Understanding Storytelling: Choosing the Wrong Main Character with Tenjou Tenge

So I recently wrote a post about why I thought anime was a better medium than light novels and manga.  While I was writing that, I decided to do a little experiment, specifically I would re-watch the Tenjou Tenge anime, which I remembered being pretty mediocre, and I would read the manga alongside it to see…

Is there an anime like Rise of the Shield Hero where the main character saves a girl from being a slave and makes her their friend/companion? - Quora

Characters from Tenjo Tenge 22

Tenjo Tenge (TV Series 2004) - IMDb

Characters from Tenjo Tenge 22

Which anime lead do you believe doesn't deserve to be the protagonist? - Quora

Characters from Tenjo Tenge 22

Characters from Tenjo Tenge 22

Chapter 1, Tenjou Tenge Wiki

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