Wise Women

Anime features many treatments of the Wise Woman archetype. Many Wise Women are Demi-Goddesses: Examples: Enma Ai from Jigoku Shoujo; Vanilla from Galaxy Angel; (arguably) both Kyouka and Gekka from Kyouran Kazoku Nikki; Many Wise Women are Sybils and Clairvoyants: Examples: Yin from Darker Than Black; Hinoto from X/1999; Felli from Chrome Shelled Regios; Many Wise Women have a Childlike Emotional Aspect: Examples: Lain from Serial Experiments Lain; (arguably) Robin from Witch Hunter Robin; Kyouka-sama from Kyouran Kazoku Nikki; Some Wise Women are Superheroic: Examples: Miyu from Vampire Princess Miyu; Ruri Hoshino from Nadeisco; Felli from Chrome Shelled Regios; Yuki from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya; Some Wise Women are Queens and Commanders: Teletha from Full Metal Panic; Some Wise Women are Mysterious or Amnesiac Femmes Fatales: Examples: Miharu from Gasaraki; A few Wise Women are Childish Gadgeteers: Examples: Ed from Cowboy Bebop; Shishidou Sakura from Sora Wa Kakeru Shoujo; Note that just being a witch does not make a character a wise woman: Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service did NOT know much; Arisu from Magical Girl Squad Arisu did NOT know much; (arguably) Robin from Witch Hunter Robin did not know enough; Note that just being a goddess does not make a character a wise woman: (In the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) Yuki is clearly a wise woman, and Haruhi is clearly ignorant;