14 Anime With Super Strong Plot Armor

No article about plot armor is complete without mentioning the notorious.Sword Art Online.Kirito survives anything, yet the reasons feel fake. Fighting Heathcliff, he takes the supposed final blow; his HP drops to zero, but he survives to finish the fight, breaking game rules. Also, fighting the seemingly untouchable Nobuyuki Sugou, Kirito randomly accesses the game's control panel. He changes settings, making Sugou feel real pain and easily defeats him. This is the clearest example of deus ex machina to ever happen.deus ex machina.This can ever occur.

Fairy Tail.has more plot armor than its female characters use in fights. Almost every character survives things that should kill them, like heart punctures or being dragged to hell. Sometimes, they explain how they live, but that explanation uses made-up magic. Other times, they just ignore it. No one is watching.Fairy Tail.the show ignores realism, taking it too far.

Major characters in Dragon Ball lose lives, but the process reverses if someone finds the Dragon Balls and wishes them back. When they die, they stay in the afterlife, sometimes interacting with the living. Bumping off the protagonist is bold, but he always comes back stronger, making Goku's repeated deaths hard to be upset about.

No matter which season you discuss,Yu-Gi-Oh!this show ignores real physical results. Characters comatose from car crashes or having souls stolen by bad cards are fine in a few scenes. Lives are lost, but magic always brings people back. Sometimes this happens without an in-universe reason, just because of card game power.

The protagonist ofIn Another World With My Smartphone.the protagonist gains a unique plot armor. This lets him instantly learn anything in seconds. He also has lots of stamina and magic. God gave him these things to apologize for ending his life early. This concept looks good, but the result is a teenager way too powerful who faces no consequences from danger.

Team Rocket's first blast should have ended everything. Being launched by lightning and landing hard on the ground likely killed them. Villains survive when they shouldn't. Ash gets electrocuted, burned, turned to stone, and more across the series. How does he live? Sometimes he survives the next scene. Other times, Pokémon tears heal things magically. Pokémon never face serious danger in battles. The Pokémon center clears all injuries fast.

Kids' shows do not show the grim results of real-world injuries, like those suffered by thePokémonThe cast makes sense for kids' shows, but divorcing violence from its results sends a poor message.

Many viewers found it.Aldnoah.ZeroMany viewers found Aldnoah.Zero a poorly written series. Thick plot armor protects the main character, Inaho. The Season 1 finale shocked viewers by 'killing' the two main characters. Plot armor saved them in Season 2. Inaho survived a headshot through the eye. He also got a robotic eye that gave him more powers than before. Keeping protagonists alive makes sense. However, they do not need to survive extreme situations just for shock value.

There are many good things aboutNaruto, but the characters do not face real consequences. Gaara and Rock Lee survive a fight against the seemingly unbreakable Kimimaro because Kimimaro gets a random illness mid-fight. Sasuke sometimes awakens a new ability during a fight. These characters always rely on plot armor. Villains often die after a redeeming flashback, and important side characters lose their lives in tragic ways. Yet, the protagonists always survive.

Osomatsu-sanis a comedy anime where characters ignore reality. They can be blasted into space, sliced in half, or destroyed physically without consequence. This works for the genre. If they suffered real physical harm in every episode, everything after Episode One would happen in a hospital. The problem appears when the show tries to get serious.

Both seasons ofOsomatsu-santhe penultimate episode features the sixNEETsCharacters find jobs, move from parents' homes, and become responsible adults. This shifts sibling relationships, forcing them to handle that change. Improbable events reverse this in the final episodes, sending them back to the start. The humor relies on character quirks; you care about their outcomes, but plot armor protects them from real change, making your care seem foolish.

Kamijou Touma has insane OP abilities. Touma negates other supernatural powers with his right hand in a world of espers. He is a low-rank psychic and an ordinary high school boy, yet he easily defeats powerful groups. No one can ever shoot him; he seems immune to bullets.

BleachBleach is another shonen series where key characters avoid lasting harm. Bleach pushes this extreme; it is rare for anyone to lose their lives.Anyone does not lose their lives, even villains. This holds true despite intense battles where characters use powerful bankai, launching rockets or spewing poison. Most characters live in Soul Society, the afterlife, which explains this.Characters do not lose their lives. This applies even to villains. This happens even though the series shows intense fights where characters use powerful bankai, launching rockets or spewing poison. Most characters live in Soul Society, the afterlife, which explains this.This explains why characters do not lose their lives.This still drains the tension from the scenes.

Main characters from The Seven Deadly Sins survive countless battles that should prove fatal.The Seven Deadly SinsThe Seven Deadly Sins always survive. Ban and Meliodas have some immortality, but often it looks like plot armor. Hawk takes a life-ending blow with other warriors, yet he returns. The writers do not explain this return for Hawk, nor for other characters.

The plot armor in Angel Beats!Angel Beats! is thick and mostly unnecessary. The show is set in the afterlife, making characters mostly invulnerable from the start. Otonashi is not alive, so bad things don't stop the plot. However, Otonashi bypasses every trap Angel sets, despite not knowing his new world or powers. This makes the reveal that Angel is not a villain feel predictable.Angel Beats! is thick and largely unnecessary. The show takes place in the afterlife, making characters more or less invulnerable from the start. Otonashi is not alive, so bad things do not stop the plot. Otonashi bypasses every trap Angel sets, despite not knowing his new world or abilities. This makes the reveal that Angel is not a villain feel predictable.

Attack on TitanAttack on Titan is a grisly, brutal anime where many characters do not survive. These characters lack thick plot armor. Main characters face hostage situations, limb removal, or being swallowed by a Titan. Something always helps them survive and quickly recover from severe injuries that would take months to heal.