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.
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Dead or Alive Ero-SFM Doubly Dirty
Flying Witch “Cute But Boring…”
Phantasy Star Online 2 Phantastic: “What About the West!?”
Shounen Maid “A Fujoshi Delight”
Terra Formars Live Action Web Drama Announced
Dragon Quest Heroes II Quite Monstrous
KumaMiko Lovingly Innocent
Aqua Onahole Parody Hopefully Moist
A-Size Classmate Profusely Petite
One Day With Maria Raunchy & Romantic
The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 0 Raises Its Voice
Hai-Furi in Troubled Waters
Star Fox Zero “Pandering To Kids!”
Kiznaiver Shares Its Pain
Love Live’s Koi ni Naritai Aquarium PV “Will Sell Thousands!”
Skimpy Kataigou Figure
Ellen Baker’s Illustrator: “Keep It Clean!”
Bullet Girls 2 Goes At It From All Angles
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization A Real Grind
Koutetsujou no Kabaneri Immensely Gruesome
Goddess of 2ch “Another Bathing Beauty!”
Tantalizing Hestia Cosplay Busts Out
Kashiwazaki Sena Cosplay Pure & Innocent
Minami Kotori Casino Girl Cosplay Takes No Chances
Shimakaze Cosplay by Ema Sakura
Harley Quinn Cosplay by Miyuko Colorfully Crazy
Sonico Ero-Cosplay by Yuka Hoshikage Super Sexy
Kasugano Sora Bunny Girl Cosplay Absolutely Admirable
Goddess of 2ch: “Barely Legal Beauty!”
Highly Yuri Tenryuu & Tatsuta Cosplay by Garo & Usagi
Doesn't Plamo count as an otaku activity?
I'm surprised that made it ANYWHERE near the top 10.
brb building more manly gundams
Build the G Gundam gunpla, they are the only manly gundams!
No, Gundams themselves aren't that manly. It's the Mass-Production MSes that are pure badassery and manliness. Just look at the MP Guncannon! So much better than the original.
Plamo!? Really?? My hobby is manly?!
Fapping is the manliest hobby there is. Only men can do it, after all.
Let's not forget the futas please!
Too bad futas as portrayed by manga/doujin don't actually exist...
I've done all of them except 9 and 6. I still maintain an I.Q. of 130. So am I manly?
This also reminds me that I need to start Plamo...
Another reason why 2D girls are superior to 3D. If a girl has a dick the size of her arm, then she better bloody well have a vagina to go with it, otherwise, I ain't interested.
Preferably without balls...balls don't do it for me.
Its a hobby? Surely you jest, its a necessity
Since I have some pussy to screw, fapping it's only a manly hobbie for me.... I don't know for you ;)
im fapping a lot more than necessary, so its like a hobby.
but lulz, gunplo? airsoft? playing with plastic toys, how exactly is that manly?
Lol nice to now that fapping is a good thing
I thought teasing their boy band hair would be on the list.
LOL fuking jokes
Errr....women can fap too.
Only to be sure; you need to fap in front of mine so I can witness such phenomena ñ_ñ
we need visual proofs, you must offer yourself for the test.
hey apparently watching martial arts is many , not practicing . Can see american influence here . Stupid question but whats plamo
pla[STIC]
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mo[DELS] = Plastic Models
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Like Pocket Monsters = Pokemon or
Animation = Anime
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Japanese like simplifying Foreign words of ease of rolling off their lips. They even do that to their own Language!
The Otaku wetdream land Akihabara = Akiba!
Plastic models and in this case with gundams.
I thought the same thing, apparently the 5 years of martial arts training I had doesn't make me as manly as my friends who watch UFC all the time. ^_^
Good one dude! but manly for girl could be, "look so manly, but she could luxuriously enjoy it too"... o wait... she can participate in that one :D
I was as suprised as you were :P I do at least 3 things on those list! They sure dont set the bar high
I do at least 7 of those things excluding fishing, gunpla and Other (unless I can somehow include Other :P) then it would be 8 XD
Does that make me manly?
Cause I also do some hobby's that might not be considered manly, like playing piano, mahjong (MCR), tennis, acting... yeah I do a lot..
im so happy about this too
no World of Warcraft?
YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!
I mean, if you come here talking about WoW, truth is, you're too green kido,
And there are NO demons nearby.
Depends on if you paint, airbrush, scratch build, and customize. Building dioramas of war machines will make you a goddamn sexual tyrannosaurus.
I certanly hope that "Watching martial arts" isnt the same as watching the gay extreme fighting that every closet homo where I work goes apeshit over.
