How to Write “The Honored One” 

When I saw Sinbad and Benimaru next to Gojo in the context of "the strongest" character, I immediately clicked. It's very refreshing to see people talk about them in the same light as gojo and it makes perfect sense. I mean I'm not that well versed in Fire Force lore so idk about Benimaru, but with Sinbad in Magi it's literally a 1:1 perfect parallel with Gojo when it comes to writing. I'm pretty sure I remember both of them having in their backstories some equivalent of "when [strongest] was born, the balance of the universe shifted".

I think whst makes sinbad a bit more unique is that from the start the entire world recognises him as special, the world Powers, Rukh and David. And his complete shattering of the world follows him right till the end of the series where hes not only controlled fate and the world but challneged God. Hes such a force that by the end of the series he quite literally his own system of morality

mob from mob psycho 100 is a really creative approach of writing the honored one lol , same with saitama , ONE sensei is truly goated

I love that Benimaru is strong enough to simply become a plot device but he loves Asakusa and its ppl ao much that he generally doesnt do anything if it's no immediately for their behalf. Like you cant ~rely~ on Benimaru to handle any specific big threat cuz he just won't show up

If you've ever read The Ramayan, The Epic of Gilgamesh etc you know that people have been enjoying stories about extremely strong characters for a long time, not because they're relatable but because they're admirable.

Sinbad the goat

So glad to see Magi being mentioned...if only more seasons came out :(

With the second season of Tower of God is coming, The chad Urek Mazino another OP side character who becomes irregular because he said so.

Escanor!!! Never be forgotten

One of my favorite characters, Accelerator, is pretty much a deconstruction of both the redeemed villian->hero and "the strongest" archetype rolled into one. His character arc for a majority of the series explores both what it means to be the strongest/be powerful, and also what the purpose behind his power is as he seeks atonement/path to being "good", and his thought process and how he deals with the latter is incredible to me. He went from one of my most hated characters in series to one of my favorites of all time. Its in contrast to one of the other main characters, Touma, who is effectively the underdog in most fights, and his character explores what it means to be heroic just as acceleraor does, but they come from very different places and start out at very different strengths. Touma is always an uphill battle(people say he has the cheat code to most verses; he does, but its also clear in 90% of his fights that hes the underdog), starting out for everyone but himself, Accelerator is almost always stronger, and starts out doing everything for no one but himself. Its one of my favorite contrasts and parralells in fiction, and the whole strongest thing being both similar and different fron the underdog cements touma and accelerator as top 10 for their respective archetype. Accelerator doesnt serve just as the strongest esper, but what it means to be trapped in your strength, and how redeeming sin isnt any different or easier simply because you have more of something, nor is finding purpose. I think that "the strongest" serving as a parallel or contrast to the mc is one of the best ways to create a good overpowered character, alongside a benchmark of the top like what you mentioned for gojo also being a good way to create a compellinh op character. Fates Gilgamesh was the first anime character ive seen that portrayed the lonliness at the top, and I really enjoy seeing how that lonliness playes out for different characters, gilgamesh, gojo, aizen, ect, they all have different forms of it, a fall from what you see as grace, an inherint difference from the start, a chosen lonliness, ect.

This is why I love Nasuverse, there *SO* many random side characters who are just much stronger than the MC hiding in the background, like Zelrecth, ORT, Chaos, and so on.

Gotta love an overpowered side character! Great video

Interestingly enough, while I enjoy OP Side Characters, OP Main Characters I rarely enjoy, but when I do the series becomes my favorite. Good Examples are One-Punch Man and The Daily Life of the Immortal King. I think part of why I love these is because the narrative focuses more on the growth and struggles of the side-characters, using the main character as a threshold instead -- but also have the main character grow, slowly but surely, in terms of their personality. Mob Psycho is another great example.

Sinbad: "I am the plot."

Genuinely stunning for a first video amazingly well done.

this is such a well put together video

Very well crafted video I will be following your rise 💪🏾🙏🏾

Aayyyooo lets goo. Late to this channel but glad I found it

Bro cooked so hard I love these kind of characters they are just built different

Keep it up man with these unique videos. Magi needs more love.

4:14 Man I havent seen this series in a long time. What a flashbang that was.

Great video!! look forward to what you do next

my left ear enjoyed this video 23% more than my right ear

It's not surpise that in Overlord, Ains goes from Main character to supporting character depending on what the story needs, and that a lot of his problems can't be solved with violence, or push him furter into the dark side the more he uses violence as a solution. This keeps the story from becoming boring and predictable, becouse sometimes Ains is the antagonist and our heroes are fighting an up hill battle we know they can't win by pure brute force alone.

Hey man I’m an aspiring writer, this video has given me a completely different way to look at writing in general I’d love to see more, keep it up and ig thank you?

Amazing video.

This is insanely good for a first video ! Adding music would be nice too

Damn man, this is your first video and you’re already so good!? You must really know your stuff, I’m working on a story myself and I think this helped with my story, well as much as I can do before unsealing mine 💀 hopefully you make more videos like these!

Damn this is a good video!

Good video ;)

Sinbad is just in different league The world moves for him.

One of the reasons yujiro is one of my favorite strongest character types even with all his strength life for him is extremely lonely

Sinbad was actually built different. Not just in terms of raw power but his ability to lead, and make his own country was unmatched. He failed once massively and he took every lesson learned and repeated none while doing it again. First dungeon conquerer, most dungeons conquered, birth felt by the world, power on par of the ancient magi. Bro got beat by plot

I also like when we see an over powered character become even stronger like Yami from black clover

You forgot accelerator from a certain magical index

Instantly subscribed, 296 likes but only 68 subscribers is crazy

The way you say magi makes my skin crawl 😭

English teacher: This essay needs to be 5 pages long Lazy:

Subscribed!!!

