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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Little Rosa

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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Little RosaRosa. Santi hates how childish she is, and how she refuses to keep secrets, thinking all [[GirlsHaveCooties girls are horrid]]. Josephina corrects her beloved boy that his mother and grandmother were once little girls, and they love him.



* SizeShifter: Josephine can be whatever size she wants. As big as mountain, or as small as a mouse.

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* SizeShifter: Josephine Josephina can be whatever size she wants. As big as a mountain, or as small as a mouse.
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* BittersweetEnding: On one hand [[spoiler: Santi matures enough to not need Josephina anymore, which greatly saddens her]] On the other [[spoiler: Santi is now more self-assured and is implied that he and Celia will be at least friends, and Josephina might not be alone anymore since Santi's little sister Rosa probably will take her in.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: On one hand [[spoiler: Santi matures enough to not need Josephina anymore, which greatly saddens her]] her]]. On the other [[spoiler: Santi is now more self-assured and is implied that he and Celia will be at least friends, and Josephina might not be alone anymore since Santi's little sister Rosa probably will take her in.]]
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* ImaginaryFriend: Technically, Josephina is this for Santi. Though many episodes show while no one else can see her, her effects on the world, i.e, causing an earthquake when some boys lit [[ThatsNoMoon a campfire on her]], shows Josephina is a NotSoImaginaryFriend.

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* ImaginaryFriend: Technically, Josephina is this for Santi. Though many episodes show while no one else can see her, her effects on the world, i.e, world are real. One time causing an earthquake when some boys lit [[ThatsNoMoon a campfire on her]], shows means Josephina is a NotSoImaginaryFriend.

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* ImaginaryFriend: Technically, Josephina is this for Santi.

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* ImaginaryFriend: Technically, Josephina is this for Santi. Though many episodes show while no one else can see her, her effects on the world, i.e, causing an earthquake when some boys lit [[ThatsNoMoon a campfire on her]], shows Josephina is a NotSoImaginaryFriend.


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* SizeShifter: Josephine can be whatever size she wants. As big as mountain, or as small as a mouse.
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* ChekhovsSkill - ForeShadowing: [[spoiler: Rosa was able to see Josephina once in a while. At the end she might be Josephina's new friend.]]

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* ChekhovsSkill - ForeShadowing: ChekhovsSkill: [[spoiler: Rosa was is able to see Josephina once in a while. At the end she might be Josephina's new friend.]]
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* RedHeadedHero: Santi was a redhead in the series, contrasting with his ShrinkingViolet nature.
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* YouthfulFreckles: Santi has three on each cheek

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* YouthfulFreckles: Santi has three on each cheekcheek.

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Santiago, aka Santi, is a 12-year-old young boy from the Madrid of TheFifties. He comes from a more or less well-off family, with a kind mother and a strict doctor dad as well as a sweet grandmother and an AnnoyingYoungerSibling named Rosa, but he's also incredibly insecure and doesn't know what the future will bring for him. Luckily, Santi also has a great imagination - it leads him to create an ImaginaryFriend named Josephina, a blue-green whale whio lives in the water glass he keeps on his desk. From then on Santi and Josephina live several adventures in Santi's dreams and mind, helping him to turn his young life for the better...

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Santiago, aka Santi, is a 12-year-old young boy from the Madrid of TheFifties. He comes from a more or less well-off family, with a kind mother and a strict doctor dad as well as a sweet grandmother and an AnnoyingYoungerSibling named Rosa, but he's also incredibly insecure and doesn't know what the future will bring for him. Luckily, Santi also has a great imagination - it leads him to create an ImaginaryFriend named Josephina, a blue-green whale whio who lives in the water glass he keeps on his desk.night table. From then on Santi and Josephina live several adventures in Santi's dreams and mind, helping him to turn his young life for the better...



* BlushSticker: Rosa sports these

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* BlushSticker: Rosa sports thesethese, contrasting with Santi's YouthfulFreckles.



* ComingOfAgeStory: This is the chronology of Santi's path, from childhood to early adolescence.

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* ComingOfAgeStory: This is the chronology of Santi's path, For Santi, who goes from childhood a super shy child to early adolescence.a more self-assured pre-teen.


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* PuppyLove: Santi and Celia can potentially become this, being under 12 year old.

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* BlushSticker: Rosa sports these



* TorosYFlamenco: Averted for the most part, as the series is based in a book written by a Spanish writer and journalist. In fact, the climatic episodes that have Santi [[spoiler: meeting Celia and starting to outgrow the need to have Josephina as his LivingEmotionalCruch]] take place in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Escorial El]] [[http://wikitravel.org/en/El_Escorial Escorial]], an historical residence of Spanish royalty that is located in a town near Madrid.

