Talk:Shirai Kuroko/@comment-150.143.138.18-20190323013736/@comment-33116455-20201011002243

It's fairly simple.

1. The series starts out with Touma and Misaka and what does he do? "I saw a girl being harassed by delinquents, thought I'd be a little hero, and that was when my luck ran out." And it isn't just one time. He does this every time because it's his character duh. But even then that's still a hero complex. The story grows from him having a strong sense of justice into his full-fledged hero complex.

2. Every character has plot armor, yes. But Touma just doesn't have the skills to back it up. Accelerator and Misaka are both level 5s, one in a million chances that tower above the rest of Academy City. Kuroko has had the training to prepare her for these situations. What does Touma have that gives him the ability to go against these literal superhumans? The only other person like him in the series is Hamazura, but at least his ways are creative and give him character. Touma just decides punches fix everything which has literally become a meme at this point.

3. Yeah, he's dragged into the situations by others which means he's the one helping them? Well not helping per se just fixing the problem with some more punchy punches and plot armor. Misaka really travels all the way to Russia to help and what does he do? Denys her because of his ideals.

4. Personally I don't mind the basic shounen protag. He has the same ideals as Shirou from Fate one of my favorite series (though with no backstory to help develop it) and isn't an awful character like some others. This whole convo started when I said Kuroko has her duty which she fulfills well and Touma just punches his way to victory not "Touma is an awful character".