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Labels: Anime and Manga Corner, Chapter 13
To Aru Majutsu no Index, or A Certain Magical Index, is situated in a fictional town called Academy City. As its name states it, 80% of its 230,000 citizens are students, learning to create or enhance their psychic abilities. Psychics are differentiated into different levels from 0 to 5, with 0 being seemingly powerless.
This story takes the point of view from Kamijou Touma, a seemingly brainless and equally unlucky level 0. Just when he thought his life as bad enough, a young nun dropped out of the sky (literally) and landed into his life.
The young nun, called Index, was a living library (or index) upholding 103 grimores in her mind, which (obviously) makes her a constant target to enemies. Thus, this dragged him (unwillingly) into the previously unknown world of magic and an even crazier life than before.
Well, I must say, this anime was simply an exhilarating one. The anime has such a well thought-out plot, compared to some stories where there are many obvious loopholes in the story. This new fantasy world is drawn in so much detail that I feel as though it is real.
And since the art style of this anime is just simply excellent, you can expect action scenes to be both fluid and beautiful.
And of course, let’s not forget the all wonderful Seinen-genre jokes!
Although it is not pointed out in the genres, this anime is somewhat similar to a Harem one… Reason being is that practically most of the characters that Touma interacts with are GIRLS, which more or less admire/ are attracted to/ feel embarrassed around/ love Touma. Sadly, this is a SHOUNEN anime, so those who expect shoujo-love romances will be greatly disappointed.
Despite his great resemblance to many other Harem-genre heroes that were utterly clueless to their counter-part(s) feelings.
*On the side-lines with no relation to the story, the opening themes for this anime [Artist: Kawada Mami] are awesome!!!*
Rating: 9/10 <<<<<<<<< D
In the nutshell: An excellent anime that relieves the boredom that annoys you to no end. Fluidity in both storyline and action scenes are a dream come true for many. Comedy scenes are a little repetitive, despite being one of the main attractions for this anime. An ideal story for Shounen-action plot lovers for all, but those seeking for romance should say well-clear.
Labels: Anime and Manga Corner, Chapter 12
Meaning of Term:
‘Tsundere’ describes a character (usually female) who runs 'hot and cold', constantly changing between being a strict, confrontational and uncaring person (tsuntsun: "aloof" or "cranky" in Japanese) and an affectionate and soft-hearted person (deredere: "lovestruck" in Japanese).
Personality:
There are two main types of ‘Tsundere’, depending on their personality:
Type “Tsun”: These ‘Tsundere’s are “tsuntsun” set as their default “exterior”, making them seem mean. This is the usually personality given to Tomboys or ‘bad’ boys in Anime/Manga. It takes something very special to trigger their hidden “deredere” side. The intensity of their crankiness can range from “Always angry at practically almost anything that I don’t agree to” to “This is stupid, I ain’t doing it”. When they are angered or embarrassed, they usually become vulgar (by shouting insults to the other person) or sometimes violent (by hitting the person with their hands, legs or with a “trademark” weapon of choice). However, when they help out someone that they are not close to, they would probably say something like "Don't get me wrong, I'm not doing this for you" and usually have their entire face covered with ferocious blushing, making them appear vulnerable in contrast to their usual strong-willed exterior.
Type “Dere”: These ‘Tsundere’s have “deredere” as their default “exterior”. This is the usually personality for soft spoken people that seem nice but have a mysterious hidden background in Anime/Manga. They are kind and soft-hearted, but just happen to have a secret violent side too. Usually, their temper is almost always triggered by someone else, usually by their love interest or by an idiot which serves as a comedic relief. As they have absolutely no clue on how to handle feelings of love and attraction, they are therefore sweet to everyone except the person they are interested in. Unwanted suitors might also trigger their violent side. Very often, the male love interest (referring to female “deredere”s) will be very frustrated as everybody else keeps telling him how sweet the ‘Tsundere’ is and wonders how it could possibly be the same girl.
Types of Pairings (need not be romantic ones):
In Mangas and Animes, ‘Tsundere’s are usually paired up with the patient type of people, since a normal person would be pissed off by the former’s cold attitude.
A more common pairing would be with the seemingly-stupid and stubborn type, as sparks (more from anger than romance) are more likely to fly, contributing greatly to the ‘Comedy’ sector.
On the other hand, there is also the masochist type, but they are extremely rare and used only for comedy relief.
What makes them attractive:
A Tsundere's attractiveness can come from either side: On one hand, she is an independent, strong-willed person, determined to do everything well. On the other, she has major “turn-on” points such as awkwardness with relationships (particularly, romance) or have tomboyish tendencies (refer to female ‘Tsundere’s), which she perceives as "weakness". Furthermore, they rarely just sit back, do nothing and act the ‘damsel in distress’ as that will make them lose their appeal. For Type “Tsun”, it's assumed that the person acts fierce to hide their good intentions or as a wall for preventing their weakness to be shown when dealing with romantic relationships. For Type “Dere”, her hidden “tsuntsun” side shows that they are not just some nice guy.
Subcategories:
‘Kuudere’ – Rather than having a violent side, ‘Kuudere’s have a stoic, cold personality with a hidden “deredere” side. The range of intensity for their “Kuu” side can be from an emotionless robotic-like isolator to just a quiet, soft spoken person.
‘Yandere’ (mostly females) – Under normal circumstances, a ‘Yandere’ would only show his/her “deredere” side. However, mess with their love life (e.g. break up, discovery of an affair, insulting their love interest heavily) and they will go on a rampage, where some can go as far as murder (?). More or less a loose nut-case when a love relationship goes wrong.
Labels: Anime and Manga Corner, Chapter 11