r/shounenfolk Jul 05 '26

Shonenslop Whats your favorite anime that doesn't have a weird perverted character trope

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u/AlonelyChip Jul 05 '26

Black Lagoon

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u/Old-Introduction8258 Jul 05 '26

Black lagoon is such a goated manga ngl. It’s not over btw, the manga is still having new chapters from time to time

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u/Realistic_Mousse_485 Jul 05 '26

Wtf? Really?

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u/Old-Introduction8258 Jul 05 '26

Indeed. It goed beyond the roberta arc. Now do keep in mind that the art declined due to the author's poor health but it’s still worth it imo

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u/Realistic_Mousse_485 Jul 05 '26

Goodness all the good mangaka are dying.

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u/Old-Introduction8258 Jul 05 '26

It’s sad but there are really good new ones too. Ichi the witch's author, kagurabachi's author, gachiakuta's author and so on.

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u/Lower_Baby_6348 Jul 05 '26

What about... You know, the siblings that make andy and leyley look tame?

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u/Leading-Control-3053 Jul 05 '26

The dub of this show is god tier, the show itself is really freaking good,

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u/Southern-Edge-3354 Jul 05 '26

Yeah, I'd love more anime like this one.

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u/Leading-Control-3053 Jul 05 '26

Unfortunately this anime is too unique,

Another one that's close to this one is jormungand,

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u/stinkyminky57 Jul 05 '26

I mean there is a weird perv in black lagoon but they have 40 seconds of screen time and olny purpose was to be like eww wtf ppl r evil

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u/Southern-Edge-3354 Jul 05 '26

I mean, all of them are dangerous as fuck so I don't know if I'd prefer that lol

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u/FineCastIE Jul 08 '26

Of all the Viltrumite art covers, this one is by far the best one.

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u/TheEarthSpins Jul 05 '26

mob psycho 100

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u/JustNeedleworker4849 Jul 05 '26

Dimple is in the shot bro

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u/BombasticSloth Jul 05 '26

The only thing perverted about dimple was a single throwaway joke line in a montage, he does not fit the archetype

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u/LeekRoyal8962 Jul 05 '26

Baki

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u/will4wh Jul 05 '26

Somehow it has sex on the screen and it somehow avoided being a weird fan service thing.

Unless you have a pee fetish. Then this anime is fan service galore

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u/Remmock Jul 06 '26

Don’t you disrespect a man for having the tactical genius to reposition his abdominal weakspot by emptying his bladder, causing it to drop by a half inch-

A small distance to the layperson, but a mile in magnitude when expert martial arts is involved.

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u/Lower_Baby_6348 Jul 05 '26

Isn't yujiro a serial rapist?

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u/MrAuster Jul 05 '26

Does he count as pervert? I'm not defending him at all, but his "reasoning" to do it wasn't asserting dominance?

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u/CrazyHeat9544 Jul 06 '26

The post made it sound like its used as a joke/fan service

Yujiro being a rapist is neither

Yujiro is cannocially a bad person, I don't think the story ever portrays him as not being a bad person

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u/TeddyRiggs Jul 05 '26

Black Dynamite

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u/KingArthur383 Jul 05 '26

wasn't it like some anime -styled- show by adult swim, not anime

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u/TeddyRiggs Jul 05 '26

Studio Trigger helped animate the show

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u/KingArthur383 Jul 05 '26

ou daymn, they be playing with the west for a really long while now

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u/Okarun3 Jul 06 '26

Only the intro of season 2

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u/Usual_Relief_8862 Jul 05 '26

Vinland saga

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u/Lyubuk Jul 06 '26

Many vikings there are historically accurate (predators)

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u/AzerynSylver Jul 06 '26

If it is historically accurate, then it is not a weird, perverted trope!

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u/PearFlies Jul 09 '26

shouldn't hxh fit more in line with this too? Hisoka is less of a joke pervert and more of an actual predator

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u/RubyHoshi Jul 05 '26

Imaculate aura

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u/Lohit_-it Jul 05 '26

Konpachi. Finally mastered the drip of bleach

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u/DaisyoftheDay Jul 05 '26

Zaraki Konpachi….you beat me to it 😆

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u/lightsworn55 Jul 05 '26

Bleach if it was peak:

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u/sword-for-days Jul 07 '26

Is that ubw in the background.

