Important elements :
1. Well thought out story
2. A good quantity of action and humor (Sun Ken Rock)
3. Characters that you can relate to
4. Romance (can be related to the character or not)
5. Cliffhanger endings
6. If the story is horror gore is a must , so is insanity (Hellsing , Berserk)
7.Historical or doesn't matter which period exactly but it be interesting to see something new
8. Martial arts can be normal or with ki and such (Like in Veritas or Breaker and Breaker:New waves . Like All rounder Meguru ,Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru)
9.The personality of the character should fit the story but he/she shouldn't be a total air head
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