>you will never reboot a series just to self-insert yourself and make your waifu's love for you canon
Self-inserting
Ryan Watson
Leo Adams
But those all have different personalities?
Luke Edwards
Self-insert haremshit is the lowest IQ genre in anime. None of them would dare to introduce another man with superior looks and personality to flirt with the plethora of girls. Instead the female characters are magically left unloved and untouched by everyone but self-insert kun. It is a delusional fantasy for beta basement dwellers.
James Davis
I love "intelligent, nihilistic and with a wicked sense of humor" MCs but absolutely loathe boring herbivore personalityless high-pitched voice manlet MCs
Michael Ortiz
ngl this is pretty based
Ayden Thompson
Highschool dxd is pretty good.
Cumbrain jokes... but still funny.
Joshua Lewis
Hachiman isn't one though. He has friends, a cute girlfriend.
Aiden Torres
what's weird is that deku has to be one of the biggest self inserts yet he doesn't look like the typical ones made for it
the author just made a self insert for himself and all the other losers followed
James Thomas
true, there are a lot of folks who related to his misanthropic mannerisms only get BTFO'd by his character eventually growing up
Colton Parker
"Self insert characters" are more so non intrusive and non intimidating main characters that do not interfere with the viewer's wish fulfillment fantasy. Basically, a lot of guys watch anime for their waifus and comfort and statistics have shown that men are vastly more comfortable when in the absence of other males, while in the presence of other male competition they become more tense. Men are much more likely to like things and spend money on your product when they are comfortable and feel their is waifu is "theirs". Most anime is designed to be welcoming and non confrontational, so these anime targeted at young guys follow this rule pretty well. Look at gacha games for an extreme example, all the main characters are obnoxious blank slates, because they are basically you. Anime that isn't trying to give a waifu wish fulfillment fantasy doesn't need to follow this rule, but instead you'll notice other trends.
It all comes down to advertising and your target audience.