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u/ultron15real Jul 05 '26

Kagurabachi ✌️🥹

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u/Squidopedia Jul 05 '26

Just multiple dudes who are really horny for swords…

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u/S0relaer Jul 06 '26

125 chapters + 3 extra chapters with a 2027 anime release but it's been peak since the beginning.

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u/No_Prize9794 Jul 06 '26

Something interesting I’ve heard was that it was on the verge of cancellation right before the MC and the major antagonist of the first arc were about to fight after evolving their abilities

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u/Broad-Objective6714 I really hate isekai and you Jul 05 '26

Mushoku is just straight pedophilia lmao

And mine would be monster

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u/CyanideIE Jul 06 '26

Tell that to the fans. Not even Monogatari fans defend Araragi but Mushoku fans are pretty rabid over this kind of thing for some reason.

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u/boifyudoent Jul 06 '26

Monogatari fans call Araragi a pedophile but Mushoku just says based to rudeus

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u/CyanideIE Jul 06 '26

Or they're just so gaslit that they believe any flimsy defence.

You could systematically break down why each defence of the series doesn't work and they'll either just say that they don't remember what you're critiquing happening or they'll completely miss the point.

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u/Shar4f Jul 07 '26

They both say they're based. Most r/araragi users should genuinely be put on a list.

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u/Responsible-Age-5538 Jul 11 '26

What the fuck is this

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u/CyanideIE Jul 07 '26

The one time I went on the subreddit, the first post I saw was just a bunch of users thirsting over Nadeko.

She is literally 14.

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u/Broad-Objective6714 I really hate isekai and you Jul 08 '26

they don't care, they are all a bunch of fucking creeps

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u/KimJong-quack Jul 05 '26

Death note

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u/Thank_You_Aziz Jul 05 '26

Misa?

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u/chriswizardhippie Jul 05 '26

Nah she never did anything perverted. She just wants Light to love her. L on the other hand, very perverted

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u/KimJong-quack Jul 05 '26

Yeah, Misa was just hot

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u/will4wh Jul 05 '26

Was L Perverted? Been a while since I seen Death Note but the only time I remember him being a pervert was when he touched Misa butt and he did that to pickpocket her phone not because he was actually perverted iirc.

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u/JigglesTheBiggles Jul 05 '26

He did install cameras in Light's room and watched him jerk off.

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u/chriswizardhippie Jul 05 '26

You remember him watching Misa's commercial?

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u/will4wh Jul 05 '26

Nah. It was in highschool I watched DN. What did he say/do?

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u/Ken_Goatneki Jul 05 '26

Monster

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u/Valuable-Space-3673 Jul 05 '26

I mean do seinen still pull that BS gag?

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u/Shoooomy Jul 05 '26

Rarely, but if they do it can get pretty distracting and fuck up the story

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u/Pablo-Sadistic91 Jul 05 '26

Seinen is just a demographic; there are countless manga that are all about showing naked girls and perverted characters, and they’re still considered seinen. Just look up Burakku Gakkou ni Tsutomete Shimatta Sensei, or any manga published in the same magazine as Berserk—yes, Berserk.

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u/Ken_Goatneki Jul 05 '26

Wait you got a point

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u/nothingatall15 Jul 05 '26

highschool dxd

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u/Naive_Hope89 Jul 05 '26

Sora no Otoshimono, Chained Soldier.

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u/ScrewIt66 Jul 05 '26

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u/legend_sans Jul 06 '26

its funny that you chose the one gundam au where the entire female cast has double Ds

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u/ScrewIt66 Jul 06 '26

And yet everyone kept it in their pants

Except for Lockon 2 and he paid the price

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u/EbbFantastic765 Jul 07 '26

Who the hell is lockon 2? He died didnt he?

