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[[File:bifauxnenandladette_8878.jpg|link=Oniisama Ee...|frame|Hana no St. Juste and Kaoru no Kimi. Even their nicknames say it!]]
 
This is mainly a [[Japanese Media Tropes]] but does occur occasionally in other media. Two [[Bifauxnen]] girls from the same anime have largely different personalities that lie on the traditional masculine spectrum.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Pictured above: Kaoru "Kaoru no kimi" Orihara (brunette, on the right) and Rei "Hana no Saint Juste" Asaka (blonde, on the left) in ''[[Oniisama Ee...]]'', arguably the archetypal examples. Rei is a [[The Stoic|stoic]] [[Broken Bird|depressed]] loner that sometimes [[Viewer Gender Confusion|gets mistaken for a man]] and talented basketball player and artist; Kaoru is an extremely androgynous [[Ladette]] that is just as good in basketball as Rei is, and not to mentions she's arguably [[Only Sane Man|the only sane person in the story]].
** While they are both athletes, Kaoru takes basketball much more seriously than Rei, who is too doped up to care much about anything, {{spoiler|though when she ''does'' play, it seems to be the only healthy source of enjoyment she has. Coincidentally, that happens when Kaoru is having a relapse in her illness and Rei takes her place to help the team.}}.
** Also alluded to in their "titles". Rei is called "Hana no St. Juste" which means "St. Juste of the Flowers", while Kaoru is called "Kaoru no Kimi" aka "Prince Kaoru".
* In ''[[Hellsing]]'', [[Hot Chick in Aa Badass Suit|Integra Hellsing]], [[Ax Crazy|Rip Van Winkle]] and [[Butch Lesbian|Zorin Blitz]] are all masculine women with distinct and opposing personalities.
* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', Haruka Tenoh and her rival Seiya Kou plays the trope straight in the manga but only plays with it in the anime considering {{spoiler|her gender in human form was changed to male in the anime}}.
** Taiki and Yaten seem to be this to Seiya.
* In ''[[Strawberry Panic (Light Novel)!|Strawberry Panic]]'' [[Prince Charming|Amane Ohtori]] plays this role opposite [[Psycho Lesbian|Kaname Kenjo]].
* Rei and Sei from ''[[Mariasama ga Miteru (Light Novel)|Mariasama ga Miteru]]''. Even their names fit the trope!
* From ''[[Kurenai (Light Novel)|Kure-Nainai]]'' we have Lin and Yayoi.
* In ''[[Ai Ore Love Me]]'' Considering almost all of the members of the band Blaue Rosen are girls that fit either the Bifauxnen or Ladette aesthetic or both, this trope is a given.
 
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