| I feel like the common thing in shonen anime, where the leading female beats down the main character, is a poor way of trying to show that the girl is strong. A lot of the time, that same character is pretty weak-willed, at least compared to their male counterparts. Haruno Sakura from Naruto is the first that comes to mind, for me. A lot of these women don't seem to have the same drive as the men they end up with. The men in shonen anime are famous for dreaming big, and having an unbreakable will. I don't see many instances where their love interest is able to match those traits. |
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plushiesexual said: So is Katara from Avatar the Last Airbender, if that counts (although I don't really like her, I do admit she's pretty good for a female love interest). Just kind of going off of this, I think the best love interest in Avatar the Last Airbender is Sokka and Tsuki. I mean, Tsuki is an amazing female warrior that can kick any guy's ass (especially Sokka's. Lol) but is still able to hold a very lovely relationship. What I liked about Avatar is that it didn't show females as being the weaker sex. I mean just look at Azula and Toph. They completely dominated in that show. Another two relationships I love and find hilarious are Bulma and Vegeta and Goku and Chi-Chi from Dragonball Z. Bulma and Chi-Chi are two examples of very strong-willed and independent women who fall in love with, physically, much stronger and egocentric (at least in Vegeta's case) men but are totally able to dominate the relationship despite who their partners are. Vegeta and Goku aren't idiots either so it's not like those two women were paired with guys who were just all muscle. Also, there's Videl and Gohan from Dragonball Z as well. Videl follows in the same footsteps as Chi-Chi and Bulma in that she dominates the relationship she has with Gohan even though he's clearly the stronger of the two (and he's incredibly smart as well). |
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ivorykeys said: plushiesexual said: ivorykeys said: Another two relationships I love and find hilarious are Bulma and Vegeta and Goku and Chi-Chi from Dragonball Z. Bulma and Chi-Chi are two examples of very strong-willed and independent women who fall in love with, physically, much stronger and egocentric (at least in Vegeta's case) men but are totally able to dominate the relationship despite who their partners are. Vegeta and Goku aren't idiots either so it's not like those two women were paired with guys who were just all muscle. Also, there's Videl and Gohan from Dragonball Z as well. Videl follows in the same footsteps as Chi-Chi and Bulma in that she dominates the relationship she has with Gohan even though he's clearly the stronger of the two (and he's incredibly smart as well). I think Toriyama kinda likes this trope. Bulma, Chi-chi, Videl, android 18... they wear the pants in the relationship with their husband. And in 18's case, she's also physically stronger than Krillin. Ah true!! I completely forgot about Android 18... *facepalm* |
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