Canon Sues!

[meganbmoore]

Fictional character (mostly manga so far) are being subjected to The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test and tallied up at

telophase's LJ here.  

I took it for 11 Samurai Deeper Kyo characters.  Only Yuya, Mahiro and Okuni escape "kill it dead" territory.  Actually, of all characters tested so far, Kyo is the Sue-est of them all at 138, and Okuni the least-Sue of all at 8.

Go take it for your favorite/least favorite characters!

 

ETA:  Someone tested Miaka 4 times ranging from very strict to very lenient, and came out with a median score of 179.  I say this without comment and only because a few might find it interesting. 

Comments

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

This is why, IMO, the term 'sue' is not as applicable for lead characters. My favorite leads are the Sue-y-est Sues that ever Sued, but they're leads, dammit!

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Hmm...I think it's applicable for lead characters, but I think that, if they're given complexities and faults, they get to escape.