The Guy Who Always Lost

I wouldn't really recommend the anime I'm watching right now (sexism and such), but there's something really interesting about it; when the hero gets into a fight, he tends to lose. The fights usually end when a friend of his (always a girl) saves him or stops the fight or something along those lines. He doesn't pick fights for fun either; he's generally fighting to try to help someone.

You'd think this would be boring, or anticlimactic, but you'd be wrong. There's something really inspiring in watching a guy pick fights he can't win because he needs to try or because he thinks his death will actually fix the situation. It makes me more invested in what's going to happen, who's going to intervene and why.

This show really made me think about Western storytelling's obsession about winning-at-all-costs. Sometimes, losing is even more interesting. I need to remember that.