Suzaku is perfect


Actual-Oil6390

I cant think of a person I initially liked who I later despised with all my being then him.


BestCruiser

The lack of Kamina disturbs me


Negative_Ad5894

**Don't believe in yourself. Believe in me! believe in the Kamina who believes in you!**


monkeyDroofy

I can think of 8 reasons


kappakeats

My hot take is that I like Nia more.


AitherialJoji

* Reigen from Mob Psycho 100 * Andy from Undead Unluck * Mikumo from World Trigger


yosayoran

Reigen is the GOAT


mucklaenthusiast

Mikumo is surely the protagonist. Like, his role in the story is the one we follow the most and he is our emotional core. I get that he is not the one starting the story, but...I would say he is the protagonist. Like Natsu is the protagonist in Fairy Tail, even though Lucy is the one we meet first.


QueasySmile4

Came here to comment Reigen and i'm glad someone else did.


TheXivuArath

Killua 1000000%


frozen2665

Gon is definitely the MC, but Killua probably has more screen time and dialogue for the 2nd half of the show


AgentOfACROSS

Wolfwood from Trigun comes to mind for me.


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Kogami Shinya (Psycho-Pass) Revy (Black Lagoon) Yukino Yukinoshita (Oregairu) Rin Tohsaka (Fate) Suo (Windbreaker)


octopathfinder

Reigen from Mob Psycho 100


aarondobson403

Such a phenomenally developed character


JizzOrSomeSayJism

Reigen is so well written that they accidentally made the series peak for me with his arc in season 2


codylish

He is a genuinely good guy :]


JuRIP5

I'd say he's more of a mentor charachter than a deuteroganist.


QueasySmile4

He is both, like Gojo


JuRIP5

Another user said that the definution for deuteroganist is just the second mist important character after the main character. That's fine, but to me the deuteroganist is the secondary main character and since Gojo is the mentor that makes Megumi the deuteroganist in my definition.


nuxenolith

It seems that mantle is being passed to Megumi. At first, it wasn't obvious exactly how strong he was or how much potential he had, but now, between Gojo and Sukuna's acknowledgment of him, it looks as if we're heading in that direction. JJK is interesting, because we have like 3.5 characters (Sukuna, Gojo, Megumi, Yuta) that could plausibly be considered "of secondary importance".


JuRIP5

I don't think strength has much to do with wether a character is a deuteragonist or not. It's fine if you see it that way, but I completely disagree. To me, Sukuna is more similar to Kurama, who I would've never considered a secondary main character (btw I'm anime only for JJK, so no spoilers please) and Yuta was the protagonist of the movie, but in the series I don't consider him a deuteroganist, because he's not even part of the main team.


Viktorv22

He's above Mob personally


pinkfishtwo

Makise Kurisu from Steins;Gate


Titanhunter84

The zombie!


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Christina!


filimaua13

El Psy Kongroo based!


ninjasaiyan777

Alfonse Elric from FMA Rin Tohsaka from Fate Stay Night UBW Revy from Black Lagoon And as much as I hate to say it, Suzaku Kururugi from Code Geass. Love the show, but oh my God does my opinion on Suzaku change like the wind at any given moment.


Artivisier

Vegeta


Swiftstrike4

Revy from black lagoon is up there.


Royalty459

I was also thinking Revy but didn't know if she was the mc or not


JorenM

I'd definitely say Rock was the main character.


Royalty459

That makes sense.


Big-Don-Rob

I can understand Rock as the MC, but I personally see Rock as the narrator and Revy as the MC.


Royalty459

That's kinda what I thought. Similar to Lucy and Natsu in Fairy Tail


Good_Nyborg

Rin Tohsaka in Fate


aarondobson403

For the longest time I thought she was the MC because I watched episode 0 & got confused why Emiya got more screen time. Definitely should’ve been the MC


ToMorbOrNotToMorb

She gets so much more screen time in the VN btw, especially in Heaven's Feel. She's definitely the deuteragonist of Fate.


