MangaDex Valentine's Poll Results!

[Kafka]

Thank y'all for participating in our first annual(?) OTP poll!
Who's taste do you align with more?

OTP Rankings!

Best Taste Ranking (lol)

And the most important for last... best 5tobun!

For ease of clicking, here's all picks listed per Staff (with links for each manga):

Teasday

Spoiler

Best OTP: Nasa & Tsukasa (Tonikaku Cawaii)
Best Yaoi OTP: Maki & Kizuna (Prunus Girl)
Best Yuri OTP: Iori & Minami (Fusoroi no Renri)
Best SUBTEXT Couple: Konata & Kagami (Lucky☆Star)
Best Interspecies couple: Funatsugi & Sachi (Ano Hito no I ni wa Boku ga Tarinai)
Best Platonic Friendship: Johnny Joestar & Gyro Zeppeli (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7)
Best Gyaru: Fuyuki Minami (Dosanko Gyaru Is Mega Cute)
Best Harem Protagonist: Kuroki Tomoko (Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!)
Best Dad: Koiwai Yousuke (Yotsuba to!)

Ixlone

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Best OTP Rikka x Yuuta (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)
Best Platonic Friendship - Aguri x Amano (Gamers)!
Best SUBTEXT Couple Hotaru x Komari (Non Non Biyori)

Lymus

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Best OTP: Komi & Tadano (Komi-san wa Komyushou Desu.)
Best Yaoi OTP: Touya & Yukito (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Best Yuri OTP: Every Pair from Otome no Teikoku
Best Platonic Friendship: Nikaido & Kaiman (Dorohedoro)
Best Gyaru: Galko - Please Tell Me! Galko-chan
Best Harem Protagonist: Bakarina (Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shite shimatta...)
Best Dad: Belgrive (Boukensha ni Naritai to Miyako ni Deteitta Musume ga S Rank ni Natteta)
Best Interspecies couple: Haru & Legosi (Beastars)
Best SUBTEXT Couple: Kumiko & Reina (Hibike! Euphonium)

Woulez

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Best OTP: Keiichi Morisato & Belldandy (Aa! Megami-sama)
Best Platonic Friendship: Chito & Yuuri (Girl's Last Tour)
Best Gyaru: Nagatoro Hayase (Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san)
Best Harem Protagonist: Ikuto Touhohin (Nagasarete Airantou)
Best Dad: Kouhei Inuzuka (Amaama to Inazuma)
Best Interspecies couple: Renton & Eureka (Eureka Seven)
Best SUBTEXT Couple: Saki Miyanaga & Haramura Nodoka (Saki)

Zephyrus

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Best OTP: Faye Valentine and Spike Spigel (Cowboy Bebop)
Best Yuri OTP: Asuka Sohryu Langley and Ayanami Rei (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Best Platonic Friendship: Uzumaki Naruto and Gaara (Naruto)
Best Gyaru: Anjou-san (Yancha Gal no Anjou-san)
Best Harem Protagonist: Urashima Keitaro (Love Hina!)
Best Dad: Ikari Gendo (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Best Interspecies couple: Vegeta and Bulma Briefs (Dragonball Z)

Daviot

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Best OTP: Shikimori and Yuu Izumi (That Girl is not Just Cute)
Best Yaoi OTP: Fai D. Flowright and Kurogane (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle)
Best Yuri OTP: Heath and Lily Blind (Bocchi Kaibutsu to Moumoku Shoujo)
Best Platonic Friendship: Yuu Usami and Hitomi Takano (HItomi-chan is Shy with Strangers)
Best Gyaru: Anna Anjou (Yancha Gal no Anjou-san)
Best Harem Protagonist: Arata Kasuga (Trinity Seven)
Best Dad: Akio Furukawa (Clannad)
Best Interspecies couple: Yomogi Onizuka and Rokuro Sawarida (Onizuka-chan and Sawarida-kun)
Best SUBTEXT Couple: Toru Ishikawa and Yuki Yoshikawa (Horimiya)

BraveDude8

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Best OTP: Kaizaki and Hishiron (ReLIFE)
Best Yaoi OTP: Kaname.
Best Yuri OTP: Haruka and Yuu (Sakura Trick)
Best Platonic Friendship: Batou and The Major (Ghost in the Shell, specifically SAC.)
Best Gyaru: Kitagawa (Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo suru)
Best 5toubun: Miku gang.
Best Harem Protagonist: Kasuga Arata (Trinity Seven)
Best Dad: Soujiro Izumi (Lucky Star)
Best Interspecies couple: Lawrence and Holo (Spice and Wolf)
Best SUBTEXT Couple: Paprika and Cocona (Flip Flappers)

