Hair Of Gold Heart Of Gold / Anime & Manga

Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold in Anime & Manga.

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• Crossplay Love: Otaku x Punk: It's a wig, but Hana's sweet personality matches her hair color.
• Daimos:
  • In earlier episodes, Nana's behaviour was more brat-like, and in one episode she even ran away from the base and put herself in danger because she was upset that Kazuya didn't reciprocate her feelings. Kazuya was forced to save her, while re-assuring her that he cared about her. After this incident, Nana's attitude changed and she began warming up to his romance with Erika, cheering when Kazuya rescued her from the Baam's clutches and aiding him in battle.
  • Richter is this after he becomes The Atoner, risking his life to save the remaining Baam-seijin from crashing into Jupiter. Unfortunately, this only lasts a short while, because what he does next is truly horrifying.
• A Dog of Flanders (1975): Nello has blonde hair and attracts people with his kindness despite his own tragedies in life, from rescuing George's brother Paul from drowning, to wanting to adopt the little dog Patrasche when he saw him being abused by Ensor.
• Doraemon
  • Eru, the Mu knight from Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil (anime version) is blond and the only Mu resident who accepts Nobita, Doraemon and the gang as friends, unlike the other members of Mu council who had an open Fantastic Racism towards surface folk.
  • In the manga Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom, the adorable little Robot Kid, Poko, is designed with blond hair and easily the nicest character in the entire film; in contrast Poko's playmate Jeanne is a Fiery Redhead who Used to Be a Sweet Kid before growing up into a tyrannical dictator. The anime adaptation plays around the trope giving the villain Jeanne an Adaptation Dye-Job, so Jeanne is blonde too... and an Adaptational Nice Guy, with blonde anime Jeanne's Heel–Face Turn happening sooner than her redheaded manga counterpart.
  • Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island have the two new characters, the siblings Flock and Sarah, both whom are blond and absolutely nice people to the main cast. In fact, among all the characters introduced, the nicest of them (the siblings, their mother Fiona, Sarah's mentor Maria) are all blonde.
• Honoo no Alpen Rose: Jeudi has long, blonde hair and icy green eyes, and is a sweet girl who wants to be a nurse. She stands up to Count George de Gourmont when he harms Lundi, puts herself in debt for Clara's medical bills, and joins the anti-Nazi resistance with Leon. Her presence lightens up the Dunant house, with Jack taking a shine to her, and she helps expose Michel Toulonchamp's exploitation of Hélène.
• Idol Densetsu Eriko: Eriko has blonde hair and blue eyes, and is a kind, All-Loving Hero who cherishes everyone and everything. She sang her heart out to calm a crowd that was disappointed by being scammed out of seeing a maritime zoo, and does whatever she can, no matter how small, to uplift her fan's spirits, even visiting an Ill Girl fan at the hospital.
• Isabelle of Paris: Jean has blonde hair and is a happy-go-lucky boy, albeit a rather annoying one. He stands with Isabelle even after she's disgraced by the public.
• Lady!!:
  • Lynn inherited her father's golden hair, and is a wonderful human being at her core. She is kind to humans and animals alike, and shows compassion for people who are terrible to her like Sarah, Sophie and Vivian, eventually winning them over because they're touched by how sweet she is. Because she's a timid Nice Girl, Mary and Thomas constantly bully her, but Lynn never lets that bring her down.
  • Sarah is a Defrosting Ice Queen variant. All her life she struggled with a chronic illness that caused her to be aloof from most people (except Arthur), but thanks to Lynn she comes out of her shell and shows a protective side to her. She stands up to Madeleine (who favours Sarah) and stops her from maltreating Lynn, and angrily colds Thomas and Mary for making her cry.
  • George is a good person at his center, even if he's not around for his daughters due to his workload. He refuses to marry Madeleine and clear his debts with her money because it means Lynn will go back to Japan.
