Best Male Lead

[benelori]

And the Best Male Lead is...

Monkey D. Luffy!
(Information) (http://myanimelist.net/character/40/Luffy_Monkey_D.)




http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa117/Stern1235/Manga%20Award%202011/Luffy.jpg


:confetti
Congratulations to this awesome character!
so how did the STARS and the staff vote? Let's take a look :3c

Staff: Yagami Light

STARS:Monkey D.Luffy



Welcome to the nomination phase of
Best Male Lead

This thread if for this specific nomination only, for discussion regarding other categories and general discussion about the Awards, please visit the MH Manga Awards 2011 Discussion Thread (http://mangahelpers.com/forum/showthread.php/74165-MH-Manga-Awards-2011-Discussion-thread).

Please remember, that you may nominate only one title for this award. However during the nomination phase, you can always change your nomination. For more information about how the Awards work, please check the opening post of the thread linked above.

"Please note that for categories that were included last year, the winner of last year's award for that specific category can't be nominated this year..
Winner Best Male Lead 2010: Guts / Gatsu from Berserk

For the nomination phase to run smoothly and to avoid situations where nominations weren't counted by accident, please state your nomination clearly. It is preferable to highlight the nominated title with bolded text and color. Example: I nominate <insert title> for <insert category>

Also please explain briefly the reason for your nomination.

Enjoy the Awards and thanks for understanding!

The 5 Nominees:

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto)
Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Yagami Light (Death Note)
Thorfinn (Vinland Saga)


Rest of old nominations:

Natsu Dragoneel (3)
Punpun Onodera (Oyasumi Punpun) (2)
Gama Kurogane (Gamaran) (2)
Myamoto Musashi (Vagabond) (2)
Askeladd (Vinland Saga) (2)
Eikichi Onizuka (Great Teacher Onizuka)
Vegeta (Dragonball)
Hanamichi Sakuragi (Slam Dunk)
Cadis Etrama di Raizel (Noblesse)
Manji (Blade of the Immortal)
Kurosaki Ichigo (Bleach)
Sakata Gintoki (Gintama)
Baby Beel (Beelzebub)
Date Masamune (Sengoku Basara)
Alucard (Hellsing)
Akumetsu Shou (Akumetsu)
Kevin Yamagata (Billy Bat)
Yuu Kanda (D.Gray-Man)

[You Say]

I nominate Thorfinn from Vinland Saga for best male lead.

Thorfinn was merry little boy like almost every Icelandic inhabitant was in childhood, but thanks to unpredictable development he became a murderer who seeks for revenge. His heart is filled with black clouds of hatred and he will not give up on killing Askeladd! As Thorfinn life continues some great changes befall him and his personality will change again. Who knows, maybe he will become a true warrior?

When you take Thorfinn and compare him to other revenge seekers in manga, you can clearly see what are Japanese (except Yukimura Makoto apparently) making wrong. While he is consumed by hatred Thorfinn never doubts his resolve. He never thinks about something like: "Should I forgive him?" No, he is reaching for his goal. He is losing all of his emotions except anger and hatred. Thorfinn is extremely deep character (as every character in works of Yukimura Makoto), but the reader has to think about what he is reading.

[kdowns]

I nominate Edward Elric from Full metal Alchemist for best male lead.

[Ustegius]

I nominate Eikichi Onizuka from Great Teacher Onizuka.

He is really a lead character. A character that carries the story on his shoulders. It's hard not to like his honest but stubborn personality and unconventional way of thinking. It is admirable how he believes in his students. He may not be smart, he may not be well-educated. But he sure knows life and teaches the kids the most important things. He really is the greatest teacher.

[mattiaildivino]

I nominate VEGETA from DRAGON BALL.because his behaviour and everything else concerning on him makes him the greatest!

[meeedoooz]

i nominate Naruto, the way he has grown is unbelievable . dealing with the nine tails and carrying the burden of the war :D

[ick]

I nominate Pupun Onodera for Best Male Lead.
Because in our way we all were, or we are, like him.

