Role models in anime

Role models in anime Was wondering if anyone has a character in anime they had as a role model that they try to emulate in their life. Mine is Piccolo from dbz and dbgt. (Not original dragonball where he's the bad guy >___<) He started off as a bad guy but slowly changed his ways and became a selfless hero. I remember crying watching the episode in dbgt when he died and I always look back to what he said to Gohan before dying, "Sometimes we have to look beyond what we want and do what's right". That really stuck with me.

Ah i have so many, some of my favorites have to be kenshin himura and hajime saito from rurouni kenshin, Kamina from gurren lagann, Yusuke from yu yu hakusho. Goku and vegita from dragonballz. Ouma Shu from guilty crown. Naruto from naruto. Ichigo from bleach. Spike from cowboy bebop. Kiba from wolfs reign. Vash from trigun. Renton and holland from eureka seven.

And those are just a few that come to mind off the top of my head. I have a thing for main characters who start out either weak or dont seem very dependable, some that seem to want to do it all alone or just be left alone, and those who try to hold it all in, and as the story advances they also advance be it in character, strength, courage, ideals, goals, and growth.

U come to see them go from something so very small and simple and they become larger than life and become the thing that saves the world. They follow their dreams, set almost impossible goals, go through literal and metaphoric hells, and yet in the end always prevail. Its inspiring to me and helped make me wanna strive to be like that in life and its made me the kind of guy i am today ^^

I agree with Fullmetal, Kaminaaa is the Fu#king man. My second would be Yuskue

Grand Teacher Onizuka.

Because who else could be a pedophile, delinquent, and middle school teacher at the same time?