Welcome to the Anime Walk of Fame, a series of retrospectives on the many characters of the anime world. You'll see all your favorites along with a few that deserve more than their reputations give.

So sit back relax and enjoy the show.

Megumin is Just a Discount Lina Inverse

This is a hot take that needs to be said really.

Megumin is a high ranking mage from the world of Konosuba, she has the power to level entire towns with a massive explosion, she has a complex about her body type and has an appearance that looks more like she's make believing she's a mage as she shares a basic design build of Chunnibyou characters right down to the eyepatch.
In reality she's a poor imitation of Lina Inverse, anime's most powerful mage and easily top ten most powerful anime characters of all time.
The effort it takes for Megumin to summon one explosion, Lina can casually cast Dragon Slave, an attack with the same destructive capabilities but way more powerful, just to rub it in, she can cast Explosion Array with no effort, a low level explosion attack for casually taking out bandits.
I get that the joke of Konosuba is that Megumin's powers are impractical for any fantasy party but her popularity is undeserved considering that older anime characters trump her in everything.
Still not convinced?
Lina Inverse's Giga Slave can wipe out the entire world if she fails to cast it properly, when she succeeds, all final bosses are instantly killed, the only side effect is being drained of Magical power.

Amelia is the Justice Princess Done Right

In stark contrast to previous entrant Rosalie, we have the same type of character with better execution.

Amelia is the justice loving princess of Saillune, raised by her father who instilled in her the righteous path of justice.
What that means in laymans terms is that the King and by extension Amelia, are the main defence for their kingdom.
While Rosalie's troops come down with a bad case of death, Amelia actively makes sure that all her troops survive any ordeal that comes their way even if it's sometimes from her own ally Lina Inverse herself.
Having returned to playing Dynasty Warriors recently where these fancy buzz words are thrown around all the time, it's refreshing to find a character who can live up to their boasting for once, even if you do get sick of it by the end of her debut episode.