[Darjaille]

I'll nominate Rai (Cadis Etrama di Raizel) from Noblesse as the most epic (and best) lead :zomg The quiet, almost invisible (or, not so much, his stunning looks sure get him lots of attention), yet I always anticipate every move he makes. So ridiculous not knowing how to -insert modern technology- and crazy about ramen, and yet I say "Kneel" and the most. epic. scene. ever pops into my head. Modest, loving people....
...and knows how to choose a servant, yup :nod

[shinsengumi]

i nominate Manji from Blade of The Immortal . who else can be chopped off into tiny bits while keeping a chill attitude and say "i'll take a nap while you go at it"?

[crimsonlink310]

I nominate Ichigo Kurosaki for Best Male Lead.

Ichigo has come far in Bleach. He has grown a lotfrom losing his power to gaining them back and fighting in the Winter War. All his fights and all the friends he made ever since he became a Shinigami has made him a better person. I eagerly await 2012 as now Ichigo has the power to protect his loved ones again and it helps that Ichigo is more badass now.

[Gotenkss]

I nominate Edward Elric from Full metal Alchemist for best male lead.
Stubborn, Strong-willed and tiny :chair

[MattC302]

I nominate Hanamichi Sakuragi from Slam Dunk for best male lead.

He's like if Goku, Luffy and Naruto were all rolled up into one, real life teenage boy with a passion for basketball.

[M3J]

I nominate Edward Elric from Full metal Alchemist for best male lead.
I support this.

[•Sasuke•]

I nominate Baby Beel from Beelzebub

[Tiranofrome]

I nominate Sakata Gintoki from Gintama for best male lead.


ps. its just me here , but vegeta is at best supporting male character

[BBB Banana]

I nominate Myamoto Musashi from Vagabond as best male lead

[hoeru]

I nominate Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece.

Seriously, nominating Ichigo and Naruto - but not Luffy? :/

[Mikihara]

I nominate Date Masamune from Sengoku Basara for Best Male Lead category
Because despite being arrogant, cool and noisy, he actually cares for everyone around him, especially his underlings, and has a kind spot, which add contrast to his character. The design for his weapon, Six Claws, too make his personality more appealing (this may be just to me lol)- drawing all his six swords, which signifies he'll fight with all his might with the opponent he acknowledges. Not to mention his 'Engrish' and seriousness can easily crack up a comedy scene

[Uriel]

Killua from Hunter X Hunter.

He's smart, skillful,strong, versatile an assassin and intelligent as fuck. And He's only at 12.

[3c]

Since Light is both the Main lead and Villain of Death Note, I'm going to nominate him for the former here. His incredible intellect and tactical mind, mixed with his ruthless ambition made him a superb character.

[Teubier]

I'd like to nominate Akumetsu for Best Male Lead.

And by Akumetsu I mean ALL the Shou(s), obviously.
It has it all, charisma, noble goal/righteousness, cleverness, it can be fun at times but utlimately it's gonna sacrifice itself while busting your ***, ******* ! The incarnation of a deep ideology.

[Jaiden82]

I nominate Gama Kurogane for Best Male Lead.

[Arctigor]

I nominate Naruto from Naruto

[Sachsenhesse]

Askeladd from Vinland Saga

a brutal and cunning viking who turns out to be smarter then anyone and descends from a long line of kings... arthus savior... watching his actions and emotions in vinland saga made him one of the most badass characters ever created, even his death for his country was purely genius executed and directed

[Metalhead]

I support Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist.

[zelllogan]

Akumetsu is a good call ... but then I thought to a certain vampire which I nominated last year.
I nominate Alucard from Hellsing. Overpowered, crazy, uncontrollable once unleashed, a fucking monster ... but a cool one

[CBJ]

I support Pupun Onodera.

[stark94]

I nominate Natsu Dragoneel from fairytail.

[maxie2478]

I nominate Natsu Dragoneel from Fairy Tail!!!>.<

[DeathLion]

Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto)

[shaheer]

Light from death note

[Dancing wind]

I support Askeladd (Vinland Saga).

[Historie]

I nominate Myamoto Musashi from Vagabond for best male lead.

