CATDOLL: It's all routine. Japan voted for "the most boring plot in boys' comics"

Although many boys' comics start out fresh, over time some clichés inevitably set in. Recently, a Japanese website voted for the "most boring plots in boys' comics," and they all turned out to be clichés.

For readers, if a comic book is very novel and interesting at the beginning, it can arouse curiosity, then naturally they will make up their minds to follow it all the way. This is almost an unchanging formula. However, after following the serialization, no one can predict how the plot will develop. Regardless of whether the plot is good or bad, it would be embarrassing if you follow it for a long time and find that "it turns out to be as mediocre as other comics."

In fact, this situation is still very common. In response to this, a Japanese website specially prepared a questionnaire survey for male comic fans: "Which plot routines in boys' comics will make the plot boring?" In response to the listed options, many netizens said that they would easily give up the plot just by seeing these stereotyped plots...

1. The protagonist is too childish

There are always some unconventional protagonists in boys' comics, such as those who love to commit suicide, or those who kill attractive characters because of rash actions, or those who think that the villain "seems to be more correct". Based on this situation, it is difficult for readers to empathize with the protagonist, and they may even hate the protagonist. Extending to the entire comic, of course, people will not want to continue reading.

2. The heroine was captured by the enemy several times

The plot of the heroine being kidnapped is quite common in boys' comics, and the plot of the hero saving the beauty is also very passionate. However, if it happens too many times, it will only make readers feel that the heroine is just a vase, and is only worth "being saved by the hero".

3. All women love the protagonist

Commonly known as harem. Since it is a boy's comic, of course there will be some plots of fantasizing about being super strong and super handsome. In order to take care of the readers, it is also necessary to appropriately insert some similar benefits. Similarly, if the harem is too large to be natural, and the protagonist is obviously not really attractive, even so there are still many beautiful girls who are willing to pay for him, such a situation will only make readers feel disgusted.

4. Too many genius characters

This situation often occurs in some competitive fighting boys' comics. After Genius A appears, Genius B appears. The protagonist has to defeat them one by one, which is really tiring. And according to the law of boys' comics, the latter will always be stronger than the former, which makes people wonder how many geniuses there are in this world...

5. The action concept is strange (the logic is unreasonable)

For example, some betraying characters may be talking and laughing and providing strong support to the protagonist one second, but in the next second, a big reversal occurs in a strange place and they instantly become the protagonist's enemy (or whitewashed and turned into a comrade-in-arms). This kind of setting will make people feel powerless to complain if they see it too much. There should be a limit to whitewashing and blackening.

6. Too much emphasis on the chest

Of course there are many beautiful girls in boys' comics, but some comics deliberately highlight the body parts of female characters too much, or even draw them in strange shapes, which loses the beauty. Many respondents said that if the breasts are too exaggerated, it is indeed unacceptable - big is okay, as long as they are not bigger than the face...

7. The plot is slow and there is little progress

As a long-running serialized work, laying the groundwork is certainly important, but every story has a main line. If the main line is ignored and instead the author tries every possible way to use branch lines to drag the plot, readers' enthusiasm for the work will certainly cool in the long run.

For boys' comics authors, "routines" are allowed, but if they are abused, don't blame the readers for not giving them face. The first person to invent a plot is a genius, the second to imitate is a mediocre person, and the third and even more who follow suit are fools - in this case, why not abandon unnecessary routines and be more sincere?