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fishy071 posted...

I guess how we define perfect could be a factor.

To me, the archetypical perfect character is Medaka from Medaka Box, because that's explicitly what her character is parodying/referencing. She's never wrong- even when she is- because the story is written to frame her as right. She has poorly-defined powers that allow her to accomplish pretty much anything, and copy the talents/efforts of others to perform them better. Everyone inexplicably adores her, even people who should hate her. Everyone needs her to solve their problems, even though a lot of those problems only exist because she exists. She insists talent is inferior to effort, whilst being naturally gifted in everything she tries without any effort whatsoever. She's hypocritical but in the context of the story she's never actually wrong, and it's infuriating to everyone around her even as they succumb to it.

This is all on purpose because Medaka Box is a meta criticism of shonen so it isn't as grating as when a lot of these aspects are just played straight, like Kirito or Natsu or whoever.

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