Most iconic non-Final Fantasy JRPG protagonist?

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Grimlyn posted...
Ash lost the Indigo League, Red did not.
Yeah on this point Ash is a jobber who spent literally 25 years to win a proper championship while Red was a champion within one game and a legendary final boss in the second. Not seeing how you can argue they're remotely the same character when their actual characterization and portrayals are so wildly different.

I'd be interested to hear more arguments for 2B not being one of the most prolific characters to enter the genre (or the medium, really) in our lifetimes. The girl is *absolutely everywhere* in crossovers and promotions on the regular, and she single-handedly propelled Nier from the nichest of niche games to borderline scratching at mainstream consciousness with how much the internet was exploding over her upon Automata's release.
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