Would you like to see more muscular female leads in anime?

DramaEnthusiast said:
So I did some Googling onto Mikasa's abs since it's been the talk of this thread, and yeah, that's exactly what I mean by my description. This is basically the perfect example of making a physically powerful woman, while maintaining some sex appeal. For a basis of what to expect, this is what I mean. Would you want to see more characters in the same physical condition as Mikasa?

JustALEX said:
OK....just so people know, I think there has only been 2 official drawings by the mangaka showing Mikasa with abs and NEITHER picture is exactly "good":

http://i.imgur.com/BQsTk0o.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ABDhXrM.jpg

^Aside from this....I'm pretty sure we never saw Mikasa's abs in the actual manga story and we DEFINITELY did NOT see it in the anime.


ALTHOUGH....there was an "official" anime artwork with Mikasa's abs which are a bit better than the mangaka's two drawings:

http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire4/b4438a95356d548dca029c7d9d1f61771370697749_full.jpg

Insan3Heisenberg said:
I don't really mind it, as long as the artist doesn't go overboard with it and make her into freaking Hercules or something. I don't even like most overly muscled male characters, Guts being the first notable exception because there is far more to his character than muscles. Saying that, I guess I wouldn't even have a problem with a female character like that if she has something more to offer than just being muscle bound.

That said, there are a few female characters out there who have muscles. She's not huge or anything, but Casca from Berserk is a good example. Apparantly Mikasa from SnK as well.

baki502 said:
I think about this is as much muscle as I would accept:
(maybe NSFW?)
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/300/d/e/ritsu___stretching_by_sakito06-d4e3kl0.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/045/7/9/muscle_girl_a_by_bernalilo-d39je3s.jpg

Ulquiorra1923 said:


Oh,hell no...that's too much...girls shouldn't look like that...

baki502 said:

Normal ones, yes, but we are talking about warriors, the kind that could rip you in two with their bare hands.

baki502 said:

I like her character. Not exactly phisically appealing but do they always have to be? Id also like to see some battlescars on them. Need more battlescars in anime, especially dynamic ones. Always wondered how they got injured without having scars afterwards, when the smallest cut possible in my face left a noticable scar to me.

JustALEX said:
OK....just so people know, I think there has only been 2 official drawings by the mangaka showing Mikasa with abs and NEITHER picture is exactly "good":

http://i.imgur.com/BQsTk0o.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ABDhXrM.jpg

^Aside from this....I'm pretty sure we never saw Mikasa's abs in the actual manga story and we DEFINITELY did NOT see it in the anime.


ALTHOUGH....there was an "official" anime artwork with Mikasa's abs which are a bit better than the mangaka's two drawings:

http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire4/b4438a95356d548dca029c7d9d1f61771370697749_full.jpg

Falcie said:
Mikasa from SnK has abs.

Elaxer said:
No I like females when they are strong but I find muscles on women unattractive.

Elaxer said:
No I like females when they are strong but I find muscles on women unattractive.

baki502 said:

Normal ones, yes, but we are talking about warriors, the kind that could rip you in two with their bare hands.

Keysame said:
As for rational thought, most warrior or fighter females in anime look really wimpy and mostly skimpy the way they're drawn, most likely not being able to carry whatever giant weapon they may use
Mikasa might be the most muscular looking female I've seen, and she looks like she barely has lean muscle
For my own personal opinion, I do not mind at all seeing more muscular female characters (mostly due to the fact Im into that but thats not really relevant right now.) There IS indeed s big difference between big feminine muscle and big masculine muscle, and that really depends on the artist, and I would bet my life that most of any muscular female characters you've seen on the internet disturbs you because either 1.) The artist drew it for comedic reasons and made the female look as masculine as possible, or 2.) You have a serious thing against female muscle and although that may be the most popular opinion, I see no reason why you should hate it. I really do not see any problem with it at all. No one ever said muscles were purely for men to show off therefore muscle on a woman is manly nor makes a guy homosexual for liking it.
Anyways, yes, if the role fits, then why not?

And then there is this
THIS was made purposely to look gross, and I explain this because I see it circulating around this thread as if it's legitimately what a muscular female character should look like
It was drawn for the sole purpose of it being comedic, not to be taken seriously
http://i42.tinypic.com/2w5qces.jpg

Whereas there's this (has more than the usual amount of muscle you are most likely used to)
I'm not saying this should be as big as the characters should be, it's an example
But see, their faces are still cute, it is just their body that is different. Just more muscular, yet still keeping femininity.
http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/106/1/d/magic_muscle_3_by_pokkuti-d4wg60v.jpg

JustALEX said:
IMO....Mikasa's abs are an urban legend at this point.

NO ONE has ever seen them in the actual manga or anime, it's only OUTSIDE where we have a few crappy drawings.

It doesn't count IMO.

Ryugen said:
Am I the only one who actually likes moe characters sometimes? :(

JustALEX said:
I like how everyone mentions Mikasa and yet....

There has been a grand total of zero....I repeat....ZERO animated scenes showing Mikasa with any noticeable muscles.....and obviously I'm talking about her famous 6 pack abs which have only been fetured in about 2 official manga drawings but not the actual story.

So...yeah...