10 Non-Human Anime Protagonists More Relatable Than Humans

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Anime has built an entire subgenre around making characters non-human and then watching them reach towards the very things that define humans, like belonging, grief, purpose and love. These characters span gemstone bodies, slime cores, demon biology, and immortal elf lifespans, yet each one ends up illustrating human emotional struggle more clearly than a conventional human lead might.