If you like watching two grown ass men roll around on the ground with their legs wrapped around eachother you have some issues.
Seeing "Gundam" on there is sort of surprising...
WATCHING martial arts? Wouldn't actually fight martial arts be... manlier? ._.
fishing > weight training?
that's like the laziest hobby and it still consider manly?
majority of people do not go out and catch swordfish, goliath tigerfish or other fish that can be ocnsidered manly..
What about catching fish with spears like that old dude on the picture?
I think thats pretty awesome if you can do that.
I was stopped not by fishing, so much as "Watching martial arts"...
Watching...?
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yeah but the first image that came to mind was grandpas, who is usually fell asleep fishing. lol
you should look up bass fisting.. or was it catfisting.... either way catching them with ur bare hands (the big ones) is pretty manly
It's called noodling (AKA catfisting, grabbling, graveling, hogging, dogging, gurgling, tickling and stumping)
Catching huge catfish by shoving your hand or foot in a murky underwater crevice is quite impressive in an imbecilic hillbilly sort of way, but I'm quite certain the Japanese image of hobby fishing is rather gentrified by comparison - people paying to fish out the trout they just bought and emptied into their rented stretch of river in a bucket, for example.
Yeah, fuck you. I'm not even Southern, but there's nothing hillbilly about wading into the water and not being afraid to get your hands dirty, you damn pampered little geek.
@anon 12:52 There really isn't anything hillbilly about it, but after spending all that time in the sunlight, ones neck must certainly be red...
You can call yourself a man, but your concept of "manly" is probably no different from a barbaric ape.
LMAO It IS Very Hillbilly
looks like the hillbilly has his panties in a bunch.
also aren't most people who comes to sankaku complex concidered pretty geeky themselves? whats the point of calling others what they already know to be true?
I personally don't even consider it an insult, I'd be a geek any day over a creepy red neck who gets his rocks off on wrestling dirty fishes.
thats just childish, give that shit up and play a real mans sport, like chess.
Having seen a US documentary featuring "noodling" in detail I cannot help but conclude that it is the very epitome of what most would consider as "hillbilly."
Never knew Gollum was manly.
He catches fish....with his bare hands!
How could that not be manly?
Noodling is the name of that method of fishing.
I guess being manly does not mean you have to be in top shape. Being outdoors and killing nature instead of being cooped up inside a gym
Think of it as an application instead of baseless practise.
You COULD spend your time practising a martial art, following patterns, kicking a bag, or you could be in the streets applying that knowledge to some guy's face.
Doesn't explain fishing though.
Learning a new martial art. 500 bucks. Getting arrested for assault and murder. Priceless.
Maybe they consider it a GentleMANLY hobby. Like tea in Britain, for instance.
GentleMANLY hobby means drinking tea while hunting elephants with a huge-as-hell elephant gun.
Shouldn't "being Kamina" be number 1?
You mean the guy that got his ass saved by Simon most of the time?
You're fucking kidding me right!? How can Kamina NOT be manly?
You mean that annoying manchild who got killed?
No, we mean the guy who attacked a gunman with a freaking katana. Kanima may not have been very smart, but he was definitely manly.
They probably are refering to commercial open water fishing. Plenty of danger and hard physical labor in that. Don't think they mean drinking bears while you have you pole in the water.
What I want to know is why in god's name is Plamo on there.
No, I think they meant actually going out to see and putting your life in danger to catch fish. Watch Deadliest Catch if you don't know what I mean.
That's *not* what they mean. They're talking about fishing as a *hobby*. The Deadliest Catch guys aren't doing that as a hobby.
Ice fishing. Try it and then talk.
The dynamite I use for a lure doesn't work as well through the ice.
WTF?! where's computer electronics?!?! where's hardware enthusiast?? Fucking Fucker! FUCK that! Imma gonna go bone my tight 14 yo girl now, thank you very much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2bNUFdud5E
(im srry but i couldn't resist
I catch sharks barehanded
Sharks have a week dedicated to me...
you should see the price of japanese fresh water lures, they're insane! especially fly fishing lures.
as for the question of manlyness, not everyone sits on the shore and gets wasted. fishing is the perfect excuse to pull out the boat and out accelerate jet skis. then watch and laugh as they eventually fly passed, looking really pissed off, cause they just got beat by a boat. the whole experience is very manly.
Mabe when thinking of fishing in Japan whales come to mind as well as the fact that it is a vital industry over there. So it´s a honoured tradition in Japan (and other countries which do actually have a coast) and a boring hobby elsewhere.