| Skip to the bottom of you don't want to read my rant. I'm fed up of watching and reading manga where the female characters are being treated as being weak and vulnerable for the male MC to save/protect. It was something I didn't mind at first but it didn't take me long to notice the same consistent pattern. It's not that it's a bad thing but it seems really overused to the point I've become irrated and stop watching anime for a time . I guess a lot of what I've read and watched is shounen and they tend to be based of lots of light novels which places the female character into this insignificant tsundere role or exist mearly to make the male MC look better or as fanservice l. I tried reading a few Josei and shoujo as well, but most I have seen/watched involve the female fawning over a guy or somehow meets this ideal guy out of nowhere like some whiteknight and only shows their flaws/ weaknesses when the plot deems it convenient as a method of getting sympathy from the female MC. When I say strong female lead, I mean someone who isn't a pushover, someone who doesn't just suddenly falls in love within 10 chapters or 5 episodes, none of this childhood friend bullshit and, a lead who is generally likeable who has quirks and flaws like anybody else and grows as the story progresses further. Of course there are times when the MC is vulnerable but I want to see it used well and appropriately. Obviously preferring a romance/slice of life to be in the genre but I wouldn't mind if it was just a sub plot, as long as the story is good. I'd prefer if the romantic interest isn't someone who's not too much of a whiteknight. As a frame of reference here are some manga which I've started reading and are not that bad Kono oto tomare Again!! Parts of it were annoying but I could live with it Noragami. I like yato and yuki' character developments Koe no katachi. Strong pair of MC's it's nice to see their interactions and behaviour with one another to see the male character's inner monlogues. Shigatsu wa kimi no uso. Personally not my thing with the art but I've been reading and th story so far is good. Ao haru ride. Decent, there were parts which I found extremely annoying. Any suggestions are fine and I'll take them in consideration. Thnx in advance |
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| manga: Last Game GE: Good ending Orange Marmalade anime: i cant think of any to hit the requierenments |
| My favorite quotes from animes: Those who seek miracles will never experience one. The hand of salvation only extends to people who try to make miracles happen. - Ef a tale of melodies. I destroy worlds. I create worlds. - Code geass We are humans. - Shinsekai yori 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and a 10km run EVERY SINGLE DAY!!! - One punch man |
| Saiunkoku Monogatari Seirei no Moribito - not much romance though Claymore Shion no Ou Nijuu Mensou no Musume |
dream_eater1012Jan 24, 2015 11:31 AM
| Cant believe ghost in shell hasn't been mentioned. Watch the movies first IMO. They're so great. The show is good, but the first movie imo is sugoi |
| Maybe Angel Beats. It's not perfect, but it has very strong female characters who don't take shit from anyone. And Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica is an artsy psychological "magic girl" anime where strong female characters take center stage. |
| Durarara Kyoukai no Kanata |
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| Durarara Kyoukai no Kanata |
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| +1 Seirei no Moribito +1 Claymore |
Tehqo said: I have no clue what The Devil is a Part-timer. But I'm guessing it has to do with a devil, being a part timer. xd You can watch Hataraku Maou-Sama! It's about the devil Satan, who is a part timer in Mcdonald... |
titandick said: Why double post? Also, Durarara doesn't have a female lead.Durarara Kyoukai no Kanata |
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| The strongest female leads (In my opinion at least) that I have come across actually don't usually come in the "romance" genre. Their is actually probably a very simple reason for this but not going to make an assumption since it could just as well be very wrong. So with that being said I'll try and give a few romance with "well-developed" female leads (they aren't push overs atleast). Anime Manga My two favorite female leads out of the series I recommended were Erin from Kemono no Souja Erin and Nausicaa from Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä, however since neither of those have romance, I would say the most likely one for you to like out of the ones I listed would be Kimi wa Pet. |
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| Definitely Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World. |
Beagoodsport said: Chihayafuru-strong female character with a lot of willpower, while being quirky as well. I didn't mention Chihayafuru before because it involves childhood friends. I don't like that trope either, but I didn't care about it in the case of this show. It's still terrific. |
