Japanese asked which hobbies they consider the most manly supply a ranking which in proper Japanese fashion places macho activities like fishing above such effete pastimes as body-building and running around in a field.
1. Cars & bikes (5393)
2. Fishing (1555)
3. Baseball & football (1468)
4. Weight training (958)
5. Watching martial arts (893)
6. Plamo [Gundam] (709)
7. Survival games [Airsoft] (511)
8. Other (470)
9. Solo-travel (292)
10. Band activity (229)
Thankfully golf was not included in the ranking, although the image of a muscular fisherman riding his Honda to the latest sumo match should be harrowing enough.
Otaku pastimes naturally did not feature much on the list, although rather unsurprisingly the only one that did – “cameras” – came dead last.
None of these are really manly. Weight lifting is pretty good, but fishing?
Gunpla? Seriously?! I love Gunpla, it is my hobby of choice. But the only thing manly about it is that there are zero women who do it.
Plamo, WATCHING maRTIAL ARTS, Other… who the hell did they ask and why is other so high up, did they really have so few options that other went high up? Why’s fishing high up, are they delusional or just dumb.
Why is watching martial arts manlier than practicing martial arts? And would keeping a personal catalog of local flora and fauna be in “other” or is that wimpy nerd s♥♥t?
lmao@5 watching martial arts movie is manly,i shall go watch my collection on bruce lee now