It allows the audience to spend time with characters they love. However, one of the strangest phenomena is when the main character in a particular series is increasingly sidelined in the sequel.

Kishimoto's original plans for Naruto were completely different. The story might have failed if it had stayed that way.

Main character syndrome (MCS) isn’t really a syndrome. It was the perfect balm for a cultural zeitgeist that for the longest time encouraged self-effacement for the welfare of others at the cost ...