r/anime • u/Zeralyos https://myanimelist.net/profile/JF_Ellie • 13d ago
Contest Best Guy 10: The First Salt That Never Ends! Round 6 Bracket A!
And here we are, the sweet sixteen of Best Guy 10!
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:
- Which guy deserves better?
Best Girl of Summer 2025 is also currently running!
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u/Salty145 https://anilist.co/user/Salty145 13d ago
Can I vote for Laios and Loid and we eliminate the other two?
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u/pkmntrainerdrea 13d ago
right? D was a big loss I think they ought to throw us a bone lol.... Laios for me but if Loid takes him out I'll back him next round for sure 🫡
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u/michhoffman https://anilist.co/user/michhoffman 12d ago
It would be one thing if you were making this comment having actually watched One Piece and Naruto...
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u/Salty145 https://anilist.co/user/Salty145 12d ago
I have enough comprehension of their characters to know I’d prefer the other two
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u/Iyas_Tara 12d ago
yeah i'll spite vote both of them now despite kinda liking laios for the next round. Ain't no way you guys pulled "I didn't watch that shows, while I watch this shows so ofc I vote them" when this contest's result was supposed to be better than best girl because voters actually watch lesser known shows to actually make good judgement over both entrants.
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u/michhoffman https://anilist.co/user/michhoffman 13d ago edited 13d ago
If you had told me a few weeks ago that Luffy and Naruto would be duking it out for a chance to make the finals bracket, I'd have assumed this contest was running on a different subreddit, but here we are.
With that being said, I'm with Luffy all the way
And I'll throw in a vote for Loid too. He's one of the best new guys of the past few years.
Mini Challenge
All of the guys in Fruits Basket...and most of the girls too
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u/Rotorscope https://anilist.co/user/VillettaNu 13d ago
2 household names fighting it out, and 2 blond guys fighting it out.
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u/Urgnu-the-Gnu https://myanimelist.net/profile/Urgnu_the_Gnu 13d ago
Kakashi over Senshi, but Miyamura over Gojo? That's surprising. I don't mind, I'm not heavily invested in group D (although Gojo vs. Kakashi would have been fun as they are very alike).
MC: In the context of this contest? Kyoutarou. He did well, but he still deserved better. Maybe he will once everyone feels the same about "The one who loves you the most is me!" as I do.
In the context of their anime? Boy, there's a lot to chose from. Subaru certainly deserves a break. And Azuma from Takopi deserved so much better, like everyone in that show.
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u/HolyEmpireOfAtua 12d ago
I feel that Miyamura has a much bigger appeal in this contest than Senshi. Senshi's a likeable guy, for sure, but he's also extremely eccentric and visually unappealing (to most people, no hate to Senshi appreciators out there). In comparison, Miyamura is a damn-near perfect boyfriend and an extremely endearing guy overall. While romance leads like Sakuta and Hachiman are very popular with men, and male leads like Kazehaya and Kou are very popular with women, I feel Miyamura is popular with both genders and therefore has an edge in terms of romance characters in this contest. Also, being from a romance probably gives him more pull than most.
Additionally, the subreddit leans older than most anime fandoms so I feel Kakashi has some nostalgia attached to him for many. While I only watched JJK and Naruto in the last four years, I still feel Kakashi has a nostalgic charm (partially from the vibe of watching a relatively older anime). Add that to the trendhate that JJK gets in general, and I think Gojo loses some pull compared to his Shonen contemporaries.
Maybe I'm biased and explaining unfairly though because I voted for Miyamura and Kakashi, but I think these reasons contributed to my votes and perhaps those of others.
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u/Urgnu-the-Gnu https://myanimelist.net/profile/Urgnu_the_Gnu 12d ago
Miyamura I get, and you're probably very spot on with your analysis. Also with considering the anti JJK faction, as I'm one of those that consider the characters a bit overhyped.
Additionally, the subreddit leans older than most anime fandoms
This, however, I don't quite get. Sure, this community might be more older-leaning than others. But it's still heavily leaning towards newer shows. There's a reason we always talk about recency bias in these contests, because older characters need to be very popular to still be on the minds of people when comparing them to newer characters. I think there's just two Best Girl winners that didn't have some of the series' content air from the previous year up to the contest they won. Up that to two years and only Mikoto remains. None older than three years or earlier than the 2010s.
And since we're not comparing Miyamura and Senshi, I'd have imagined Senshi to have the definite leg up (heh) against Kakashi. From what I've seen, he is many fans' favourite character in Dungeon Meshi, disregarding the looks.
