What are your best romance animes with an assertive male protagonist?

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• wjs018@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  In addition to the already mentioned Sakuta from Bunny Girl and Rentaro from 100GF, there are a couple others that I like:

  • Bravern - This one is two guys that are both strong-willed. Not really sure you can call this strictly a romance though considering all the robots and apocalypse.
  • Endo and Kobayashi - This is actually two romances in one. One of them (in the game world) has an assertive male character. The other (in our world) a bit less so, but it was a great series that got majorly overlooked.
  • Girlfriend, Girlfriend - You can call Naoya many things, but timid is not one of them.
  • Love After World Domination - A criminally underwatched series that features the Red Ranger character falling in love at first sight, and he will strive to overcome all obstacles to make it happen.
  • Tomo-chan Is a Girl - Jun might be dense, but he is a man of action.

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  • Unboxious@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Now that you mention it, I’m not sure whether to call Bravern a romance either. Romance is kind of the focus, but it kind of isn’t. Either way it’s one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen.

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    • wjs018@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Absolutely! I was completely blown away by Bravern. One of the most fun series out there.

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• Mercuri@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Hmm… if it has to have an assertive male character I’d probably have to say Toradora or Horimiya.

  It is interesting how much romance doesn’t have an assertive male lead. Like my absolute favorite romance is My Dress Up Darling but I wouldn’t call the male lead in that one assertive. And a lot of romance have the male lead completely panic any time a girl is on the same planet as them, lol.

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• recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  The best one that comes to mind for me is:
  Ouran High School Host Club

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• Endmaker@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai is a good choice

  best romance animes with an assertive male protagonist

  Since the question used “animes” (though I heard plural of anime is “anime”), time to list multiple shows. In no particular order:

  • Cherry Magic! - Adachi can be assertive at times. Kurosawa is pretty assertive while still respecting Adachi’s boundaries.
  • Oshi no Ko, especially in season 2 - Aqua is assertive IMO; the romance is a subplot at the moment though.
  • Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai - Azusagawa is simply great throughout.
  • Skip and Loafer - Not very romantic just yet, but I can see Shima being assertive but still respectful towards Iwakura like the couple in Cherry Magic.
  • The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You - Rentarou is pretty assertive.

  In fact, my top favourite romance anime tend to have an assertive male protagonist. I can’t stand wimpy, indecisive, weak-willed male protagonists.

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• ReluctantZen@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  If by being assertive you mean knowing what they want, then I’d say Wotakoi. One of my favourites in general.

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  • Endmaker@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I briefly considered listing Wotakoi in my comment, but then

    Wotakoi spoiler

    like you said, Hirotaka was assertive only when it comes to games. After the first episode, he just went with the flow and as such, Narumi was taking the lead 90% of the time.

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    • ReluctantZen@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      True, it depends on where you want them to be assertive.

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