[Rowel]

I nominate Gama Kurogane for Best Male Lead.


I support this.

[Uriel]

I change my vote. I voted previously Killua, now I support Monkey D. Luffy. I forgot how awesome He was and I needed a new chapter to remind me so.

[Naruffy]

I change my vote. I voted previously Killua, now I support Monkey D. Luffy. I forgot how awesome He was and I needed a new chapter to remind me so.

I support this.

[Poneglyph420]

Agreed. Monkey D. Luffy without question.

[Koen]

I nominate Thorfinn from Vinland Saga for best male lead.

Thorfinn was merry little boy like almost every Icelandic inhabitant was in childhood, but thanks to unpredictable development he became a murderer who seeks for revenge. His heart is filled with black clouds of hatred and he will not give up on killing Askeladd! As Thorfinn life continues some great changes befall him and his personality will change again. Who knows, maybe he will become a true warrior?

When you take Thorfinn and compare him to other revenge seekers in manga, you can clearly see what are Japanese (except Yukimura Makoto apparently) making wrong. While he is consumed by hatred Thorfinn never doubts his resolve. He never thinks about something like: "Should I forgive him?" No, he is reaching for his goal. He is losing all of his emotions except anger and hatred. Thorfinn is extremely deep character (as every character in works of Yukimura Makoto), but the reader has to think about what he is reading.

I support this nomination too, Thorfinn

Furthermore, I would like to request if the persons who nominated Askeladd to reconsider their nomination in here and thus nominate him in the male support category. I do respect choices but imo it is quite clear nowadays that Askeladd isn't the male lead in Vinland saga. Well choices are made and I respect it but I kinda regret that Askeladd is nominated in a category that isn't his at all

[piscesking]

NAH THE BEST LEAD IS Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto) WHO JUST REFUSE TO GROW UP

[zelllogan]

Light from death note

Kira is the male lead in death note. No one else

[hao-sama]

I support Monkey D. Luffy for Best Male Lead. One of the best heroes main characters ever.

[Josef K.]

I nominate Kevin Yamagata from Billy Bat.

Only Urasawa can make a comic artist this epic! And have an epic story around him! The characters facial expressions are so realistic that he is a very convincing lead. A brilliant character all in all with a clear hero personality at times.

[madmax]

I nominate Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto.

[kdowns]

Kira is the male lead in death note. No one else

Light is Kira....

[naruto-niichan]

I support Yagami Light from Death Note.

[Christina Sierra]

Mh, if also Vegeta can be nominated as lead, can I nominate Yuu Kanda from D.Gray-man, even if officially the protagonist should be Allen as Goku is in Dragon Ball?

[naruto-niichan]

Mh, if also Vegeta can be nominated as lead, can I nominate Yuu Kanda from D.Gray-man, even if officially the protagonist should be Allen as Goku is in Dragon Ball?

well main characters don't have to be the lead characters per se, Vegeta played an important role and got a lot of screentime after the first big timeskip so he can be considered a main. The same goes for Kanda so yeah, you can nominate him :) I will add him to the list

[Christina Sierra]

Ok, thank you!! :)

[BlackHair]

I will support Monkey D Luffy.

He is funny, cocky, carefree, dumb, hungry and a D.

[natsu78]

I 'll support the nomination for Natsu dragneel.

[Jorge D. Dragon]

For me Monkey D. Luffy is the only option in this poll.:)
He is one of the best main manga characters overall for me.:)

[zelllogan]

