HERE IS A REPOST OF 
"The wonderful thing about anime is that there are a variety of different characters across different genres. These characters can inspire us and make us laugh all at the same time. My favorite anime character is Saitama. The man who is a hero for fun is actually the closest pure creation of what a hero is.
Saitama is character who was a normal person who had a nonoridinary goal and that was "to be a hero". His focused mindset allowed him to achieve this goal and become the greatest hero in the world. My favorite quality about Saitama though is he is not only oblivious he can be in certain situations but also how funny he goes about it. He could be fighting a rampaging beast who is punching him in the fact but all he's thinking about is the store sale he missed. That is truly funny.
The characters that can make me laugh and be serious are great. We can relate to these characters because we can see ourselves in them. Saitama reminds us we can all be heroes if we only put our mind to it!"