Madara Problem

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The Madara Problem is when a writer makes a character so goddamn strong and unstoppable that nothing in their whole universe can touch them, and the writer is stuck either making them weaker (which is a total waste) or killing them with a stupid cheat move.
My main character is so powerful, even the end of the world can’t kill him. I had to make him die with a magic bullet from a random guy in a alley.
The villain is so strong, I had to kill him with a power-up from a pizza delivery man.
I made my character immortal, and now I have to kill him with a magic sock from a random kid.
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The Madara Problem is when a character is so strong, they can’t be killed, and the writer is stuck trying to figure out how to kill them without making them look like a joke or using a stupid trick.
I had to kill my main character with a laser from a robot that showed up out of nowhere.
My villain was too strong, so I made him die from a fart from a talking cat.
I had to kill the strongest character in my story with a single punch from a guy who just walked in.
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The Madara Problem is when a writer creates a character so powerful that they can’t be beaten, and the writer has to either weaken them (which is a total bummer) or kill them with a ridiculous cheat move that makes no sense.
I had to kill my character with a magic sword from a random wizard who showed up late.
My villain was too strong, so I had to make him die from a banana peel.
I had to kill the strongest guy in my story with a single punch from a guy who didn’t even show up until the final chapter.
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