New Gen MC's vs. Old Gen MC's part 1: Ichigo Kurosaki or Yuji Itadori?
Yuji Itadori > Ichigo Kurosaki: Why This Time, the New Gen Wins I know a lot of people are gonna hate me for this, but what the heck. I am saying this plainly: Yuji Itadori is a better written main character than Ichigo Kurosaki — and also a better MC overall. I know people love to praise Ichigo for his aura, his cool factor, his hybrid bloodline making him the ultimate trump card, but if we strip it all down and look at character writing, internal conflict, and how the story positions the MC? Yuji clears. And I am standing on that. At base value, most people do not even clock Yuji as a main character. He does not look like one they say. He does not act like one. In fact, if you put him next to flashy characters like Gojo or Tengen or even Jin-Woo from Solo Leveling, people will point at those guys as the real stars. Gojo has got the aura, the drip, the godlike powers, the covered eyes that scream “I’m that guy.” Meanwhile Yuji? He is “just” a regular high schooler — or ...