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In Japanese popular culture, a bishōjo (美少女, lit. "beautiful girl"), also romanized as bishojo or bishoujo, is a cute girl character. Bishōjo characters appear ubiquitously in media including manga, anime, and computerized games (especially in the bishojo game genre), and also appear in advertising and as mascots, such as for maid cafés.
Japanese manga has developed a visual language or iconography for expressing emotion and other internal character states. This drawing style has also migrated into anime, as many manga are adapted into television shows and films and some of the well-known animation studios are founded by manga artists.
Female stock characters in anime and manga (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Female characters in anime and manga" The following 115 pages are in this category, out of 115 total.
In Japan, being cute is acceptable for both men and women. A trend existed of men shaving their legs to mimic the neotenic look. Japanese women often try to act cute to attract men. [14] A study by Kanebo, a cosmetic company, found that Japanese women in their 20s and 30s favored the "cute look" with a "childish round face". [8]
Rentarō's tenth girlfriend and a second year at his school. While Mimimi is a girl who is obsessed with beauty, she is aware that beauty cannot simply be bought. As she considers her inner beauty just as important, she works hard by earning her own money, doing facial regimens, and teaching herself elocution.
An anime-original character Rei Batsubami (×喰 零, Batsubami Rei) is an androgynous girl who arranges matches for the Momobami clan, preferring to stay out of gambling herself. Later revealed to be a servant from a fallen family within the Momobami clan who secretly planned to take control by running the 100 Votes Auction game.
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Voiced by: Tomoko Kaneda (Japanese); Jessica Boone (English) (anime) Chiyo Mihama (美浜 ちよ, Mihama Chiyo), usually called Chiyo-chan, is a child prodigy, having skipped five grades to 10th grade (the first year of high school in Japan) at the start of the series, yet she is still at the top of the class.