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10 Ash Ketchum Faces Countless Dangers On His Pokémon Journey (Pokémon)

The Pokémon anime series follows Ash Ketchum as he journies to become a Pokémon Master. Along his way, he faces many foes and dangers that other trainers have never known before. He risks his life countless times to save those he loves and is willing to do whatever it takes to do the right thing.

9 Kagome Is Able To Fight Alongside Her Friends (Inuyasha)

Kagome Higurashi is just an ordinary student before she lands in the Feudal Era at the start of Inuyasha. After she is transported five hundred years into the past, she discovers she is the modern-day reincarnation of Priestess Kikyo and joins up with Inuyasha to collect the shards of the Shikon Jewel.

8 Subaru Endures Multiple Deaths And Still Fights On (Re: Zero - Starting Life In Another World)

Of all the heroes in the Re: Zero franchise, protagonist Subaru is one of the weakest. Despite this, he displays a great deal of bravery as he faces his untimely death over and over. His most useful ability, the power of Return by Death, allows him to start over no matter how terrible his fate becomes.

7 Nagisa Chooses Her Daughter's Life Over Her Own (Clannad: After Story)

Nagisa Furukawa from Clannad may be physically weak, but she possesses a great deal of inner strength that becomes more apparent as the series continues. In Clannad: After Story, she and Tomoya are married and expect a child. Almost immediately, complications arise due to Nagisa's strange illness.

6 Tohru Does Her Best On Her Own After Her Mother's Death (Fruits Basket)

The death of Tohru's mother, Kyoko Honda, leaves her completely devastated. All her life, her mom was her entire world. Now that she is gone, Tohru has to figure out how to live the best she can without her. At the start of Fruits Basket, she begins camping out on the Sohma Estate, trying to get by without burdening those around her.

5 Emma Fights For The Survival Of All Humans (The Promised Neverland)

After discovering the truth about the Grace Field orphanage, Emma is determined to escape with the rest of the kids and save their lives. The young protagonist of The Promised Neverland fights for the survival of not only herself but all humans.

4 Levi Ackerman Battles To Put An End To The Horrors Of The Titans (Attack On Titan)

The humans of Attack on Titan suffer at the hands of monstrous beings known as Titans, who prey upon and devour the innocent. Determined to put an end to their terror, Levi Ackerman boldly leads the Special Operations Squad of the Survey Corps to take down any Titans that come their way.

Anime and Manga

Ash Ketchum from Pokémon. He has come back from the dead thrice, been The Chosen One of countless legends, is one of the few that can manipulate aura, saved the world countless times, and has helped more people then you could possibly imagine. There's like maybe three people outside of his friends who respect him in some fashion.

Comics

Most of the Sin City heroes are often on the lower rungs of society and try to live normal lives. They just keep getting wrapped up in the craziness of the city against their wills.

Literature

Rincewind in Discworld is basically this. All he wants is to be bored and eat potatoes, and all he has to help him is some narrative savvy, a knack for languages and running away, and The Luggage. But he's basically been chosen as the hero of the Disc.

Music

The English pop band The Hoosiers recently had a song named this that played with this trope. Not to mention it was rather catchy.

Web Comics

Torg from Sluggy Freelance is just a normal ( if kind of ditzy) guy, but just keeps stumbling (sometimes literally) into situations where demon lords or Mad Scientists or supervillains are threatening him, his friends, or the world at large.

Western Animation

Droopy, in about half the Tex Avery shorts in which he appears, plays the Designated Hero to Red, who's often victimized by Wolfie, Butch or Spike. Then they wind up pissing Droopy off...

Video Games

Gordon Freeman of Half Life.

10 Uryu And Ichigo Became Friends Despite The Feud Between The Soul Reapers And Quincy

Uryu Ishida from Bleach is a Quincy archer, while Ichigo Kurosaki is a Soul Reaper. There has been a long feud between the two factions. Naturally, it's expected that Uryu and Ichigo would hate each other. However, the two are each others' closest friends.

9 Murasakibara and Kuroko Couldn't Find Common Ground When It Came To Basketball (Kuroko No Basket)

Atsushi Murasakibara and Tetsuya Kuroko from Kuroko's Basketball played on the same team in middle school. Though they seemed to at least somewhat get along off the court, the two didn't understand each other when it came to basketball.

8 Luffy And Bellamy Became Close Friends

Initially, Bellamy didn't respect Luffy or his ideals at all. However, throughout One Piece, Bellamy started to recognize Luffy's strength more, and he even promised he would never mock Luffy again. The two started cheering each other on, and Bellamy was upset when he was ordered to kill Luffy.

7 Eren And Jean's Friendship Started As A Rivalry

In Attack On Titan, Jean and Eren's friendship had a rocky start. The two became rivals as soon as they met. Eren's ideals of joining the Survey and Jean's dreams of being in the Military Police instantly clashed.

6 Tanjiro And Inosuke Have Influenced Each Other Despite Their Initial Rivalry

When the two first met in Demon Slayer, Inosuke and Tanjiro were rivals. However, the two became friends. Though Inosuke still thinks of Tanjiro as a rival, it's apparent that he doesn't want to see anything bad happen to him, and the two are very close friends.

5 Bakugo And Midoriya's Road To Friendship Was Tumultuous

Bakugo and Midoriya from My Hero Academia have had a tumultuous friendship. Since they were kids, Bakugo often picked on and tormented Midoriya for not having a quirk. When the two got accepted into U.A.

4 Rohan And Koichi Have A Complicated Friendship

When Koichi first met Rohan during Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, he admired his work as a mangaka. However, his opinion drastically changed when Rohan tried to use him as material for his manga and read Koichi's life like a book with his stand, Heaven's Door.