20 days shoujo challenge, day 8
Day 08: Favorite Shoujo Female
(Same as yesterday, I’m assuming main character)
Favourite shoujo female in a fantasy manga: Sarasa (Basara)
Sarasa’s brother, Tatara, was prophetized to save their oppressed village. But when he’s killed by the invaders, Sarasa doesn’t want to let her people’s hope die, and assumes his identity.
She will end up making alliances, getting in dangerous situations, and freeing not only her village but all Japan, while still keeping her double identity. I love her. She’s brave and clever and kind, and still very sensitive, she cries, but it doesn’t stop her from acting. I love her.
Favourite shoujo female in a school life manga : Miyazawa Yukino (KareKano)
Yukino is fun. Especially in the anime where the animation is incredible, her pretending to be perfect compared to what she’s really feeling is hilarious. And when she decides to be more natural, I love her too, be it her interactions with her friends, her romance, or her hesitations about which parts of her efforts were actually good enough to keep doing them.
(Also, I won’t lie, it’s good to have a main character who 1) has good grades in class and 2) while clever, has to work hard for them rather than just being called a genius and 3) working at school isn’t an actual passion or hobby, it’s a choice for the future, and she isn’t judged by the narration for making this choice. It’s rarer in manga than I wish it was)
Favourite shoujo female in a weird mix of both : Honda Tohru (Fruits Basket)
(I think Fruits Basket could be described as magical realism, if you really wanted to ^^)
Tohru is a girl who’s very kind, but not perfect, as her trauma makes her... nice in self-destructive directions sometimes. I loved her from first volume, because her advice, in addition to being kind, is sincerely so wise? Her plum onigiri quote is often repeated, but I really love her explanation on how selfishness is natural, instinctive, but niceness is personally developed and different in every person, so it’s sometimes hard to recognize it. And her speech to Kisa “no one likes to be weak, but it doesn’t mean everyone has to be strong. We can help each other.” (Her emotional support can break the fourth wall)
And of course, I love her friendships and different interactions with all other characters. Starting with “her best friends are a thug and a goth” and with all the Souma family.
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(Same as yesterday, I’m assuming main character)
Favourite shoujo female in a fantasy manga: Sarasa (Basara)
Sarasa’s brother, Tatara, was prophetized to save their oppressed village. But when he’s killed by the invaders, Sarasa doesn’t want to let her people’s hope die, and assumes his identity.
She will end up making alliances, getting in dangerous situations, and freeing not only her village but all Japan, while still keeping her double identity. I love her. She’s brave and clever and kind, and still very sensitive, she cries, but it doesn’t stop her from acting. I love her.
Favourite shoujo female in a school life manga : Miyazawa Yukino (KareKano)
Yukino is fun. Especially in the anime where the animation is incredible, her pretending to be perfect compared to what she’s really feeling is hilarious. And when she decides to be more natural, I love her too, be it her interactions with her friends, her romance, or her hesitations about which parts of her efforts were actually good enough to keep doing them.
(Also, I won’t lie, it’s good to have a main character who 1) has good grades in class and 2) while clever, has to work hard for them rather than just being called a genius and 3) working at school isn’t an actual passion or hobby, it’s a choice for the future, and she isn’t judged by the narration for making this choice. It’s rarer in manga than I wish it was)
Favourite shoujo female in a weird mix of both : Honda Tohru (Fruits Basket)
(I think Fruits Basket could be described as magical realism, if you really wanted to ^^)
Tohru is a girl who’s very kind, but not perfect, as her trauma makes her... nice in self-destructive directions sometimes. I loved her from first volume, because her advice, in addition to being kind, is sincerely so wise? Her plum onigiri quote is often repeated, but I really love her explanation on how selfishness is natural, instinctive, but niceness is personally developed and different in every person, so it’s sometimes hard to recognize it. And her speech to Kisa “no one likes to be weak, but it doesn’t mean everyone has to be strong. We can help each other.” (Her emotional support can break the fourth wall)
And of course, I love her friendships and different interactions with all other characters. Starting with “her best friends are a thug and a goth” and with all the Souma family.
Cette entrée a été crosspostée au https://flo-nelja.dreamwidth.org/698642.html. Commentez où vous voulez.