Anybody who has worn a Playboy bunnysuit in an anime with action scenes automatically go in my list. This includes Haruko, Kallen, Haruhi... and yes, even Mikuru blob with her legendary eye beams.
Warning, the contents of this spoiler tag may or may not reflect my pissy mood:
lol... I am depressed today.
First no cute Aruruu videos on ANY video streaming sites I tried, and now no Miyu mention in 4 pages of "awesome fighting girls". I am disappointed.
So let me start with the girls that DID kick ass:
Spoilers for practically the first half of Mai Hime:
M.I.Y.U (Mai-hime, Mai-otome, and ALL the damn OVAs, because she was awesome in every one of them). Makoto (Mai hime, but not those other spin offs because she sucked in them) Mai (Mai Hime, but not those other crappy spin offs because she sucked in them) Nao (Mai hime and Otome) Natsuki (Mai hime) Shizuru (Mai hime)
Hell, what am I doing? I'll just throw in all the Mai hime girls that actually fought, except for Haruka Yukino (lol, seriously thought that was her name) because her power sucked and her heart wasn't in it.
Sei Sakuraoka(Gantz). Even though I only sort of liked one of Kei's battles, you have to admire her strength in such a pessimistic series! Teresa(Claymore) Shoe in. Aono(Sola), I just liked her ability, and her attitude to some extent. Chane(Baccano!), needed more screen time though. Karura(Utawarerumono) only one thing...
Spoils second half of series
The mecha portion of the series wouldn't have sucked as much if we got to see Karura pounding the fucking crap out of one of them, but noooo. How disappointing :(
Girls should have kicked ass but didn't because the story they were in short cut them: Mai Kawasumi(Kanon), Unfortunately this is unlikely :( Kou(Wagaya no Oinari-sama), Fortunately there's still most of the crappy series left :D Tomoyo(Clannad), She sucked in the series, but I'd certainly like to see her get down to action, fortunately there is a whole OVA to be dedicated to her, and the afterstory (or perhaps those are the same thing, I haven't paid too much attention because Clannad disappointed me with its over-usage of comic relief, to the point that it wasn't even relief from anything) Yoko(TTGL), I mean seriously, one of the only female warriors and she's there solely for fan service? Give me a break already. Mizore(Rosasrio + Vampire), needed more screen time... and the anime obviously had no budget to begin with. Evil Moka(Rosario + Vampire). Just look at that one part of the Ending theme, you'll see what I'm talking about. Now if only the series would invest in making some more dynamic fights, where she is pushed to her limits with some amazing manoeuvres or something... again, not the focus nor the budget to make it work out x.x
Of those mentioned in both sections, my favourites would be:
Miyu
Makoto
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*San Seto from Seto no Hanayome. She's the most bad@$$ mermaid ever!
*Utena Tenjou from Revolutionary Girl Utena. "Determination/Devotion" should be this girl's middle name.