Has any protagonist ever gotten his ass beaten as bad as Luffy? I have watched my fair share of seinen, shonen, 12 episode shows, and 26 episode ovas, but I have never seen someone get his ass beat as often as Luffy
>got his ass handed to him by major villains throughout the series who he still hasn't defeated >been on a stage where he was completely outclassed by superior forces both ally and enemy >been one-shotted after a point in the series where that should never happen >two years ago had ten chapters of him getting his ass kicked no contest this far into the story
This no means a bad thing, this might be a good thing truth be told, in most stories the hero is usually the strongest one about except for the villain of the arc or in rare cases the end big bad if they are revealed early.
One piece seems to be the only one about with mountains of obstacles standing in the hero's way.
I mean many heroes have won and been bruised in battered, or lost by a small margin, but no main character has been completely obliterated like Luffy has in any genre. Perhaps more should.
Luffy has beaten every single main villain. And he will continue to beat every single main villain. At the very best, you will get someone like Ace assisting him in the fight. And thus it isn't really something to be proud of, considering OP follows >reach new island >find out something's wrong >get beat up >downtime, recovery >beat arc villain. pretty consistently.
>Kuzan fucked him up after skypeia and he hasn't defeated him >Sakazuki too > just pushed Magellan back, didn't defeat him >I don't think he is going to defeat Kkaido >Blackbeard fucked him up in a quick unfinished skirmish >hasn't officially fought smoker again
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No I missed that one I whould have to check it out.;
>big mom wasn't defeated either >katakuri was a draw
Oh for victories that don't follow that formula >kreig,kuro and buggy got fucked up one one fight >enel got coutnerpicked basically He got weighed down by a gold ball, but that was delaying the inevitable. Enel didn't even get one shot on him
As for stories >sabody impel down, luffy flashback, wholecake, little garden and thriller bark didn't follow the forumla
Ryan Cook
Most seinen MCs have suffered more than this rubberboy or any shonen protag for that matter. Read more manga
Austin Nelson
fine what do you suggest, most of my reference comes from 80s and 90s stuff. Kinda haven't been paying attention the last decade
Dylan Jenkins
>Has any protagonist ever gotten his ass beaten as bad as Luffy? Probably not. Oda's making a point with the amount of pain he goes through: Luffy never wins because he is "stronger", he wins because he has more faith. Kata lost the fight when he no longer felt he could keep Luffy's dream down and in the end even looked forward to his ascendancy. Luffy just believes harder than anyone and always gets back up, which is also why heaven favors him with well timed asspulls. (That's how it works irl too.)
Dylan Brown
He beat doflamingo who beat Smoker easily. Who couldn't beat Vergo either
Matthew Edwards
High iq post.
Nolan Jones
Post 5 examples
Wyatt Flores
Baki Kenichi Kirifuda
David Wright
Bitch please, has Luffy ever went to a new region at level 100 and lost to a level 5?
If they recover without penalty it's not "badly beaten". No some vague "lifespan loss" is not a penalty unless they have clearly aged and have reduced physical capability.
Jace Hernandez
I mean he lost his brother and had his crew separated. That's a fairly large penalty as far as most shounen goes.
Angel Hughes
Not only the only Arc Antagosnit that Luffy beat in a fair 1v1 fight was Alvida but he also never beat Aokiji Magellan Sakazuki Jack and Big Mom
Alexander Bailey
He beat a Doflamingo who had his internal organs torn apart and hastily stitched back together Without Law he wouldn't stand a chance
David Morris
retard
Alexander Lewis
>Has any protagonist ever gotten his ass beaten as bad as Luffy? Yes >I have never seen someone get his ass beat as often as Luffy Because one piece is the longest battle shonen. So Luffy gets his as beat more than a MC in a shonen with standard length
Adam Parker
>Has any protagonist ever gotten his ass beaten as bad as Luffy? >I have watched X shows in my day BUT... I can fucking smell the infant with a retarded-ass question as this. Welcome to Zig Forums my friend, it seems like you've found your way in through gateway anime like OP, BnHA and Naruto but you might want to broaden your horizen a little now. Maybe lurk a little first too
Ayden Morris
>Perhaps more should. yes they should, it teaches them lessons and makes the story more interesting.
Gavin Cruz
Probably the lowest quality thread in a very long time. Pity bump
Justin Edwards
This right here is the shit that annoys me. Most series' have their fair share of asspulls so the reader/watcher doesn't have to put up with unwanted second stringers for too long, but Luffy's piled on a fucking lot of high risk methods to get through, and absolutely none of it ever comes back to bite him.
Christopher Hill
You have shonen and seinen protagonists like Kaneki, Gon and Guts suffering through some of the most horrible shit ever and even faggots like Re:Zeros Subaro literally dying over and over again and here you have this zygote bragging about how much anime he watched. And those are only even just the most entry level shit examples off the top of my head. Newfags really are the cancer of this planet
>Gon What has he suffered? his one dimensional friend fake dying and then coming back as a tranny?
Sebastian Edwards
>Manga about pirates where there are only islands and no continents >Wtf why is all they travel form island to island and fight pirates And even then it's not true
The Kaido beatdown was too extreme. Yes, Kaido is a big deal and Luffy can be outclassed by him, but give me a fucking break, after EVERYTHING we've gone through over more than 20 years and bloody Rayleigh's own personal instruction he can't even scratch him while he just stands there and takes it? Luffy seriously needs super special advanced Haki to even give him the slightest of bruises? Then annihilated in ONE HIT?
Luffy's thing is all out brawling, at least let Kaido get his feathers ruffled if he's going to take him head on before he puts him down. At least let the past 900 and whatever chapters mean SOMETHING before Luffy learns more super Haki.
Jaxson Rodriguez
>killed in the series where death is neither a beginning nor an end >but just another asspull
