History TheScrappy / AnimeAndManga

* ''Anime/DoctorSlump'': Tsun Tsuruten. He can best be described as a heavily Flanderized version of Senbei, but with none of the traits that made him an entertaining character. He is shown to perv on his wife and even his daughter, and can be a ToxicFriendInfluence to Senbei when he tried to revert from his perverted behavior after marrying Midori.

* ''Anime/CrossAnge'': Jill gained quite a bit of a negative reception for her actions such as doing a painful cavity search on Ange; pulling off a really huge IdiotBall moment by sending her out into the frontlines when she just wanted to escape. By the time "[[Recap/CrossAngeEp18ConclusiveOcean Conclusive Ocean]]" aired, [[TakeThatScrappy fans cheered when Ange finally kicks Jill down]].

** '''''Nina Einstein.''''' Her xenophobia and racism ([[AllThereInTheManual caused by bad experiences in a Japanese ghetto]]), her [[PsychoLesbian rather unsettling affection for Euphemia]], and [[MadScientist her role in creating the Geass-world equivalent of a nuclear bomb]] [[spoiler:resulting in the death of millions]] earned her the hatred of the fanbase. The [[FanDisservice Table-kun incident]] didn't help. Though unlike other cases, she actually [[CharacterDevelopment learned her lesson and wised up]], but it didn't change her status with the fandom.
** Typically, by the end of the series, all the fan hatred has, in an interesting meta-contrast to the ending, been shifted towards Kaname Ohgi. Initially he was able to compensate his status as TheGenericGuy in an otherwise vividly colorful cast by virtue of being the Black Knights' VoiceOfReason to the point of becoming a minor EnsembleDarkhorse. But his increasingly rash decisions and degeneration into hypocrisy towards the end of R2 (including [[spoiler:backstabbing Lelouch based on VillainsNeverLie, and functionally surrendering the ''entire world'' to Britannia in an under-the-table deal to free Japan]]) quickly plummeted him to Scrappy status. Not only he does ''not'' suffer in any way, shape, or form for his mistakes and ends up both a {{Karma|Houdini}} ''and'' an IdiotHoudini, but at the end of the series, he gets one of the happiest endings out of all of the cast by being HappilyMarried with Villetta Nu. He even became the ''Prime Minister of Japan'' while two of the main characters -- [[spoiler:Lelouch and Suzaku]] -- get much less ideal endings, which made him even more hated by several fans of the show. This was amplified by the knowledge that [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Ohgi's actions basically led to the final arc and the characters' bad ends]], which have been a matter of controversy among various fans.

** Ohgi's newlywed wife, Villetta Nu, also shares in the hate for [[LoveMakesYouDumb supposedly leading him astray in the first place]] and screwing Lelouch over in the most inopportune moments, culminating in her being trusted over Lelouch leading to [[spoiler:the betrayal]] when she has no right to be, as an agent against him on behalf of Britannia (re:the geass and him being AWOL following the Black Rebellion, even though she was the one watching over Lelouch for geass, meaning she may have very well misled them, and keeping him under surveillance during that year, making her partly responsible for the latter, and also that she was the one who incapacitated Ohgi in the first place partly due to the latter's carelessness, and Ohgi [[NeverMyFault still completely blames Lelouch for being treated as an expendable and abandoning him during that moment]]). And yet, she too shares in Ohgi's happy ending for her convenient [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor team switch]], even though she undergoes no redemptive character development nor actually does anything for the peace. Meanwhile, each of the main leads had already [[spoiler:lost a love interest they both cared about, one of which started falling deeper into despair after being used by Villetta]]. It's not too strange to find fans who wished they didn't survive the waterfall incident.

* ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'': Seita's aunt is despised for being an abusive {{Jerkass}} to him and his sister even though they lost their parents, enough that Seita leaves her house with his sister, which results in [[spoiler:both of them starving to death on the streets]]. While all this would make for a seemingly intentional HateSink, [[spoiler:Seita is portrayed as being in the wrong for not swallowing his pride and returning to his aunt for the sake of survival]]. The HardTruthAesop was just a bit too much for some viewers to swallow, who instead saw Seita as a massive {{Woobie}} and his aunt as unforgivable scum. It was to the point that she [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/05/10-1/poll-japanese-fans-name-animes-most-unforgivable-characters won third place in a Japanese poll of the most unforgivable anime characters]], only beaten out by ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''[='=]s Kyubey and ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays''[='=] Makoto Itou.

* ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'': The characters introduced in the second half of this series are extremely hit or miss. You've some here and there that pretty much everyone loves like Gosha, Sebun, Zaguan, and Agata. You've got some that are meant to be terrible but nuanced people that end up becoming [[BaseBreakingCharacter Base Breaking Characters]] due to poor writing like Yafya, Melon, and Leano. And then there's Kyuu. If someone tells you they like Kyuu they're probably lying to you. She and her Imaginary Chimera power, which are seen by most as basically budget [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Stands]], being introduced marked what seemed to be a point of no return for this once beloved series. Following her introduction, the series began to rapidly descend into complete incoherence on its march towards cancellation. And that Imaginary Chimera power? It didn't end up factoring into the plot whatsoever. It was literally just weirdness for its own sake that was forgotten about as quickly as it was brought up.

* ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'': Seita's aunt is despised for being an abusive {{Jerkass}} to him and his sister even though they lost their parents, enough that Seita leaves her house with his sister, which results in [[spoiler:both of them starving to death on the streets]]. While all this would make for a seemingly intentional HateSink, [[spoiler:Seita is portrayed as being in the wrong for not swallowing his pride and returning to his aunt for the sake of survival]]. Viewers disagreed, seeing Seita as a massive {{Woobie}} and his aunt as unforgivable scum, enough that she [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/05/10-1/poll-japanese-fans-name-animes-most-unforgivable-characters won third place in a poll of the most unforgivable anime characters]], only beaten out by ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''[='=]s Kyubey and ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays''[='=] Makoto Itou.

* ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'': In Japan, Seita's aunt [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/05/10-1/poll-japanese-fans-name-animes-most-unforgivable-characters won third place in a poll of the most unforgivable anime characters]], only beaten out by ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''[='=]s Kyubey and ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays''[='=] Makoto Itou.

** Shin gets a lot of flak, particularly in the Japanese fandom, for being introduced as a mysterious Supreme Kai, only to come off as an incompetent wimp whose power is mostly an InformedAbility from Piccolo, and mostly just exists to hype up Buu. It doesn't help that the role of Supreme Kai was poorly defined within the original story, making him feel extraneous to the setting.

** Shin gets a lot of flak, particularly in the Japanese fandom, for being introduced as a mysterious Supreme Kai determined to stop Buu, only to come off as an incompetent wimp whose power is mostly an InformedAbility from Piccolo, and forgoes several opportunities to be more useful, like [[ForgotAboutHisPowers using his mind-reading on Spopovich and Yamu]] instead of letting them steal Gohan's energy just to trail them, or warning anyone that Buu could absorb people after personally seeing it long ago. It doesn't help that the role of Supreme Kai was poorly defined within the original story, making him feel extraneous to the setting.

