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The world is filled with a great number of tropes.  The schoolgirl, the badass in the making, and the crazy bitch, are among them and are known and loved by many.  An underrated trope that I happen to like is what I call the twintail girl. Mikaze of Stratos 4 fame. What is a twintail girl?  Simply put, it is any anime or manga girl who wears pigtails, twin ponytails, or any cute, symmetrical hairstyles like that.  If you were to ask me why I like twintail girls, quite frankly, it's because they tend to be cute.  From the bitchiest tsundere to the purest loli and everything in between, a twintail girl can be all of those while adding an element of cuteness. Burst Angel's Amy is a prime example of a twintail loli. When you watch as much anime and read as much manga as I do, you see a lot of these girls.  Ikkitousen's Ryofu Housen was my first time seeing a twintail girl and I was drawn to her immediately.  She was my favorite anime girl for many years an...

Imagine you're a high school student in Japan.  Now imagine you have to play a glorified game of Simon Says with your cell phone.  Digging deeper that you have to watch your classmates die.  This is King's Game. King's Game is a death-game anime, not too far removed from the likes of Danganronpa or Battle Royale.  The protagonist is a boy called Nobuaki, who has experienced great loss because of the King's Game.  The story is told in two parts; Nobuaki's first game where he watched his entire class die and the current game where he's trying to save the class.  This essentially means he has to watch two entire classes die unless he can do something about it. Our Protagonist, Nobuaki. So, what is this King's Game?  Someone or something only known as The King calls people and forces them to compete in the game.  The King will ask them to do things that may or may not be weird.  It could be as harmless as winning a popularity contest...

The bow can be many things.  It can be a greeting, a show of respect, or a quiet way of thanking someone.  It can be a great tool in navigating the social hierarchy of some countries. Here at Anime Watcher/Manga Reader, the bow can another thing; sexy.  Purposely embarrassing and accidently sexy, the bow can be very quite arousing.  With that in mind, we come to two of the sexiest bows in manga history: Yukino's in Fairy Tail and Asuza Fuyutsuki's from Great Teacher Onizuka.  So, which bow is better?  Let's find out. A totally defeated Fuyutsuki prepares to bow. Simply stripping naked in front of her guildmates isn't embarrassing enough for Yukino. First, let's examine the circumstances of each.  Fuyutsuki's bow comes as a result of some pretty messed up circumstances.  How messed up?  Basically, she gets beaten up by three female students, who then cut off and steal her panties and cut her skirt very short.  The students t...

Manga girls.  You've got to love them.  They come in all shapes and sizes and have lots of personality.  Heck, some of them are even kind of cute. Of course, no manga is complete without a crazy bitch.  The crazy bitch-type is just as diverse as manga girls as a whole.  The most consistent trait across the board is the fact that she is a crazy bitch.  In no particular order, these are my top 10 crazy bitches. 10.  Junko Enoshima (Dangan Ronpa) I've you like being filled with despair, Junko's your girl. Sigh, what a waste.  That's all I can say when I see this girl.  She's so freaking hot.  If only she weren't so obsessed with despair, might have been a good waifu.  Then again, some guys like 'em crazy.  I won't even start on her list of atrocities.  It's so long, it deserves it's own blog entry. 9.  Yumeko Jabami  (Kakegurui) This is par for the course for Yumeko. No matter what's happening, s...

What do you get when you take a lame guy and partner him up with a girl who can't talk?  A cute manga.  This is Komi Can't Communicate. Komi Can't Communicate follows protagonist and average high school student, Hitohito Tadano.  His life changes, for better or worse, when he meets Shoko Komi.  On the surface, Komi appears to be an elegant high school princess who's so cool she doesn't need to talk.  Tadano quickly finds out that she is just so cripplingly shy that she can't bring herself to talk, hence the title. Not quite sure why our protagonist has a flower in his hair. Komi may appear to be cool... ...but this is the reality of her situation. Komi actually CAN communicate, though.  Having a conversation by writing on the blackboard, Tadano finds that Komi's goal in high school is to make 100 friends.  Tadano decides to help her meet this goal, becoming her first friend.  And thus the hilarity begins. Potenti...

The Haruhi series is an icon among anime.  Mystery, drama, comedy, dimension jumping, the series has it all.  On top of all that, it also has decent characters.  Yuki Nagato is one of them.  This is The Disappearance Of Nagato Yuki-chan. Of all the characters in the Haruhi series, Yuki is my favorite, so it's nice to see a series focused on her.  In the original Haruhi series, Yuki is a robot/alien disguised as a bookworm teenage girl.  In this spinoff, however, she's a normal teenage girl. Yuki's back and cuter than ever. So, what does Yuki do as a normal girl?  Normal girl stuff like having crushes, worrying about grades, and going to hot springs, among other things.  She even has an identity crisis at some point, just like all teenagers do. That looks like an identity crisis if I ever saw one. Being a normal girl also means that Yuki will finally display a full range of emotions.  No longer a deadpan, monotone alien/ro...

A super-exclusive school that occupies an entire island by itself.  An bored protagonist that has more to him that you initially see.  This is Classroom Of The Elite. At first glance, Classroom Of The Elite looks like a typical high school drama.  However, you quickly see that it is not (at least initially).  The story follows Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, a seemingly average teenager who has trouble fitting in and making the cut.  Obviously, there's more to him than meet the eye, as his classmates figure out fairly quickly.  But how much more? Kiyotaka is just your average "more than average" teenager. Speaking of his classmates, there's no shortage of assholes and waifus.  You have a generic tough guy, the smoking hot underachiever, the teacher you wish you had in school, and the fake bitch who pretends to be cute, among other tropey characters.  That's not necessarily a bad thing, though, because at least they're doing good stuff. You h...