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Mar 6, 2021 9:54 AM
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Who do you think is the best character from the top 20 most popular characters on MAL in your opinion? For me, I'd say it's definetely Lelouch.

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Mar 6, 2021 10:00 AM
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SmashBlack said:
Who do you think is the best character from the top 20 most popular characters on MAL in your opinion? For me, I'd say it's definetely Lelouch.


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Mar 6, 2021 10:03 AM
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ALL HAIL LELOUCH VI BRITANNIA 99th EMPEROR OF THE HOLY BRITANNIAN EMPIRE!!!!!!!!!!!
Mar 6, 2021 10:06 AM
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Luffy (soon the botted Nr.1) and Itachi Uchiha

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Mar 6, 2021 10:13 AM
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The day Lulu loses the top spot is the day MAL will have become officially shit.
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Mar 6, 2021 10:34 AM
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Definitely Monkey d luffy
I can't think anyone other than Luffy
Mar 6, 2021 10:38 AM
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Well I would have to go with Gintoki honestly if I have to vote. I was thinking Rem, but she hasn't been around and my love for her isn't as strong as it was when the first season was airing. So I'm going to go with Gintoki.

Lelouch is a good character, but I've seen better protagonists that do similar things he does except better. I personally liked Suzaku and the supporting characters (minus Shirley and Ougi) more.
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Mar 6, 2021 3:27 PM
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Gintoki and Luffy are my top two. Love em both




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Mar 6, 2021 3:29 PM
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I would have to go with eren even though I want to vote for Gintoki. Light, Luffy, and Okabe are honorable mentions
Mar 7, 2021 5:51 PM

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Definitely Lelouch Lamperouge. He is just one of the best protagonist I've ever seen.
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Mar 11, 2021 7:35 AM
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This one is so hard to pick... guess I'll vote for Gintoki since his anime is less popular compared to others hehe 😄
Mar 11, 2021 7:36 AM
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Guts is the best but my favorite would be Lelouch.
Mar 11, 2021 7:37 AM

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Light he’s definitely the most interesting character on here
Mar 11, 2021 7:40 AM

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its obviously gintoki for me no second doubt about it okabe and lelouch are pretty good too
Mar 11, 2021 7:44 AM

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sigh, i know the entire point of my existence in the re zero fandom is loving ram and hating rem, but out of these, I gotta go with rem
honorable mentions of L and Levi
Mar 11, 2021 7:50 AM

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Either L or Guts. Griffith is a better written character though.
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Mar 11, 2021 8:43 AM

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His name is Eren Yeager.


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Mar 11, 2021 9:12 AM

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the best anime character of all time is

sakata gintoki
Mar 11, 2021 9:26 AM

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No love to poor Kirito lol.
I'm glad Guts is in here.
Mar 11, 2021 9:36 AM
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Elric, light, and eren are all honorable mentions but gintoki is just the goat
Mar 11, 2021 9:38 AM

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I gotta say, Gintoki is winning and there's a reason why. The entire cast of that show is just so captivating. Other than him tho, ya boi Mad Scientist Okabe is kinda sick too
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Mar 11, 2021 9:42 AM

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Oiiiiii Gintoki
my secondary pick would be Lintahlou.
Mar 11, 2021 10:31 AM

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Itachi ftw bruv......................
Mar 11, 2021 10:38 AM

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Eren fucking Yeager is just the GOAT
Mar 11, 2021 10:40 AM

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Mar 11, 2021 10:42 AM
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Trick question, the first good character shows up at #35. I'll just go with Kirito for the poll because I felt sorry for him with 0 votes.
Mar 11, 2021 10:44 AM

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Roevhaal said:
Trick question, the first good character shows up at #35


"Best" doesn't actually mean "good", you know. "Least bad" is still "best".
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Mar 11, 2021 10:49 AM
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kuuderes_shadow said:
Roevhaal said:
Trick question, the first good character shows up at #35


"Best" doesn't actually mean "good", you know. "Least bad" is still "best".
That's true but I don't really know how to single out one as the best among all the characters I don't care for. Apart from Lulu and Ed which I hate they are all similarly ''meh''.
Mar 11, 2021 10:59 AM
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Its lelouch he's my favorite anime character
of all time All hail lelouch vi britannia
Mar 11, 2021 3:04 PM

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It just has to be Lelouch, doesn’t it?
Mar 11, 2021 3:20 PM

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I'll go with Guts, but only Golden Age arc Guts though.
Mar 11, 2021 4:09 PM

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L and Saitama cuz' I can't choose just one.
Mar 16, 2021 6:10 PM

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Flip a coin,if it's head,i choose guts,if it's tail,i choose eren yeager season 4
Mar 16, 2021 6:13 PM

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LeDouche.

Then probably Light or some shit.
Mar 16, 2021 7:17 PM

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Can't decide between Gintoki, Guts and L
Mar 16, 2021 7:25 PM

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Just gonna be biased and say Gintoki
Mar 17, 2021 2:12 AM

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I don't know many of them, but of those I know, most of them are villain protagonists. Or just villain.

What happened that L is not liked anymore?! I accepted much more than 4 votes...


Mar 20, 2021 10:04 AM

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I will choose Eren because he is my favorite, Tatakae Eren.
Mar 20, 2021 10:06 AM
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Kurisu is the correct answer. No competition.
Mar 20, 2021 10:09 AM

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Gintoki Sakata all the way! GOAT MC.
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May 5, 2021 12:06 AM

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Gintoki is my favorite protagonist
May 5, 2021 12:17 AM

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Lelouch is one of my favorite characters. So...

All Hail Lelouch Vi Britannia!
May 5, 2021 12:20 AM

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Light Yagami and I don't like half of the characters in the list.
May 5, 2021 12:23 AM

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Gintoki still leading despite being from the least popular show.
May 5, 2021 12:31 AM

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Hachiman best boy, Levi and Light are also cool dudes though.
May 5, 2021 12:49 AM

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Levi,eren,guts,lelouch,light are the only good thing in top 20,i hope hisoka/jotaro reeaches top 20 before demon slayer shitty upvotes trockets
May 5, 2021 8:35 AM

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Luffy for me, but then again, One Piece is the only series on the list I'm actually familiar with.




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May 5, 2021 8:41 AM
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As much as I wanted to give it to the likes of Gintoki or Okabe, it has to be Guts. By a fairly large margin.

The sheer amount of psychological evolution that character went through, from basic pawn to being his own (admittedly broken) man, is something to behold.

How someone managed to make a character like that, insert it into a brutal dark fantasy setting with near-constant (over-the-top) fights, and not have it be the standard edgy trite, is absolutely beyond me.

It's not the type of manga I'll normally read, but credit where credit is due... it's Guts.
May 5, 2021 9:04 AM

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Kirito of course! Who else could it be?! Ed Elric isn’t too far behind though.
May 5, 2021 9:11 AM

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Zoro, sorry not sorry. Gintoki and Luffy are close though.
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