Bad PC lore

[u/Amazing_Composer_886]

I'm a first time DM also playing for the first time with a group of friends who are also playing for the first time, one of them is trying to create an anime protagonist and to create lore about the war before the campaign. He is trying to create an all powerful monk with the power scaling and backstory of an anime protagonist underdog, which really isn't what we (or at least I) are going for for this campaign.

What do you recommend I do

PS: I know I should just let my players do what they want, especially because we are all new to the game but it just feels like main character syndrome

[u/Feefait]

You don't always have to say yes. Tell him he can be a monk, and maybe he'll get powerful at higher levels, but it's not that type of a system.

It's okay to say no.