| Thnx for the input guys. Trying out ghost in the shell and reading kimi wa pet. They're both pretty decent. |
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| Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex series + movies Black Lagoon Canaan Elfen Lied Kara No Kyoukai movies Senjou no Valkyria: Gallian Chronicles Top wo Nerae! Gunbuster (if you don't mind old anime this came out in 1989) |
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| Have you seen Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha series? Really strong, charming, dense, ''befriending" MC. |
| befriend (v.): To violently attack someone with very dangerous and extremely powerful blasts of magical pink light until your target sees the validity of your viewpoint. |
Smooki said: manga: Last Game +1 |
| +1 Akatsuki no Yona |
| The world shall know the truth soon. |
| claymore jormungand kill la kill medaka box michiko to hatchin vividred operation |
| save all the cute girls from ntr manga |
| Mirai Nikki is pretty much centered around a girl. |
souda is life  |
| +1 Kill la Kill Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay |
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| Watch Lovely complex It's the best romcom there is and Koizumi is great! Forget the shonen genre if you want romance but it's got good action anime with female leads like Claymore or Black Lagoon. |
| Strong female leads from various genres, containing both old and new anime: -Snow White With the Red Hair -Hell Girl -Slayers -Vampire Princess Miyu -Ronja the Robber's Daughter (needs rescuing occasionally because she is a small child, but is still strong and independant) -Katri Girl of the Meadows (also needs rescuing occasionally because she is a small child, but like Ronja is still strong and independant) -Yona of the Dawn (starts out weak and helpless, but grows into a fighter in her own right and the journey is worth watching) Shakugan no Shana (this one is geared towards males so there's some fanservice, although not from the female lead) |
| Kara no Kyoukai. Shiki Ryougi is one of the best developed characters imo, and she's a badass as well. |
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| Top wo Nerae 2 Diebuster. Nono and Lal'c are the most powerful female characters |
| Chihayafuru |
| Rose of Versailles |
| no idea if the TS still following this thread, but the latest reply are just yesterday, and frankly, this is also a good source of information for me when i'm looking for something new to watch/read so i'll help add more suggestion, lets see... so, we looking for strong female character, preferably a lead, romance related, and no Childhood friend tag, this is quite hard actually, considering most anime today only span 1 season (12 Episode) (M) Manga (A) Anime (MA) Both (MA) Magi - Morgiana, it took more than half the series for her to start dealing with romance (MA) Prison School - Midorikawa Hana, maybe if you like weird kinky violent girl that have no idea how to deal with her first romance (M) Tokyo ESP - Urushiba Rinka, lead, total badass, more ocused on the action than the romance though (MA) Silver Spoon/Gin no Saji - Mikage Aki, strong willed, not wimpy, hard worker, late romance, not a childhood friend, i think this one fit the criteria the most (MA) Bakuman - Azuki Miho, another strong willed hardworker character, not a childhood friend, i don't know if her romance can be called "fall in love within X episode" because her romance story span for the whole series without an exact "fall in love scene" (MA) Binbougami Ga - Sakura Ichiko, lead, strong willed, not perfect, late romance, fun as hell (A) Kill la Kill - Ryuko Matoi, a story about a total badass girl, no romance though (A) Tengen Toppa Gurren lagann - Yoko Littner, strong badass sniper girl with romance coming later in the stories (A) Oda Nobuna no Yabou - Oda Nobuna, Lead, female warrior, late romance (MA) Durarara Celty Sturluson, lead (arguably, the title Durara come from Dullahan, that's her), nice story, badass, confusing storytelling though (A) Kokoro Connect - Inaba Himeko, Strong willed, Late romance, Nice Story (A) Oregairu - 2 Female lead, strong solid personality, Had the best character progress in my opinion (MA) Soul Eater - Maka Albarn, Lead, Strong, epic story, Nice Romance, Full Action not including overhyped Big anime like Fate Series, SAO, Tokyo Ghoul or AoT, even if there's nice strong female character there, chance are people already know them anyway |
| Kaichou wa Maid-sama! Soul Eater |
| The Legend of Condor Hero(It's more of a co-lead thing, and they both save each other) Saiunkoku Monogatari Shadow Skill Moribito Guardian of the Spirit Hanasakeru Seishounen Victorian romance emma Busou Renkin Kemono no souja erin The Twelve Kingdoms |
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