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Looking for Mary Sues, Gary Stu manga leads? Meaning they are perfect in each and every aspects. They are strong and no one can beat them etc..... Its been awhile since I've read some manga like this

Seinen is acceptable but I prefer Shounen and Shoujo

No Yaoi - Shounen Ai - Yuri - Shoujo Ai

Take a look at my reading list and complete so you won't recommend mangas I've read or is currently reading. biggrin

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I'm not sure if you understand what a genuine Mary Sue/Gary Stu is like or is just looking for some bad stories to make fun of. Because an actual Mary Sue is fundamentally annoying and makes for extremely shallow story telling. Closest I can think of is that girl from Medaka Box, but then I dropped that pretty quickly so I can't confirm it.

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I feel that you misunderstand the meaning of Mary sue/Gary sty. Mary Sues are characters made to fulfill the fantasies of the author. They are not always overpowered, nor are all Gary stus perfect and overpowered. Plus, they usually make a series nothing more than a masturbatory story for the author.
sword art online - has kirito
Fruits basket - has tohru


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Maoyuu Maou Yuusha - "Kono Watashi no Mono Tonare, Yuusha yo" "Kotowaru!"
The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor (Novel)
Aquarian Age - Orion no Shounen
Kodomo no Omocha
Sei Dragon Girl
Princess Princess
Tsuki no Ko
Almost every story by Yu Wo

All the main lead are good looking, has something that made people magically like/love them, any fault/weakness is only there for (mostly) comedy.

Edit : Does both of the main character had to be mary/gary sue, or one is enough?

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Haven't read anything but Maoyuu Maou Yuusha, but I don't think that qualifies as a Mary Sue/Gary Stu story. It is quite evident that Yuusha lacks the knowledge to be considered perfect and Maou lacks the strength that Yuusha has. Together, they still require the strength of others to accomplish their wishes, hence the deals with the merchants and nobility. They may be charismatic and extremely capable, but they don't trivialize all conflicts.
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Especially since Maou literally has inner demons to deal with along with the church and nobility that are immune to their charisma.

For future reference, high competency != Mary Sue/Gary Stu.

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Hmm well Sakamoto desu ga? has the main character as perfect and overtly cool...but its done for comedic effect and it pulls it off well...

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Quote from Damnedman
I'm not sure if you understand what a genuine Mary Sue/Gary Stu is like or is just looking for some bad stories to make fun of. Because an actual Mary Sue is fundamentally annoying and makes for extremely shallow story telling. Closest I can think of is that girl from Medaka Box, but then I dropped that pretty quickly so I can't confirm it.

Well actually, I've read lots of manga where the leads think on how they are not perfect and tries to be one for [Something or someone etc..] So I was thinking what will happen if the leads are perfect in each and every aspect. They are strong and no one can beat them etc...

Also I haven't read Medaka Box so maybe I'll try it biggrin
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I feel that you misunderstand the meaning of Mary sue/Gary sty. Mary Sues are characters made to fulfill the fantasies of the author. They are not always overpowered, nor are all Gary stus perfect and overpowered. Plus, they usually make a series nothing more than a masturbatory story for the author.
sword art online - has kirito
Fruits basket - has tohru

Both of them are on my list thanks btw biggrin

Actually, when I read mangas, I imagine a different storyline for the manga I am reading. But the storyline I tried to imagine doesn't fit the characters at all. Coz most of my made up characters are like the opposite character of what I am reading. I'll try to change one character's personality that I don't like and make him/her like my perfect character. I am looking for Gary Stu and Mary Sue characters right now to also see what would happen if the character is already perfect from the start and tries not to have any flaws. Its a complicated thing so I don't really know if you understood >.<

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Maoyuu Maou Yuusha - "Kono Watashi no Mono Tonare, Yuusha yo" "Kotowaru!"
The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor (Novel)
Aquarian Age - Orion no Shounen
Kodomo no Omocha
Sei Dragon Girl
Princess Princess
Tsuki no Ko
Almost every story by Yu Wo

All the main lead are good looking, has something that made people magically like/love them, any fault/weakness is only there for (mostly) comedy.

