IMO I’d much rather a MC be ‘irredeemable trash’ or even a boring Kirito clone than be actively annoying. I dropped Black Clover in large part because of how obnoxious Asta was, and I don’t think a MC can do much worse than causing someone to drop their show.

I’ve got a big soft spot for DitF so I wouldn’t say Hiro. I could definitely be convinced of Kazuya tho, and would also like to submit Asta from Black Clover for consideration.

Personally, I very much dislike it. I’m willing to forgive/tolerate it when shows use it for a few scenes or complex models, but I’m not really interested in watching anything that is fully CG. Too me, hand drawn (especially cel) stuff has a certain beauty to it that is just simply unmatchable by any CG stuff that I’ve seen.

The Rising of the Shield Hero

I’m an enjoyer of isekai trash so when I saw Shield Hero at an 8 on MAL, and being generally well regarded, I expected it to be pretty solid. Instead it felt like every time something interesting was about to happen the author took the most boring route possible. Add to that the ‘grade school’ nature of some of the plot and I found it to be a miserable watch.