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Originally Posted by DewarHolmes
..Since the subject was (albeit vaguely) mentioned, is it more masculine to refer to ones' self as わたし、ぼく、or おれ？ Sosuke called himself ぼく several times, and from what I've read (from some sources) it's considered rather little-boyish. I did quite a bit of research, but found so many different views on the subject.
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おれ = the tough guy's "I"
ぼく = the nice guy's "I"
わたし = the nice and unisex "I"
わたくし = businessman and busineswoman's "I"
Calling ぼく little-boyish is ludicrous. You will see
many senior ciitizens referrring themselves ぼく.
The thing is, believe it or not, many men use all four depending on the situation. Besides, you always have the choice of not using a pronoun.