Lately all this superhero stories have followed the
same trend, the villain starts out stronger or gains some great new power that
gives him an edge over the hero, and after overcoming a series of trials the
hero defeats the almost victorious villain, who practically had a cake walk until when it
mattered the most. I’m tired of such plots, I know it’s fun watching someone
surmount unbelievable odds, but watching the same thing many times over gets
tiring.
Sadly there are just not many stories that don’t
follow this trend, and I began to think maybe without this trend hero stories
would suck. I was wrong. There’s this manga I’ve been reading and the
protagonist is crazy strong, like I’m yet to see a bad guy that can actually
beat him and the story is still very interesting, of course he goes through
tough challenges but at least it’s not cuz he’s weak or anything. The character is called the Monkey King, I
knew it was from folklore of sorts but I wasn’t sure which and was interested
in it, so I went on find out all I could about it, so here is the story of the
badass Monkey King who shook the heavens.