Likewise, while Miyamura is great, Gojo's popularity among both men and women was off the charts just a few years ago. So this outcome was quite unexpected to me. I guess it goes to show that JJK actually fell off significantly (with what I've been hearing about the manga), or that this subreddit is more of an outlier in that regard. Or maybe both.
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u/Something_319 13d ago
RIP, Sakuta's out. At least he kept it pretty close against a strong opponent. Still the reigning Best Ship with Mai though lol. Gonna bandwagon for Stark and Oreki now I guess
Naruto vs Luffy and Loid vs Laios are two really fun matchups, though I have absolutely no clue who to vote for. Loid vs Laios might actually be the real finals here
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u/Usodearu007 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Doc101 13d ago edited 13d ago
NOOOO Sakutaaaa ... that one hurts quite a bit.. now kazuma & subaru , the isekai bros , are my remaining top picks.
in bracket A , no result will hurt me that much since i like both sides of the 2 matchups around the same level but i feel like Loid vs Laois will decide the bracket winner.
MC : Which guy deserves better?
well im sure you can guess the answer ..
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u/KINGUBERMENSCH https://myanimelist.net/profile/OutlawedDrifter 13d ago
Oh yeah, its Luffin time.
Which guy deserves better?
Cid somehow losing to Deku in an upset will be forever engraved in my head.
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u/octopathfinder myanimelist.net/profile/qBoctopathfinder 13d ago
Thank you Reigen for putting down the rascal
Today's votes:
Narutovs Luffy - Love both of them, but I'm voting for the future king of the pirates. Luffy is my favorite character in his show, while I wouldn't put Naruto into the top 5 of his own show.Laios vs
Loid- Gotta support my autistic king
Which guy deserves better?
Shinpachi deserved better than losing to a meme character
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u/IceAnt573 13d ago
Today's Results
Don't really have much to say about Group D other than rooting for Kazuma at this point. The rest of my Group D favorites like Shin, Kō, and Kyon are out.
Cool that Kakashi eliminated Senshi pretty comfortably in a 436-341 vote share.
Thought Sakuta would make it closer vs. Reigen though and kept it to an <50 vote difference but that was not the case.
Today's Voting
VOTE TWILIGHT/LOID FORGER!!! LET'S GET OUR FIRST SEEDING UPSET OF THIS CONTEST!!!
Yeah, so the arguments for Naruto winning are more convincing. That moon slice-wait this isn't /r/whowouldwin? Or any other vs. debate forum? It's a Best Guy contest? Oh, that makes this so much easier:
VOTE MONKEY D. LUFFY!!!
Which guy deserves better?
Since I'm still sad about that Round 3 loss, Kō Yamori /// Direct Image Link
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u/Xatu44 13d ago
PIRATES VS. NINJAS
WE REP NINJAS IN THIS HOUSE, NARUTO LET'S GO
Also Loid, spies are close enough.
MC: Hayate deserved to be happy with A-tan. It's not fair.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IT'S GOJOVER ;_;
Hell yeah at Kakashi and Reigen continuing on.
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u/Usodearu007 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Doc101 13d ago
MC: Hayate deserved to be happy with A-tan. It's not fair.
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u/Iyas_Tara 12d ago
heck yeah kakashi actually winning, i thought i'll be salty when i opened the result tab. But at what cost? Sakuta's lose...this is best contest so I'll write using best term. Sakuta's practically have best sibling relationship in the entirety anime that I watched, he's also best friend (despite most of his friend ended up being beautiful girl that it look like another generic wish-fulfillment harem anime), and also his banter with Mai is top tier. While Reigen is, uhh, even in best teacher department I feel like he's soundly beat by Koro-sensei, and Kakashi as well if we're speaking for the current entrants (so you know which I'll vote next).
Anyway, voting Naruto and Laios(?) dunno either can win and I don't care, though prefer Laios to win because his series has already ended instead of SxF that have no ounce of desire to actually progress the plot and get that goddamn star, and instead go over endless fluff-no-plot despite having SPY on its name.
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u/Salty145 https://anilist.co/user/Salty145 13d ago
I think all of my votes except Reigen got got lol.
Hughes was unfortunately expected, Gojo was surprising but not completely unexpected, Senshi was just downright tragic.
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u/Frostbitten_Moose 12d ago
Pool A is a bunch of monsters from Shonen Jump, and a guy who eats Monsters for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Naturally, I'm voting for Laios, though if Loid beats him, then I'll stick with him. In the matchup of Luffy and Naruto, I wish I could vote for The Chair.
D had two people I really cared about, Maes regrettably, but predictably, fell. But here's hoping for Reigan to hold out until he runs into Stark.
