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The claim that you believe it is worse was heavily implied by the fact that you thought it relevant to state how atrocious every series since OS has been.

And it is entirely possible to write series that are meant to be used as self-inserts by other people (which is what I meant, so I guess the miscommunication is on my end). For example, almost every anime in the harem genre is designed to have a main character that can be replaced by the reader (which is why the main character in those series never gets with anyone). Any power fantasy-type series such as Ben 10 or Pokemon games can also be used this way.