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his is the Two-hundred-and-forty-eighth week of using the "Perfect Anime Girl Sheet". Notice: This Blog may contain Unmarked Spoilers.

Welcome back everyone. Today I have a special guest!

*A young male adult walks into sight.*

???: Well, to be fair I'm not really here. But for the purposes of this blog, assume I'm a special helper.

Right, and today's special assistant is...

???: Charlie, THE RAPPY .... smith.

That's right people, once again I'm using people I know as special assistants for my blogs.

Charlie: Wait, this has happened before?

Well yeah, I did you way back in blog number 200. But besides that I've also done a few other of my friends earlier this year as well.

Charlie: Anyone I'd know?

No. Unless you mean me.

Charlie: Dumb.

Now, you may be asking why I'm having Charlie here helping me. The answer is simple. You see, over this coming weekend he's getting married. I figured that I should have him with me to talk about anime girls before this time.

Charlie: Indeed, hopefully we'll still be able to hang out after. I've been busy the past month or so preparing. Luckily my presence here is fictional, or else I'd be too busy as well.

Shhh, you're not supposed to reveal that! Anyway, can you guess who the girl this week is?

Charlie: I have no idea. I'm not as up to date on my anime girls.

As a hint, it's a show we used to watch.

Charlie: Pokemon? Yu-gi-oh? Avatar? Some other show that I've since forgot about?

Silly Charlie, I'm talking about...



Charlie: ...I still don't know who that is... Plus the lack of an image isn't helping either.

Boo hackers ruining things for my blog! Perhaps THIS will help you remember!

*Topaz flips sheets in his notebook.*



Charlie: Now I remember! We used to watch that show all the time on TV and call each other to talk about events while they happened! Man, I miss that, it's too bad they never finished dubbing it. They even translated the preview!

Right right. But for now it's time to start the blog!

Charlie: I'm hungry.

Head
Hair: Ichigo's hair is a short-ish bob cut. More often, though, she has her hair up in two pigtails on the top of her head. This is one of my least favorite hairstyles as I'm a big supporter of having girls have their hair down. I suppose that having red ribbons hold them up is cute, but I was never a big fan of Ichigo's hair. It's not helped by the fact that she has dark red hair either. You should know my opinions on redheads, but that's the hair color I dislike the most. It fits her theme, in a way, I guess, and it's not like it looks bad on her either. I'm just very biased against her hair.
However, that's mainly in the anime. In the manga, as well as when transformed, she gets PINK hair. Bright pink, no less. I'm no bigger fan of pink than I am of red. In fact, due to how wavy/curly her hair gets I'm inclined to say that I like it even LESS than just the red hair. I'm just not a big fan of her hair color or style overall.
Some things I'll add that I do appreciate are her accessories though. Because of what she is (which I'll explain later) she occasionally has cat ears. She also has them all the time while transformed. Another accessory that she wears on occasion is a waitress headdress. She works as a waitress as a secret identity and the headdress she wears is cute as it reminds me of a maid's.
Grade: D+

Eyes: Once again we have a major change between the anime and manga. In the anime Ichigo has.. brown eyes. Huh, that's not too bad, actually. I can deal with brown eyes. Sure, here eyes are larger than most current shows and they're occasionally off-model, but they're still alright, at least. However, this cloud has a dark lining. Much like her hair her eyes are a bright pink when transformed and all the time in the manga. I mean, I understand her being the "pink" Mew Mew, but that's not a good excuse in my mind.
Grade: C

Face: Way back in the 135 blog I was congratulating Lettuce on her great face. Having seen a lot more series since that time, it's possible for me to have a different opinion. Especially because there's not much difference between Lettuce and Ichigo face-wise (well, Lettuce is obviously better as she wears glasses, but you know what I mean). I will say that it's not too bad, barely coming before the whole "moe boom" but still looking like it could possibly fit in with it. She also has small features as well, always a plus. Also, being what she is, she also has a fang on occasion, and I'm not a big fan of those.
Grade: B

*Unknown to Topaz and Charlie, a familiar paintbrush rolls out from a nearby table.*

