Can someone please explain to me the appeal of "I am the main character but everyone else outshines me" stories? I always end up feeling kinda of sympathetic to the MC because it's like they just got NTRd by the plot itself, even if they're usually not bitter about it themselves I can't help but think "Wow, that would be really interesting...if the main character did it."
I just can't seem to get into it, so someone tell me what I'm missing.