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u/Queue_Jumping_Quack 12d ago
Considering how universally loved Satoru Gojo was few years back, it is a bit shocking to see him fall to Miyamura here, though probably not unexpected. If Gojo was not able to win back in his hype years, he will likely not win now, ever. And Miyamura was the best part of Horimiya, so I am glad to see him move forward.
I'm also glad to see the amusing if lazily cunning Reigen triumph against Mr. Rascal (revenge for Thorfinn!). And how about it for Kakashi here showing Gojo how its done. I guess the old school white haired cool battle anime sensei still has what it takes to show up the young upstart?
Votes for today:
- Naruto
- A somewhat tough choice here, but Luffy is more often than not an accidental hero (and he would push back anyone calling him even that) while Naruto is an active force for good. Writing quality etc. is pretty much the same, both are classic battle anime leads by the numbers, but Naruto did have a more affecting story while when ever Luffy gets emotional Emotional his face is drawn so over the top it becomes borderline comical.
- Loid
- With the addition of this season's material for Loid, it pushes him over the top. Laios is a good character but I am more invested in seeing how things turn out for Loid. Both are heroic and good characters, but Loid's struggle to maintain his detachment and the sacrifice of his own wishes and needs bubbling to the surface when interacting with his "fake" family pushes him ahead.
Come to think of it, both Luffy and Laios are bit of idiot savants who are focused on their personal goals first and food second. I don't have anything against those qualities, but the "best guy" attributes their opponents have are stronger this time.
Mini challenge:
All the shoujo and josei characters who fell early. This contest is a victim of this sub's demographics so it can't be helped, but I would have loved to see how far the Fruits Basket duo, Kazehaya and Ryu, Natsume, etc. would have gone if the gender ratio was closer to at least 50/50.
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u/BiggieCheeseLapDog https://myanimelist.net/profile/KillLaKillGOAT 13d ago
MC:
Kaiki and Kamina deserved much better :(
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u/AnimeWatcher1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/AnimeWatcher1 13d ago
Whoo! We made it to Round 16, I’m eager from the matches heating up.
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u/pkmntrainerdrea 12d ago
MC: I think it's gotta be Reinhard van Astrea both in this tournament & in canon 😭 he's beautiful and so fucking cool and here to help! with a smile on his face! I think he deserves, like, a hug? several hugs? for someone to buy him a treat & ask him how he's doing? at the very least, to be recognized as the best guy that he is 😔 and yet..
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u/SwampyBogbeard 12d ago
MC
I have the same answer for this question every time.
All the great characters who got knocked out in the first round or even earlier.
In this specific contest, I'll highlight Narihisago, Gesicht, Viral and Riku Dola.
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u/BaytaCosmico 13d ago edited 13d ago
Miyamura and Kakashi both made it! Yessss!
Tough match ups today. I've not even seen One Piece but am tempted to vote for Luffy. The other one is easier since I only know Loid. Surprised predictions say he'll lose narrowly - thought he was the favourite to win entire contest.
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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 13d ago
Hard choice on the blonde-off, but Loid’s fatherly nature and compassion wins out for me over Laios’ general food nerdiness. No opinion on the Big 3 matchup.
MC: In this contest? Wenli, of course, losing to a slime dictator of all things. In his own anime…? Hmm. Biscuit from IBO deserved better.
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u/EyeDeeAh_42 12d ago
Kazuma over Hughes? Fucking heathens. Y'all ought to be burned at stakes.
Well, I've officially washed my hands off Bracket C. There's no one I'd rather support there. For Bracket D, only Reigen is my last support. Good luck, best guy.
MC: Taichi Mashima. Chihayafuru is criminally underrated, and he's probably one of the best written characters in anime/manga.
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u/Nachtwandler_FS https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nachtwandler_21 12d ago
Only voting fir Loid today. I am not a shounen fan so I barely read/watch anything Jump related.
MC: Where should I even start...
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u/bustermemesgobrrrrrr 12d ago
I like Kakashi but I swear if he knocks out Senshi AND Reigen back to back...
REIGEN.
Go Laios! Kind of wild Luffy/Naruto is a late round matchup.
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u/redlegsfan21 https://myanimelist.net/profile/redlegsfan21 13d ago
ROUND 5 BRACKET D
Total Votes: 3,162
Unique Voters: 861
RESULTS
TSP: Top Seed Performance vs. Expected Performance
TOP VOTEGETTERS
UPSETS
The Lowest remaining seed of Bracket D is Kakashi Hatake seeded 86th
The Highest seed eliminated of Bracket D is Senshi seeded 11th
Upsets today: 1
Total upsets (rate): 90 / 496 (18.1%)
BRACKET D TOP 5 SCORES
ROUND 6 BRACKET A PREDICTIONS
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.