Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-48285-20161205164344/@comment-26871067-20170804032103

Jaadowgg wrote: Do you think fans still hold on to that "main 4" designation because it's a tradition or whatever? Maybe. The 2011 anime definitely held on to it. I consider Leorio's situation to be sort of like... the main 4 is a thing as far as I'm concerned, not just a fan thing. They're all treated as The Protagonists, and Leorio is just the one who's gotten basically jack shit to warrant it lately. It seems like it's a sort of relic from earlier in the series, but I don't think Leorio deserves having his role as protagonist revoked just yet.

That said, I do genuinely believe there's a harsh divide between Leorio's screentime and the way fans view him re: the series. I love Leorio, sure. But people severely overestimate his importance to the plot in general. In the future he'll hopefully get his time to really shine.