The Top 11 Manliest Men! Perfect Phenotypes of the Y Chromosome
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Loading ...Lists of favourite females have been done to death. Girly men have been fangirled too much. So here is a list of the TRUE MANLY MEN. Ohno Kanako would so agree. I have only included the males who exhibit great manly traits and don’t rely on their looks at all (or for the most part). These are truly men who make other men shiver with excitement and respect. Watch out for spoilers though.
Director of Ikari Pavement Pte Ltd (Capeta)
First up would be a real dark horse, the baldy short and mustachioed Director of Ikari Pavement Pte Ltd from Capeta! He doesn’t even get his own name but is a major driving force behind Capeta’s success on the kart tracks. Director started his business from scratch and made it moderately successful through sheer hard work and good morals, treating his employees especially Papa Capeta very well but never spoiling them. Director’s always offering words of wisdom to the less experienced and he does so not in a sweet sissy way but a gruff, manly and indirect tone, forcing them to think hard, reflect and understand the true meaning of his words. He’s manly! The true star of Capeta!
Wisdom is manly.
Azuma Kazuma (Yakitate Japan)
Nothing is more attractive than a man totally immersed in his passion and going all out to achieve greatness. It helps if he’s good at what he does too. Azuma is no doubt the most sincere, creative and focused professional ever seen in anime. Nothing distracts him from his love of Ja-pan and he’s a family man too. Note that his twin sister Kouda Akari also shares his personality but instead is going for an acting career, though she lacks talent.
Talent and effort are manly.
Ukiya Shun (Gatekeepers)
One of the traits of a manly man is forcefulness. Ukiya Shun, with guts, willpower and his Gate of Cyclone, destroys all the bad guys and saves the day. Having cool attack moves and a great car also make him very manly. ULTRA SENPUU KIRI!! SHINKUU MISSILE!!
Powerups are manly.
Big attack moves are manly.
Harima Kenji (School Rumble)
A true man is capable of true love. He’s willing to sacrifice himself and dedicate his all for his girl. He’ll embarrass himself doing silly things just to get noticed. Harima Kenji is the epitome of the much-loved clueless baka Manly Man.
Dimwits are manly.
Honda Shigeharu (Major)
One of the roads to becoming a Manly Man is through being a great father. Honda led the son, Goro, onto the path of baseballing greatness by setting a fine example and imparting tremendous moral values. And his manliness is augmented by the successful capture of Goro’s kindergarten school teacher, Momoko and his tragic death from a deadball after hitting the greatest homerun in Japanese Baseball history (in the Major world of course).
Fathers are manly.
Homeruns are manly.
Asakura Yoh (Shaman King Manga)
Being manly isn’t all about size and physique. Yoh has arguably the greatest personality and thought processes of all shounen heroes created. Being all laidback and calm at all times, even during crises, Yoh can be relied upon when there’s trouble. It helps that his fiancee Anna is uber Tsundere, letting Yoh show his caring and accomdating side. All Manly Men have a sensitive and caring side too you know. And his Oversoul is cool. Did I mention that he’s a headphone guy too? Headphone guys are manly. Please see SK manga volume 19 and 20.
Headphones are manly.
Horo Horo (Shaman King Manga)
Two characters from SK made it into the chart! Horo Horo is generally crap, except for one specific incident - the Apollo arc. During this short story arc, Horo Horo reveals his beliefs (manly ones) and these beliefs propel him to the dizzy heights of manhood. He says (more or less, I read it a few years ago), "It’s alright to take [animal] lives if you’re hunting them for food, or for survival. Make use of the body, the meat and the skin it leaves behind well and offer gratitude to the spirits of those that have sacrificed for us, in this natural cycle. But no one can be forgiven if he kills for fun alone and wastes life." And he proceeds to beat the shit out of the poachers who were hunting bears for sport, with his Oversoul. Truly a manly nature lover.
Nature lovers are manly.
Iceblades are manly.
Suitengu Chouji (Speed Grapher)
Vengeance is another gate to manliness and Suitengu is the revenge warrior of the decade. With cunning, ruthlessness and patience, he uses the powers of economics to tear down the entire fabric of the society that so destroyed his life. Hmph Sasuke really is a candle compared to the volcano that is Suitengu. It is manly, when one sets out with a massive goal and achieves it after much planning, hardwork, single-mindedness and selfishness.
Vengeance is manly.
Renton Thurston (Eureka seveN)
Growing up is part of being manly. There is no such thing as a perfect man and someone who learns, reflects and improves himself constantly in both heart and mind is a Manly Man. I don’t believe there’s a protagonist who has changed and grown more than Renton. Compare episode 1 to episode 50 and even our manly hearts flutter with respect! RESPECT!
Growing up is manly.
