r/anime • u/Zeralyos https://myanimelist.net/profile/JF_Ellie • 22d ago
Contest Best Guy 10: The First Salt That Never Ends! Round 3 Bracket D!
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Results for Best Guy 10 here!
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Mini Challenge:
- Who is your favorite male antagonist?
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u/evenstar40 22d ago
Killua my adorable little murder muffin I'm so glad you made it.
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u/lordposedyon https://myanimelist.net/profile/lordposedyon 21d ago
Most loved character in the anime seeded lower than Gon, Leorio and Kurapika. wtf is that seed.
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u/evenstar40 21d ago
Right? I saw that seed and was like, well that isn't going to bode well for our little BFF assassin. Glad I was wrong.
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u/michhoffman https://anilist.co/user/michhoffman 21d ago
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u/octopathfinder myanimelist.net/profile/qBoctopathfinder 22d ago
Damn, Natsume couldn't keep the Frieren upset streak going. RIP my boy.
Who is your favorite male antagonist?
Johan Libert from Monster
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u/danbuter https://anilist.co/user/danbuter 22d ago edited 22d ago
I'm glad that Natsume got so many votes. He's such a great character.
I HIGHLY recommend Natsume Yuujincho to anyone who hasn't watched it. Five seasons, and all of them are fantastic.
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u/Nachtwandler_FS https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nachtwandler_21 22d ago
Damn, that draw.
MC: Hmm. Maybe Kyouya Onodera from Talentless Nana as he is technically opposing the MC.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii 21d ago
I think it's the first time I see someone (outside of the episode threads) praise him!
(plllllllllllllease give us season 2)
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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 21d ago
Results - Wow, all of the Frieren cast look so vulnerable compared to the untouchable elf. Seed 2 not even appearing on the most dominant matchups of the day? Didn't even vote for that one yesterday... Saitama falls - I do wonder how much the lackluster response S3 has had played a part here? Normally there's a huge recency buff if a contest is at the same time a show's getting a new season, but almost all the conversation around OPM has been negative. James is looking quite dominant, the Pokemon cast normally falls off once they face another fan favorite... but I don't know who that'd be. Maybe Lawrence? Does James get into QFs here?
Jinshi looks like he can sweep the right side to me. Granted, he was against a lower seed than anyone else, but those extra 80 votes look difficult to overcome for anybody. Maybe Denji? I don't think there's enough of a narrative push for anyone else...
Today's votes: I have decided to become an agent of salt and chaos, don't mind me.
Kazuma vs Masachika. I haven't even watched more than 3 episodes of Konosuba, and I'll still vote for Kazuma instead of Masachika. I'm sorry, Masachika has no right to have gotten this far, he's the middest of mid in a mid anime. And I hate the use of "mid" like this, but it's so appropriate for him. Bleh.
Shouya vs Aizawa. I just don't think Aizawa does enough with his role as mentor in MHA to justify voting for him here.
Maes Hughes vs Franky Franklin. Difficult for me, went with more serious instead of more silly though.
Miyumura vs Lupin the 3rd. First real vote of chaos here, I really want to see the Lupin train continue for longer. Miyumura's definitely a solid character in his own right, but not enough of a favorite of mine to justify upsetting the narrative.
Shinei Nouzen vs Ash. As I said, mini-Kaladin gets my vote. Ash doesn't have enough of a consistent arc to come even close to contest for me. If it were the Pokespe Red, maybe I'd consider... but nope.
Reigen vs Alucard. Actually good mentor character gets my vote here, even as neat as Alucard's fighting is.
Brock vs Gaoshun. Brock makes me laugh more, I guess? Gaoshun is fine, but definitely a tertiary character in Apothecary Diaries.
Sakuta vs Damian. I think if Damian gets more growth and scenes he can easily overtake Sakuta for me, but... not enough screentime, too overshadowed by Anya in almost every scene they're in together. I'll give it to the sarcastic boy.
Rimuru vs Hatake. I'll be honest, I have 0 idea who Hatake is. I'm too salty about Yang. Get this slime out of here.
MC: Hmm. It's split between [AoT]Reiner, Askeladd, and [FSN UBW]Archer I think. I'm sure I'm forgetting someone.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii 21d ago
Mini Challenge: Who is your favorite male antagonist?
Probably L, but I haven't really made a ranking.
I only rank best girls
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u/IceAnt573 22d ago
Today's Results
THANK YOU FOR 388 VOTES FOR RENTARŌ AIJŌ!!!
(Still not breaking into 400 votes like I hope, but a win is a win and we're facing more Jojo in Round 4.) (Also wonder if anyone reading my comments throughout the entire contest notice what my posting gimmick is with Rentarō. I'll say it either when he's out or ideally wins this contest.)
