LogFAQs > #967376121

The similarities between Goku and Luffy exist as superficial and referential.

The similarities between Kirito and, without exaggeration, over 100 protagonists in anime and LNs over the last decade are so extreme that more often than not they essentially take place in the same setting and even with the same plot.

Yes, protags looked like Kirito before Kirito, but Kirito became the blueprint to the point right now where not only are we still getting copies, we're even getting copies that are specifically done to try and bait and switch the audience by saying "you thought it was Kirito, buuuuut"....and now THAT is it's OWN blueprint, people copying making fun of the copies.