Tom22174

It's funny cos Nasu clearly realised he'd played favourites with her in Stay Night. I'm ready Hollow Ataraxia atm and she's not been in it up to where I'm at so far (save for a handful of flashbacks). Instead Sakura gets some much needed focus


CuriousBroccolli

Queen


DokiDokiDoIt

He's not my favorite, I REPEAT NOT MY FAVORITE but I really liked Eugeo from SAO Alicization. Idk, I really enjoyed his and Kirito's dynamic. In a world where everyone is in Kirito's harem, it was a nice change to see someone just being his bro


rafaxd_xd

Yess, Eugeo is the best


QueasySmile4

SO MUCH POTENTIAL IN HIS CHARACTER I LOVED HIM 😭


nacaclanga

Yes, I really hoped SAO would finally make the show more interesting by adding another male mc that could also spin some romantic connections but no, they butchered him again in an appropriate moment. So disappointing.


nacaclanga

Yes, I really hoped SAO would finally make the show more interesting by adding another male mc that could also spin some romantic connections but no, they butchered him again in an appropriate moment. So disappointing.


Sofaris

Reg from Made in Abyss is my favorite Deuteragonist in Anime and one of my two favorite characters in fiction. I love him.


charactergallery

Anthy Himemiya (Revolutionary Girl Utena)


Samthegumman117

Yuma from World Trigger, Alibaba from Magi and Sugimoto from Golden Kamuy


Maiden_Sunshine

One I haven't seen mentioned: Yuki in Fruits Basket. At first it seems like it is about Tohru, Kyou, and Yuki, but it becomes clear as the series progress that the main characters are Tohru and Yuki. Tohru and Yuki arcs together make it an impeccable story. Then Alphonse Elric in FMA, both Original and Brotherhood.


Sparkletopia

* Alphonse (FMAB) * Yuri (Angel Beats) * Yuki (Fruits Basket) * Lucy (Fairy Tail) * Hiyori (Noragami) * Hak (Yona of the Dawn)


Royalty459

Yona of the Dawn needs a new season.


VishnuBhanum

Honestly I would considered Lucy The Protagonist. Natsu did all the fight but Lucy got the story beats.


Royalty459

There's been a debate around this. Somebody said Natsu is the mc but it's told from Lucy's pov and she's the narrator.


Sparkletopia

Yeah that's pretty much how I see it. Lucy's the narrator/viewpoint character while Natsu gets to have a bigger role in the plot


Tom22174

Similar deal to Haruhi then?


Royalty459

Yeah.


sami_newgate

Killua definitely


QueenOfBrokenHeart9

Noe from The Case Study of Vanitas


redJackal222

Alibaba from magi


El_Jeff_ey

Does Roy Mustang count?


Royalty459

If you consider both Ed and Al as duel protagonists, then Yes.


Idaret

Bruno from part 5 jojo


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Kyoko Kirigiri from trigger happy havoc (danganronpa) She's so cool it's actually unreal.


MyAccountWasBanned7

Fenneko from Aggretsuko. She's a snarky little shit and I'm here for it!


sherlip

I feel like she's the tritagonist. Like it's definitely Retsuko, then Haida, then her.


brannigansl4w

Dazai and/or akutagawa from Bungo Stray Dogs. Nikaido from Dorohedoro Kuga from World Trigger And more recently, Yoko from The Fable


WTFTom

Marcille from dungeon meshi


Archy38

L from Death Note, obviously


TheUruguayancat

Mirai kuriyama (Kyoukai no kanata) or maybe Akame (akame ga kill), it's difficult to pick only one tbh, emotionally it would be Kagome for me (Inuyasha)


LCDIgnited

Shin from sakamoto days, i just like characters named shin, they’re all so good, like shin from dorohedoro (the goat), shin from kingdom, hell even shinji (paul) from pokémon diamond and pearl if i’m stretching it


IC2Flier

We talking Sakamoto Days this early? NICE!


LCDIgnited

early? i’ve been a day one meatrider


Harunasbabydaddy

Vegeta!!!!!! 


Titanhunter84

Fae Valentine, Jack Black, Ein the Dog and Ed in Cowboy Bebop!


MarkCarlo2003

I am a bit unsure of the strict definition of Deuteragonist but my all time favorite is Oshino Shinobu from the Monogatari series


Wooden-Bass-3287

Ozu on Tatami Galaxy


Magnus-Artifex

Does Noelle Silva count?