*** The annoying, repulsive [[SmugSnake Hideki Kurohagi]], even though he is apparently supposed to be one of the [[BigBad main antagonists]]. His grating voice, [[DirtyCoward pathetic cowardice]], constantly taunting and repeatedly trying to inflict BodyHorror on Wolverine, a truly bizarre SissyVillain attitude, and all-too-realistic sexual and physical abuse of Mariko Yashida, worsened by the real-life sexual harassment allegations against his voice actor Creator/VicMignogna, has not endeared him to any fans in the slightest. Most people who watched the show desperately wished that Wolverine simply killed him quickly and get it over with as early as in the fourth episode when he had the chance before fighting the fan-favorite Omega Red. In addition, he kept [[SpotlightStealingSquad hogging all the screen time]] as opposed to his much more menacing ally [[BadassNormal Shingen]] or even the monstrous [[SerialKiller Omega Red]], and every time he shows up, he keeps finding ways to be even more pathetic and disgusting than before, with fans wanting him to just die so that the rest of the series could still be salvaged with better villains. Not only did this not happen, with Hideki lasting all the way until the end of the series, being the FinalBoss, but he ultimately puts the final nail in the coffin by calling Mariko a “whore” and then turning the whole anime into a giant ShootTheShaggyDog story by shooting her dead just as Wolverine was finally able to rescue her and end his quest. In fact, he was so despised that he was ultimately not seen or mentioned by name again in any of the other Marvel movies, animation, or comic books that would visit the same story, such as ''Film/TheWolverine''. Even the creators of the Wolverine anime seem to know this well, as when they did put Wolverine into the other anime projects (Iron Man, Blade, and X-Men), they made certain to exclusively write Mariko’s death as a result of Hideki’s supplier A.I.M., and not Hideki himself.
*** Shingen hasn’t gotten much fans either, because in this continuity, he spends his screen time being both a one-dimensional, [[FlatCharacter generic]] {{Jerkass}} and GenericDoomsdayVillain who never seems to be called out for his actions, not even with the case of his own daughter, who he barely even interacts with and randomly calls her his property, and when he abused Hideki, who was supposed to help him fulfill his plans in the first place through his arranged marriage. He doesn’t even have as much screen time as he was supposed to, despite his BigBad role, and when he does show up, he has absolutely no personality at all other than apparently he wants perfection. He also gets treated like an inexplicably [[InvincibleVillain unstoppable]] VillainSue for no other reason than to show that he is the main threat that Wolverine has to face. His bloated HonorBeforeReason mindset also doesn’t help, neither does his stereotypical arrogant BloodKnight attitude towards Wolverine and Koh. Fans especially don’t like him for taking away too much time and attention from other fan-favorite villains that appear here, like Omega Red. Even the creators of the Wolverine anime seem to know this well, as when they did put Wolverine into the other anime projects (Iron Man, Blade, and X-Men), they made certain to exclusively write Mariko’s death as a result of Hideki’s supplier A.I.M., and not Shingen himself.

*** Koh started as another BadassNormal, grandfatherly type figure, especially to young Min, up until he basically threw away the lives of his own resistance force just to get a desperate attempt at killing Hideki and taking over Madripoor. Even when Min ended up dying, he just kept proceeding to try to get his revenge, an act that even [[BigBad Shingen]] called him out on, saying that he didn’t even care that Shingen had killed his son, but instead wanted to get power for himself that was not meant to be his in the first place, subverting any noble purpose he claims to have and instead making him look like Koh is TooDumbToLive. Even after his HeroicSacrifice, by that point his actions are so pointless a deplorable that any sympathy and respect that he may have had during his first appearance had all but vanished.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Absalom, a lecherous, misogynistic {{Jerkass}} who's [[HarmlessVillain a complete waste]] of [[{{Invisibility}} a cool Devil Fruit power]], and who's only accomplishment of note is sexually harassing Nami. Even Creator/EiichiroOda hated him; not only did he appear as little as possible after his introductory arc, but his ''only'' post-TimeSkip appearance is [[TakeThatScrappy getting unceremoniously killed off by Blackbeard and his crew]], [[spoiler:with his power [[PowerCopying getting transferred]] to the far cooler Shiryu.]]

** Babidi is hated by a sizable portion of the fanbase. Granted, you're [[HateSink supposed to hate Babidi because he's evil]]. However, most of the hate he receives comes from his shrill annoying voice, being a DirtyCoward who relies on his henchmen to do all his work, as well as his [[StupidEvil tendency]] to grab the VillainBall at the worst of times.

