Okay, I know a number of people who have done these, and I've been trying for DAYS to get five. In the end, they're not bulletproof exactly, but they certainly do hit my sweet spot. They can be fucked up very hard, so it's not a guarantee, but if it's done well, there's a very good chance it will put me in my happy place
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The icon I used before is Tanda, and this one is Balsa. They're from Seirei no Morbito, which is an absolutely beautiful anime for me on a lot of levels. For one, it's one of the best Asian sort of fantasy worlds ever. (Not surprising since it's... well, Japanese, and IIRC, the author of the original YA novels the anime is based on studied anthropology.) The people in it are... nearly all good. Even when they do stuff you don't agree with, they're good. Their culture and dogma are very clearly leading good people to do bad things.
The fight scenes, for anyone, are rather few and far between, but they mostly revolve around Balsa, and she is awesome. She's a warrior, and they're beautifully animated, and the fact that the gender roles are inverted is actually addressed, and it even makes Tanda uncomfortable sometimes, to feel like he's the woman in the relationship, even though it's also clear he doesn't WANT to be like Balsa. His teacher is also an old woman, and she taught Tanda all about healing and stuff, but he's not really a shaman like she is.
And the whole thing is part of a coming of age sort of story for this sheltered prince.
A+++ I strongly recommend it.
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