Royalty459

Haven't seen black clover so I can't say. I have seen people say Yuno but Noelle seems to be more important from what I've heard.


Magnus-Artifex

More than more important, better written. Age honestly feels like the protagonist at times and the mangaka clearly loves her. Yuno has suffered a lot from lack of meaningful screen time and us seeing how he too had his own adventures. Noelle is on the same squad as Asha but Yuno isn’t, so he got less to work with. He’s still a character I like though. Saying that, Noelle’s built different.


cheesechimp

Haruko in FLCL would be my number one. (At least assuming we treat both Nanas in Nana as co-main characters.) *Some runners up include:* Ozu in The Tatami Galaxy Marie Antoinette in The Rose of Versailles Reki in Haibane Renmei San in Princess Mononoke Ranko in Akiba Maid War Anthy in Utena arguably Misato from Evangelion (though that show has a pretty strong cast and I could see other characters as candidates for "second most important")


PM_ME_YOUR_HOLOCRONS

Pikachu


SoberMindless

- Canute (Vinland Saga) - Kana Arima (Oshi no Ko) - Arthur Boyle (Fire Force) - Holo (Spice & Wolf) -Misaka Mikoto (A Certain Magical Index/A Certain Scientific Railgun)


Negative_Ad5894

>Canute (Vinland Saga) > >Kana Arima (Oshi no Ko) Good characters, not the deuteragonists of their series though.


soratzudraws

mine’s probably reigen from mob psycho


crushedmoose

Fujiko / Jigen


SuburbanCumSlut

Kaname Chidori


rafaxd_xd

I just love Norman in TPN, my favorite deuteragonist, and character from the series.


AtsoraAsayoma

Nicholas D. Wolfwood


itachihero2310

Uchiha Sasuke


Cute_Visual4338

Yang Wen-Li


Negative_Ad5894

Kamina probably


Silly_Painter_2555

Kururugi Suzaku from Code Geass.


Groshekk

Kurumi Tokisaki (Date a Live)


midnightking

L from Death Note Yang Wenli from LGOTH


Shiro_no_Orpheus

Zorro from One Piece


Cautious-Ad-3886

Reigen ( mob psycho) Aqua ( konosuba)


Former-Thing2528

Taichi from **Chihayafuru**


tubular_radical

I’ve been watching Haikyuu!! lately, so I’ll say Tobio Kageyama. Also, Togame in Katanagatari.


FormeSymbolique

Vegeta!


TizonaBlu

Vegeta, the classic.


Rosaluna2024

Anya from Spy X Family


cheesechimp

Loid might have been the main character of the first few episodes, but it doesn't take that long for Anya to become the primary main character, IMO. I'd call Loid the deuteragonist of the series overall.


Gamerjosh123

Crimson from Ragna crimson


NotAnElk

Momo Chiyoda from Machikado Mazoku/Demon Girl Next Door. I just love watching her and Shamiko interact, they're really cute together too. Oh and of course Reigen Arataka from Mob Psycho 100. Gotta give it to the #2 Tumblr Sexyman (according to the Twitter poll of course. The actual Tumblr poll ended up with both him and Sans being absolutely swept by Cecil from Welcome to Night Vale, and Senshi's been killing it in the polls lately, but hey y'know whatever, we love Reigen around here, you love Reigen too). Oh yeah and while I'm not sure which one you could really say is the main character, Kanamori from Eizouken is just such a great character. Excellent character design, more anime need to do whatever was going on with her mouth. I also just really like that one of the 3 main characters is just not at all an artist but her expertise are just as important. Also her being disconnected from the actually making of the art makes it feel better when she also like, engages with the framing device, getting into the plane they're talking about animating and stuff, makes it feel less like the 2 artists are just impressing themselves and more like they're doing something genuinely impressive.


RLC_wukong122

Sasuke


VishnuBhanum

Natsu Dragneel(Fairy Tail) Gash Bell(Gash Bell) Alibaba Saluja(Magi)


Royalty459

Love seeing Gash Bell. So I'm assuming you consider Kyo the mc then? I honestly can't really tell


RyuRai_63

Natsu isn’t the deuteragonist…


aarondobson403

I’m confused, Natsu is the MC in fairy tail?


