6. Monkey D. Luffy

Anime: One Piece

Speaking of watching someone for years, we have to address our Straw Hat Boy.

Luffy is both generic and painfully unique at the same time.

On the one hand, you have those classic tropes of the protagonist being kind of stupid and eternally hungry.

On the other hand, he’s such a believable leader that you never put his position into question.

It always feels like he gets his crew, and he doesn’t have that usual “MC ego pack” that’s so typical in some anime.

He knows when it’s time to run, and when he should let certain people go.

So even though he might not be my personal favorite, I have to give the man some real credit.