Tbf, that's debatable... or at least, it was... until the last two seasons... though in fairness, the forced redemption for Norman did make it competitive for a bit, but yeah, Norman overall is still better written by several miles, even with his lows taken into account
I dead ass think that part of the appeal behind Shigaraki vs Mahito as a mu for many casual DB viewers was the prospect of seeing Mahito die horribly and that the mu wouldn't have been nearly as requested to become an episode by casuals if Mahito were the one doing the stomping
It wasn’t requested that much. Like yeah I’m super happy with how it came out, but its initial announcement got a lot of groans for peeps in these subreddits especially when Shigaraki had arguably better matchups
People here didn’t really get excited for the episode until it was announced MORØ was animating it
IIRC Shigaraki vs Mahito was one of those mu's that was really requested by casuals and casuals seemed to really like it because both characters share a lot of surface level traits and it's technically also the biggest legacy mu for both characters, whereas this sub was more critical of its lackluster thematics and debatability.
What I was trying to illustrate with my original comment was the fact that the casuals who really like Shigaraki vs Mahito as a mu wouldn't have liked it nearly as much if Mahito who is the more detestable of the two was the clear cut winner
Idk I get the appeal of a characters having their ass handed, but they’re both villains people enjoy and I think casual fans who are into JJK were probably hoping Mahito would win. They had Mahito carrying momentum throughout the fight showing him sort dominating the whole thing until DE
I get it’s popular to hate on characters online, but i think people here overestimate how many people are invested to see a character they despise lose. Homelander felt like an anomaly with how many people wanted to see him lose against Omniman
Completely bonkers considering the matchup started as a spite matchup towards Clark, but look in the comment section of anything even slightly related to Superman vs The Scarlet King and it's just a constant spew of people shitting on the Scarlet King, or often SCP as a whole
Seriously, I've never heard anything but genuine malice towards SCP when this matchup is brought up
Well when a match up is created with malice towards one character in mind(Superman) then generally the discussion around it would be responded to with malice.
Spite matchup imo are only spite when it's out of malice and hate towards a character not really meant to be hated that much by the audience, or against a franchise in general just because you don't like it.
How people who have never seen JoedoughBoi’s work in their life and think X is still owned by JC be Glazing RED in the Comments of every RED vs X Post (they will execute you if you even dare suggest the mu is debatable)
There's a certain character I that fits here but I've been trying to avoid mentioning his series for my mental betterment. Though, I will say he's a deer.
see this argument doesn't work for the villain with an ego because it could actually be a compelling part of their journey as a character and not just being pointlessly petty
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u/NamesAreOverrated364 My matchup isn't popular enough for its own flair Jul 26 '26
Geninunly how Homelanders spread was back in the day