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My hero academy: Deku's journey to heroism presents friendship and never loses sight of the right way.
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Black Clover: This is from no magic to the most powerful magic knight is a wild ride with big friends.
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Naruto: A perfect example of a subdog for the top-bran story of the shoneen genre full of growth and compassion.
Underdogs rises to power is a common trope in Anime Shōnen And although there are several series that present these situations in which young people seemingly weak are loaded to enemies larger than life, a few selected series have become the top of the genre for different reasons.

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Whether for their relative characters, the great representations of friendship or because of the quality of the story, these series are a level over each genre. This list highlights the best Shonen anime with Subdog protagonists rising.
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My hero academy
The story of a young man who endures his dream incessantly
The story of the way Deku, who has always dreamed of being a hero, has gathered the courage and falsified the will through constant conflicts is undoubtedly inspired. Even though the end of the series had a weak reception from the fans, the series is of great importance to Shonen culture.
With memorable characters, attractive friendship moments and a clear message: no matter what you do, if you do not go away from the right path and trust those you can call friends, everything will be fine.
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Black clover
A magic boy becomes one of the most powerful magic knights
Black clover
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2017 – 2020
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Tatsuya Yoshihara, Ayataka Tanemura
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Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, Kanichi Katou
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Black clover
Black clover It is another excellent example of a main subdog character who becomes an important business at his own agreement. From the boy who could never wear magic, to the most powerful magic knight of Bulls Black and protector of the Kingdom, Astra's journey was a wild ride.

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Fortunately, he has always had great friends to accompany him through all the dangers, the double crosses and the twists of the plot that Yūki had prepared for him. His is a way that has always been full of weights, but which deserves to be followed for the fans of Shonen.
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Naruto
An orphan, amazed and despised by everyone, becomes a hero
Naruto
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2002 – 2006
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Masashi Kishimoto
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Hayato data
- Writers
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Masashi Kishimoto
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Naruto
It is Naruto The perfect shouis? Some say yes, some say no; But there is no doubt that this series is a perfect example of a subdog that becomes top-dog through and through. From his beginning humble as a chūnin erupted to becoming hokage (in Boruto) The fans were witnessing Naruto's growth and was a significant one.
Few other characters in this anime can cope with the conclusion of a bloody war between the Ninja clans, coming untouched and even throwing the floor with some of the most dangerous beings who threaten to destroy their world. And all this, without losing sight of what it is: a good friend and a kind and humanitarian person, always smiling despite the weight of sorrow.
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Saint Seiya
The most underestimated justice protectors challenge the gods
Legend Seiyya and Bronce Saints is the issue of myths: amazed by the organization that trained them, accused of betrayal and overcoming the betrayal (and powerful) beings, as well as by the reincarnated gods in a struggle to protect their girlfriend Athens and girlfriend to athena and theirs, and to protect his girlfriend athena and the links they falsified in the fight.
Despite their weakness, sandstone and willing, they fight for the greatest good. Whether those in front of them are the patriarch, the leader of the ocean or even the god of the interlocking world. The perfect story for the subdog for those who love the romantic fantasy of Shōnen from a classic era.
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Demon Slayer
The journey of two brothers, the survivors of a terrible tragedy
Kimetsu not yaiba or Demon SlayerIt is one of those series that starts with a tragedy, and the non-stop corrugation effect is unleashed changes everything. A boy and a girl, the brothers who survived a demon attack: one marked to become a demon, the other, intended to kill them all.
And yet, despite the fact that they are both subdogs and are experiencing greater challenges than life, they manage to overcome everything, remaining united until the end. It is an inspired story, with a lot of sweet moments and a few healthy breaths of hope in the middle.
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Haikiuu !!
A framed little boy who dreamed of flying up
The anime sports is quite intense and, more, if it is a Shonen series about a little subdog boy trying to get to the stars, such as what the fans will see Haikiuu !! A series with high quality stories: an age of age inside an “outdated adversity”, with relative characters and memorable moments of friendship.
This story about a boy who founded his own volleyball club and surpasses his deficiencies, despite the fact that everyone told him that he is not “suitable” for the sport he loved is a captivating and inspired story about passion and sportiness.
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Blusc blus
A underestimated player becomes a top striker
Blusc blus
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October 8, 2022
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Tetsuaki Watanabe, Shunsuke Ishikawa
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Taku Kishimoto
Ages ago, when Captain Tsubasa He became one of the best anime of all time, no one thought there would be another great story about football players who go beyond adversity together. Up Blusc blus He entered the field and things changed drastically.
The story of Yoichi Isagi is an absolutely exciting story of self -discovery and passion, with a protagonist who never surrenders, not even in the minimum of life. Giving everything with every second breath it has, throwing the ball with an unstoppable resolution and stopping only when the victory is declared by the referee whistle.
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