Hananakajima Masaru (Sugoi yo! Masaru-san aka Sexy Commando Gaiden)
Doing randomly funny stuff for his own pleasure, not caring what others think of him and having supreme confidence in himself are what Masaru’s manliness encompass. His great fighting skills and love of defending the weak are also manly. Very very manly. His dress style is uniquely manly as well.
Over-the-top insanity is manly.
Drake (Read or Die)
Being manly doesn’t mean being in the spotlight. Supporting from the back, being totally reliable in spite of no special powers or good looks, standing guard while your allies rest, shielding girls from deadly paper attacks with your bare muscles are also ways to being listed in the Manly Hall of Fame. Drake, the American pony-tailed beefcake, is one of the rare ROD characters who do not possess special powers other than guts, willpower, reliability, resourcefulness and fatherly love. A true underdog, a great Manly man.
Unsung heroes are manly.
I listed eleven but I’m sure there are more. Do add on to this list! And no retarded Prince of Tennis type pretty faces allowed!
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Roy Mustang from FMA?
I don’t like him. He’s not manly. In contrast, Riza is manly.
And now, we need top 10 most useless males depicted in an anime. Lol.
I’ll probably pop that one out soon.
How about Hachi from Planetes? He was the first one to pop into my mind when I saw the post title. Space garbage collectors are THE epitome of manly
No Guts from Berserk ?
You have to hand it to him from what he had been through and what he wants to achieve.
What about the Count from Gankutsuou? He was also focused on revenge to the point he was willing to kill everyone around him and indirectly burned most of Paris to the ground.
You forgot Sagara from FMP!
A man so manly, he doens’t even register women , or if he does, register that they want to jump his bones. Priceless
Also, Yoshitaka from HIMM comes to mind -
Not just any ecchi hentai pervert, but one willing to fake his own bankrupcy to keep his sexy incest yuri maids. A true hero.
We could go on all day!
I thought of Sagara, Gankutsuou and Guts but I felt they lacked something. Sagara and Guts both are too wishy washy when it comes to women. Especially Sagara. The Count was competing with Suitengu, both are GONZO after all, but Suitengu wins since the Count was a tad sidetracked by Albert.
Originally posted by Tsubaki:
“And now, we need top 10 most useless males depicted in an anime. Lol.
I’ll probably pop that one out soon.”
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Not even a Top100 list would be comprehensive enough for that one…
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Instead of Roy from FMA, what about Hughes? Heck, even Scar is manly, if tragic in the end.
As for FMP!… eh… Let’s face it. They all got their quirks.
Especially after what was shown in the TSR:OVA. Mardukas is probably the closest one for FMP!.
Dutch from Black Lagoon. Rock is evolving too.
Rentarou from Futakoi Alternative( since you allow for evolvement).
Sorata from X(TV).
Mullin from Last Exile. I can’t believe you left him out. You, of all people.
Jin from Samurai Champloo.
Onsokumaru from Shinobuden… just kidding.
Cheers.
If you’re looking for macho, it’s hard to top Vegita from DBZ.
Who could, and probably would, wipe out all the others you listed faster than you could say their names.
Yeah, I was going to say Jin from Champloo. He is the essence of a true man. Refined, skilled, intelligent. More people should strive to be like him, damnit!
I have to pull this one out!
Vash from Trigun. He is easy going and fun loving, but always aware of the gravity of the situation and always at his best, even if he doesn’t look it.
Renton was a good pick. He does a great job of dealing with a lot of strife and confusion. RIP Charles and Ray. *single tear*
And lastly:
Retro from Dead Leaves is the manliest man that ever fought the government in his boxers.
Someone forgot Kunisaki Yukito. A man among men indeed.
Saitoh Hajime from Rurouni Kenshin.
A man who has lived by his ideals and his discipline to such an extent that even his enemies respect him. Now he works for the Meiji government and even his greatest living rival, Kenshin, acknowledges that any corrupt politician that crosses Saitoh’s path will meet a rather bloody end. His ideals are simple, reflecting a time of great strife and upheaval: Aku. Zoku. Zan. - Sin. Swift. Slay. Or “kill evil instantly”. His talent with a blade is also something that is apparently honed by hard work and discipline rather than an innate or inborn talent like so many shonen action heroes. Ranks high on the manliness scale for having a cause and honing himself into a weapon to fight for that cause even when the Shogunate he served and the Shinsengumi who were his comrades are both defunct.
Sunabouzo from Sunabouzo (or Desert Punk).
Masaru’s descendant and uber-letch, Sunabouzo is manly in many of the same ways as Masaru. He does not let anyone tell him what to do and obeys his desires. While a formidable fighter, Sunabouzo’s true asset is his ingenuity. He thinks his way through his problems rather than adopt a “just get a bigger gun” mentality.
Roy Fokker from Macross
One of the better “Big Brother” (Oniisan, not the Orwellian figure) characters in anime. Roy is a man of peace despite being a fighter pilot. Born to a world at war, he rose to his duty and fought to end the fighting. Aboard the Macross-1, he did the same until the odds caught up with him. Major points for returning home to die in the presence of the woman he loved.