  • The Brighton brothers, Arthur and Edward, have blonde hair and do their best to help her and Sarah navigate life in the Marble Mansion with George's departure. When Lynn ran away from home for the first time, Arthur brought her back and carried her as she was knocked out, and when Lynn was beung bullied, Edward stood up for her and tried to get them punished. They both remained friends with the Russells in adulthood as Lynn married Edward and Sarah married Arthur.
  • Phillip has blonde hair and recognizes Vivian's toxic attitude, and is also supportive of Lynn being a Passionate Sports Girl.
• A number of examples in Lyrical Nanoha:
  • Fate Testarossa who, even during her tenure as a Dark Magical Girl, was depicted to be kind and innocent to the point of Love Martyrdom. She then grows up to become the most blatantly Lawful Good character in the series.
  • Carim Gracia in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS has lush golden hair and is one of the Big Goods of the series and the honorable leader of the Church Knights, with the Saint Church being pretty much the only infallibly good authority left in the series.
  • Vivio, also of StrikerS, is a young, cheerful, Mysterious Waif adopted by the main character and the aforementioned Fate.
  • In Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid, the last Saint King of Belka, Olivie Sägebrecht, who Vivio happens to be a clone of, is described to have been "bright as the sun, and subtle as a flower."
• Soul Eater has a very interesting version with its girls: Maka Albarn's blond hair has hints of silver (and she is the wisest), Liz Thompson has a caramel blond coloring (she is the most jaded, though remains optimistic), and Patti Thompson has cornsilk coloring and is the sweetest and most idealistic of the three (most of the time). Then again, there is Marie Mjolnir. Justin Law at first seems to follow this, being a chaste (or so we think) young death scythe.
• The Touden siblings, Laios and Falin, from Delicious in Dungeon. Both are blonde as well as being friendly, kind, well-intentioned and selfless.
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has quite a few.
  • The prominent female examples start off with Erina whose the pure and kind childhood friend turned wife of the equally good Johnathan Joestar, followed by Suzi Q the compassionate ditz who falls in love with the reckless Joseph Joestar and then finally Holy Kujo (the mother of Jotaro) daughter of Joseph and Suzi Q. The first JoJos really love their blondes.
  • Prominent male examples are: Robert E. O. Speedwagon (young) who goes from asshole to bosom buddy to Jonathan very quickly, ditto for Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli for Joseph in part 2 and Giorno Giovanna in part 5. Even though Giorno is the illegitimate son of DIO... who subverts this trope hard along with Yoshikage Kira.
• In Stretch, Ran fits this quite nicely; although she teases Keiko a lot, that's just the way the dynamic between the two women works. Although the manga is black-and-white, the title pages to each chapter are in colour, and show Ran as having blonde hair.
• Project A-Ko: C-ko, who is a strawberry blonde, was described in one of the original Japanese promos as "innocence personified".
• Berserk: Farnese de Vandimion when she stops being a Knight Templar and takes many levels in kindness becomes this as well as a Rebellious Princess. Plus she has some Virgin Power. It can also be argued Farnese's half brother Serpico is this as well as despite the cynical world that he resides in, Serpico is one of very few individuals to stand out as genuinely polite, gentlemanlike and sincere.
  • From the original Band of Hawk the light haired Judeau and Rickert can hold claim to this trope having kind personalities in contrast to the very dark protagonist.
  • Sonia would fit this trope to a T especially since she's a medium, but subverted as she serves and adores Griffith and therefore is one of the bad guys.
• Asia Argento from High School D×D basically is this trope. She's so sweet and innocent (she used to be a nun, after all) that even Issei tries to stop himself from fantasizing about her. He's not hugely successful, but still.
• Not even a demon can find much fault in Elizabeth in Black Butler, even if she did probably lose any Virgin Power she might have had.
• Ouran High School Host Club has Tamaki Suoh, a boy who has a very optimistic view on life, despite his own past and present hardships. He tries to see the good in people and, like a true romantic, thinks every woman is beautiful in her own way. Despite him being The Charmer, his views on love are quite innocent and old fashioned. Honey would fit this trope as well, especially considering he even looks a lot like a child, although he's actually the oldest of the Hosts. He also carries around a bunny plushie and has a love for sweets—cake in particular.

