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Good Guys Are Overrated: How Anime's Morally Broken Characters Won Over America
American audiences are ditching the squeaky-clean hero archetype and falling hard for anime characters who lie, manipulate, and sometimes just straight-up do terrible things. From Sukuna's reign of chaos in Jujutsu Kaisen to the complicated soul of Deku's rivals in My Hero Academia, something has shifted in how Western fans connect with storytelling. We're breaking down why morally grey is the new black in anime fandom.