It has become common for animes to run for several seasons. However, some series should have ended after the first few episodes – because the hero is actually too weak to survive for long.
Our anime heroes have it tough: They get pierced by lasers or weapons, thrown from great heights, or endure explosions. Where normal people would have met their end, they simply get back up.
If you were to take away the anime plot armor, many protagonists would be doomed. Because some of them are so weak that they should have died in the first few episodes. MeinMMO shows you some animes where the hero should have been dead long ago.
Tokyo Ghoul
- Number of episodes: 12
- Where can I stream the anime? Crunchyroll, Amazon Prime Video, Joyn, ProSieben FUN, Seven Entertainment
What is the anime about? In Tokyo, ghouls are causing havoc. They feed on human flesh and cannot eat normal food without vomiting. Ken Kaneki is an average student who wants nothing to do with all of this. Instead, he is looking forward to a date with the attractive lady Rize Kamishiro.
However, it turns out that Rize is a ghoul herself. A fight ensues, in which Rize dies and Ken loses consciousness. When he wakes up again, he is told that he received Rize’s organs transplant – and with them, her ghoul powers.
Why should the hero have been dead? The anime Tokyo Ghoul is the beginning of many more stories surrounding Ken and his friends. But actually, it would have been over for Ken two times already.
On one hand, because he only survived due to Rize’s involuntary organ donation. On the other hand, because at the beginning he was unable to cope with life as a ghoul and would have starved if he hadn’t had the help of his new friends. They made the human flesh as a new food source so appealing to him that Ken ultimately ate it.