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* TorosYFlamenco: Averted for the most part, as the series is based in a book written by a Spanish writer and journalist. In fact, the climatic episodes that have Santi [[spoiler: meeting Celia and starting to outgrow the need to have Josephina as his LivingEmotionalCruch]] LivingEmotionalCrutch]] take place in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Escorial El]] [[http://wikitravel.org/en/El_Escorial Escorial]], an historical residence of Spanish royalty that is located in a town near Madrid.Madrid.
* YouthfulFreckles: Santi has three on each cheek
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''Kujira no Josephina'' (Josephina the Whale'') is a {{shonen}} anime series from 1979, based on a book by Spanish writer José María Sánchez Silva. It spans through 23 episodes.

Santiago, aka Santi, is a 12-year-old young boy from the Madrid of TheFities. He comes from a more or less well-off family, with a kind mother and a strict doctor dad as well as a sweet grandmother and an AnnoyingYoungerSibling named Rosa, but he's also incredibly insecure and doesn't know what the future will bring for him. Luckily, Santi also has a great imagination - it leads him to create an ImaginaryFriend named Josephina, a blue-green whale whio lives in the water glass he keeps on his desk. From then on Santi and Josephina live several adventures in Santi's dreams and mind, helping him to turn his young life for the better...

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''Kujira no Josephina'' (Josephina (''Josephina the Whale'') is a {{shonen}} anime series from 1979, based on a book by Spanish writer José María Sánchez Silva. It spans through 23 episodes.

Santiago, aka Santi, is a 12-year-old young boy from the Madrid of TheFities.TheFifties. He comes from a more or less well-off family, with a kind mother and a strict doctor dad as well as a sweet grandmother and an AnnoyingYoungerSibling named Rosa, but he's also incredibly insecure and doesn't know what the future will bring for him. Luckily, Santi also has a great imagination - it leads him to create an ImaginaryFriend named Josephina, a blue-green whale whio lives in the water glass he keeps on his desk. From then on Santi and Josephina live several adventures in Santi's dreams and mind, helping him to turn his young life for the better...
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''Kujira no Josephina'' (Josephina the Whale'') is a {{shonen}} anime series from 1979, based on a book by Spanish writer José María Sánchez Silva. It spans through 23 episodes.

Santiago, aka Santi, is a 12-year-old young boy from the Madrid of TheFities. He comes from a more or less well-off family, with a kind mother and a strict doctor dad as well as a sweet grandmother and an AnnoyingYoungerSibling named Rosa, but he's also incredibly insecure and doesn't know what the future will bring for him. Luckily, Santi also has a great imagination - it leads him to create an ImaginaryFriend named Josephina, a blue-green whale whio lives in the water glass he keeps on his desk. From then on Santi and Josephina live several adventures in Santi's dreams and mind, helping him to turn his young life for the better...

!!The series has the following tropes:

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Little Rosa
* BittersweetEnding: On one hand [[spoiler: Santi matures enough to not need Josephina anymore, which greatly saddens her]] On the other [[spoiler: Santi is now more self-assured and is implied that he and Celia will be at least friends, and Josephina might not be alone anymore since Santi's little sister Rosa probably will take her in.]]
* ChekhovsSkill - ForeShadowing: [[spoiler: Rosa was able to see Josephina once in a while. At the end she might be Josephina's new friend.]]
* ComingOfAgeStory: This is the chronology of Santi's path, from childhood to early adolescence.
* DeathByNewberyMedal: [[spoiler: Santi's beloved grandmother passes away, and a whole episode is dedicated to him and Josephina dealing with it.]]
* FirstLove: Celia, for Santi. [[spoiler: She's implied to return his feelings at the end of the series.]]
* ImaginaryFriend: Technically, Josephina is this for Santi.
* RedHeadedHero: Santi was a redhead in the series, contrasting with his ShrinkingViolet nature.
* ParentsAsPeople: Santi and Rosa's parents are good people, but they aren't perfect.
* TorosYFlamenco: Averted for the most part, as the series is based in a book written by a Spanish writer and journalist. In fact, the climatic episodes that have Santi [[spoiler: meeting Celia and starting to outgrow the need to have Josephina as his LivingEmotionalCruch]] take place in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Escorial El]] [[http://wikitravel.org/en/El_Escorial Escorial]], an historical residence of Spanish royalty that is located in a town near Madrid.

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