*** The annoying, repulsive [[SmugSnake Hideki Kurohagi]], even though he is apparently supposed to be one of the [[BigBad main antagonists]]. His grating voice, [[DirtyCoward pathetic cowardice]], constantly taunting and repeatedly trying to inflict BodyHorror on Wolverine, and all-too-realistic sexual and physical abuse of Mariko Yashida, worsened by the real-life sexual harassment allegations against his voice actor Creator/VicMignogna, has not endeared him to any fans in the slightest. Most people who watched the show desperately wished that Wolverine simply killed him in the fourth episode when he had the chance before fighting the fan-favorite Omega Red. In addition, he kept [[SpotlightStealingSquad hogging all the screen time]] as opposed to his much more menacing ally [[BadassNormal Shingen]] or even the monstrous [[SerialKiller Omega Red]], and every time he shows up, he keeps finding ways to be even more pathetic and disgusting than before, with fans wanting him to just die so that the rest of the series could still be salvaged with better villains. Not only did this not happen, with Hideki lasting all the way until the end of the series, being the FinalBoss, but he ultimately puts the final nail in the coffin by calling Mariko a “whore” and then turning the whole anime into a giant ShootTheShaggyDog story by shooting her dead just as Wolverine was finally able to rescue her and end his quest. In fact, he was so despised that he was ultimately not seen or mentioned by name again in any of the other Marvel movies, animation, or comic books that would visit the same story, such as ''Film/TheWolverine''. Even the creators of the Wolverine anime seem to know this well, as when they did put Wolverine into the other anime projects (Iron Man, Blade, and X-Men), they made certain to exclusively write Mariko’s death as a result of Hideki’s supplier A.I.M., and not Hideki himself.

*** The annoying, repulsive [[SmugSnake Hideki Kurohagi]], even though he is apparently supposed to be one of the [[BigBad main antagonists]]. His grating voice, [[DirtyCoward pathetic cowardice]], constantly taunting and repeatedly trying to inflict BodyHorror on Wolverine, and all-too-realistic sexual and physical abuse of Mariko Yashida, worsened by the real-life sexual harassment allegations against his voice actor Creator/VicMignogna, has not endeared him to any fans in the slightest. Most people who watched the show desperately wished that Wolverine simply killed him in the fourth episode when he had the chance before fighting the fan-favorite Omega Red. In addition, he kept [[SpotlightStealingSquad hogging all the screen time]] as opposed to his much more menacing ally [[BadassNormal Shingen]] or even the monstrous [[SerialKiller Omega Red]], and every time he shows up, he keeps finding ways to be even more pathetic and disgusting than before, with fans wanting him to just die so that the rest of the series could still be salvaged with better villains. Not only did this not happen, with Hideki lasting all the way until the end of the series, being the FinalBoss, but he ultimately puts the final nail in the coffin by calling Mariko a “whore” and then turning the whole anime into a giant ShootTheShaggyDog story by shooting her dead just as Wolverine was finally able to rescue her and end his quest. In fact, he was so despised that he was ultimately not seen or mentioned by name again in any of the other Marvel movies, animation, or comic books that would visit the same story, such as ''Film/TheWolverine''. Even the creators of the Wolverine anime seem to know this well, as when they did put Wolverine into the other anime projects (Iron Man, Blade, and X-Men), they made certain to exclusively write Mariko’s death as a result of Hideki’s supplier A.I.M.
*** Shingen hasn’t gotten much fans either, because in this continuity, he spends his screen time being both a one-dimensional, generic {{Jerkass}} who never seems to be called out for his actions, even when he abused Hideki, who was supposed to help him fulfill his plans in the first place through his forcing his own daughter to proceed through an arranged marriage. He also gets treated like an inexplicably dangerous VillainSue for no other reason than to show that he is the main threat that Wolverine has to face. His bloated HonorBeforeReason mindset also doesn’t help, neither does his stereotypical arrogant BloodKnight attitude towards Wolverine and Koh. Fans especially don’t like him for taking away too much time and attention from other fan-favorite villains that appear here, like Omega Red.

