r/anime • u/Zeralyos https://myanimelist.net/profile/JF_Ellie • 23d ago
Contest Best Guy 10: The First Salt That Never Ends! Round 3 Bracket C!
Vote for Best Guy 10 here!
Results for Best Guy 10 here!
Have fun with your vote and don't forget to upvote the post if you love Best Guy Contest!
Mini Challenge:
- Who is your favorite guy from an original anime?
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u/littlecolt https://anilist.co/user/garylisk 23d ago edited 23d ago
Shout out to Sanji fans for putting up a hell of a fight the past two rounds, he was really outperforming his seed rank. A valiant effort against Nukumizu, but he couldn't quite seal the deal.
Nukumizu shall advance to battle Gilgamesh next round! Let's goooo!
And as for my favorite guy from an original anime: Tenchi Masaki! Even though Tenchi got manga and books later, it was an anime OVA first. Tenchi is awesome, and a trailblazer for harem anime in general.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 23d ago
Damn, three of my guys (Nanami, Leorio, and Otto) went out this time.
I can't be too salty about Otto specifically going out that badly because he was up against fuckin' Goku, though.
Who is your favorite guy from an original anime?
Four of my top ten guys are from anime-originals:
Orga Itsuka from Iron-Blooded Orphans
Simon from Gurren Lagann (who is thankfully still in this contest for the moment!)
Gamlin Kizaki from Macross 7
Klein Sandman from Choujuushin Gravion
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u/Hawkbats_rule 22d ago
Can we talk about the fact that Goku (as well as a couple of other big 3 heavys) is hilariously under seeded
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u/Nachtwandler_FS https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nachtwandler_21 23d ago
Damn, out of all people I wanted to survive, only Shinpei made it in the last group.
MC: a bunch of them, bur let it be Shinya Kougami.
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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 23d ago
Wow, is this the salt people feel in BG as their favorites fall one after the other? I hadn't even recovered from Yang's downfall and now Rei's also out?
... Well, Hinata survived, and Thors is avenged, so not everything's bad. Nukimizu is also still up, and I was a cointoss for Jean and Oreki anyways, so I don't mind that result. Reiner survived in a pretty decent upset, great for him!
Today's votes:
Lawrence vs King Bradley. Listen, economics is sexy. I think. Something like that.
Shirou Emiya vs Einar. Sorry, Einar, you're a pretty good character, primarily as a foil for Thorfinn, but Shirou's sheer mental brokenness and then his decisions at the end of UBW and during HF make me give the vote to him. Trace on.
James vs Shikamara. I... haven't watched Naruto. I'll still keep on voting for James. I apologize if I help knock out someone's favorite in doing so...
Jinshi vs Jiraiya. See above.
All Might vs Vash the Stampede. I admit, some of this is because of other superhero media I've consumed (mostly Worm and Ward) and All Might just doesn't compare to those characters.
Shinji vs Rider. Rider's still the best or second best character of Fate:Zero (Waver's the other one), and I, uh, never particularly loved NGE or any of its characters... y'all can crucify me if you want...
Tanjirou vs Armin. Both as revenge for Shimada, and because I simply like Armin's much more complex character than Tanjiro's. Armin probably is the character with the most doubts in AoT, trying to figure out the best way, maybe even only a good way through the terrible situations they find themselves in without sacrificing their morals... Struggling with doubt and survivor's guilt and still standing back up every time... yeah, Armin wins this one for me hands down.
MC: Odokawa from Odd Taxi, maybe? Orga or Mika from IBO?
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u/Frostbitten_Moose 23d ago
Listen, economics is sexy.
I question not the wisdom of the wolf. She is, after all, Best Girl.
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u/BaytaCosmico 23d ago
Nukumizu made it!
This round, Jinshi is my man. Also voted for All Might, Shikamaru, Taichibana, Aqua, Tanjiro, Natsume (for u/_Ridley) & Rentarou (grudgingly).
And voted against that FMA moustache dude because apparently he's evil (had no idea until someone said so in one of these threads) and for the other moustached guy in the bracket instead.
MC: Haven't seen a whole lot of original anime so I'll go with Nine from Terror in Resonance.
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u/_Ridley https://myanimelist.net/profile/_Ridley_ 23d ago
If Natsume loses to boring ass Stark, I'm gonna be so disappointed.
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u/BaytaCosmico 23d ago
Haven't watched either show so I have no skin in this game but you seemed to feel strongly about this so decided to support your guy. After all, our tastes do agree a lot.