Edit : Does both of the main character had to be mary/gary sue, or one is enough?

Thanks for your suggestions I'll try them. Though I don't think Princess Princess' lead is a Gary Stu... And no... Both Characters doesn't have to be a Gary stu or Mary Sue

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Nodame Cantabile's Chiaki is one example of a Gary Stu. Also I don't think K-ON has any Mary Sues??

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Hmm well Sakamoto desu ga? has the main character as perfect and overtly cool...but its done for comedic effect and it pulls it off well...

Okay I'll try it smile

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Quote from Damnedman
Haven't read anything but Maoyuu Maou Yuusha, but I don't think that qualifies as a Mary Sue/Gary Stu story.

Most, if not all of the stuff mentioned here does not qualify as Mary Sue/Gary Stu. If we followed the guidelines of what people posted here, almost all Western series main leads would qualify as Mary Sue/Gary Stu, like Superman, batman and wonder woman for example.

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I feel that you misunderstand the meaning of Mary sue/Gary sty. Mary Sues are characters made to fulfill the fantasies of the author. They are not always overpowered, nor are all Gary stus perfect and overpowered. Plus, they usually make a series nothing more than a masturbatory story for the author ...

You almost got it. This is the definition of Mary Sue/Gary Stu:

"Mary Sue" is a poorly developed character with connotations of wish-fulfillment and is commonly associated with self-insertion, too perfect and lacking in realism to be interesting.

The last part is the important one. Since for example, Kirito is strong and even overpowered, is one of the most popular and beloved characters of SAO. If we didn't take that into account, Mary Sue/Gary Stu would be synonymous with "strong and overpowered characters" thus making the term completely and utterly useless.

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"Mary Sue" is a poorly developed character with connotations of wish-fulfillment and is commonly associated with self-insertion, too perfect and lacking in realism to be interesting.


The problem was what people think as too perfect and lacking in realism differ from one person to another. The example was Rai from Noblesse & Prince from 1/2 Prince. I think Rai's character is boring as hell and is lacking in realism, but I know lots of people that think otherwise. The same happen with the MC from The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor, whom some people think as way too perfect to the point of the annoying, but I don't really mind it (yet).

Another that come int my mind Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei (Novel)

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I would recommend:

1- Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei (it have both mary sue and gary stu main leads inside.)

2- Saiki Kusuo no Sainan (MC is OP since he have all the psychic abilities in the world.)

3- Samurai High School (OP female protagonist)

4- Noblesse (Rai is the god of Vampires, literally.)

5- One Punch Man (As the title states, this MC finishes off his enemies with just one punch.)

6- Ichi (Badass female lead. She still kicks ass eventhough she's blind.)

7- Choukakou A.k.a. Chang Ge Xing (Female lead is well versed in both martial arts, military tactics & politics.)

8- Black Haze (MC is a Talented & Powerful Magician that's currently going undercover in a school for Magic.)

9- The Gamer (MC ability is seriously OP if given time to "grind his skills" like some rpg character.)

10- World Customize Creator (MC can customize literally anything such as money, weapons, buildings, etc)







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Copied an pasted from "overpowered main character": That one is similar thread.

Have you guys never heard of Jesus(actually Kira) Yamato from Gundam Seed ? Booo.
Repent and join the church(not a joke) now ! That man and Fukuda took 35 hours out of my live i still need back. It´s more of an anime franchise but good god if he isn´t the biggest Gary Sue EVER then i don´t know who is. He only laughs at nuclear explosions cool and get´s all the space pussy.
Are harem leads like Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki proto Gary Stu´s and vice versa for reverse harems ?

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i don't know about Mary Sues/Gary stu, but if you want to find a perfect, overpowered MC, i reccommend Re:monster (light novel and manga)
the mc has everything, never lose a single battle, has a harem,...

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Magician Iremi is flawless like ass.


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