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   From: a_nospam.b_nospam@sym_nos_p_am_atico.ca   
      
   "Aya the Vampire Slayer"  wrote in message   
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   > Dave Baranyi  wa:   
   >>But first, it appears from the previews that Natsume will be accosted by a   
   >>tsundere megane-ko. (Hmmm - how common are tsunderes in shoujo manga?)   
   >   
   > I think normally when they appear, they tend to play the role of   
   > "supportive friend of the female lead". Very rarely do they appear as an   
   > antagonist designed to pull the male love interest away from the female   
   > lead.   
   >   
   > In the manga I've read, the female antagonists in shoujo tend to be: a   
   > very quiet sickly girl who has anemia (and therefore faints a lot), a   
   > prim and proper rich girl from a good family, or the devious   
   > manipulative bitch. Sometimes these appear as childhood friends,   
   > sometimes they are fiances, but they are almost always from the male   
   > love interest's mysterious past.   
   >   
      
   I'm guessing that the megane-ko tsundere will become Natsume's "love   
   interest" instead of being an antagonist, but I won't know for certain until   
   next episode.   
      
   > The male love interest's "fan club" (in those shoujo manga that have   
   > them) are almost never serious contenders for the male love interest,   
   > and, in fact, I can't think of a single manga where that was the case.   
   > They are usually just used for comedic effect, or to show how much   
   > torture the female lead can withstand (and how big her heart is, gaaah),   
   > or to show how awesome the male love interest is by rescuing the female   
   > lead from his vicious groupies.   
   >   
      
   One of the things that interests me about "Natsume Yuujin-chou" is that it   
   is one of those relatively rare shoujo anime in which the main character is   
   a guy. The only other ones that I can think of off hand are "Aishiteruze   
   Baby" and "Shiawase-sou no Okojo-san". The female love interest in   
   "Aishiteruze Baby" starts out a bit tsundere, but eventually becomes quite   
   supportive and simultaneously dependent upon the hero as his character   
   starts to mature. In "Shiawase-sou no Okojo-san", the human main character   
   is a bishii who exhibits total obliviousness towards the opposite sex (and   
   towards the same sex too). But then, this one is a gag comedy, so one might   
   expect it.   
      
   Thanks for the comments -   
      
   Dave Baranyi   
      
   > Wow, this sounds totally lame even to a big shoujo-fan like me. Heh. I   
   > just read Nana vols 7-11 this past weekend, and am looking forward to   
   > more soon when it is released.   
   >   
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