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why the top 50 characters have more husbandos than waifus?

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Jan 18, 9:27 AM
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https://myanimelist.net/character.php

but 75% of mal userbase is male https://myanimelist.net/advertising

so ye why? ye i know i must be joking but come on just why?
Jan 18, 9:45 AM
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quantity thing, most anime have guy main character, the more there are like that the more they get favorites
If you notice, most anime fans here add main characters in favorites

For example, let's say we make a stat for all shoujo, top 50 will be dominated by girls because most shoujo have girl main character
Jan 18, 9:54 AM
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Probably many reasons but perhaps the main one is because the female characters are poorly written in personality being focused in appearance.
Jan 18, 9:54 AM
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Most of those guys are the protagonist in their shows that are very mainstream and popular. Anime fans always harp on about anime girls all the time but there is a reason why these characters are popular despite not having the cute anime girl look.
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Jan 18, 10:00 AM
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Those aren't husbandos. They're self-inserts or power fantasies.
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Jan 18, 10:03 AM
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Well, coz those husbandos are kinda overrated, but they're kinda not, coz they fuuuck.
On the other hand, waifus are fuckable but don't fuck...
R-r-right...?
Jan 18, 10:45 AM
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Cause most protagonist are guys and are overall better characters.
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Jan 18, 10:55 AM
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They want to be those male characters with those powers. Just about all the male ones in the top 50 have powers of some sort.
Jan 18, 11:54 AM
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Male characters have more neutral appeal while waifu type characters mostly just appeal to dudes. And I wouldn't say a lot of the popular male characters really have husbando appeal to them. (I guess that's subjective though lol). But they're all from shounen and seinen series so it's more like they're guys written for guys.
Jan 18, 11:55 AM

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Bad taste, probably. Nothing new on MAL.

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Jan 18, 12:00 PM

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Because most of them are edgy or badass characters, so the average otaku looks at them and says, 'he is literally me'.
If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time.

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Jan 18, 12:01 PM

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It's because everyone likes hot men (or is it just me?)
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Jan 18, 12:02 PM

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Because men like men more than women. Horniness only goes so far in attracting the audience into liking a character. They gotta be good characters too or there's no value in rewatching the show. You've seen tits once, you've seen them all.
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Jan 18, 12:03 PM

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Because most of them are edgy or badass characters, so the average otaku looks at them and says, 'he is literally me'.
@Phosphophyllita

lmfao NAILED IT^^^^
Jan 18, 12:08 PM

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Maybe there's a connection between Shows and Characters featuring in these Shows.

Maybe a good character, in a bad Show isn't as popular as a good character in a good Show, cause the end product isn't considered a well made product, everybody knows about -> therefore Characters in bad/less well known Shows aren't as popular.

Taking characters out of their popular Shows they're taking part in, discussing their gender out of context doesn't really mean anything....it's irrelevant. It's coincidence, at best.

The Top Shows got the most popular characters in it. A lot of characters are male....that's pretty much what this is.
Also what is/isn't a "husbando" and if or if not that did matter in the sucess of certain Anime, in the Top 50, is highly debatable...
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Jan 18, 12:12 PM
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it's the same question as "Why the top 50 Anime have more Action Fantasy Romance Comedy than Mystery Sci-fi Psychological?"
Jan 18, 1:29 PM

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Those aren't husbandos. They're self-inserts or power fantasies.
@Lucifrost ye i guess you nailed that perfectly
Jan 18, 6:13 PM
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I imagine because most of them don't treat them as husbandos, but rather cool or interesting characters that they like in some way.

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Jan 20, 9:25 AM

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"why the top 50 characters have more husbandos than waifus?"

Because not everyone is as smart as you people. Especially the shounen fans. :)
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Jan 20, 9:39 AM

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deg thinks it's because everyone is secretly gay just like him and thats why he asked this question
Jan 20, 10:43 AM

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deg thinks it's because everyone is secretly gay just like him and thats why he asked this question
@epidemia78 everyone is a little gay including you and me
Jan 20, 10:47 AM

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@epidemia78 everyone is a little gay including you and me
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Jan 20, 11:14 AM

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Well, coz those husbandos are kinda overrated, but they're kinda not, coz they fuuuck.
On the other hand, waifus are fuckable but don't fuck...
R-r-right...?
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lol... you're just woke up and chose violence
R-r-right? 😂
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