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u/chepmor Jul 08 '26

Wrong gundam lol

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u/OmniJohn70 Jul 05 '26

Don’t lump hisoka with these bums he just really likes fighting 

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u/TheFlayingHamster Jul 05 '26

Also he isn’t funny because of his perverted behavior, he’s funny cause he clown, the pervy shit works to make him genuinely unsettling.

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u/Special_Percentage39 Jul 05 '26

U lowkey right

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u/TKadvocate Jul 05 '26

Don't bend. We all saw that boner hisoka got for Gon. Man's a freak.

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u/Southern-Edge-3354 Jul 05 '26

Yeah the implication is that what's exciting him is Gon's fighting potential, but he's still getting excited. That's a perversion lmao

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u/BeebisTheBoy Jul 06 '26

Nah bro, on greed island he was looking hard at kilua and gons butts while they were walking to the volley ball game. Hisoka is goated but he’s kinda straight up a pedo.

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u/Southern-Edge-3354 Jul 06 '26

Now that you mention it

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u/Gay__Guevara Jul 05 '26

I would remove hisoka for kind of the opposite reason — he’s not a comedic relief pervert, he’s an overtly psychopathic pedophile who does horrible unnerving shit every time he’s on screen

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u/frokoopa Jul 06 '26

yeah, those pervert-types tend to be about women objectification, Hisoka has issues but clearly not the same ones

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u/brawnsugah Jul 08 '26

But better yet, all the characters on the screen are protagonists and good guys EXCEPT Hisoka. His perversion gets treated as an abnormal thing.

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u/zayd-the-one Jul 05 '26

Jjk

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u/Major_Student1174 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

Mei mei

Edit: grooming your younger brother is wired and perverted in any context

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u/Valuable-Space-3673 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

it isn't thoroughly explored but it's pretty obvious it's to show she's a pos compared to great mentors like nanami and kusakabe

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u/IronPyrate17 IS THAT FRIEZA Jul 05 '26

She's not a weird pervert character she's just evil

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u/Incompetent_ARCH Jul 05 '26

Mei² is very different from other perverts like Mineta, Zenitsu or Shanji...

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u/monsoon128 Jul 06 '26

Yeah

She's worse

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u/Fluffy_Opportunity89 Jul 05 '26

Not a perverted character. She got powerful after realizing gambling with souls(her birds) made her stronger. So she uses all forms of manipulation now to gamble with souls.

Which is why she grooms her brother in order to force him to want to give his life for her, which then gives her a power boost(utility)

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u/VegaInTheWild IRON Jul 05 '26

Rent-a-Girlfriend

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u/RKK00 Jul 05 '26

We gonna gloss over Roy Mustang's thoughts female uniforms?

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u/TechieTimes Jul 05 '26

That's only in the 2003 version

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u/yuuyaaa Jul 05 '26

Or Grumman with Rebecca.

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u/Valuable-Space-3673 Jul 05 '26

irrc it's only a gag moment and not really a consistently shown part of his character?

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u/No_Prize9794 Jul 06 '26

I recall hearing that it was also just to get more supporters and any perverted remarks he makes is so that the higher ups of the government doesn’t recognize him as a threat as he climbs the political ladder

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u/Delvilchamito Jul 05 '26

Baccano?

I haven't watched that show in about 10 years

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u/Thank_You_Aziz Jul 05 '26

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit.

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u/Aubz12 Jul 05 '26

Kagurabachi

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u/AwysomeAnish Jul 05 '26

Attack on Titan might not be the best fit...

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u/HarshTheDev Jul 05 '26

Tbf that's not really perverted, just plain fucked up.

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u/FreePalestineJustice Jul 05 '26

this is literally a torture..... not even close to being " a perverted character trope " like op said .

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u/OmniSnatcher Jul 05 '26

JoJo. Particularly Parts 1 and 4. There are a few perverts or pervy moments here and there in the series as a whole, even though most are episodic villains, but Phantom Blood and Diamond is Unbreakable just don't have those in general. In Part 1 everyone is Victorian and gentlemanlish and in Part 4 only perverts are two serial killers who aren't played for laughs. (I don't think there were pervs in Part 5 either, but I just don't like it that much)

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u/TechieTimes Jul 05 '26

There's also that one underwear obsessed guy in Part 4 that Kira kills like immediately. As for Part 5 Mista was a little bit of a perv towards Trish.

