Discussion Why are bulky muscular characters so weak in JP novels and CN novels?

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  1. Mount Tai Unleashed

    Mount Tai Unleashed This one has tai but can't see mount eyes

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    Usually the thin weak looking characters swat these guys like flies.

    Thanos is a great example of strength, speed and skill along with a badass bulky appearance minus the nutsack chin.
     
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    Subverting expectations that looking tough and being tough (usually through some kind of system, cultivation, or what not that doesn’t make you looked ripped like a brick shit house) are two different things maybe? Could also be a trope or something to do with their culture at this point though. Like American heroes and such usually look as tough as they are.
     
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    Because of plot armor?
     
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    Because Asian people are generally small and slim where as westerners are seen more as large and bulky. Can't be praising other nationalities, so they gotta make em weak and show the superiority of the chinese/Japanese people.
     
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    That's because jade like beauty/looks is the way to go in these novels.
     
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    to give the reader (who thin and weak) some confidence on their self
     
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    it appears you don;t read enough to find those old but immensely bulky guildmasters in most LNs

    Like this guy
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    Thanos have a dried nut chin
     
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    Suijin Blood God [Medic]

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    why is it that giants (taller than 100m) move so slowly while everyone moves like sonic on drugs.
    seems unfair to the giants
     
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    Maybe its the standard of beauty? Most asian country standard of male beauty are less muscular looking guys so most of them are not so bulky and can kick ass?
     
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    1) After a point, muscle fibers get in the way of mobility, muscles pull on each other after all and without flexibility, you end up losing all but direct pushing/lifting power.
    2) A lot of stories use magic and qi and nothing about muscles implies that it helps, often it's described as it not helping.
    3) most of the strong body cultivators can reform/condense their bodies to circumvent 1, and look better in the process so the only guys who are stuck looking bulky are the scrubs
    4) The specific image of the wild/uncultured bandit is muscular
    5) Probably a bit of your perception/imagination bias, there are plenty of CN and JP stories with very strong muscular bulky dudes, The formation giants in Desolate Era (every time someone mentions vajra/vajrapani/vajra gaurds), the soldiers in the human emporer, the main character in castle of black iron, the kingdom anime, etc
     
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    Hmm that seem wrong though.slender muscle, i forgot the name but it's look like they look slender in clothes but have nice muscle inside
     
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    It's because the authors also aren't muscular. They find satisfaction in imagining being better than everyone else by doing nothing...
     
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    Everyone have forgotten about Mil-tan, that is why they dont afraid anymore. Mil-tan is far more scarier than Thanos.
     
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    Why do you need to be "Badass and Bulky" In Chinese novels where literal Infants can call upon heavenly tribulations with just their birth? Let alone the "Thin and Weak" looking adults. If I had the ability to be extremely powerful without having to have a shit ton of muscles I would. So I can see why the author goes with the slim build over the muscular build.
     
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    Mil tan? High school dxd?
     
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    That's easy... It's because they're not the protagonist. No matter how OP or beefy they were made to be, as long as they're not the protagonist, authors will always make multiple paths for the protagonist to shine above everyone
     
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    For the glory of china!
     
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    eeh, if i can, i will avoid them like a plague. example being that muscular guy in behemoth pet manga.
     
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    just like rat or mosquito they are fast , we(giant) it's hard to hit / kill them