Re: violent anime girls


to ranma@ML.usagi.org
from Albert-Lunde@northwestern.edu (Albert Lunde)
subject Re: violent anime girls
date Tue, 29 Jan 2002 7:48:22 CST
> basically, that's true... it looses so much there... I think the appeal to 
> violent anime girls, has something to do with the fact that one, they 
> usually have more personality to them. (you see more emotion involved 
> with the character, the insecurities, and the potential (even when 
> being violent) to be so much more than they show themselves to be.)   
> And two, the tendency is that they wind up loving the main character 
> more genuinely than the rivals (whichever anime it may be.) 

Well, it seems to be axiomatic in Japan "The more they fight, the 
closer they are". I've seen this applied to both same-sex and mixed-sex
couples. The most memorable example where this is actually quoted
is in reference to Usagi and Rei in Sailor Moon (when Ami and
Makoto meet for the first time), but I think there's some of this
implicit in the remarks between Soun and Genma in the first
episode, and it seems to be a recurring theme in anime to
have a couple who are often fighting but seem to belong together.

I suppose if dislike was all they was involved, they'd just stop
talking to/seeing each other, in most cases. Though another
recurring theme is characters that are thrown together by
circumstances.

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    Albert Lunde          Albert-Lunde@northwestern.edu (new address)
                          Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (old address)


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