Body
Build: Ichigo's body is fairly average for a preteen. It's not that impressive, at least to me. I will say that her Mew Mew outfit does show off her legs and shoulders, so maybe they're points of interest but I imagine that as a show for young girls that wasn't their intention. Her butt also isn't that interesting, being flat as expected. I will say that she does seem to shake it when her tail comes out in the transformation. Unfortunately she's wearing a frilly skirt so it's not like we get a good view either. The tail itself is pretty cute though, having black fur and a big red bow with a bell at the end. I'll also mention that her "Mew Mark" is a pink version of the imprint on her Mew pendant on the inside of her right thigh. This makes her awkward when the presumably "attractive" guy who made them goes to look. Also there's a few episodes where she turns into a cat, but I'll ignore those. Also, apparently there's questionable measurements that say she's 5'3" and 96 lbs. I highly doubt the source (as that would mean that Ichigo, who is far from the tallest Mew Mew, is 160 cm tall), though MAL also shows that her height is 159 cm so who knows. In metric her weight would be 43.5 kg, which is reasonable as well.
Grade: C

Breasts: Again, Ichigo is average here too. Perhaps larger than average, considering her age, but I digress. She does look a bit bigger as Mew Ichigo, but I don't think that's a result of her chest having more focus (as the uniform seems to be a bustier or such).
Grade: C

Clothes: Ichigo wears about three or four major outfits commonly. The first is her school uniform, which consists of a grey sailor uniform with white fluffy shoulders and attached skirt, a red bow on her chest, and short socks. Next, as said earlier, she wears a waitress outfit for her part-time job/cover. It's very maid-looking, but the redness of the outfit rather than black does take away from the "traditional" look. I will say that she usually has her pigtails down while wearing the outfit though, so I appreciate it. Her final "common" civilian clothes are a yellow shirt with red shorts. Oh, and while in the hot spring she wears a red-and-yellow checkered print bikini (though it doesn't show off her body that much).
The final outfit I'll talk about is her Mew Ichigo outfit. As said before, it seems to be a bustier on top with a very poofy skirt. If you're not sure what a bustier is, think of a tube top with a V-neck. Well, at least that's my thought of what a bustier is, I could be wrong. Getting on with Ichigo's outfit though, it also has forearm cuffs and red cloves as well as a garter on her right leg and tall boots that go nearly to her knee.
Grade: B

Charlie: One of my favorite lines still is "These woods have been cleared for excavation. You girls had better put some clothes on." I figured that I should add that before we go to the next topic.

Mind
Personality: Ichigo's personality isn't all that special, really. She just has a basic magical girl lead personality, which means that she's caring and brave but stupid as well. She can get pretty emotional, but once she gets a handle on her powers she's a great fighter (though she was pretty reluctant to receive them at first). She's hard working but doesn't like to get up for school on time. She's a bit hyper but usually cheerful. She's pretty bold but shy around her love interest. She'd also do anything for her friends as well.
Now, there's nothing wrong with the above paragraph. It's more that nearly EVERY magical girl lead (or "leader" of a group) has most of those traits. Ichigo isn't exactly doing anything that unusual or different.
That's not exactly true either though. When Ichigo received her powers she was implanted with Iriomote Cat DNA. Because of this, she gains a lot of cat-like traits. These include loving fish, being more acrobatic, and enjoying naps. She also has cat ears and a tail pop out of her when she's excited, making for some entertaining moments. Mew Ichigo also fights using a "Strawberry Bell" as well.
Grade: C

Libido: Ichigo is actually somewhat interesting here. She starts off with Masaya Aoyama at the beginning of the series. He's also the "winner", so apologies for spoiling that. Anyway, the number of suitors that Ichigo gets is enough to consider her the lead in a reverse harem anime. There's also Ryou, the creator of the Mew Project and the one who implanted the animal DNA into Ichigo (not like that, perverts). There's also Quiche, a villain, that seems to enjoy flirting with Ichigo. He steals her first kiss, which was a big deal for her. Finally, the "guardian spirit" character (er, think of Tuxedo Mask) in this series is named Blue Knight. He's eventually revealed later on to be one of these three, but I won't answer who he is.
Grade: B

Age: Ho boy. There's a LOT of ages to go from. Tokyopop, the ones that translated the manga, state that Ichigo's age is between eleven and twelve. They're wrong. 4kids translated her as a whopping SIXTEEN for the anime. Now, this is likely to attract older audiences, but as you can probably assume Ichigo isn't that old (it may also be that they didn't want girls as young as them to have a hot spring episode, even if they were wearing bikinis). Also their plan failed and they didn't have enough interest to finish dubbing the series. Probably the best guess is that the Japanese version, as well as a much-better manga version state that her name is between twelve and thirteen. That still doesn't give her a good score, but at least we have a nice range (better than not telling us at ALL). Oh, and her birthday is also March 15th.
Grade: C-

Total Grades: 51
Average score: 5.7
Final Grade: C+

Charlie: I can't tell, is that a good score?

