Shojo anime kahramanları her şekil ve boyutta olabilir, ancak çoğu aynı kinayeye bağlı kalır. Çoğu, çevredeki insanlara yardım etmek için ellerinden gelen her şeyi yapan nazik ve masum kadınlardır. Kendi sağlıklarını ihmal ederek bunu yapabilirler ve bu nedenle dönem içerisinde kendilerine bakacak başka karakterlere ihtiyaç duyabilirler. İyimserdirler ve her zaman başkalarının içindeki iyiliği görmek için ellerinden gelenin en iyisini yapmaya çalışırlar.
Bu tür kahramanlarda yanlış bir şey yok ama bazıları çeşitliliğin hayatın tuzu biberi olduğunu söylüyor. Bazen shojo hayranları yeni bir animeyi benzersiz kılmak için biraz farklı bir şeyler isterler. Bu alternatif kahramanlardan bazıları sert ve inatçıdır. Bazıları ise beklenmeyene dönüşür. Shojo'nun bazı kahramanları kız bile değil. Bu on shojo kahramanı, hayranların beklediği sıradan kahramanlardan çok farklı.
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Risa Koizumi Güzel Komplekste Uzun ve Huysuz
Risa Romantik Komedi İkilisinin Bir Parçası
Risa Koizumi, romantik komedi animesinin kadın başrol oyuncusu Güzel Kompleks. Shojo animelerindeki çoğu kadın kahramandan veya sınıfındaki kızlardan daha uzundur, boyu 1.80'dir. Diğerleri onu akranlarından çok daha yüksek olması nedeniyle bir zürafaya benzetir, ancak o alışılmadık derecede kısa boylu olan Atsushi Otani'de benzer bir ruh bulur.
İlişkileri yavaş yavaş romantizme dönüşürken, birlikte yenilmez bir komedi ikilisi oluştururlar. Risa akranlarına sevimli ya da kız gibi görünmeyebilir ama bunu mizah anlayışıyla telafi ediyor. Sakar ve iradelidir. Hatta biraz tsundere bile olabilir. Ancak bu dürtüsel kadın kahraman, bir başkarakter olarak hâlâ çok seviliyor.
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Shizuku Mizutani Sadece My Little Monster'da Çalışmak İstiyor
Bu Kahramanın Sadece Akademisyenlere Zamanı Var
Shizuku Mizutani, romantik komedi animesinin kahramanıdır. Benim Küçük Canavarım. Shizuku iyi notlar almaktan başka bir şey istemese de, sınıfta kalan öğrenciyle ilgilenir ve onu beladan uzak tutmaya çalışır. Haru Yoshida'yı ilk başta değerinden daha fazla bela bulsa da, yavaş yavaş kalbinde aşka yer olduğunu keşfeder.
Shizuku, soğuk ve küçümseyen tavrı nedeniyle sınıf arkadaşları tarafından “kuru buz” olarak anılıyor. Romantizmde ya da arkadaş edinmede bir amaç bulamıyor. Sadece notlarını yüksek tutmak için ders çalışmayı önemsiyor. Dizi boyunca başkalarıyla bağlantı kurmanın gerçek değerini öğreniyor.
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Yukino Miyazawa Has Grown Selfish in Her Popularity in His and Her Circumstances
Yukino Hides Her True Nature Behind a Sweet Facade
Yukino Miyazawa is the female lead of the romance anime His and Her Circumstances, also known as KareKano. At school, Yukino acts as sweet as can be to maintain her popularity, but at home she’s a spoiled slob. Her classmates would be surprised to see just how different her true self is.
However, a new classmate rises to meet her intellectual challenge one day. Yukino is originally determined to destroy her new rival, Soichiro Arima, to remain without competition in her peers’ eyes. However, Soichiro challenges Yukino to reveal their true selves together, little by little, no matter how difficult that may seem.
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Misaki Ayuzawa Stands Up for Her Family in Maid-Sama!
Misaki Is Willing to Work at a Maid Cafe to Cover Her Family’s Debts
Misaki Ayuzawa is the heroine of the romantic comedy anime Maid-Sama!. Although she’s the straight-laced student council president at her previously all-male school, she has a secret that could ruin her reputation. In order to pay off her family’s debts caused by her absent father, Misaki works at a maid café after school.
Misaki is stubborn and straightforward, willing to do whatever it takes to help her family out. Her life only gets more complicated when the most popular boy in school, Takumi Usui, learns her secret. Instead of using this new knowledge to his advantage, Takumi simply becomes a frequent customer at the cosplay café. Misaki may be on edge, but she’ll soon have to accept romance has found her, whether she likes it.