** ''[[Anime/MarvelAnimeWolverine Wolverine]]'': Among the many flaws that this anime has possessed, these two characters were particularly ‘’’glaring’’’ examples:

*** Koh started as another BadassNormal, grandfatherly type figure, especially to young Min, up until he basically threw away the lives of his own resistance force just to get a desperate attempt at killing Hideki and taking over Madripoor. Even when Min ended up dying, he just kept proceeding to try to get his revenge, an act that even [[BigBad Shingen]] called him out on, saying that he didn’t even care that Shingen had killed his son, but instead wanted to get power for himself that was not meant to be his in the first place, subverting any noble purpose he claims to have and instead making him look like Koh is TooDumbToLive. Even after his HeroicSacrifice, by that point his actions are so pointless an deplorable that any sympathy and respect that he may have had during his first appearance had all but vanished.

*** The annoying, repulsive [[SmugSnake Hideki Kurohagi]], even though he is apparently supposed to be one of the [[BigBad main antagonists]]. His grating voice, [[DirtyCoward pathetic cowardice]], constantly taunting and repeatedly trying to inflict BodyHorror on Wolverine, and all-too-realistic sexual and physical abuse of Mariko Yashida, worsened by the real-life sexual harassment allegations against his voice actor Creator/VicMignogna, has not endeared him to any fans in the slightest. Most people who watched the show desperately wished that Wolverine simply killed him in the fourth episode when he had the chance before fighting the fan-favorite Omega Red. In addition, he kept [[SpotlightStealingSquad hogging all the screen time]] as opposed to his much more menacing ally [[BadassNormal Shingen]], and every time he shows up, he keeps finding ways to be even more pathetic and disgusting than before, with fans wanting him to just die so that the rest of the series could still be salvaged with better villains. Not only did this not happen, with Hideki lasting all the way until the end of the series, being the FinalBoss, but he ultimately puts the final nail in the coffin by calling Mariko a “whore” and then turning the whole anime into a giant ShootTheShaggyDog story by shooting her dead just as Wolverine was finally able to rescue her and end his quest. In fact, he was so despised that he was ultimately not seen or mentioned by name again in any of the other Marvel movies, animation, or comic books that would visit the same story, such as ''Film/TheWolverine''. Even the creators of the Wolverine anime seem to know this well, as when they did put Wolverine into the other anime projects (Iron Man, Blade, and X-Men), they made certain to exclusively write Mariko’s death as a result of Hideki’s supplier A.I.M.

** ''[[Anime/MarvelAnimeWolverine Wolverine]]'': Among the many flaws that this anime has possessed, one particularly ‘’’glaring’’’ one is the inclusion of the annoying, repulsive [[SmugSnake Hideki Kurohagi]], even though he is apparently supposed to be one of the [[BigBad main antagonists]]. His grating voice, [[DirtyCoward pathetic cowardice]], constantly taunting and repeatedly trying to inflict BodyHorror on Wolverine, and all-too-realistic sexual and physical abuse of Mariko Yashida, worsened by the real-life sexual harassment allegations against his voice actor Creator/VicMignogna, has not endeared him to any fans in the slightest. Most people who watched the show desperately wished that Wolverine simply killed him in the fourth episode when he had the chance before fighting the fan-favorite Omega Red. In addition, he kept [[SpotlightStealingSquad hogging all the screen time]] as opposed to his much more menacing ally [[BadassNormal Shingen]], and every time he shows up, he keeps finding ways to be even more pathetic and disgusting than before, with fans wanting him to just die so that the rest of the series could still be salvaged with better villains. Not only did this not happen, with Hideki lasting all the way until the end of the series, being the FinalBoss, but he ultimately puts the final nail in the coffin by calling Mariko a “whore” and then turning the whole anime into a giant ShootTheShaggyDog story by shooting her dead just as Wolverine was finally able to rescue her and end his quest. In fact, he was so despised that he was ultimately not seen or mentioned by name again in any of the other Marvel movies, animation, or comic books that would visit the same story, such as ''Film/TheWolverine''. Even the creators of the Wolverine anime seem to know this well, as when they did put Wolverine into the other anime projects (Iron Man, Blade, and X-Men), they made certain to exclusively write Mariko’s death as a result of Hideki’s supplier A.I.M.

