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[meganbmoore]

I just watched the first episode of the super popular shoujo anime Honey and Clover. It seems pretty well done, but I am incredibly weirded out by all the 18-20~ year old dudes being so incredibly affected by a girl who looks and acts like a very shy 10-year-old? I know the character is actually their age, but her behavior matches her appearance? (There's also the weird infantilization when her uncle was talking about her background.)

Is this a continuing theme throughout the series, or does she begin to speak up more and act her age, despite looking younger?

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[wilhelminabenedict]

I read a few chapters in Shoujo Beat sometime ago and assumed she was, like, ten. I think I somehow, possibly through skimming, missed the romantic undertones and/or thought there was different female character around whom the undertones were directed towards. I was vaguely confused later on when I thought I read something indicating she was the love interest.