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* Itsuki Kawasumi deconstructs the HumbleHero and (to and extent) ForGreatJustice. Itsuki is portrayed as an overall humble guy who wants to help those in need from those who abuse their authority. Like Ren, he tends to be pretty heroic and tries his hardest to protect his party. It's revealed, however, that he's a ''raging'' {{narcissist}} and GloryHound to the point he deliberately holds back in a fight so that when he goes for the finisher it looks more heroic. His ego also renders him incapable of admitting his mistakes or apologizing for them and completely unable to consider anyone else's thoughts and opinions about himself, which only causes the people around him to detest these traits. As a result everybody ends up keeping their distance from him and him from anyone else in return. Pretty fitting for the [[ArcherArchetype Hero of The Bow]].

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* Itsuki Kawasumi deconstructs the HumbleHero and (to and extent) ForGreatJustice. Itsuki is portrayed as an overall humble guy who wants to help those in need from those who abuse their authority. Like Ren, he tends to be pretty heroic and tries his hardest to protect his party. It's revealed, however, that he's a ''raging'' {{narcissist}} and GloryHound to the point he deliberately holds back in a fight so that when he goes for the finisher it looks more heroic. His ego also renders him incapable of admitting his mistakes or apologizing for them and completely unable to consider anyone else's thoughts and opinions about himself, which only causes the people around him to detest these traits. As a result everybody ends up keeping their distance from him and him from anyone else in return. Pretty fitting for the [[ArcherArchetype Hero of The Bow]].Bow.
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* The three other Cardinal Heroes together also deconstruct the ExperiencedProtagonist in Isekais that put protagonists in game-like worlds. The three already have backgrounds playing role playing games which they base their actions and thought processes around because they assume that the new world they find themselves in must have similar rules to the games they played due to their resemblance. As a result, the three wind up being WrongGenreSavvy and are unable to adapt to the reality of the situation at hand since their "gamer knowledge" made the three other heroes unwilling to accept that they are wrong about how the world and its mechanics work. Turns out that previous "experience" playing games doesn't help when you're actually thrust into a world that behaves differently than what you're used to. Furthermore, the three other Cardinal Heroes also ignore that role playing games even in the same series can be wildly different in game mechanics, which can make experience in a previous game worth less than what it would be at first glance. This is in contrast to Naofumi who isn't as experienced of a gamer as the other three and had to learn everything about his shield and the world from the ground up. This ends up with Naofumi not suffering from CripplingOverSpecialization or the CreativeSterility the other 3 have and actually being successful as a hero.
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* Speaking of which, Melty and Malty's mother and Aultcray's wife Queen Mirellia Q. Melromarc deconstructs RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething and WomenAreWiser. Due to being the ''real'' authority of the kingdom she's left [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe thoroughly exasperated]] by the LethallyStupid actions and InsaneTrollLogic of her [[UpperClassTwit upper-class subordinates and subjects]] to the point of [[CuttingTheKnot nipping it in the bud by eliminating the closest thing to the source of those problems]]: her own husband and oldest daughter. While not to the same degree and extent as [[TragicHero Naofumi]] this also [[GoodIsNotNice leaves her]] [[GoodIsNotSoft more than willing]] to ultimately [[KickTheSonOfABitch deliver the dues]] to {{Asshole Victim}}s whenever possible.

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* Speaking of which, Melty and Malty's mother and Aultcray's wife Queen Mirellia Q. Melromarc deconstructs RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething and WomenAreWiser. Due to being the ''real'' authority of the kingdom she's left [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe thoroughly exasperated]] by the LethallyStupid actions and InsaneTrollLogic of her [[UpperClassTwit upper-class subordinates and subjects]] to the point of [[CuttingTheKnot nipping it in the bud by eliminating the closest thing to the source of those problems]]: her own husband and oldest daughter. While not to the same degree and extent as [[TragicHero Naofumi]] this also [[GoodIsNotNice leaves her]] [[GoodIsNotSoft more than willing]] to ultimately [[KickTheSonOfABitch deliver the dues]] dues to {{Asshole Victim}}s whenever possible.
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* [[spoiler:The Army and Vanguards of the Waves deconstruct the entire basic concept of the StockLightNovelHero (specifically the Main/{{Isekai}} variant). These people are [[{{Reincarnation}} reincarnators]] from a variety of alternate Earths chosen by a being [[GodGuise claiming to be God]] and [[NewLifeInAnotherWorldBonus given "cheat" powers that put them ahead of others in their new worlds]]. However, the result is that these people feel they are actually chosen by {{God}}, everyone else is beneath them thanks to their powers, that [[DeathIsCheap they'll just get another "redo" if they fail]] and become [[{{Narcissist}} egotistical]], [[EntitledBastard self-entitled]] [[TheHedonist hedonistic]] {{Jerkass}}es who wreck everything around them in order to sate their desires. When Naofumi manages to piece the facts together he hypothesizes they're pretty much easily manipulable and disposable pawns who were sent by "God" to sabotage worlds targeted by the Waves of Calamity with their LethallyStupid actions.]]

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* [[spoiler:The Army and Vanguards of the Waves deconstruct the entire basic concept of the StockLightNovelHero (specifically the Main/{{Isekai}} variant). These people are [[{{Reincarnation}} reincarnators]] from a variety of alternate Earths chosen by a being [[GodGuise claiming to be God]] and [[NewLifeInAnotherWorldBonus given "cheat" powers that put them ahead of others in their new worlds]]. However, the result is that these people feel they are actually chosen by {{God}}, everyone else is beneath them thanks to their powers, that [[DeathIsCheap they'll just get another "redo" if they fail]] and become [[{{Narcissist}} egotistical]], [[EntitledBastard self-entitled]] [[TheHedonist hedonistic]] {{Jerkass}}es who wreck everything around them in order to sate their desires. When Naofumi manages to piece the facts together he hypothesizes they're pretty much easily manipulable and disposable pawns who were sent by "God" to sabotage worlds targeted by the [[WorldWreckingWave Waves of Calamity Calamity]] with their LethallyStupid actions.]]

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