Originally Posted by
Lvenger
I saw this panel from the last issue of Batman/Superman where Superman says he doesn't enjoy fighting and I thought that's another thing that separates Superman from a traditional shonen protagonist. Goku wants to fight strong opponents, Luffy wants to be the Pirate King, Naruto wants to be Hokage, Natsu wants to be the strongest etc. Most shonen protagonists like fighting against both enemies and friends because they enjoy the rush of battle and it allows them to test their limits. In contrast, Clark was raised not to relish violence so he doesn't have that warrior instinct that a lot of shonen protagonists have. He only fights to protect others. There are of course instances where he spars against other heroes like Wonder Woman or Starman but these are very rare. Most shonen protagonists want to be the strongest/greatest person in their world whereas Superman doesn't want glory, he wants to make the world a better place.
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