Plykiya

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Best OTP : Tadano x Najimi (https://mangadex.org/title/16617/komi-san-wa-komyushou-desu)
Best Yaoi OTP : Hachiman x Totsuka (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru)
Best Yuri OTP : Nako x Aru (Hitoribocchi no ○○ Seikatsu)
Best Platonic Friendship : Mumu x Youta (An Evil Dragon That Was Sealed Away For 300 Years Became My Friend)
Best Gyaru : WWWWWWWWWWWWW (Black Gakkou ni Tsutomete Shimatta Sensei)
Best Harem Protagonist : Tendou Haru (Kyou Kara Ore wa Loli no Himo!)
Best Interspecies couple : Heath x Lily (Bocchi Kaibutsu to Moumoku Shoujo)

Kafka

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Best OTP: Tsukimi x Kuranosuke (Kuragehime)
Best Yaoi OTP - Ryouma x Izumi (Love Stage!!)
Best Yuri OTP - Arisa & Mari (Cheerful Amnesia)
Best Platonic Friendship - Baam & Khun (Tower of God)
Best Gyaru - Megumi (Rough Sketch Senpai)
Best Harem Protagonist - Makino (Hana Yori Dango)
Best Parent - Kouji & Souichi (Dad, the Beard Gorilla, and I)
Best Interspecies couple - Hale x Guu (Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu)
Best SUBTEXT Couple - Touya x Yukito & Yue x Touya (CC Sakura)

Hope you had fun, we sure did (some of us more than others, lol)
-Kafka

 

[Plykiya]

I WON THE BL CATEGORY AS EXPECTED
BOYS SHOULD DATE BOYS AND BOYS SHOULD DRESS LIKE GIRLS WOOOOO

just ignore the fact that ix had 3 picks and I had 7 but I was only 1200 votes ahead of him... definitely doesn't mean I basically have the worst taste among staff....

 

[Kafka]

How did I lost with 2 CHOICES ON THAT CATEGORY AHHHHH @Plykiya 😒

 

[Teasday]

Technically I picked two for gyaru because I didn't want Manbagi to be left out so frankly I don't deserve those 554 extra votes

Doesn't affect my ranking though lel

 

[owlcity24]

hmmmmm

 

[ConstantErasing]

You might not have won for best taste, Kafka, but for your picks in Best Platonic Friendship, Best Gyaru, and Best Parent you are the winner in my heart.

 

[RedTempest]

Pfffh

 

[Zephyrus]

I picked a lot of old school stuff. I see that Garaa and Naruto came pretty close to being *the* BFFs of all time! If you didn't vote for the two boys who bonded over having demons in their stomachs, then I don't know what to say to you. :v

 

[ixlone]

I only got low votes cos I only put a few options in the poll!

 

[Firefly]

Teasday has suprisingly good taste.

Also miku better than the other 4 combined confirmed.

 

[twinklecake]

I can't believe Gendo would lose like this. I was really emotionally invested in that vote.

 

[Nozomi]

What an odd collection of categories to have contributed "best votes" to: Gyaru, Parent and Interspecies OTP. 🤔

 

[strider_01]

I was tempted to vote for "the one that wins and ends that misery" but in the end my L O Y A L T Y won out.

 

[Teasday]

@Nozomi Just random stuff that popped to my mind and nobody suggested anything better lol

 

[Pnutz]

This site ain't called Mikudex for nothing.

 

[N0Mi0]

>Kafka
Gasp, and here I thought there's only that horny Kizuna in PR.

Also, NAGATORO IS NOT A GYARU FFS!! She's just tanned, her blondy fried is, but not her. REEEE.

..And the fact that people chose Naruto kinda rubs me in the wrong way. I mean, it's Naruto, come on, I'd get behind One Piece, but this, nanka。。。

@twinklecake
I'm honestly dissatisfied that not a lot of people chose him, I mean, are they traumatized, or there's not much people that watched Eva around here? I... I don't want to think that this might be the case.

 

[Nozomi]

@Teasday Just random stuff that popped to my mind and nobody suggested anything better lol

Actually I was referring to some of the things I voted for! Looks like we were on the same page regarding those "random stuff poppings" ....

 

[seekermoc]

Best Gyaru was by far the most difficult choice in this poll, and the fact that Kaizaki x Hishiron didn't win was the most disappointing result.

 

[Darklight99]

>Kitagawa won best gyaru
and all is right.
Best father was a very close choice for me and the results show that too, I'm happy enough either way.
Don't agree with Tadano X Kimi as best OTP, That girl is not just cute is better for me. But it's fine.
BL should have gone to Prunus Girl or Kaname.
Don't care about GL
I don't see how Hitori Bocchi is in the GL category while Horimiya had the subtext category while it's confirmed to be a thing in Horimiya while it's barely even subtext in Hitori Bocchi.
I knew that people reading 5toubun have shit taste and Miku would win among that 5, more surprises that Ichika didn't come last.

 

[meisakura]

I'm not familiar with those characters.
no wonder I lost all category haha.