• In A Certain Magical Index Vento of the Front is an interesting case, since her appearance is described as that of a holy virgin, but is ruined by her self-presentation.
• Reinhard von Lohengramm in Legend of the Galactic Heroes subverts this trope beautifully: he's certainly an angelic-looking young man, he's viewed by people as a perfect hero but his methods firmly place him into the Anti-Hero territory. His sister Annerose, though, is a straight example — she wouldn't hurt a fly.
• Alibaba from Magi: Labyrinth of Magic starts out as somewhat of a subversion, with greed and ass-kissing being his primary traits, but later chapters reveal his kindhearted and good nature. He goes on to become an All-Loving Hero for his home country and continues to get stronger for the sake of the entire world.
• Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair: Jeanie is a noble-hearted, caring girl, who treats everyone the same regardless of race and class. Even Jackson, the cook at St. Mary's who was jaded as a result of constantly being maltreated by racist white people, is touched by her kindness.
• Kotori from X/1999 has flowing golden locks in the manga. Her design seems to be inspired from Victorian aesthetics—a sweet, innocent, ill girl who is kind beyond measure and associated with white birds and feathers as symbols of purity.
• One Piece:
  • Kaya may well be one of the poster girls for this trope, she's so pure tragedy makes her ill. Her only flaw is that she's kinda spoiled. After maturing Kaya decides to become doctor simply because she wants to heal people.
  • Conis... she's literally a goddamn blonde angel who plays a harp and helps the crew solely out of the goodness of her heart. Nuff said.
  • It appears Victoria Cindry was this when she was alive, even her undead corpse keeps her good nature as Chopper can make her Heel–Face Turn from Dr Hogback.
  • Marguerite from the Kuja Tribe is the first Amazon in Amazon Lily to trust Luffy, a male, and speaks up for him when Boa Hancock condemns him. Also one of the sexiest examples.
  • Fishman Island's Queen Otohime gives previous examples a run for their money, not only does she strive for peace between Fishmen and humans but Otohime is so good she can turn a Celestial Dragon into legitimately good human being just by spending time with him. Even when she was shot by Hody Jones, she did not hate him and pleaded her children to not hate him either.
  • Vinsmoke Sora is one of the most compassionate selfless individuals in the series which is saying something, Sora was willingly to take a drug that would kill her so long as her one of her sons would have humanity; for Sora it was Worth It.
    • Sora's third son Sanji (the one who the drugged worked on) at his very best takes after his mother closely though he acts like a lech at times.
  • Other male examples include: Helmeppo (after he Took a Level in Kindness) Sabo, Kohza, Marco, Yorki, Igaram, Young Whitebeard and Rocinate.
  • Subverted with Axe-Hand Morgan, Miss Valentine, Bellamy, Enel, Kalifa, Absalom, Dellinger, Domflamingo, Jack and Judge.
• Ada from PandoraHearts is a sweet girl who loves cats and wants nothing more than to bring her brother back from the Abyss. Turns out she was so inspired to rescue Oz that she did research into the occult and became quite fascinated with it, so much so that she managed to freak out Vincent, of all people.
• This trope even exists in the light-hearted Gag Series Daily Lives of High School Boys. Yoshitake is blond and is the single person of the cast who subscribes the most in True Companions.
• Sailor Moon:
  • Sailor Moon herself tends to fit the trope most of the time, and despite her flaws, she is a good-hearted person who believes that she can work through every problem she faces to make the best situation for everyone.
  • Sailor Venus too fits, as, in spite of her flaws, she's a superhero out of pure will of doing good, is a blood donor, and generally helps people whenever she finds trouble (even if she sometimes makes things worse due her ditziness and/or hot-bloodedness). In the third season of the first anime this led to a rather funny, yet subtly creepy episode, when, not having been targeted by the enemy for a Pure Heart Crystal when her friends had, she tried to bait them.
