Anime: top 10 supporting characters who stole the show from the hero In Anime there are plenty of examples of charismatic supporting characters overshadowing a not-entirely-successful hero. Here there are the most famous:

#10 Elsa Scarlett > Natsu Dragneel / Lucy Hearthphilia (Fairy Tail)

Don’t you bother to argue about whether the protagonist of the story is Natsu Dragneel or rather Lucy Hearthphilia. As it’s Elsa Scarlett that is everyone’s favourite character in Fairy Tail.