Animal Motifs: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[Lucky Star]]'', the characters themselves start wondering about which animal motif suits them best. Joking unflappable otaku Konata gets a fox, cute and innocent Tsukasa a puppy, soft-mannered and peaceful Miyuki a sheep (although Konata would quip that she's more suited to a cow due to her...[[Gag Boobs|ahem... bust size]])... and resident [[Tsundere]] and [[Straight Man]] Kagami is to her endless shame given a bunny (due to her underlying emotionality and her tendency to hide it from the world, and, apparently, because her ponytails look like rabbit ears according to Konata).

* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' is full of animal motifs: Kenshin is the Dragon, Sano the Rooster, Saitou the Wolf, and Enishi the Tiger. It also makes an extended joke concerning women's face shapes: in Japan, women are considered to be Tanuki ("raccoon-dog", round and open features, implying naivete) or Kitsune ("fox", long and narrow, implying mischief). When Saitou meets Misao for the first time, he has an [[Imagine Spot]]: If Kaoru = Tanuki and Megumi = Kitsune, then Misao = Itachi (weasel). Misao was ''not'' pleased.

* Ikki from ''[[Air Gear]]'' is often compared to a crow, both by other characters and through imagery.

* The witches from ''[[Soul Eater]]'': not only do their motifs tie in with their outer appearances and powers, but a good deal of them have tie-in ''names'' as well:

* ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' has Monta with an uncanny appearance to a monkey. Patrick "Panther" Spencer is known to be one of the fastest people in the world. [[Blood Knight]] [[The Berserker|berserker]] Gaou is comparable to a Tyrannosaurus with the way he "devours" anyone who stands in his way. Rui has the appearance of a chamelion.

* In ''Kodomo No Jikan'' (manga only) Kuro is occasionally drawn as a black cat (and in both anime and manga she often sports/sprouts cat ears) and Mimi is drawn as a white rabbit. Also, Aoki compares the cat he had been feeding to Rin. When it scratched him, she justified it by saying that it [[Notice This|might have been abused.]]

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