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Mar 6, 2023 5:30 PM
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Shounens usually don't treat women that well, but which ones have the best/strongest female leads? 
Mar 6, 2023 5:34 PM
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Bleach has some pretty interesting female character, SnK too.
Mar 6, 2023 5:36 PM
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Kagura from Gintama is the best by a lot of the choices though I need to watch chainsaw man.  A really good shounen female is Misaka from Railgun.  
Mar 6, 2023 5:59 PM
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Maoujou de Oyasumi, Gabriel Dropout, Hitoribocchi, Aria, and Spy x Family are some shounen anime with great female MCs.
Mar 6, 2023 6:09 PM
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All of the girls from gintama are great
Mar 6, 2023 6:13 PM
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There are two Namis in your poll.

Else, I don't really have a favorite, I would say Mikasa because she's badass.
Mar 6, 2023 6:21 PM
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Kagura from Gintama or Power from Chainsaw Man. They're both based Chaddettes
Mar 6, 2023 6:26 PM
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I think Bleach and Jujutsu Kaisen have some really strong female leads and characters in general. Bleach does a good job of giving female characters a lot of good fights and development aside from a few outliers. I feel like Soi Fon gets treated dirty because she has a horrible bankai. If she had one that suited her stealthy style more it would make her a better character at least in the fighting department. Overall though bleach women tend to be very badass and strong.
Mar 6, 2023 6:52 PM
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From the list I would choose Kagura.
Mar 6, 2023 8:15 PM
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I haven’t seen every anime from the poll, but from the ones I have seen, Rukia gets my vote.
Mar 6, 2023 9:01 PM

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None from the poll.

Best girl in Naruto is Hinata. She should be an example for women to follow.

Konan as well.
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Mar 6, 2023 9:16 PM
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Uhhh is there a write in option? In terms of writing my favorite women character is Freiren from Freiren beyond journeys end
Mar 6, 2023 9:29 PM

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has to be gintama along with one piece. rukia is the worst from that list tho, at least put the only good female from bleach; yoruichi.
Mar 6, 2023 9:41 PM

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Domestic Girlfriend is a shounen and the female leads there are better than any on this list. 
Mar 6, 2023 9:57 PM
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Happy Sugar Life has the best female lead in shounen imo.

Why are all the poll options from shitty battle shounen? That's the worst place to find good female leads even when confined to the shounen demographic.
Mar 6, 2023 10:16 PM
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From this list, I'll pick Misa from Death Note.
Mar 6, 2023 10:19 PM
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Jolyne is a better female lead than anyone on this list. Especially considering that she's actually the main protagonist of her story.
Mar 6, 2023 11:09 PM

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the only good answers are claymore and dandadan, your picks are dragevard-level of normie
Mar 6, 2023 11:25 PM

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I voted jjk because of maki 
Catalano said:
the only good answers are claymore and dandadan, your picks are dragevard-level of normie
Yeah the poll is missing the only rightful choice aka Claymore. Goated chicks. 
Mar 7, 2023 12:06 AM

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ThorLL said:
None from the poll.

Best girl in Naruto is Hinata. She should be an example for women to follow.

Konan as well.
Best girl in Naruto being Hinata for that i definitively agree.


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Mar 7, 2023 7:52 AM

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No way you had Nami on the poll twice but didn't include Robin...
Mar 7, 2023 7:49 PM

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Serafos said:
From this list, I'll pick Misa from Death Note.


I'm with you, Misa is also my choice.


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Mar 7, 2023 10:30 PM
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So, I disagree with the idea that battle Shonen's treat their female leads bad, because in my opinion they are usually just average or pretty good generally. However, to answer the question Kagura is the best on this list and in my opinion Nobara from JJK is a little overrated being that it received the second most votes on the list.
Mar 7, 2023 10:34 PM

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How the hell is nobara from JJK #2 right now? She’s like the 5th best female character in the show
Mar 8, 2023 2:19 AM

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Evangelion and Azumanga Daioh are the first things which leap to mind.
Mar 8, 2023 2:38 AM

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The lack of mention of Claymore and Gunslinger Girl makes this an incomplete list, especially as both have female leads handled far more competently than how many battle shounens treat their female leads.
Mar 8, 2023 2:52 AM

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Kagura for me, I like her so much! For me she is the best female in shonen aside Nobara!

Mar 8, 2023 3:04 AM

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Only if nobara was like maki zenin.
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Mar 8, 2023 3:14 AM

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Kagura from Gintama easily and Power comes in second. The rest are either ok or useless/bad.
Mar 8, 2023 3:31 AM

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Dunno why people are praising Kagura.
She is mostly annoying, bratty and sometimes straight up disgusting.


Mar 8, 2023 6:35 AM
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Kagura for me, she is amazing and voiced by the best VA ever.
Mar 8, 2023 6:44 AM

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Honestly Nobara is a badass. She has great abilities, she's respected, she's given her own scenes, and gives her all in them instead of looking weak she looks strong/intimidating. 

The rest of the females are also skilled and strong which is great to have in a Shounen even if they aren't the leads :D
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Mar 8, 2023 6:50 AM
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wow ... gintama has biggest circlejerk on mal... and people say it is underrated lol
Mar 14, 2023 9:04 AM

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Dunno why people are praising Kagura.
She is mostly annoying, bratty and sometimes straight up disgusting.

 
   That's why she is amazing, she's just as disgusting as male leads in the show

Mar 14, 2023 9:08 AM
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If there was maki zenin instead of nobara that would be tough for me although nobara is better than most of the female characters

But kagura from gintama easily wins
Mar 14, 2023 2:28 PM

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Easily Nobara, who can get even and maybe surpass the MC all by herself
Mar 15, 2023 5:33 AM
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InuYasha has got an admirable cast of characters, in general. I believe Kagome to be the best among its women. Irreplaceable. Nothing wouldʼve began or ended without her.
Mar 16, 2023 10:48 PM
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As much as i love Gintama, i love Nobara more
Mar 16, 2023 11:00 PM

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Kagura from gintama is the best here with nami being the runner up
Speaking of which, where is jolyne ? She is also a female lead in a shonen right ?
Mar 16, 2023 11:43 PM
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Tell me you don't watch shounen without telling me...you left out so many shounen from this list. Where is cardcaptor sakura, sailor moon, slayers, claymore, jojo's part 6, black clover, magi, seven deadly sins, d gray man, soul eater, flame of recca, beet the vandel buster, inuyasha, black butler, sword art online, kenichi, toaru series, getbackers, lupin III, gegege, mushibugyou, shaman king, air gear, no game no life, yumekui merry, gurren lagann, kino's journey, xxxholic, dr stone, kyousou giga, shield hero, mushoku tensei, beastars, project a-ko, pokemon, rolling girls, flip flappers, digimon, yu-gi-oh, beast player erin, to your eternity, the itaden deities know only peace, spy x family, shakugan no shana, zettai karen children, etc...
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Mar 16, 2023 11:45 PM
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i'm shocked that anyone thinks kagura from gintama is a good character let alone good female lead...she's one of the most unlikeable annoying characters in anime. 
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Mar 17, 2023 12:47 AM

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Enri_eu said:
Shounens usually don't treat women that well, but which ones have the best/strongest female leads? 
I think you meant to say battle shounen, since that's pretty much all you listed. 
If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that.

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