** ''[[Anime/MarvelAnimeWolverine Wolverine]]'': Among the many flaws that this anime has possessed, one particularly ‘’’glaring’’’ one is the inclusion of the annoying, repulsive [[SmugSnake Hideki Kurohagi]], even though he is apparently supposed to be one of the [[BigBad main antagonists]]. His grating voice, [[DirtyCoward pathetic cowardice]], constantly taunting and repeatedly trying to inflict BodyHorror on Wolverine, and all-too-realistic sexual and physical abuse of Mariko Yashida, worsened by the real-life sexual harassment allegations against his voice actor Creator/VicMignogna, has not endeared him to any fans. Most people who watched the show desperately wished that Wolverine simply killed him in the fourth episode when he had the chance before fighting the fan-favorite Omega Red. In addition, he kept [[SpotlightStealingSquad hogging all the screen time]] as opposed to his much more menacing ally [[BadassNormal Shingen]], and every time he shows up, he keeps finding ways to be even more pathetic and disgusting than before, with fans wanting him to die so that the rest of the series could still be salvaged. Not only did this not happen, with Hideki lasting all the way until the end of the series, but he ultimately puts the final nail in the coffin by calling Mariko a “whore” and then turning the whole anime into a giant ShootTheShaggyDog story by shooting her dead just as Wolverine was finally able to rescue her and regain their happiness. In fact, he was so despised that he was ultimately not seen or mentioned by name again in any of the other Marvel movies, animation, or comic books that would visit the same story, such as ''Film/TheWolverine''. Even the creators of the Wolverine anime seem to know this well, as when they did put Wolverine into the other anime projects (Iron Man, Blade, and X-Men), they made certain to exclusively write Mariko’s death as a result of Hideki’s supplier A.I.M.

** ''[[Anime/MarvelAnimeWolverine Wolverine]]'': Among the many flaws that this anime has possessed, one particularly ‘’’glaring’’’ one is the inclusion of the annoying, repulsive [[SmugSnake Hideki Kurohagi]], even though he is apparently supposed to be one of the [[BigBad main antagonists]]. His grating voice, [[DirtyCoward pathetic cowardice]], constantly taunting and repeatedly trying to inflict BodyHorror on Wolverine, and all-too-realistic sexual and physical abuse of Mariko Yashida, worsened by the real-life sexual harassment allegations against his voice actor Creator/VicMignogna, has not endeared him to any fans. Most people who watched the show desperately wished that Wolverine simply killed him in the fourth episode when he had the chance before fighting the fan-favorite Omega Red. In addition, he kept [[SpotlightStealingSquad hogging all the screen time]] as opposed to his much more menacing ally [[BadassNormal Shingen]], and every time he shows up, he keeps finding ways to be even more pathetic and disgusting than before, with fans wanting him to die so that the rest of the series could still be salvaged. Not only did this not happen, with Hideki lasting all the way until the end of the series, but he ultimately puts the final nail in the coffin by calling Mariko a “whore” and then turning the whole anime into a giant ShootTheShaggyDog story by shooting her dead just as Wolverine was finally able to rescue her and regain their happiness. In fact, he was so despised that he was ultimately not seen or mentioned by name again in any of the other Marvel movies, animation, or comic books that would visit the same story, such as ''Film/The Wolverine''. Even the creators of the Wolverine anime seem to know this well, as when they did put Wolverine into the other anime projects (Iron Man, Blade, and X-Men), they made certain to exclusively write Mariko’s death as a result of Hideki’s supplier A.I.M.

