especially with how Oda executes his character to deepen these otherwise shallow traits, it is still a classic stereotype. As a result, his inclusion on this list is more than justified.

Still, he defies stereotypes simply ... show did so much good in terms of characters changing the narrative around all sorts of identities. I could fill this list with almost everybody on it.

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However, some harmful stereotypes might be communicated not through what characters say, but through their actions. To explore how characters' actions might reflect stereotypes, Martinez and ...

Characters like Vegeta and Light Yagami became anti-heroes with morally gray motivations. Recent anime introduced deeply human and sympathetic villains like Shigaraki Tomura and Zeke Yeager.