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The Shana Character Archetype includes the following:

* The character is a teenage girl, though sometimes younger, with an often childlike body-type, meaning she is [[Pettanko|flat-chested]] and usually [[Older Than She Looks]] (typically by being quite short in stature), often resulting in [[Mistaken Age]], a [[Napoleon Complex]] and [[A Cup Angst]].

* The character wears dresses, usually [[Joshikousei]], or long [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] style dresses (the latter probably inspired by [[Gosick (Light Novel)|Victorique]] and [[Rozen Maiden|Shinku]]), and [[Zettai Ryouiki]] at ''Grade A'', often qualifying for ''Grade S''[[hottip:*:In fact, the "Grade S" classification of [[Zettai Ryouiki]] is based on a similar concept to this trope, though that requires only any [[Twin Tails]], and any kind of Tsundere behavior. Also note that the ''Grade S'' classification was popularized by [[Fate Stay Night (Visual Novel)|Rin Tohsaka, who doesn't fall under this trope]], though if her dress is a long one, it may be difficult to identify the grade and my simply appear to be full tights.

* The character is the female lead of the work, and the main [[Love Interest]] of the male lead, their relationship heavy on the [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] and [[Cannot Spit It Out]]. Often there is a [[Supporting Harem]] of other girls as rivals.

 

Compare [[Rei Ayanami Expy]] and [[Char Clone]] for a similar phenomenon. This trope is a subtrope of both [[Tiny Tyrannical Girl]] and [[Tsundere]].

 

 

== Anime & Manga ==

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': Evangeline Athanasia Katherine McDowell -- a [[Rapunzel Hair|long-haired]] [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]], stuck in a 10 year old body, often wearing [[Zettai Ryouiki]], very strong type A [[Tsundere]]. She compliments Negi twice in 300 chapters, and usually tortures him via [[Training From Hell]]. Any hint of her ''dere'' side is quickly called out by Chachamaru and followed by a fast "I do not!".

** However, ''Negima'' started only half a year after the Shana novels started, so this one may just be a coincidence.

* Mio Aoyama from ''[[The World God Only Knows (Manga)|The World God Only Knows]]'' is a deliberate homage to this trope, most directly based off of [[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Nagi]].

** Tsukiyo Kujou also resembles this trope in many ways, although in this case it doesn't get [[Lampshaded]].

* Dalian from ''[[Bibliotheca Mystica De Dantalian (Light Novel)|The Mystic Archives Of Dantalian]]'' is another, probably heavily based off of Victorique from ''[[Gosick (Light Novel)|Gosick]]'', considering the heavy similarities in the series. Dalian is a much more reserved Tsundere than many of the others so far in the anime, but still has a demanding bossy attitude towards the male-lead Huey, occasionally kicking him, or having him wait on her as if she were the Lady and not he the Lord. She has an outfit almost identical to Victorique's, dark unkempt [[Rapunzel Hair]] in her human form and light haired [[Twin Tails]] in her Archive form (which [[Averted Trope|unfortunately]] doesn't seem to have a tsun side). She is also very short, [[Pettanko|flat chested]] and [[Zettai Ryouiki|wears tights]], though her dress is too long to tell the grade. She also [[Trademark Favorite Food|loves sweet breads]] which is a major plot point in some episodes. Same voice actress as [[Rozen Maiden|Shinku]] but with a different voice.

* Kodama Himegami from ''[[Maken Ki]]'' shows many typical aspects of this trope, but her body height is normal for her age.

* Index of ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'' is mildly [[Tsundere]] for Touma, has a huge appetite and [[Rapunzel Hair|Rapunzel haired]], is pretty petite, and has a habit of biting Touma's head whenever she gets angry. As far as Shana expies go, Index is pretty tame.

** Especially compared to her female co-protagonist Misaka Mikoto, who takes everything but the appetite and the [[Rapunzel Hair|Rapunzel hair]] (and replaces the biting with [[Shock and Awe|thunder]]), and goes to town with it.

* Shinju Miwa from ''[[Shining Pretty Cure (Fanfic)|Shining Pretty Cure]]''. She's actually more snarky and less violent than most examples. Rie Kugimiya point: 7

* Sera Himekawa from ''[[Pretty Cure Strange Happenings (Fanfic)|Pretty Cure Strange Happenings]]'' is an interesting variation. She's 5'6" (quite impressive for this archetype) and is a rare [[Bifauxnen]] example of this trope, going so far as to wear her school's male uniform. She's also quite busty as Cure Kyuketsu and ONLY as Cure Kyuketsu. As a civilian, she's a washboard like the other examples. Her personality is basically a cross between [[Shana]] and [[Shining Pretty Cure (Fanfic)|Shinju]]. She also fits several aspects of this, including being a [[Tsundere]] toward the drama club's boys (and even using a wooden katana to keep them in line!) and her [[Cool Car]], being voiced by [[Rie Kugimiya]], eating quite a bit of melon bread, and coming from an upper-middle-class family of actors. Oh, and she lets out the Shana clone's typical catchphrase on more than one occasion. In short, Sera could very well be the first [[Bifauxnen]] [[Rie Kugimiya|Tsundere Wonder]]. Rie Kugimiya point: 8

 

 

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