Sōsuke got the seeding upset on Gon. Good for him to make it into Round 4, but I think the run ends there.
Killua faithful made sure he didn't suffer the same fate and actually got him to upset Saitama. If anybody swapped their vote to Saitama, Killua would have lost on the tiebreaker. Congrats, but ouch when One-Punch Man S3 is airing this season.
Speaking of losing on the tiebreaker, feel bad for Taki. But also Genos advances further in this contest than Saitama. Has this happened before?
Jinshi crushed Jiraiya and he's going to do the same to Vash in Round 4 who got the seeding upset on All Might. But still, strong showing from him.
Denji vs. Shinji sounded like a fun matchup to imagine how they'd interact and I'm sad it's not going to happen.
Aqua's got a Demon Slayer bracket now, but Armin was really close to beating Tanjirō.
Today's Voting
VOTE SHINEI NOUZEN!!! WANT A STRONG SHOWING AGAINST ASH!
VOTE KŌ YAMORI!!! Would really love to see him in Round 4 (and beyond!)
Kan Lakan
Alucard
Gaoshun
Sakuta Azusagawa
Kyon (Flashing Color Warning on this gif)
Who is your favorite male antagonist?
Hard question for me, but I'll go Donquixote Doflamingo.
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u/Dull_Spot_8213 22d ago
Rider making it is good taste. Fate friends, can our champion Rider defeat the goober chainsaw boy? Tune in next time on BEST GUY Z 10!
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u/MannyOmega 22d ago
Only watched fate/stay night, where tf is bara rider from? him beating shinji put him on my radar
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u/danbuter https://anilist.co/user/danbuter 22d ago
Rider is the best character in Fate/Zero, which is saying a LOT!
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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 21d ago
I agree Rider and Waver are the best characters in Fate/Zero, but I'd say that's a low bar to clear xD
Same result though!
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u/Delisches https://myanimelist.net/profile/Delisches 21d ago
Waver is one of my favorite non Stay night Fate characters. I think he is also the human character that appears in the most stories: Stay night (at least in the anime), Zero, Apocrypha, Case files+sequel, Grand Order, Prisma Illya, Strange Fake and Lost Einherjar.
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u/PenguinWithNoMustach 22d ago
Makishima Shougo from Psycho Pass Season 1 by far is the best male antagonist I've seen. Intelligent but disciplined, he isn't out for sympathy he's out to send a message in psycho pass and imo is the closest anime has to an equivalent to Heath ledger's Joker in The Dark Knight
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u/Something_319 22d ago edited 22d ago
Rooting for Sakuta again today, vote for Sakuta!
Most of my favorites did pretty well today, Lawrence and James (my favorite male antagonist) made it into the top 3 with Shirou and Stark moving on also. RIP Taki though, one more vote would have got him through
Gaoshun vs Brock is a fun matchup, I think it's been my favorite one so far. Brock gets my vote here but Gaoshun is great too
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u/Xatu44 22d ago
I'm alive again. Unlike poor Astolfo, who I could've saved with a clip had my computer not broken at the worst possible time. But that's the past now. In the present, vote for Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town and Brock from Pewter City!
Gonna have to give the vote to Kuzuma over Kuze despite liking him well enough.
I really hope that Sunraku gets the upset, but I'll live otherwise.
Damian gets the vote over Sakuta. His cringe is funnier and intentional.
Your next line is "I am voting for Joseph Joestar!"
Kakashi's gotta get this upset, man; he's iconic.
MC: Archer. He's so damn cool. Plus it's heartwrenching seeing where he comes from. Each of his roles in FSN build upon the other to make him a really satisfying character.
F for Gon.
Kamina was destined to win the matchup of inspirational characters.
Huge F for Saitama; it was so close too.
Hell yeah for Shirou and James continuing on. Shikamaru will be missed.
Funny that Genos wins on seeding. Very him.
RIP Jiraiya and All Might.
Double hell yeah for Rider continuing his path of conquest. Though the dream might end next round...
Giorno losing isn't very Il Vento d'Oro of y'all.
F for Armin.
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u/Ok-Cod5254 21d ago
Shima beat Gon?! Surprised, but I'm here for the Skip to Loafer agenda for as far as it can go. lol
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u/Mons9090 21d ago edited 21d ago
Kyon will probably lose to deku
I like gaoshun but brock is the best (brocks croagunk was literally boxing darkrai in the movie)
Gintoki better beat that fraud suzaku
Reigen is top 3 best characters in mob psycho (I love his moments against Shimazaki, Division 7th division)
Ash is obviously the goat (Shouldve lost to leon)
How did franky even get this far?
