Thread 280594618

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Anonymous 7/15/2025, 4:49:39 PM No.280594618 >>280596192 >>280601375 >>280601962 >>280602322 >>280603288 >>280604360 >>280604429 >>280607568 >>280609873 >>280610400 >>280611376 >>280611478

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Why are muscular protagonists so rare in anime and manga?

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 4:52:06 PM No.280594685 >>280600404

Because most Japanese people still think muscles are gross and for homosexuals. Nice sneaky fetish thread btw.

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 5:44:24 PM No.280596192 >>280605870

>>280594618 (OP)
SEXO

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 6:01:04 PM No.280596705 >>280598758 >>280600404

Most men are insecure and when they see someone strong they think they're gay.

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 7:03:55 PM No.280598616 >>280600333

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Blue Ursus has 1

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 7:10:05 PM No.280598758

>>280596705
That is exclusively a japanese mindset

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 7:59:00 PM No.280600333 >>280611267

>>280598616
>draw a man
>give him breast implants and call him a woman

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 8:01:21 PM No.280600394 >>280600527 >>280602048

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A TOWERING 5'8, 130LBS of PURE MUSCLE

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 8:01:43 PM No.280600404

>>280596705
>>280594685
this. Also for most of the western audience,it makes them feel envious and threatened,so it triggers them

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 8:05:41 PM No.280600527 >>280600575

>>280600394
5'8 is towering?

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 8:07:17 PM No.280600575

>>280600527
That is the joke, yes.

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 8:33:57 PM No.280601375

>>280594618 (OP)
Because working out is about as realistic as becoming an astronaut for the target audience

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 8:51:49 PM No.280601962 >>280604291

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>>280594618 (OP)
One possible reason is that mangaka and animators have tight schedules, and anatomically detailed muscles take a long time to draw. Another is that many protagonists tend to be quite young, while men usually peak in muscle mass between their late 20s and mid-30s.
But besides that, I would like to question the initial assumption. If we look at the best-selling ongoing manga and their male protagonists, we see they usually have lean, athletic builds.

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 8:54:46 PM No.280602048

>>280600394
Imagine the mating press

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 9:03:10 PM No.280602322 >>280611298

>>280594618 (OP)
Kill yourself you gay homosexual faggot

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 9:32:37 PM No.280603288

>>280594618 (OP)
I want to be sandwiched between those two

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 10:04:05 PM No.280604291 >>280608577

>>280601962
Luffy is quite muscular though.

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 10:05:58 PM No.280604360 >>280605707

>>280594618 (OP)
Does this guy still do art nowadays?

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 10:07:42 PM No.280604429

>>280594618 (OP)
People will make excuses about but 100% of the reason is that it takes more time drawing muscles. A main character is going to be the must drawn person in the series. Its a big commitment to drawing muscles every single chapter.

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 10:47:12 PM No.280605707

>>280604360
Yeah:
https://x.com/zksk0422
https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/212632

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 10:49:05 PM No.280605773

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Muscular characters are common in shounen, because guys like muscles, this is not hard to understand.

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 10:52:15 PM No.280605870

>>280596192
SUPER EVEN!

Anonymous 7/15/2025, 11:55:47 PM No.280607568

>>280594618 (OP)
The most popular versions of the anime/manga art style are geared towards depicting cute characters, and muscular characters usually aren't considered "cute".
Protagonists specifically are even less likely to be muscular because of the prevalence of teen protagonists (who are usually small to signify their age) and generic everyman protagonists (who can't be too muscular because it would make it more difficult for the target audience to self-insert as them).

Anonymous 7/16/2025, 12:29:40 AM No.280608577

>>280604291
Yes, that was the point I was trying to make at the end.

Anonymous 7/16/2025, 1:19:20 AM No.280609873

>>280594618 (OP)
Because

Anonymous 7/16/2025, 1:40:55 AM No.280610400 >>280611357

>>280594618 (OP)
Why does the lady on the left have a bulge in her pants?

Anonymous 7/16/2025, 2:17:52 AM No.280611267

>>280600333
Faggot

Anonymous 7/16/2025, 2:18:54 AM No.280611298

>>280602322
Shut up amerimutt

Anonymous 7/16/2025, 2:20:10 AM No.280611334

An entire thread of retards pretending shounen action manga don't exist