The anime guys with the best developed cooking, cleaning and other feminine skills (“joshiryoku”) have been handily ranked by fans according to their likely worth as a wife or other such menial domestic servant – and with 45% of the votes cast by women themselves, they surely know their stuff.
The ranking, boasting the opinions of yet another 10,000 voters:
1. Umetarou Nozaki (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun)
2. Saika Totsuka (Oregairu)
3. Ryou Sakurai (Kuroko no Basket)
4. Ryuuji Takasu (Toradora)
5. Kokkuri-san (Gugure! Kokkuri-san)
6. Taiga Kagami (Kuroko no Basket)
7. Hayate Ayasaki (Hayate no Gotoku)
8. Ringo Tsukimiya (Uta no Prince-sama)
9. Raku Ichijou (Nisekoi)
10. Souta Takanashi (Working!!)
11. Nagisa Shiota (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu)
12. Mikoto Mikoshiba (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun)
13. Shiro Emiya (Fate/stay night)
14. Reo Mibuchi (Kuroko no Basket)
15. Makoto Tachibana (Free!)
16. Nagisa Hazuki (Free!)
17. Hideyoshi Kinoshita (Baka to Test)
18. Koushi Sugawara (Haikyuu!)
19. Shun Matsuoka (Kimi to Boku)
20. Takeshi/ Brock (Pokemon)
Beta? Tsc… the baiting is worse than evear.
Is there a reason why Saika has been popping up again lately? Everyone is so late.
Looks like the thread ended up quibbling over what exactly a beta is. Slang use is a little different from textbook.
Remember that it’s polar to an alpha. Not just “submitting to an alpha”, who might have exemplary leadership, but being /prone/ to submission. Arguably, that definition might even stretch to indifferent personalities.
Consider TTGL’s Simon, who was VERY textbook beta in earlier episodes. He was sometimes indecisive and timid, but even if he wasn’t he still had a perfect beta slot waiting for him: Kamina’s little brother.
That’s beta, whether it’s done manly or not. Someone tell original authors or Rift whoever that “Little brother” is a far better meaning for Beta than “domestic skilled”.
The dense and asexual behavior of many harem protags (no one has mentioned Urashima Kentaro) often overlaps, but isn’t actually the definition. “Cowardly” behavior is closer yet – but not 100% overlap. Hikikomori characters (Rozen Maiden, NHK) often exhibit beta behavior. One last “unmentioned” is GTO side-character Yoshikawa Noboru, his arc was fairly beta.
No, most of the voted characters aren’t alphas, but these days it’s customary to be polite more than bossily “proactive”.
wait,… wut – wut?
Where’s Bell or Kyousuke Kousaka?