The most recent shonen deuteragonists to garner parallels are Megumi from Jujutsu Kaisen and Aki from Chainsaw Man, however they differ from one another more than they seem.
The jujutsu world has descended into complete anarchy while Gojo Satoru has been imprisoned. It's starting to resemble Gojo's past experiences uncannily.
Kenjaku has repeatedly shown himself to be a superb manipulator, so it should come as no surprise that his military invasion plan is more complicated than he initially claimed.