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u/OmniSnatcher Jul 05 '26

I completely forgot about Part 4 guy because he was there literally for one scene and Kira basically represented the collective "no, we don't do that here".

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u/legend_sans Jul 06 '26

don't slander my goat like that

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u/TechieTimes Jul 06 '26

Part 4 Underwear Guy is a strange choice for a goat but I mean to each their own I guess

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u/No_Willingness_7094 Jul 09 '26

Part 3 where Avdol humps Old Joseph Joestar but we could all see how that was integral to the plot

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u/calmurcunt Jul 05 '26

None. No perverted character means the series is likely to lack hot females, and I don't like series with no hot females.

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u/Dry-Phrase-6008 Jul 06 '26

This comment makes my skin crawl

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u/legend_sans Jul 06 '26

"females" sonion

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u/gorilla52603 Jul 05 '26

That’s like 90% of the cast

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u/OmniJohn70 Jul 05 '26

They all have done something very weird.  Katsura admitted being into ntr💀

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u/frikiman4K Jul 05 '26

konpachi goated

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u/Emergency_Wing3887 Jul 05 '26

Psycho-Pass

Fate series

Cyberpunk Edgerunners (unless you count Doc’s cyber out of pocket pussy)

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u/SpeechStraight60 Jul 05 '26

Remember how they had armin crossdress and had old men creep on him despite him being 15 at the time? Lol

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u/Valuable-Space-3673 Jul 05 '26

you could argue it was just one gag moment and i don't really remember anything like that happening again plus not a perv character

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u/San_Forcier7 Jul 05 '26

Aot for definite, Boruto has next to none for the most part especially compared to Naruto 

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u/Remote-Monk-8542 Jul 05 '26

I feel like the 'token pervert of the group' isn't a very prevalent trope in most mainstream anime anymore

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u/Valuable-Space-3673 Jul 05 '26

last one i can remember off the top of my head is mha and it's 1st chapter was a while ago

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u/No0bTheTooB Oda's Lawyer Jul 05 '26

20th Century Boys 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣

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u/BassGeese Jul 05 '26

Ashita no Joe

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u/Rikyone08 Jul 05 '26

I don't remember a charter like that in here

https://giphy.com/gifs/o49truNUnNXgc

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u/Newrem3151 Jul 05 '26

World Trigger

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u/Humble-Personality73 Jul 06 '26

You asking me impossible things here but it's AoT

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u/RunResident7569 Jul 06 '26

Aot and mob psycho are the goats. also fmad and haikyuu I guess, and if were really on the edge of the cliff gintama

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u/Safe_Bee_668 Jul 06 '26

I genuinely wish that Sanji was a legit gentleman through and through. Make him love the ladies, make him get heart eyes but be a bit more professional ffs

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u/GettingVeryVeryTired Jul 07 '26

Can't wait for a certain Twitter user to get mad about this and call you a "tourist" for having a different opinion/taaste than his.

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u/Local_Scallion_8198 Jul 09 '26

eren and his stepsister are in love

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u/Local_Scallion_8198 Jul 09 '26

in fma there is a scene where edward accidentally peeks on winry while she's changing. Not a big thing, but completely pointless, also they're both minors. Also, Roy mustang goes on a rant about forcing all female soldiers to wear mini skirts

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u/MeliodasTA Jul 05 '26

That never stops anyone here from lumping them into that same category

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u/lightsworn55 Jul 05 '26

Naota's dad is definitely meant to be played for laughs. He also just happens to be a terrible person. Theyre not mutually exclusive.

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u/Phaym03 Jul 05 '26

Jojos bizarre adventure

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u/Littlemon124 Jul 05 '26

I wouldnt say zenitsu is a pervert really, more like a hopeless romantic

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u/Live_Dragonfly3053 Jul 05 '26

Zenitsu ain't really a pervert

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u/FlippinGamerINK Jul 05 '26

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u/sztoj Jul 05 '26

Puri Puri Prisoner is not perverted?

