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Best Boy Ranking: Summer 2023 Anime Season

Another anime season is behind us, as the summer of 2023 comes to an end, and as always it’s time to see who our favorite boy (or male character) was! For the first time in history, the Best Boy category of Anime Corner polls had more votes than the Best Girl one, which is not surprising when we look back on the season that featured so many shonen-oriented titles. I think we all know what is coming, so without any further ado let’s take a look at the results!

Satoru Gojo unsurprisingly took the first place – the stars aligned and both the Jujutsu Kaisen and manga had important arcs revolving around the white-haired character. In (close) second place was Bungo Stray Dogs‘ Dazai, followed by Rudy, who managed to score the third place. Ichigo ranked fourth and the wholesome Akira Tendo secured fifth place. Take a look at the full results:

RankTitleVotes
1stSatoru Gojo7.52%
2ndOsamu Dazai7.24%
3rdRudeus Greyrat6.02%
4thIchigo Kurosaki5.4%
5thAkira Tendo4.54%
6thSuguru Geto4.43%
7thKiyoka Kudo4.27%
8thRyunosuke Akutagawa4.15%
9thIzumi Miyamura3.8%
10thToji Fushiguro3.39%
11thZaraki Kenpachi3.18%
12thKenshin Himura2.9%
13thGenichiro Fukuchi2.8%
14thMakabe Masamune2.23%
15thTsugaru Shinuchi1.98%
16thAnos Voldigoad1.93%
17thKenichiro ‘Kencho’ Ryuzaki1.77%
18thMayuri Kurotsuchi1.74%
19thLawrence1.7%
20thYukichi1.54%
21stKakeru Sengoku1.48%
22ndKaede Komura1.45%
23rdToru Ishikawa1.3%
24thHajime Aono1.27%
25thChalle Fen Challe1.24%
26thCheng Xiaoshi1.24%
27thOliver Horn1.15%
28thLu Guang1.08%
29thKlaus0.91%
30thSadao Maou0.9%
31stBoxxo0.88%
32ndBocchan0.88%
33rdKazuya Kinoshita0.88%
34thWataru Sajo0.85%
35thKeitaro Gentoga0.8%
36thTakuma Shinozaki0.74%
37thLuciel0.73%
38thHiroto Shinohara0.7%
39thBlade0.7%
40thHaruto Zenfis0.66%
41stPastry Mille ‘Pas’ Morteln0.66%
42ndHelck0.65%
43rdLeonhart0.65%
44thSanosuke Sagara0.64%
45thStale Royal Ivy0.63%
46thMax0.56%
47thHyoma Kunato0.51%
48thZain0.5%
49thRyota Sato0.46%
50thJingi Sagawa0.39%
51stYahiko Myoujin0.37%
52ndHikaru Sudo0.37%
53rdYukito Yanagi0.35%
54thKanata0.28%
55thLent Marslink0.22%
56thTao Mongarten0.18%

And those are the full results of the Best Boy of the Summer 2023 anime season! What do you think of the results? Who had the best arc?

Featured image:
Bungo Stray Dogs Season 5; © Kafka Asagiri, Harukawa35/KADOKAWA/Bungo Stray Dogs Production Committee
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2: © TITE KUBO / SHUEISHA, TV TOKYO, dentsu, Pierrot
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead; © Haro Aso, Kotaro Takata, Shogakukan / Zom100 Project
Jujutsu Kaisen; © Gege Akutami/Shueisha/JUJUTSU KAISEN Project
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation; © Rifujin na Magonote/MF Books/”Mushoku Tensei” Production Committee

Tamara Lazic

Managing Editor at Anime Corner News. Loves anime, books and spends way too much time on Genshin Impact.

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