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Utena Tenjou Dreams of Being a Prince in Revolutionary Girl Utena
Utena Is Determined to Keep Her Rose Bride Safe
Most girls dream of becoming a princess, or at least living like one. However, Utena Tenjou, the main heroine of Revolutionary Girl Utena, has dreamed of becoming a prince since a young age, when a prince came to her rescue. She soon gets her chance when she’s given the chance to fight for the Rose Bride’s hand in marriage.
Utena is strong-willed and competent at combat, winning Anthy Himemiya’s hand and heart after winning a duel in a tournament. Since then, Utena has been determined to be Anthy’s knight in shining armor. This sapphic tale of romance is a shojo classic that fans need to check out if they haven’t already.
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Yoshino Somei Is Determined to Get Her Revenge in Yakuza Fiance
Yoshino Was Hardened by Her Circumstances
Yoshino Somei is the female lead of the romantic drama Yakuza Fiancé. As the granddaughter of the boss of the Somei yakuza family, Yoshino entered a dark world at a young age. Her family’s reputation pushed away potential friends, so she wasn’t able to find a boyfriend. Desperate, her grandfather arranged a marriage for her with the adopted grandson of the Miyama family in Tokyo.
Yoshino tried to give her fiancé the benefit of the doubt, only to have his cruel true self reveal how he truly felt. After being humiliated, Yoshino was determined to seek revenge against anyone who stood against her. She was raised by yakuza, after all. However, to her surprise, her cruel hatred only made Kirishima Miyama fall madly in love with her. Now, Yoshino walks the dangerous line between getting her much-needed revenge or falling for the man who humiliated her.
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Tsukimi Kurashita Adores Jellyfish in Princess Jellyfish
Every Girl Deserves to Feel Like a Princess
In Princess Jellyfish, Tsukimi Kurashita is a young woman living at the boarding house, Amamizukan, which is full solely of otaku women. They have a rule there: no boys allowed. However, when a seemingly beautiful woman helps Tsukimi save a jellyfish and takes it home with her, Tsukimi finds out she got more than she bargained for. The woman who helped her is actually a cross-dressing man named Kuranosuke Koibuchi.
While Tsukimi is gentle, like many of her fellow shojo protagonists, she’s absolutely obsessed with jellyfish. She struggles to socialize with those she deems “pretty” or “handsome”, and feels most at home around her fellow otaku. However, Kuranosuke helps this seemingly plain girl realize just how beautiful she truly is, jellyfish, obsession and all.
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Haruhi Fujioka Doesn’t Mind if She’s Seen as a Boy or Girl in Ouran High School Host Club
Haruhi Makes a Charming Host
Haruhi Fujioka is the heroine of the reverse harem romantic comedy Ouran High School Host Club. After accidentally breaking a vase in her prestigious school, she’s forced to join the school’s host club as its newest member. Slowly, one by one, the hosts realize the student they thought was a boy is actually a charming girl.
Haruhi couldn’t care less if others saw her as a boy or a girl. She simply wanted to be seen as herself. Thus, charming the host club’s customers with her “commoner knowledge” doesn’t really bother her. She does it to the best of her ability, staying honest. However, Haruhi is more than just a regular sweetheart. She’s perplexed by the world of the rich she finds herself in, and isn’t above calling her peers out if they do something stupid.
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Saki Uno Transforms Into a Magical Man in Magical Girl Ore
This Isn’t Your Mother’s Magical Girl Anime
Saki Uno is the female protagonist of the magical girl parody anime Magical Girl Ore. She’s an unpopular idol and middle school student who has to take over as a “magical girl” when her mother has to leave that life behind because of back problems. There’s just one problem. She doesn’t turn into a cute magical girl – or a girl at all, for that matter. She transforms into a tall, muscular man in a cute, frilly outfit.
However, Saki will face the embarrassment she feels if it means protecting her crush, Mohiro Mikage, from the cute-faced demons who keep trying to kidnap him. There’s just one expected problem: Mohiro becomes attracted to Saki’s masculine transformation instead of her normal self. This magical girl anime is unlike any fans have seen before.
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Takeo Gouda Dreams of Falling in Love in My Love Story!!
This Tall, Muscular Man Has a Gentle Heart
Takeo is the male lead in the romantic comedy anime My Love Story!!. Unlike many shojo protagonists, Takeo is a man. However, despite his brutish appearance, he actually has a gentle heart that desperately wants to fall in love. Most girls end up falling for his best friend, Makoto Sunakawa, even if Suna rejects every single one.
Takeo has a pure, innocent heart and always wants to help others however he can. Unfortunately, his tough guy appearance scares most of the people he tries to help. That all changes when he meets Rinko Yamato, who becomes his first girlfriend. They may both be inexperienced in love, but they’re willing to face their challenges together.