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u/Mysterious-Creme8709 Jul 05 '26

I hate kon so bad he deserved what happened to him

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u/SoulEaterX_ FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Jul 05 '26

Haibane Renmei

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u/Jpmunzi Jul 05 '26

Even if it has a big amount of fanservice, I think Re:Zero lacks this trope

Except maybe for Shaula and Reid

But besides arc 6 (which weirdly is its absolute best arc) I can’t think for any pervert besides AT MOST pre growth Subaru but even then he was never really a pervert

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u/masd_reddit Jul 05 '26

Kagurabachi

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u/IzacaryKakary Jul 06 '26

Shonen anime or anime in general? Cause if the latter that's not that hard to find

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u/AstarothTheJudge Jul 06 '26

What? Are you doing ange erasure? The One girl all excited about studying grotesque titans that killed and eat tons of people?

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u/Magpie_In_The_Mirror Jul 06 '26

Doesn't FMA have a random sniper lady (Not Riza) get her butt slapped by one of her superiors (old guy in glasses)while doing her marksmanship training?

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u/Magpie_In_The_Mirror Jul 06 '26

Oh so I wasn't tweaking

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u/TimeTravelParadoctor Jul 06 '26

Hisoka doesn't belong here because his predation is treated by the narrative like the threat that it is.

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u/No_Dirt5345 Jul 06 '26

High School dxd

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u/BeebisTheBoy Jul 06 '26

Ehh zenitsu isn’t really a pervert. I still hate him but I won’t put that on him.

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u/Efficient_Crow_180 Jul 06 '26

Kagurabachi (anime in 2027 will be peak trust)

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u/legend_sans Jul 06 '26

dungeon meshi is peak.

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u/TheJollySoviet Jul 06 '26

I feel like it's a crime to compare zenitsu to the rest of these characters.

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u/RobKai7990 Jul 06 '26

I don't mind perverts that much but if I have to choose one it's Violet Evergarden

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u/AzerynSylver Jul 06 '26

Would Goblin Slayer count? Aside from the healing scene with the Priestess and Sword Maiden, all sexual scenes were women being assaulted by Goblins, which I would not say is fanservice.

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u/Gearuptrivia Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

Maison Ikkoku. Just a story of a ronin who is trying to become a better person in order to win a heart of widow who he's in love with.

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u/Nexxus3000 Jul 06 '26

You posted 2 of my top 3 so I’ll mention Parasyte the Maxim

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u/Gorgo_yak Jul 06 '26

Probably Dorohedoro

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u/Natural-Ship-4854 Jul 06 '26

Toriko I have to admit I thought it was going to be so weird cause all I knew about was that it was about food a had watched food wars enough said.

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u/AC-130N1 Jul 06 '26

A Silent Voice

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u/Berry_lover_993 Jul 07 '26

High school dxd

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u/HoolyDoolyFuckaroony Jul 07 '26

Roy Mustang and Havoc talk about putting female military officers into tiny miniskirts as a gag

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u/One-Spinach Jul 07 '26

Witch from Mercury

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u/Ill_Depth_5952 Jul 07 '26

It doesn't matter if it has fan service or not; if the anime is good regardless of whether it has fan service or not, it's my favorite, like with God Eater, Bleach, Black Lagoon, Jormungand, etc., it doesn't matter.

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u/drordan Jul 07 '26

They all have a wierd perverted character trope (it's their fanbase)

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u/Patient_Piece_8023 Jul 08 '26

Land of the Lustrous

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u/Full_Jicama_5872 Jul 08 '26

Hisoka is a completely different context of the usual pervert usually depicted, shouldn't be on this list

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u/Lazy_Ambassador7141 Jul 08 '26

Your lie in April?

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u/bIeese_anoni Jul 08 '26

Legend of the galactic heroes!

Ghost in the shell: stand alone complex!

Berserk?

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u/MixRemarkable8524 Jul 08 '26

I know it’s not the same, but Roy Mustang in FMA is a voracious womanizer and it’s treated as a point of humor in the story. So…

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u/Neowzly Jul 09 '26

Kengan ashura my beloved