Feminine Women Can Cook: Difference between revisions

** It's pretty obvious she did that one on purpose to mess with people - under that demure exterior is enough frustration and passive-aggressive malice to power a small town, due t her horrifying past and her current role as the Rose Bride that forces her into a passive [[Damsel in Distress]] role. Normally she fulfils this trope to tee, being essentially in charge of cooking and cleaning in Utena's dorm and despite of only two people living there, repeatedly produces veritable feasts for dinner. She does have a strange obsession of considering shaved ice real food, though, and it's implied that she generally concentrates on snacks in her cooking. With the show being what it is, [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|it's probably symbolic of something.]]

*** Actually, shaved ice with fruit and sweet toppings (aka ''kakigori'') ''is'' considered a very well-loved summer snack in Japan and other Asian countries like Korea (''patbingsu''), China (''baobing''), Taiwan (''tsuabing''), Philippines (''halo halo''), etc.

** [[Truth in Television]] to some extent; if you're trying to prove you're really a woman in spite of your anatomy, learning to be good at doing traditionally feminine things can help. Cooking qualifies.

* In ''Tori Koro'', Yae is the only one in the three main girls who can cook (and only thing she can do good, she's bad at both physically (except baseball) and academically), provoking ire from others that she's more feminine than them.

* In one episode of ''[[Nerima Daikon Brothers]]'', Mako goes to see a famous fortune teller, who asks her to make something from a plate of cocktail weenies. She then rejects Mako's Weenie Eiffel Tower, telling her that "a girl who can't even do a lick of cooking will die tomorrow," and that she'll only become a woman when she can cook, clean, and do the laundry.

** The character was based on Kazuko Hosoki, an actual famous fortune teller, who had very conservative views on gender roles.

* [[Bakuretsu Hunters]] has a fun example that fits with Tira's being somewhat offbeat: she's clumsy when she has to cook by conventional means, cutting her fingers and turning vegetables into rubble. But when she's allowed to "transform" and do it her own way, her prep is flawless.

* A [[Rare Male Example]] occurs in ''[[Saint Beast]]'' where an already [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy|very]] [[Viewer Gender Confusion|effeminate]] character has his effeminacy further established by being the natural cook in his circle of friends.

*** In ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'', the heroine [[White Magician Girl|Mint]] is a wonderful cook and quite praised for her skills. [[Tsundere|Arche]], on the other hand, has [[Lethal Chef|made people faint with her cooking in multiple games.]] The main girl of ''[[Tales of Eternia]]'' is also a wonderful cook, though she's not quite as feminine as Mint.

*** In [[Tales of Legendia]] has [[Adult Child|Mi]][[Dojikko|mi]] the source of the recipes in the game.

* Inverted in ''[[Persona 4]]'' the two traditionally feminine girls [[Yamato Nadeshiko|Yukiko]] and [[The Chick|Rise]], and the more tomboyish [[Tomboy|Chie]], [[Lethal Chef|can't cook at all]] (well Rise can, but only if you're a fire eater like her). At the end they manage to bake an edible cake only by {{spoiler|getting the help of [[Bifauxnen|Naoto Shirogane]], and even Naoto notes that it took them three tries}}. Also the male [[The Hero|Hero]] is noted as being an excellent cook. It's also implied [[Rich Bitch|Ai]] cannot cook either when she remarks that it would be nice to end up with a guy who can cook after eating food prepared by [[The Hero]].

* Played with in ''[[Harvest Moon]]''. Ann, a tomboy, [[Lethal Chef|cannot cook well]] in her [[Harvest Moon 64|first appearence]]. Come its successor port and she's one of the best cooks in the game.

** Eli is rather feminine, and is a baker.

* And again its sequel ''[[Aoi Shiro]]''. The [[Tomboy]] protagonist Syouko --the captain of the kendo team and the object of admiration of her underclassgirls-- can cook as well as the very feminine Yasumi, who has serious crush on her. Kind of making [[Through His Stomach|through-her-stomach]] strategy unviable.

 

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