** ''[[Anime/MarvelAnimeWolverine Wolverine]]'': Among the many flaws that this anime has possessed, one glaring one is the annoying, repulsive [[SmugSnake Hideki Kurohagi]], even though he is apparently supposed to be one of the [[BigBad main antagonists]]. His grating voice, [[DirtyCoward pathetic cowardice]], constantly taunting and repeatedly trying to inflict BodyHorror on Wolverine, and all-too-real sexual and physical abuse of Mariko Yashida, worsened by the real-life sexual harassment allegations against his voice actor Creator/VicMignogna, has not endeared him to any fans. Most people who watched the show desperately wished that Wolverine simply killed him in the fourth episode when he had the chance before fighting the fan-favorite Omega Red. In addition, he kept [[SpotlightStealingSquad hogging all the screen time]] as opposed to his much more menacing ally [[BadassNormal Shingen]], and every time he shows up, he keeps finding ways to be even more pathetic and disgusting than before, worsening his character. In fact, he was so despised that he was not seen or mentioned by name again in any of the other Marvel movies, animation, or comic books that would visit the same story, such as ''Film/The Wolverine''. Even the creators of the Wolverine anime seem to know this well, as when they did put Wolverine into the other anime projects (Iron Man, Blade, and X-Men), they made certain to exclusively write Mariko’s death as a result of Hideki’s supplier A.I.M.

** Kicker. He's annoying, hates Transformers for stupid reasons, constantly complains, abuses the shit out of poor Ironhide, is often TheLoad for the Autobots, and is treated like [[CharacterShilling God's gift to the universe]]. It doesn't help that he's never called out on his actions. Creator/BradSwaile, who provided the English dub voice for Kicker, has gone on record saying that [[OldShame he felt bad about playing him]] after he gained mainstream success with ''Manga/DeathNote''.

** Shin gets a lot of flak, particularly in the Japanese fandom, for being introduced as a mysterious Supreme Kai determined to stop Buu, only to come off as an incompetent wimp whose power is mostly an InformedAbility from Piccolo, and forgoes several opportunities to be more useful, like [[ForgotAboutHisPowers using his mind-reading on Spopovich and Yamu]] instead of letting them steal Gohan's energy just to trail them, or warning anyone that Buu could absorb people after personally seeing it long ago.

** Shin, the Eastern Supreme Kai, gets a lot of flak from the fanbase. His role in the story largely amounts to hyping up Buu as the next major threat, but Shin himself doesn’t make much of an impression power-wise beyond Piccolo's deference to his poorly-defined (at least in ''Z'') position as Supreme Kai. While Trunks served a similar role in hyping up the next threat, he made a stronger first impression by easily defeating Frieza and his father, and was conceptually more interesting as Vegeta and Bulma's future son. Many of his actions also make him look incompetent in hindsight, such as letting Spopovich and Yamu steal Gohan's energy just to trail them despite his ability to read minds, and never warning anyone that Buu could absorb his opponents despite seeing it happen firsthand.

** Shin is seen as a joke by many fans in both the West and East. His role in the story largely amounts to hyping up Buu as the next major threat, but Shin himself make much of an impression power-wise beyond Piccolo's deference to his poorly-defined (at least in ''Z'') position as Supreme Kai. While Trunks served a similar role in hyping up the next threat, he made a stronger first impression by easily defeating Frieza and his father, and was conceptually more interesting as Vegeta and Bulma's future son. He's also derided for several terrible decisions, such as letting Spopovich and Yamu steal Gohan's energy just to trail them despite his ability to read minds, and never warning anyone that Buu could absorb his opponents despite seeing it happen firsthand.