nearly EVERY japanese anime has the "chosen one" trope.
Name three. I'll give you thirty that don't:
Ranma 1/2, Robotech, Lain, Clannad, Lucky Star, Ouran High School Host Club, Kashimashi, Death Note, xxxHolic, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Urusei Yatsura, Ah! My Goddess, Record of the Lodoss War, Madox-01, Bubblegum Crisis, Black Magic-M66, Evangelion, Dragonball, Nuku Nuku, Excel Saga, Aria, Kimagure Orange Road, Nausicaa of the Valley on the Wind, Mononoke Hime, Irresponsible Captain Tyler, Kimi Ni Todoke, DNA^2, Dragon Pink, and the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
Even anime that features prophecies and religious themes like Evangelion don't use the "Chosen One" theme. You have a totally religiously-flavored end of the world scenario, but Shinji was not prophecied to come and save the world, and he didn't. Goku routinely hobnobbed with gods, and he routinley saved the world, but he did it because he chose to not because he was destined to, and there was no prophecy that one day he would come.
I think you're confusing The Chosen One, with protagonist.
Wow, you listed some anime, good job. I could rattle off a hundred Hollywood films in much the same way... All of which don't feature the chosen one trope, and then claim that you don't understand narrative theory and I'm right. But we both know that would would be disingenuous at best, dont we?
I especially like the way you hold up evangelion (did you get it off the trope page? it's listed as a subversion because it DOES use the chosen one thing, but shinji just plain sucks
) as an example of something that doesn't have a chosen one thing going, then explain it like it's something we don't allready know. Then you did the same thing with Dragonball Z. I'm gonna have a go:
In tenchi muyo tenchi isn't the chosen one because he is the only person in the multiverse who can create light hawk wi... Oh shit, Guess I'm not as good at this as you. Lemme try another.
In A Certain Magical Index the main character (forget his name now) isn't the chosen one because he is the only one with the wierd power that trumps anything.... Crap. Did it again.
I mean c'mon, did you even read the trope page for this? Theres like 10 examples right there. And that's just in the jewish anime industry, there's plenty of other examples from other mediums and stuff. And that particular trope isnt about being prophesied, though that often goes hand-in-hand with it. It's about the main character being the only person in the universe who can win. Ichigo in bleach for example wasn't prophesied as far as I know, though I haven't watched that in ages, but he IS the chosen one. He can overcome ALL obstacles, he can master hidden powers noone else would dare to touch, he can bankai when ever, where ever, and how ever he chooses, etc. This is something that is innate to his character and often unexplained other than by the fact that he is the protagonist. He's the chosen one... So you gotta decide if it's that particular trope you have a problem with, or the general idea of prophecies in fiction.
If its the idea of prophecies in fiction, I'd love to point you towards the ancient Greek myths as a standout example of prophecies playing a huge part in narratives. Guess they had a whole bunch of jews writing those things? Or were jewish people the target audience?
Oh hey that's three examples (I'm not gonna count Evangelion, because you and TVtropes made that one for me) Go me.
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How is it a conspiracy to suggest that jewish writers might incorporate jewish themes into their work? Nobody freaks out when people point out literary christ figures.
That's not what you did, you didn't say "hey a jewish guy wrote this and it's got jewish themes" you said "JEWS RUN THE MEDIA! their messages are everywhere!"