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Originally Posted by Traece
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When we are talking about THE most powerful anime characters in history (modern action anime MC's can't claim of annihilating ENTIRE planets without breaking a sweat), you can expect a lot of "plot armor" accusations".
To execute training arcs properly, great care should be taken in showing the progress of the character's training. It may feel cheap if the character suddenly takes down the opponent in one shot (this is probably what Bleach is notorious for), and TOO LONG battles can bore the audience to death (which was the problem for Dragon Ball and One Piece).
And speaking of One Piece, I think this is one of the shows where they did a badass MC right (unlike a certain black swordsman). The Straw Hats become stronger and stronger, but they still can't beat the top tier characters all of a sudden; they have to train hard for that. Sure, battles are still long and drawn-out, but I never called cheap on any of One Piece's battles.
As for a noob MC defeating an experienced villain, there's the saying that goes,
"The fool should not fear you because he doesn't know what you can do, you should fear the fool because you don't know what he can do."