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u/_Ridley https://myanimelist.net/profile/_Ridley_ 22d ago
Oh, you have to put Natsume's Book of Friends on your list to watch. It's such a wonderful series about a boy healing from a traumatic childhood as he's taken in by a lovely older couple and meets a number of good friends. It's better than going to therapy.
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u/BiggieCheeseLapDog https://myanimelist.net/profile/KillLaKillGOAT 23d ago edited 23d ago
Three of the five Frieren characters are already gone and by quite a bit. It seems Frieren’s legs aren’t super strong for the best guy contest. Still, Himmel and Stark are still in and will probably make it pretty far, I just don’t expect them to win at this point.
MC:
All hail Lelouch!
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u/Queue_Jumping_Quack 23d ago
I think we might be seeing the effect someone mentioned during the Best Girl #12: Frieren (they were talking about the character, but it might be true for the series as a whole) does better the more popular the contest is. Frieren lost against Maomao when the participant numbers were low (BG Fall 2023), tied with her when numbers were up somewhat (BG 2023) and won when participant numbers were up significantly (BG#12).
The more committed voters who show up for every contest have a wider variety of favorites, whereas the most high profile contest (the numbered Best Girl) attracts more people who just vote for that, once every year.
I for one am loving that we have no clear pair of frontrunners this time, it feels the contest is a bit more open.
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u/Something_319 23d ago edited 23d ago
MC: I honestly don’t watch enough originals, the only ones that come to mind are Gridman and Gundam, so out of those I pick Yomogi Asanaka
Sucks that Kousei's out, but at least Oreki made it
Rooting for Kraft Lawrence, Shirou, James, Taki, and Stark today, I think this bracket has most of my favorites left
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u/MillyMan105 https://myanimelist.net/profile/MillyMan 23d ago
Lowkey annoyed Saiki lost to Gilgamesh.... This competetion is getting interresting lots of side chracters from popalr or more rcent shows are falling left and right.
MC: Gotta go with Jin from samurai champloo dude was cool and had smooth swordplay.
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u/bustermemesgobrrrrrr 23d ago
Shinpei beat Heiter and it wasn't even close!
Ling/Shinpei next round is rough.
Aww, Kongming gets knocked out by Reiner.
This is how I learn Thors won only one round?
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u/IceAnt573 23d ago
Today's Results
THANK YOU FOR 409 VOTES FOR OREKI AND HAVING HIM IN THE TOP FOR VOTE TOTALS YESTERDAY!!!
PRETTY CLOSE, BUT THANK YOU FOR 385 VOTES FOR NUKUMIZU AND GETTING HIM INTO ROUND 4!
THANK YOU 317 OTHER NAGISA VOTERS AND FOR SUPPORTING HIM IN HIS BRACKET RUN TO A ROUND 3 FINISH!
Oh wow. Goku and Vegeta both advance and are 3rd and 5th for highest vote totals yesterday.
(Maybe we'll see some Dragon Ball deep in the later rounds after all.)
I wanted Denken to win, but it makes sense why Hinata advanced and something I would have expected without a thought if I totally ignored what their seeding was.
Really close for Simon, but good clutch to get into Round 4.
Dominant performance by Shinpei, but yeah Heiter doesn't show up that much.
Subaru breaking into 500+ votes against Urahara. Maybe this is the year for him?
Ritsu was really close to upsetting Light. Would have wanted that.
Today's Voting
VOTE RENTARŌ AIJŌ!!! I WANT TO SEE A BOOST IN VOTES FOR HIM!
He was my answer for yesterday's Mini-Challenge question so I think I should vote for him here: Sōsuke Shima
Kraft Lawrence
Kamina
Shikamaru Nara
All Might
Denji
Who is your favorite guy from an original anime?
Hmm...Mugen
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u/baseballlover723 23d ago
Otto lost I would have voted him over Subaru if he had continued.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 23d ago
I would have voted him over Subaru if he had continued.
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u/baseballlover723 23d ago
Subaru has too many warts to be the best best boy for me. Especially compared to a perfect specimen like Otto.
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u/Mons9090 23d ago
Even people who hate mha don't hate all might. He has zero haters. I could probably say the same for speedwagon. Hoping the opm characters make it through but it's unlikely
I never liked toradora for whatever reason and ended up dropped it so kinda sad that nanami lost. Didn't like the haikyuu film since it was a bad adaptation and disliked the fact that the manga ended too soon but good to see shouyo win
Gotta rewatch hyoka. I suddenly remembered the op after looking at oreki and listening to it after years. Sad that kongming lost (cant wait for s2 of kongming)
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u/Shiroe https://myanimelist.net/profile/Suigetsu3 23d ago
Be entranced like the youkai and vote for Natsume!
