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Re: 43
Even in Shojo, female characters seem to be 'idealized' most of the time. ;_; But then you have characters like Tohru (furuba) who are feminine, playing a housekeeper sort of role, yet still very powerful, despite being a ditz. I guess its about the goodnaturedness there.
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Idealized, maybe, but idealized in the way that male characters in shounen are idealized - in a way that would be appealing to the same gender, if only because she's not the love interest, HE'S the love interest. I can bitch 'till the end of time about what a flake I find Tsukishi of Hana Yori Dango to be, she's not what I'd call a strong character and her relationship with Tsukasa is fairly conventional.... but the story revolves around her and her relationships and that's what makes it (for me at least) - the female perspective.
Further, while shounen is all about the
so easily slashedmale competition, shoujo covers relationships between women, something that is barely skirted over in shounen beyond 'oh look! Boobs and more boobs!' *cough* like Orihime/Matsumoto, which I ironically ship. (shounen yuri and harem anime are a whole 'nother ballpark.)At the end of the day it's kind of just the same gender junk taken from a different (and to me, typically more appealing, though that's largely a matter of taste) angle - though I'll say one thing: as a whole, the cast tends to be more gender-balanced in shoujo (yeah, there's reverse harems and Sailor Moon, but neither is the norm), and I think that says something.