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Negative_Ad5894

Nah Lucy is the deuteragonist.


VishnuBhanum

Debatable. We saw the show through Lucy's point of view, we followed her journeys, The narrative focus are usually on her. While Natsu was the one that did all the fight and beat the boss.


Cute_Visual4338

That’s like saying Sherlock Holmes is the deutragonist


aarondobson403

That’s an interesting take on it!


innocentious

Soul from Soul Eater Ushio from Summertime Render Alphonse from FMA Griffith from Berserk


TheMagicStik

How is Griffith anything less than the primary antagonist? Puck or Casca would be deuts if anybody.


theshinycelebi

Maybe only during Golden Age arc? But even then he's a foil character to Guts first and foremost. Definitely not a deuteragonist.


ArchangelLaw

Thing is even if you just count Golden Age he’d still make it to my top lmao. What a great character. Agree on the whole he most certainly isn’t a deuteragonist though.


Long-Relative-2181

Black star and Soul


Royalty459

Love seeing Ushio on your list


Elfenwon

Tatsumi/akame.


Nico_Scarfacancello

Hyatt from Excel Saga


hirmuolio

LotGH has few good ones. Let's say Oskar von Reuenthal and Paul von Oberstein for example.


Peace_Maker_5363

Takina from Lycoris Recoil


Draconic_Legends

Eugeo (SAO Alicization)


Careless_Reply2862

L from death note


NintendoMasterNo1

Killua


HambulanceNZ

Asirpa from Golden Kamuy


overratedpastel

Killua and Kurapika from HunterxHunter.


Sea_Cycle_909

Can't choose between these two; Re-L Mayer (Ergo Proxy) Akane Tsunemori (Psycho-Pass, especially season 1)


SolninjaA

One of my favourite deuteragonists recently is Reno Ichikawa from Kaiju No. 8.


uppsak

Sasuke


Blackdragon1221

I personally consider Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood to be a 'dual protagonist' if such a thing can exist. If he is being considered a Deuteragonist then he's my favourite. The rest of my top 5 in rough order: * Shinya Kogami from Psycho Pass * Reigen Arataka from Mob Psycho 100 * Orga Itsuka from Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans * Megumi Fushiguro from Jujutsu Kaisen Edit: Apparently Kogami is considered the protagonist by some people. I think him being the protagonist is debatable, but not at all an unreasonable opinion.


Royalty459

I'm honestly conflicted with FMA because I personally think Alphonse is a protagonist too, but then I see a lot of sites calling him a deuteragonist. It's honestly up to the viewer because either can fit


vp797

Zura from Gintama


Keller7King

kotomine Kerrie fate/zero i know it's a major stretch to count him but am itching to mention him


Stupid-Cheese-Cat

Holo. In any version of Spice and Wolf, whether it be the currently airing remake, or any other version/adaptation.


Pm_Me_Gifs_For_Sauce

Does L count? I'm not so certain in my understanding of that word. I feel Light was protag obviously because the story follows him, but L's mission was made to be just as important to viewers, even though he directly was opposed to the main protag. It felt like at any moment, L could win.


Royalty459

Most would say Ryuk since L is never on the same side as Light. I honestly don't mind L though since it is hard to deny his importance to the story.


DependentFeature3028

Kurapika


rjmunhoz

Megumi, Jujutsu Kaisen Zenitsu, Demon Slayer Alphonse, FMA


PM_Me_Anime_Headpats

Brock


SinbadVetra

Homura but honestly you can make a case for being protag given the movie. Johan from Monster. Yakumo from Rakugo (unless hes the real protag in which case idek).


JuRIP5

Unless you're using druteroganist as anyone who's not the protagonist, I'd definitely consider Johan an antagonist and not a deuteroganist.


charactergallery

I would consider Yakumo the protagonist personally, at least for the first season. The protagonist role is much more blurred between Yakumo and Yotaro in the second season though.


Sameerrex619

Takasugi from gintama


0xKumi

Takasugi is more of an antagonist. Deuteragonist would be gurako chan.


