5 Of Anime's Greatest Underdogs & The 5 Heroes Who Overshadow Them

Most inspirational heroes throughout fiction have helped save the world or triumphed in smaller-scale trials, but those stories often feature an underdog character who grabs viewers' hearts and, in a way, never lets go. Many anime main protagonists start off lacking and improve throughout the series, but the most famous underdogs are not always necessarily the main characters of the stories they exist in.