Sick and Tired of whiny leads...

[Kuya]

Does anyone know an anime where the lead isnt a whiny and good for nothing person...

Im currently enjoying:
-One piece
-Fairy Tail
-Kaichou wa maid sama

Animes I enjoyed:
-Kaze no stigma
-Code Geass
-Death note

Any advice would be welcomed as long as the leads arent the loud, whiny type

[GreatTeacherKen]

Rurouni Kenshin- Kenshin never whines about anything even though he's been through some rough times.

[Guardian Enzo]

RK is a great choice, seconded. If you're not allergic to romance and sports, the lead in Cross Game is the very antithesis of whiny and good for nothing.

[Reckoner]

Try out Teppen Toppen Gurren Lagann.

The main character starts out whiny (Scared of battle), but he overcomes that as the series goes on. The characters on the side will make up for it and I am sure you will be highly entertained. Really, just ignore what I just said about the whinyness, as it won't really impact how you view the series. You should just give it a shot.

[Sackett]

Crest of the Stars

Full Metal Panic

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Cross Game

Ranma 1/2

[SuzushinaYuriko]

Wolf's Rain - Kiba is aggressive and stubborn at times but never whiny and mainly reliable
Black Lagoon (english dub recommended)- he starts off whiny and quickly becomes a passively badass character. also, you would start panicking too if you were in his place
Baccano! (english dub recommended)- actually there isn't a main lead for this one. the one cowardly character in the series completely mans up when in a critical situation.
CLANNAD - Tomoya is an epic male lead with an excellent sense of humor
Angel Beats! - Otonashi is pretty strong-willed.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Simon is always scared at the beginning (Kamina's sheer GAR makes up for it) but becomes stronger and stronger as the series goes on.

[White Manju Bun]

Ghost Hunt - Naru NEVER whines
Mononoke - Kusuriuri-san is a few words but is totally gar
Sengoku Basara - one of the manliest anime ever
Sekirei - Minato starts out lame and whiny but a bunch of babes change that

I also rec Kenshin and TTGL

[NoLongerSane]

I can't believe that Needless has yet to be mention. Adam Blade anyone?

[Guardian Enzo]

Some people might call Cruz both the male lead (I agree) and whiny (I don't personally think so) of Needless, which might be why it hasn't been mentioned.

[gloh79]

Highschool of the Dead anime has a pretty "strong" male lead I suppose...although it's ecchi and looks like its going in the harem direction.

[Haak]

How about Now and Then, Here and There? The male protagonist is so lacking in angst he's practically on the other extreme end of the spectrum.

[SeijiSensei]

In Noein, the heroine is brave and plucky. Pretty much everyone else, with one important exception, is "gar."

The male lead in Oh! Edo Rocket joyfully takes on the task of building a rocket to the moon (in 1843 Japan) and fights the Shogunate government the whole way.

[Fallen_Ang3L]

Full Metal Panic! and FMP: The Second Raid also.

Also, Skip Beat, the female lead is very strong and determined. She surprises you in the first episode.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Fallen_Ang3L

Also, Skip Beat, the female lead is very strong and determined. She surprises you in the first episode.

Will second this (she's actually the character in my avatar ).

If you do start watching Skip Beat, just keep in mind that the anime only covers about 35% of the on going manga, so you should start reading that after the series.

[adventcola]

Perhaps maybe Golgo 13? I don't think anyone would call him "whiny and good for nothing person."

I thought Hei in Darker Than Black was a pretty good lead too.

Ryo in City Hunter only gets whiny when he doesn't get the girl, which is always. Other than that, he's cool.

And I could be wrong, but I don't remember the main guy in Fate-Stay Night to be too weak and whiny. Or was he?

[kitten320]

Originally Posted by adventcola

And I could be wrong, but I don't remember the main guy in Fate-Stay Night to be too weak and whiny. Or was he?

Are you kidding me? He was so annoying that I wanted to crash my screen x_x

His constant "I will save everyone even though I suck and will get killed" was too much for me to handle. Yeh it was loyal but I didn't see how it would help, if anything it always caused Saber a lot of trouble.

Only somewhere in the middle and towards the end he actually started to be useful, yet still annoying as hell.



You can try Hakuouki (my avatar and sig), none of male characters whine and suck there... well maybe some but they don't play major role. Though series slightly lack in action. But season 2 has to come this autumn.

[Reckoner]

Originally Posted by kitten320

Are you kidding me? He was so annoying that I wanted to crash my screen x_x

His constant "I will save everyone even though I suck and will get killed" was too much for me to handle. Yeh it was loyal but I didn't see how it would help, if anything it always caused Saber a lot of trouble.

Only somewhere in the middle and towards the end he actually started to be useful, yet still annoying as hell.

The anime certainly did a terrible job of communicating to the audience about why Shirou was like that. His character development was terribly handled. But don't mistake him, he defitely has his crowning moments of GAR in the new F/S N UBW movie .

[barcode120x]

Originally Posted by White Manju Bun

Sengoku Basara - one of the manliest anime ever

Seconded. Manliest of all manly animes with epik manly male leads with epik manly fights, can't get any better lol.

[TyG3R]

Originally Posted by kitten320

Are you kidding me? He was so annoying that I wanted to crash my screen x_x

His constant "I will save everyone even though I suck and will get killed" was too much for me to handle. Yeh it was loyal but I didn't see how it would help, if anything it always caused Saber a lot of trouble.

Only somewhere in the middle and towards the end he actually started to be useful, yet still annoying as hell.



You can try Hakuouki (my avatar and sig), none of male characters whine and suck there... well maybe some but they don't play major role. Though series slightly lack in action. But season 2 has to come this autumn.

Remember that epic.. 'People die if they are killed' ?

[kitten320]

^I sure do!
I really tried not to hate him but it was an impossible task for me -_-

Reckoner
I guess he does, I saw the trailer and movie is several times shorter than anime so not enough time to whine
I also went through half of 3rd path in the game, he is not that annoying there too. If anything his inner thoughts sometimes make up for it.
However at one point I wanted to kill him again but thankfully it was a bad end path