Honorable Mention
Miyagi Yahiko from Rurouni Kenshin
This is the manga version of Yahiko, a boy who grew up to be a man worthy of being a man amoungst men. The anime version lacks much of the maturity that his manga counterpart will attain after the Jinchuu (Vengeance) Arc in the manga where he finally steps out of Kenshin’s shadow. No less than the heir of three philosophies, Kamiya Kashin Ryu’s Mamoru-ken (the Sword that Protects Life), Kenshin’s vow not to kill and Sanosuke’s fight for the oppressed (thus indirectly the tenets of Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu and the Sekihoutai), Yahiko has a lot riding on his shoulders. What is remarkable is that Yahiko the Man is so similar to Yahiko the Boy. He retained his beliefs and gained the strength necessary to live them and defend them. What he did lose though was his brashness and gained an inner calm comparable to Kenshin himself (this occurs at the very end of the manga, see the part where he visits a dojo as a senior teacher of the Kamiya Kashin Ryu).
Also note that all of these people tend to have only one love at a time. I find that waffling between two (or more) women is unmanly. It reveals a weakness of spirit and a lack of moral certitude I associate with “manliness”.
Ryo Saeba (City Hunter) is as manly as it gets.
Anyone watched King of Bandit Jing or Samurai 7?Jing and Kanpei can be called manly.And why is Horo Horo on the list??What he said is “cool” but is it manly(just an opinion)?Btw,what about Ranma?? >.
How about Junpei from “Those who hunt Elves”?
Wow that’s a lot of people. And actually I agree with most. Mullin for sure, other than the fact he’s a loser around Tatiana. Sunbouzu was one I thought of, but decided to cut him because his pettiness can be irritating at times.
Yahiko is a manly man. Vash could be, since he has his ideals and sticks with them in spite of all the pain and suffering. Jin is a manly man. Very much so. Huges is a manly man in the mould of Honda, so I didn’t want to have similar types.
I don’t like Saitou. I don’t really like any RK character, except Misao haha.
And Gary, yup harem leads are unmanly. But if you check the above list, only two guys have more than 1 girl liking them. And these two only like that one girl. Yoh x Anna and Shun x Ruriko though the latter ended up not succeeding with Ruriko leaving and marrying some teacher on some off-shore island.
I don’t know, but would anyone consider Kyon manly? Since he’s the complete opposite of the usual harem male lead character. His cynicanism is what saves the day. Lol.
Ryouma Nagare (New Getter Robo)
Just listen to him when he’s kicking oni ass.
How would a whiny, cynical and pessimistic youngster be manly? The manliest in Suzuharu is Yuki, for her pure pwnage skillz.
I suppose Ryouma would belong to the Forceful Manly category, like Ukiya Shun.
Good Heavens, Han.
I just had a very disturbing mental image of Yuki having a p0n0s.
Well, I think I can scratch off Tohno “A CAT IS FINE TOO” Shiki off the list of manly men.
Also, Arihiko Inui is a man.
No, no, no, you have it all wrong! The pinnicle of manliness is clearly a mix between Kira, Athrun and Shinn from Gundam Seed Destiny! You have the one with an unquenchable fetish, the pacifist who can’t even keep to his own beliefs because he wants to go all god mode and the one who hops from one side (Cagalli) to the other (Kira) every five minutes - the three great flaws of our Y crhomosome summed up.
I’m not fond of “manliness” as it appears in my mind, but you do show good quality “manliness” in your picks. The only one’s I really care about are Renton, Azuma, and Harima though.
Many have the wrong definition of “manliness”. Being muscular, macho, using vulgarities, acting tough etc are not traits that make you manly. YOU ARE MANLY FROM THE HEARRRRTTT!!
I second Kunisaki Yukito! Though it doesn’t really matter does it? ^_^ ()
Giroro from Keroro Gunsou. Who says you have to be human to be manly?
If you need to pick the most manly character out of FMP, I would say Chidori. She’s manlier than every other male character (not including the rugby club episode of Fumoffu) in the FMP universe combined.
Sanosuke from Kenshin is the epitome of manliness, especially if you read the manga. Even Maddox would cry in shame.
Sanosuke is alright. Ueki Kousuke from Law of Ueki is way more shounen manly, almost too manly.
And I thought of Giroro too but the only manly thing is his voice, not surprisingly voiced by the guy who did Gankutsuou.
Harima isnt a “baka manly man” >
wtf….my previous post was cut off…..well anyway i was going to say that harima isnt a baka manly man but is actually a “Misunderstood Manly Man”
he is always misunderstood which gets him in trouble and so on =[ poor harima
How could you all forget Kamina from Tengan toppa guren lagen, he represent a true man completely and his personality is awesome…