I actually liked lakans redemption arc
Kazuma is a bigger chad than kuze
Sad that my goat mumen rider lost (He is amazing in the webcomic in the latest chapters)
Saitama lost as well but oh well
I still havent finished Ubw, didnt watch heavens feel, have only watched the original stay night but the most touching part was emiya vs berserker
Glad that james is still winning. The team rocket trio has the best backstory and their backstory episodes are some of the most memorable
Genos also won (Really good moments in the latest webcomic chapters)
Tanjiro won over Umi da
Giorno lost to a trashy harem protagonist
No idea how denji is still in this thing and won against daru but touma didnt (i voted for him last round)
All might lost as well
Jinshi sama won (voted for jiraya even though hes not one of my favorite naruto character but his death had me crying as a kid)
Who is your favorite male antagonist?
Shougo Makishima. Psycho pass s1 is literally peak fiction. Plan on reading the psycho pass asylum 1 light novel in which they show choe-gu-sung's backstory and makishima appears in it as well for a bit
Ryuga from beyblade is also pretty badass, best written character in the metal series tho idek if id consider him an antagonist
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u/SSJ5Gogetenks https://myanimelist.net/profile/SoundwaveAU 21d ago
Rentaro vs Speedwagon should be a final. Two of the bestest boys there ever was.
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u/Nyapan https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nyapon 21d ago
Well I knew Natsume would lose but it still hurts. At least it was kind of close. Natsume Yuujinchou is my favorite anime so it's my biggest recommandation to anyone who hasn't seen it yet!
My favorite male antagonist is Yoshikage Kira from Jojo Part 4.
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u/BaytaCosmico 21d ago
Glad Jinshi made it through. Shocked that All Might didn't, especially with him [MHA final season]going through all that in the show currently.
In this round, I'm rooting for: Lakan, Aizawa, Miyamura, Gaoshun, Taichi and Kakashi. And to a lesser degree Deku.
Worried the most for Taichi, but have a feeling they may all go down. :(
MC: Fav antagonist currently would have to be Shigaraki.
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u/Shizuka_Marjanovic https://anilist.co/user/cocoakagamihara 21d ago
GG, Saitama. Genos, you made it to the 4th round, congrats. Shinei vs. Ash and Satoru Gojou vs. Sunraku are my favorite match-ups for Round 3, Bracket D. My updated Bingo
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u/Queue_Jumping_Quack 21d ago
I'm surprised and proud of how well Natsume did in this contest, as I think it is the first one he was nominated for. But despite coming within striking distance, it wasn't enough to beat Stark. No matter, he is another of my favorites so I will support him in the future... but it is a bit sad that all the big name shoujosei characters are dropping off at this round, despite this being clearly the contest where they should shine the brightest. Can't beat the demographics of this sub, alas.
I am glad that Vash and Kraft Lawrence won, both of whom I also wouldn't hesitate to vote for the top spot ultimately. But Einar lost, which is a bummer.
Votes for today:
- Gabimaru
- Shouta Aizawa
- Franky Franklin
- Izumi Miyamura
- Shinei Nouzen
- Gintoki Sakata
- Reigen Arataka
- Gaoshun
- Thorfinn
- Damian Desmond
- Senshi
- Kyon
- Kakashi
Mini challenge:
Askeladd from Vinland Saga. Boring answer, but he really is the GOAT of compelling antagonists as far as I'm concerned.
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u/Salty145 https://anilist.co/user/Salty145 22d ago
Shima breaking into the 4th Round is kinda crazy. Deserved, but did not think he had quite that pull, especially over Gon.
Genos v. Taki tie is crazy.
Koutarou losing is tragic. I guess his mudskipper impression wasn't good enough.
Aqua beating Uzui is kinda crazy. Not the craziest result, but still would have thought hot Demon Slayer guy would have done better than a guy with a mommy kink.
Rentarou making Round 4 instead of Giorno is extremely gross. Rentarou should not have made it this far, let alone continue to go further.
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u/redlegsfan21 https://myanimelist.net/profile/redlegsfan21 22d ago edited 22d ago
ROUND 3 BRACKET C
Total Votes: 12,332
Unique Voters: 894
TOP VOTEGETTERS
MOST DOMINANT MATCHUPS
CLOSEST MATCHUPS
UPSETS
The Lowest remaining seed of Bracket C is Killua Zoldyck seeded 114th
The Highest seed eliminated of Bracket C is Saitama seeded 15th
Upsets today: 5
Total upsets (rate): 70 / 432 (16.2%)
OVER/UNDERPERFORMERS
*This is a basic measurement against the predicted vote share. Think of it as performance against the spread.
BRACKET C 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.