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Best Girl is slang used by anime or manga fans to describe an individual's favorite female character. The term usually goes hand-in-hand with the term waifu.

Origin

The first recorded instance of the term on /a/ was on January 1st, 2009^[1].

Spread

Along with being used on /a/ frequently, it is also used on reddit's /r/anime often^[3], including a subreddit about Chie, who is declared as the best girl. ^[2] A common contest on /r/anime is Best Girl Contests, where there is a large bracket of characters, and users vote for the best.^[4]

Derivatives

Best Pone

Best Pone is another phrase, used by fans of the show My Little Pony in similar fashion.

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