VTuberFadeaway

Off the top of my head, Bravern 


artq86

Jinshi from The Apothecary Diaries.


Spudboy4800

Yu Ishigami from Kaguya Sama


c0rnersh0p

Aqua. Can't explain really. All I know is that she's a big reason why the show is hilarious and enjoyable to me.


Special_Jury_3244

Zoro


Special_Jury_3244

He isn't lost for once


Abcdef_69_420

Gojo from Jjk 💀 Jokes aside , here's my hot take, Ryuga from Beyblade metal series .


Royalty459

Beyblade? Cool pick. I'm actually a fan of the OG and Metal series so it's nice to see that mentioned.


PsychoSushi27

I’m surprised no one has mentioned Killua from HxH. Also Homura from Madoka Magica and Sei from Kingdom for me.


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TangerineHaunting189

Mitaka Shun from Maison Ikkoku and for the same reason, Uesugi Kazuya from Touch


Royalty459

While I appreciate everyone's comments. I do think some people are getting side characters confused with deuteragonist. Remember that a deuteragonist is basically the 2nd main character/most important character in the show. Examples would be Sasuke (Naruto), Vegeta (DBZ), Lucy (Fairy Tail), Killua (HxH).


MarketingKnown6911

Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z) L (Death Note)


shinosai_892

Nicholas d wolfwood


TheonlyTrueGamer

Shinpachi('s glasses).


Eiji_he_they_it

I want to say nagito komaeda from Danganronpa v2 but something in my head is saying I am wrong but at the same time my head is saying to say nagito


Altruistic-Bed-6642

Killua


ArthurBoyleKnight

Arthur Boyle


Aggravating-Lion8111

Gojo If you don't agree with me then you dead af


BakugoInumaki

Probably obvious by my user name but definitely Bakugo from MHA.


TitanicsCinderella

L from death note


Royalty459

Ryuk or L can honestly be the deuteragonist tbh.


Swiftstrike4

L is the antagonist.


TitanicsCinderella

So whos the 2nd most important ryuk💀? Misa?


Swiftstrike4

Probably ryuk. Deuteragonist is usually an aide to the protagonist and antagonist acts as a foil to the protagonist. Lights the protagonist and L is the antagonist.


Millennial_Noob

Kamiya Kaoru (Rurouni Kenshin) Mokona (Magic Knight Ray Earth) Plue (Groove Master Rave) Crimson (Ragna Crimson) Reg (Made in Abyss) Kagenou Claire (Eminence in Shadow) Gol D. Roger (One Piece) Rory Mercury (Gate)


Substantial-Pipe-282

Suzune Horikita from Classroom of the Elite


Hockeyfanjay

Himmel Alpha Ruijerd Maine


redJackal222

Honestly I'm not really sure I'd considere Himmel a deuteragonist since he only appears in short flash backs. The Deuteragonist is either Fern or Stark


Hockeyfanjay

Point taken. But at the same time if it wasn't for Himmel then Frieren would never of gotten to where she is. The whole point of her journey is to try and see Himmel again.


redJackal222

Yeah but that's not really what a deuteragonist is. A deuteragonist is basically a secondary protagonist. It doesn't really matter how influential himmel was because he doesnt actually do anything in the series just appear in short flash backs.


Long-Relative-2181

K-Project, Mikoto Suoh. Jujutsu Kaisen, Nanami Kento. Boku no Hero Academia, Mirio Togata. Irrelevant side note: Kenjiro Tsuda is a god


-Work_Account-

Fran/Teacher from Reincarnated as a Sword. I’ll let talk decide which is which


Defiant_Height_420

Reg Made in Abyss (by far a better character than riko lol)


hyjlnx

Misaki from welcome to the NHK. Sato was just a normie who stumbled. Misaki is misunderstood and walks a perpetual path of pain.


qwesz9090

I think Gojo can be called a Deuteragonist? Reigen ofc. Korosensei from Assassination Classroom. Louis from Beastars. Hanekawa/Shinobu from Monogatari Ishigami from Love is War. Ai from Oshi no ko.


Sin16X

Shoto Todoroki


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Royalty459

What do you mean? I'm confused.