Super Gals! eps 16-26

[meganbmoore]

Actually, I don't really have much to say that I haven't already said. Though that was a bit of an odd note to end the season on.

But, seriously, why can't more animes have relationships between girls like this? Or heroines like Ran? I love how, even though there are plenty of boys around, as friends, brothers, love interests and wanna-be love interests, they never factor into girls being friends, or being rivals. None of Ran's rivalries have squat to do with boys(ok, the kogals kinda with their crushing on Rei) but with their all wanting to be the alpha dog. In addition, the rivalries are also fairly clearly pride things covering odd friendships, especially with Mami. Plus, there's never a hint of any "liking the boy my friend likes, thus causing bitterness or rivalry or some such." Plus(yeah, 2 sentences starting with "plus" in a row...oh well) the best looking boy is never once set up as her love interest, but instead, as her shy and sweet friend's love interest. The second-best looking boy is all about her, but does she go for him? No, she goes for the crazy monkey boy(who is really a male, less materialistic version of Ran herself.) Now, personally, I'd go for Yuya. I like Katsukichi, but let's face it, Yuya is much less likely to drive you to drink. Of course, Ran probably drives people to drink, so maybe they cancel each other out. (Though, I'm not sure she fell for him so much as he was the one who asked her out first anyway...I suspect she likes both guys equally, and neither romantically.)

Really, though, why can't more things be about positive friendships and relationships between girls while still having a strong male presence? The only other thing I can think of is Skip-Beat.

I was going to link an MV, but the internet is being a pain. estara linked to it in my last post on the series, though, so go look.

Now to get season 2 and the manga...

Comments

Re: the bff girl friendships in Fruits Basket and Hana Yori Dango

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

There are a number of series with good female friendships, but relatively few where it's a focus, much less THE focus. It gets spotlighted at time in FB, but most of the focus is(rightly for the plot) of Tohru and the Sohmas. I can't really comment onthe HYD manga...while I like the live action a lot(though the TW one didn't grab me as well) I admit to not having a lot of interest in the manga. Just don't think the story would hold me nearly long enough.