Daddy Sinbad did it again😳

Great video. Always love to see my boy Sinbad getting some love. Also, what’s the anime @0:27?

Okay so i'm very scant with praise, however this video was just borderline perfect. the thumbnail was perfect as it highlighted the title's merit and it showed probably 3 of the most daunting examples of the honored one. the only thing that i would love you to improve is the audio quality, other than that, you are goated.

This video is very well put together, could you make a character analysis on (zoro one piece) (crow deadman wonderland) (guts berserk) (kenpachi bleach) (gon/killua hunter x hunter) I'm curious on what your opinions would be on each character :)

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Makes me also think of Lance from Pokémon Silver/Gold. Ive always had a soft spot for him since my young self thought he was so cool for just bursting on the scene and messing up team rocket

Do you have a main channel this is really good for a first video

Ngl, all might revived my interest in anime after years of beinf stuck in corporate hell. Got tired of the edgy teens previously, now I know how people felt when superman came out. Sometimes we just need an inspiration to move forward.

When i saw Atem from yugioh Man that was some nostalgia When i was a little kid i was obsessed with him being the strongest😂

SINBAD GOAT

my right ear felt lonely

i think it would be nice for the videos to have some kind of background music

u cooked on this one

yorichii is a perfect example

Thanks for xanxus at 2:25😭 Love that character

DAMN XANXUS. I never expected to see xanxus. A KHR fan. RESPECT.

I ACTUALLY FUCKING YELPED WHEN I SAW XANXUS REBORN IS MY FAVORITE SHOW OF ALL TIME

Sinbad has been and always will be MY GOAT!!!! MAGI CLEARS!!!!

Benimaru respect always appreciated. To this day haven’t seen a character be so strong that the people couldn’t imagine his strength to the max. Imagination knows no bounds and the copy couldn’t match the original still.

We need a New Magi Season and a new season for No Game No Life.....and good video btw.

A great first video maybe add some background music and you’ll start growing in no time

Saw Sinbad and clicked

This guy: people like op characters because of deep psychological reasons and escapism from harsh reality Me: haha strong guy is cool and strong :)

Being the strongest Pros You're overpowered Cons Most likely to get donut be a kitkat or become an apple logo

Adult OG Ben 10 was my first encounter with something similar to this type of character,despite his flaws though👍

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OPM really did a good job with the main character being the strongest. Him being predictable makes the people around him 1000% more interesting like i know that saitama will save the day but watching the other characters (biased for zombieman and metal bat) overcome threats themselves and hopefully show their own complex backstory is hype too

i agree with what you said for the most part in this video. the only thing i'd like to add is that you need to be very careful with how powerful you make your character. you also need to know exactly what you want to do with them otherwise sidelining them from the story can come across as you rushing to get them out of the way because you made a character too op and had no idea what to do with them. gojo suffers from this problem. not only did he get sealed pretty early on in the story but greg made him too op. so op that it was complete bs the way sukuna won because the author couldn't actually come up with a creative and believable way for him to win. btw your editing is peak.

What anime is that @1:15 (the guy on the couch)? I vaguely remember this scene but can't remember the name of the show. 1:16

I’m still upset till this day that there’s no no adventures of sinbad season 2

Quality on the vid was so high I thought u had like 50k subs 😭😭 53 subs is crazy

who is the guy in white with a lightsaber

interesting thing about sinbad he didnt just think he was a god he thought he was CHOSEN which lets be real the great singularity high king of the 7 seas the most djinn by all rights of the magi verse he was chosen as the greatest king of all so its easy to see how he ended up with the god complex its like everyone around him was like bro your him your him and one day instead of being humble he was like you know what fuck it i am him lmao amazing character though

TBH these types are way more common than you think Escanor, yujiro, Zaraki, hashirama, xebec, broly and the list goes on for infinity what's worse is that they are MC worthy but ain't the MC😂

Levi not mentionned 😔

thx for not putting yuujirou hanma on this because he make baki anime not that fun just because he is so strong that whenever he appear it aint fun because we knew is over in one tap.

What anime is the one at 0:25 ?

great vid but what anime is that clip from 0:30?

the horned one? nah the bisected one.

DAIKIYUKITEN,SHINDOBADOO!

KYARA It's The One Who Kills

anime name 0:26 please i just cant remember it ive seen it but man i cant remember

Anime at 0:26 ?

SUOH MIKOTO MENTIONED WHAT THE FUCK IS A BAD CHARACTER MOYASE

just to correct you the term is actually "overpowered supporting character" they wouldnt be side characters because the story will follow them to show the heights the main character needs to achieve also, they almost always support the actual main character grow example: kenpachi helped ichigo grow, there are instances for an example escanor wasnt helping meliodas become more powerful because he already was strong but when he lost control escanor stepped up to bring him back down but i also see escanor as a psudo main character and not a supporting character like lets say merlin

😊😊okay, I love Sinbad and his character. But what I don’t like IS THE PRONUNCIATION OF MAGI, ITS MAH-GI NOT MA-JI

No Yujiro Hanma mention?

benimaru the goat

Woah that's just Mohammed (meaning the honoured one)

You need some background music

Himejima Gyomei

Does anyone know who the guy from 2:26 is and what anime is he from

Urek mazino

I wish you didnt spoil so many mangas without warning.

Sinbad from WHAT?

Sinbad was gojo before gojo

Tbh I hate when a main character starts off too op. I rather have it where the hero gradually struggles to become the strongest

great video but there is no background music and makes the video feel boring and too consistent

4:15 what anime?

*Jjk spoilers* 3:14 I think you mean “kept”