Uh oh, you’ve been reading and watching too much fiction. Your favorite character can fight in impossible odds and win, but you can’t lift 23 pounds? Do you even know know crazy that sounds? It’s time to turn on some intense soundtracks and make sure you’re ready when your moment comes
This one is occasionally even acknowledged in-story. For instance, the manga Ayashimon features a protagonist who explicitly has Shounen Protagonist syndrome. And The Eminence in Shadow takes things even further—the protagonist is so infatuated with the secret brooding villain archetype that his play-acting as one eventually becomes real. And of course there’s the whole notion of Chuunibyou.
The Protagonist
Uh oh, you’ve been reading and watching too much fiction. Your favorite character can fight in impossible odds and win, but you can’t lift 23 pounds? Do you even know know crazy that sounds? It’s time to turn on some intense soundtracks and make sure you’re ready when your moment comes
This one is occasionally even acknowledged in-story. For instance, the manga Ayashimon features a protagonist who explicitly has Shounen Protagonist syndrome. And The Eminence in Shadow takes things even further—the protagonist is so infatuated with the secret brooding villain archetype that his play-acting as one eventually becomes real. And of course there’s the whole notion of Chuunibyou.
I’ve noticed this one is pretty popular in nerd culture