Not really, it's on the lower end of the scale. It's likely because I was never a big fan of Ichigo herself. She was always too valley girl-ish for my tastes and she wasn't going to get many points from her hair and body shape. Instead, this is more one of the girls that I do because of a special occasion.

Charlie: I see then. Thanks for having me. *starts to walk away but slips on a paintbrush.* YEEK!

*The paintbrush glows with a familiar rainbow color.*

DON'T TOUCH THAT!

Charlie: What? I heard "touch" and "that" in the same sentence, so I'll obviously touch this glowing paintbrush.

NOOO!!

Charlie: *Pokes the paintbrush.* Can I eat it?

*Suddenly a rainbow energy blast is released from the paintbrush and hits Charlie directly. His heart crystal, a yellow Citrine, is pulled from his body and soon it grows into a large, yellow penguin-like bird called a Rappy.*

Monster: GAMING!

NOT AGAIN! I thought that we were done with this!

Monster: GAMING! *The Rappy-like monster creates a large controller-like whip which it swings at Topaz. He barely avoids it.*

W-what magical girl should I summon- Oh, that's a perfect idea!

*Topaz summons the week's girl, who, while transporting, transforms.*



: For the earth's future, I'll be at your service Nya~!

I'm glad to have chosen a magical girl that can defeat this monster today!

: Don't worry, Topaz. I'll easily defeat this monster! Take this! *rushes the Rappy to punch it.*

Monster: GAMING! *Creates a giant 20 sided die and throws onto Mew Ichigo.*

: Ahhh! *Is hit and rolls across the floor. The die continues to roll. It ends up rolling a 7.*

Wait, I have an idea! Have him continue using that attack!

: But it hurrrrtttsss!

Just do it!

Monster: GAMING!

*The monster throws another die, nearly hitting Ichigo but instead it hits a nearby table.*

Monster: GAMING?

*The table drastically alters the course of the die, sending it spinning towards the monster instead. The monster gets hit directly and the die ends up landing on a 1. This causes it to explode and daze the monster.*

Monster: Game? Ing?

: Wow. That actually worked.

If there's one thing I know about Charlie, it's that his terrible luck makes his dice-rolling skills sub-par. It was just a matter of time, but he's starting to awaken so you'd better attack!

: Oh yeah! Ribbon Strawberry Check!

Monster: GAMING! *is surrounded by the Ichigo's attack and becomes a Heart Crystal once more. His heart crystal is also put back inside his body.*

: Well, it looks like he'll be alright, but right now I have a date with Aoyama! Catch you another time!

Ehehehe, CAT-ch you later indeed.

: Your puns are horrible.

Luckily they aren't CAT-astrophic!

:...I'm leaving. *dissipates as her summon ends*

*Right after she leaves, Charlie regains his consciousness.*

Charlie: Uhhh. *rubs head* It feels like a ladder fell from nowhere...

You were just turned into a giant gaming Rappy thanks to a paintbrush that was never recovered from a villain of mine. However, I managed to summon Ichigo here and she was able to defeat you and return your heart crystal. Unfortunately she's already left, but it totally did happen!

Charlie: Yeah, and I've been dead for seven years. What REALLY happened?

Er, um. The stress of the marriage got to you so you went for a quick nap.

Charlie: In the middle of this convention center?

...Yes. You were hungry too.

Charlie: Alright, that DOES make sense.

As for now, it's time to wave goodbye to all our readers. Is there anything you want to say as we leave?

Charlie: Dance! Join the Revolution!

Also, we should probably find that paintbrush. I'm sure that it's still nearby...

*Topaz starts searching.*

*Unknown to Topaz and Charlie, a glasses-wearing female bends over finds a rainbow-colored paintbrush and picks it up.*

????: Hmmm, this would be interesting in idol work. I can't wait to see her use this.

*The mysterious meganekko manager puts the brush in her bag and leaves....*