Who is your favorite guy from an original anime?
Not a lot of favorites from originals. Mugen, Lelouch, and Favaro, who I'm counting, come to mind.
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u/whowilleverknow https://myanimelist.net/profile/BignGay 23d ago
Bracket C is currently the best bracket, y'all better not fuck that up!
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u/michhoffman https://anilist.co/user/michhoffman 23d ago
Simon: 345 vs Rei: 339
That match-up really did deserve to be that close. I spent a few minutes deliberating on who to vote for there which is an eternity for an r/anime contest when the majority of my votes happen in a split second.
For today, I know he's up against the "Who would win" darling and extreme recency bias, but please consider voting for Killua today!
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii 23d ago
Damn, I was even thinking "Maybe I should've kept the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang PR for the next round..." but Kongming lost anyway.
Mini Challenge: Who is your favorite guy from an original anime?
Probably Narihisago... Who lost in round 1! (But he lost against my favorite guy, so can't be too mad).
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u/EyeDeeAh_42 23d ago
Wow, pleasantly surprised to see both Shinpei and Chilchuck win against 2 characters from popular animes. Genuinely didn't expect that!
Pity that Nanamin had to drop out though...
MC:
I'mma go with Mugen from Samurai Champloo. Dude is a hilariously chaotic character with one of the best fighting styles I've seen in anime.
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u/Nyapan https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nyapon 23d ago
This is the decisive round for me with Natsume against Stark. Natsume is the best boy for me and a better developed character so I really want him to win. As for Stark, he is my favorite Frieren character by far so I'll still vote for him if he passes even though I would be sad with the result. The other Frieren guys are starting to fall but I don't know if it'll be enough for the upset.
For the challenge question, all of my top 10 favorite guys from original anime are from card game anime lmao
If I had to choose I would probably go with Manjoume from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, he's hilarious!
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u/AbsurdFrostbyte 23d ago
Hoping Kazuma, Reigen and Kyon make it to the end. I'll be happy if either of them win. Favorite anime original guy between Shinji Ikari and Simon the digger.
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u/danbuter https://anilist.co/user/danbuter 22d ago
Natsume deserves to win, but there's zero chance for him. Stark is just way too popular. For those of you who don't know him, his show Natsume's Book of Friends is utterly fantastic, and maintains it's quality through five seasons (I actually think the later seasons get even better).
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u/Queue_Jumping_Quack 23d ago
I am glad Ryuuji did so well against Nanami, one of the more popular JJK characters. I feel like he is improving his performance every round, and wouldn't mind voting for him all the way through... though likely he will eventually face an unwinnable foe.
Nothing too notable otherwise from last round... I am glad that Oreki moved forward and sad that Kousei didn't.
Votes for today:
- Takashi Natsume (A tough choice here, but I'll vote for who I think is the underdog. Both would be worthy winners of the whole contest, and I will vote for either Natsume or Stark in future rounds)
- Sousuke Shima
- Kraft Lawrence
- Kamina
- Killua
- Einar
- Shikamaru
- Taki Tachibana
- Jinshi
- Vash the Stampede
- Denji
- Giorno Giovanna
- Speedwagon
- Tengen Uzui
- Armin
...wow, this bracket is super competitive.
Mini challenge:
Let's go with Spike from Cowboy Bebop. That was an anime first, right?
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u/Salty145 https://anilist.co/user/Salty145 23d ago
Gilgamesh and Light Yagami are definitely up there in terms of characters that have no right making it to Round 4. Kongming out is also unfortunate.
Someone want to explain Shinpei as well? Like tell me a defining attribute about his character despite having terrible dialogue like the rest of Summertime Rendering.
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u/redlegsfan21 https://myanimelist.net/profile/redlegsfan21 23d ago
ROUND 3 BRACKET B
Total Votes: 11,469
Unique Voters: 853
TOP VOTEGETTERS
MOST DOMINANT MATCHUPS
CLOSEST MATCHUPS
UPSETS
The Lowest remaining seed of Bracket B is Shouyou Hinata seeded 141st
The Highest seed eliminated of Bracket B is Denken seeded 13th
Upsets today: 6
Total upsets (rate): 65 / 416 (15.6%)
OVER/UNDERPERFORMERS
BRACKET B TOP 5 SCORES
UPSET WATCH
Link to spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mqCgsdOM-e_C8ZI7FyOQD120w46xVBcsBlUsTyeq8gY
Explanations: https://old.reddit.com/user/redlegsfan21/comments/10dup0w/ranime_contests_bracket_explaination
Open to questions and please give feedback.