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Mami is the kindhearted, feminine Team Mom of the group. She's also very lonely and depressed, and angsty over the accident that killed her parents. And she takes Good Is Not Soft to excessive levels. In one timeline, after learning that magical girls eventually become witches, she decides they all need to die before they become monsters and kills Kyoko on the spot, forcing Madoka to take her out before she does the same to Homura.
• Seras Victoria from Hellsing, she standouts as the only unabashedly good and compassionate person in the whole franchise being very against drinking blood despite being a Vampire. Nonetheless the inherent Ax-Crazy nature is brought out of Seras by ultra violence, her mentor/sire Alucard, losing Pip and especially her Dark and Troubled Past however unlike Alucard, Seras has the capacity the flip back into an optimistic bright attitude after heavy tragedy, she also has some Virgin Power which is what saved her dying at the start of the series. Lampshaded by the author Kouta Hirano who describes Seras as a “light shining in darkness”.
• Goku, Gohan, Future Trunks, and Goten from Dragon Ball, when in Super Saiyan form.
  • This only applies to Saiyans who are both naturally kind and docile in their base form and successfully mastered the Super Saiyan form. Goku when he first ascended and especially Gohan, a Super Saiyan 2, both subvert this by regressing into a far more ruthless and even sadistic state of mind.
  • Mrs. Brief, Bulma's mother, also qualifies. Sure, she's a Dumb Blonde, but she's a polite, good-natured woman.
  • Inverted for Lunch. Her blue-haired side is sweet, but her blonde-haired side becomes a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
  • Zigzagged with Android 18; on one hand she's pretty ruthless and cold (including being homicidal in the Bad Future), but on the other hand she's a wonderful wife and loving mother so after taking a level in kindness she is certainly is this trope. 18 and Krillin's daughter Maron plays this trope straight especially in GT when she's older.
• Yellow from Pokémon Adventures. She's sweet-tempered and quite a bit of a Martial Pacifist, not to mention a Friend to All Living Things as well. She's also the youngest out of the Kanto Dex Holders and is rather physically small for her age.
• Naruto essentially become this trope plus Messianic Archetype. Others who fit this bill are Minato (Naruto's dad), Tsunade, Ino and Temari after they Took a Level in Kindness. Naruto's son Boruto zigzags this trope, being more introverted than his father but still a good person underneath.
• Attack on Titan:
  • Krista who is young and pretty and is easily the most traditionally 'good', chivalrous, and caring character in the whole series. She even invokes this trope; her drive to live up to this image and be a good girl turns downright martyr-like at times in the worst possible ways.
  • Armin is a more downplayed example; he's comparatively a Non-Action Guy, the sensitive guy in his Sensitive Guy and Manly Man combo, and is genuinely kind and caring towards his teammates especially in the beginning. Also subverted later on as he grows more and more into a Consummate Liar Chessmaster role. As a bonus, both of these characters have Innocent Blue Eyes.
• Princess Emeraude of Magic Knight Rayearth has the appearance of a young girl and is charged with upholding the eternal peace of the land of Cephiro through her prayer. During the story, she's often weeping Tender Tears at the thought of her land falling into ruin and guides the Power Trio through a Secret Test of Character. Even when she turns evil, it's from heartbreak over the death of her true love, and she begs the girls to kill her—which had been her intention all along, as she would rather die than end up destroying Cephiro.
• Rune Soldier Louie: Melissa is a priestess of the Mylee faith, who longed to serve a noble and just champion of the people, and do great deeds by his side. Instead, fate chose Louie for her. Regardless, she remained true to the path Mylee set for her, though it was against her will. So much so, that she refused to desert Louie during a cave-in, despite his insistence that she leave for her own safety. They eventually exit the cave together, both completely unharmed.
• Ai from Sunday Without God is sweet, kind, and optimistic, and wants to save the world. Most characters can't help but admire her innocence and determination, and she spends most of the series helping the people she meets.
