A question has been popping up in my mind lately, and I want

>>155723647
Normal males can't really fantasize about males. Also, target audience.

>>155723647
Because, as far as male-oriented anime are concerned, male MC are nothing but self-insert devices, while female MC must have at least a little bit of personality to carry the story on, as (most) men don't self-insert as them.

Females are mostly used by female authors which are naturally better writers

>>155723647
You got the /u/ virus, now enjoy talking that every show would be better if the male mc was female.

>>155723647
90% of modern anime featuring male MCs is just the same jap self insert character. In those the MC is irrelevent the girls are again the main factor sometimes even having higher priority than the story.

>>155723816
Most shows would though. BL ones are the only exception.

>>155723870
so it's not so much "male MCs are always boring" as "shitty selfinsert MCs are always male, and at present there are way too many shitty selfinsert MCs"

Gotta make him as average as possible so the most amount of male viewers can relate to him.

>>155723983
There is the female self insert MC. Not sure how to describe them they would be like the strike witches MC or the kantai MC.

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>>155723740
If you can self-insert as meme boy, there's something wrong with you.

>>155723647
Honestly I find it the opposite, all of my favourite characters are male because I don't find many complex and interesting female characters.
You're right that the stereotypical bland harem MC archetype is mostly male, and when the MC is female they're better at first glance, but I don't find them to be much better than that first impression.

>>155723799
Wrong, but there is a connection between females and better male characters. That is because they want the males to be more nuanced and not be a dumb self-insert, blank slate.

Is Kyon really that bland?
I sure as hell would never be able to be as snarky as he is.

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I don't think that premise is correct.
I've seen shitloads of dumb broad MCs too.

>>155724221
Kyon really isn't the type of character this thread is about, fampai. In fact, that's such a non sequitur, I almost think this is bait.

>>155723647
>Why are female MCs always so good

Examples?