Thorfinn: Unfortunately I don't know Vinland Saga well enough in order to judge.
Naruto: Great character. Kind of guy you wish he was your friend. But I do think that the character was destroyed a little.Naruto was a dropout fighting destiny in order to prove the world that you can be bad at something but that you can make it by working hard.
A great example of that is when he said to Neji that he had issues with a jutsu that he never could accomplish ... And when naruto say the name of the jutsu to Neji (bunshin no jutsu), it was awesome. At that time, Naruto was IMO the greatest character in the mangaverse.
BUT then we learn that his father is yondaime hokage & that Naruto was revealed to be te chosen one to jiraya. So, it was his destiny all along to be a super ninja ... so, basically, all Naruto is doing is just accomplishing his destiny while he spend his whole life fighting destiny.
Edward Elric: Good character but he didn't stand out that much for me. The overall cast in FMA was awesome but I don't think there was one particular character standing out. It's as a whole that they were good.
Yagami Light: I nearly voted for him. A badass extremely smart cold blooded killer as a main character. But Light was only so great of a character because of L (then Near & Melo). What is Mortimer without Sherlock, Simon without Garfunkel ... what is Light without his opponents.
Luffy : the straw hats are easily my fav group of characters in any media (mangas, tv series, movies, Belgian Comics, ...). And the straw hats are build around that crazy character. He meets all the requirements in order to be the perfect shounen hero: Heroic, Good, Nuts, Provocative, Easily making friends, an eating maniac, borderline stupid, full of surprises ...

[Uriel]

Luffy is one of those character that cares shit about destiny and that may be his most important characteristic.

[crimsonlink310]

There are a few good choices and it comes down to Edward or Luffy for me.

But I've stuck with Luffy for 600+ chapters and while Ed is awesome Luffy is just more awesome because the manga is longer lol.

[kdowns]

There are a few good choices and it comes down to Edward or Luffy for me.

But I've stuck with Luffy for 600+ chapters and while Ed is awesome Luffy is just more awesome because the manga is longer lol.

Not going to lie, but that is a Shitty reason.

[crimsonlink310]

Not going to lie, but that is a Shitty reason.

Judging from your sig and avatar aren't you a little biased towards Ed? My post was made as a joke hence the lol at the end.

Also why is it a shitty reason to like a character if their manga is longer and logically they have better moments spread out throughout the manga vs the 108 chapters Edward gets and he isn't even in some of the chapters?

[kdowns]

Judging from your sig and avatar aren't you a little biased towards Ed? My post was made as a joke hence the lol at the end.

Also why is it a shitty reason to like a character if their manga is longer and logically they have better moments spread out throughout the manga vs the 108 chapters Edward gets and he isn't even in some of the chapters?

Just because it's only "108" it was a monthly series with some chapters having more pages than the weekly series wouldn't reach in a month. There is a huge difference, and no I am not biased towards Ed. Hell even if I was biased why would that matter as it is my own opinion. Yes, I know Luffy's character, and honestly I believe he is over-rated.

[crimsonlink310]

Just because it's only "108" it was a monthly series with some chapters having more pages than the weekly series wouldn't reach in a month. There is a huge difference, and no I am not biased towards Ed. Hell even if I was biased why would that matter as it is my own opinion. Yes, I know Luffy's character, and honestly I believe he is over-rated.

I agree with you that Luffy can be overrated sometimes but hey its just a vote. I think that Luffy is a great Male lead. FMA ended a while back, maybe if it ended recently I would have voted for Ed. Still you never know, Ed might just win in the end. :)

[Googlez_kun]

I agree with you that Luffy can be overrated sometimes but hey its just a vote. I think that Luffy is a great Male lead. FMA ended a while back, maybe if it ended recently I would have voted for Ed. Still you never know, Ed might just win in the end. :)

Your reasons are puzzling.In what way does the length of a manga or its age have anything to do with the quality of the main character?

[Naruffy]

I agree with you that Luffy can be overrated sometimes but hey its just a vote. I think that Luffy is a great Male lead. FMA ended a while back, maybe if it ended recently I would have voted for Ed. Still you never know, Ed might just win in the end. :)

I voted for Luffy as well, but I like his character more so than I do Ed's. It really doesn't make sense to like a character more simply because the manga they're in is on going or has more chapters, because then you're really not taking the character into account, just the manga and how recent it is.

[crimsonlink310]

Your reasons are puzzling.In what way does the length of a manga or its age have anything to do with the quality of the main character?

Ok I guess there are some misunderstandings about my posts. Not that it should matter all that much since I jokingly said One Piece was longer and I voted Luffy because of that.