• Don't Meddle with My Daughter!: This trope applies to Clara and her mother, Athena, who are both blonde superheroines. The first chapter lampshades it during a news broadcast, where the news anchor describes them as angels of beauty, virtue, and justice.
• Kaori from Your Lie in April is one of the few characters who isn't a brunette or raven. She's a sweet, excitable violinist and is a sort of Manic Pixie Dream Girl to Kousei. In the anime, her hair and skin pale significantly, along with her Innocent Blue Eyes turning near grey, after her illness takes a turn for the worse.

• My Hero Academia has All Might, the number one hero. His brilliantly blond hair is only matched by his beaming smile and incredible strength. He's a Gentle Giant who is always there to defeat villainy wherever it may spring up and comfort a crying child in their time of need.
• Shirogane from Kaguya-sama: Love Is War is depicted as being incredibly kind and helpful to everyone around him in spite of his massive ego (in fact, it's the reason Kaguya fell in love with him to begin with). It's even shown at one point that being needlessly cold to people causes him physical pain. Though it's worth pointing out that he technically isn't a real blond, since Word of God states that it's just artistic liscence.
• Eripoyo from If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die. Her second most noticeable trait is the obsession she with idol singer Maina. The characteristic she's most known, however, is the genuine love she has for her favorite idol and the great lengths she'll go to in order to make Maina happy and number one in her group.
• Starzinger: Princess Aurora is a blonde and willingly took up the mission to defend space because she wanted to protect the inhabitants of the galaxy, including the planet Earth, that provided her refuge after the Moon fell.
• Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun: Kou Minamoto has golden blonde hair, as does his older brother Term. However, Kou exhibits the heart of gold aspect of this trope more than his brother does, being one of the kindest characters in the series.
• Miu Furinji of Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple practices martial arts following the philosophy of using them only in self-defense and to protect other people, inherited (along with her long blond hair) from her grandfather. Outside combat she's one of the sweetest and gentlest girls you'll ever meet, and a Kindhearted Cat Lover to boot. No wonder Kenichi fell in love with her.
• Kisa Sohma from Fruits Basket has golden blonde hair, and she's one of the sweetest and most innocent characters in the series. Unfortunately, her golden hair is part of what causes her to be bullied since her classmates don't believe that it's natural (it's due to her being possessed by the spirit of the Tiger from the Eastern Zodiac, which has the side effect of giving her naturally golden hair and eyes).
• Talentless Nana has straight, Subverted, then Subverted-then-played-straight examples:
  • Michiru Inukai has soft, fluffy, pale blonde hair and is about the nicest, most compassionate, and unquestionably good characters in the series.
  • Yuuka Sasaki has darker blonde hair and is a murderous Yandere who killed then reanimated her childhood friend Shinji to make him her boyfriend forever.
  • Moe Mokabe has blonde hair, is chipper and friendly but is a sociopathic anti-Talented murderer like Nana. Then, she eventually starts to sympathize with Nana's crusade against the Organization they used to work for and starts being less villainous.
• Dr. STONE: Lillian Weinberg is a blonde and one of the nicest characters, subverting the other astronauts' expectations of her as The Prima Donna. She tells Byakuya that, while she loves singing for itself, she wants to make others happy with her songs. The one she broadcasts to the entire world from the station is one of encouragement. Both of these traits were evidently inherited by her descendants Kohaku and Ruri.
• The titular heroine of Hello! Sandybell is an English girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, and is a cheerful Friend to All Living Things. She loves animals (and they love her back), and her energy inspires the rest of the kids in Scotland to also be cheerful and have fun. Her Animal Companion is a collie/Scottish sheepdog mix named Oliver, who ran all the way from Scotland to London just to be with her because he missed her after she moved.
• Interspecies Reviewers: Fallen Angel Crim has a full head of long golden-blonde locks, and he's the nicest character in the whole cast.