Hana no St. Juste and Kaoru no Kimi. Even their nicknames say it!
This is mainly a
Japanese Media Trope 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.
This has a tendency to happen in an
Improbably Female Cast where varying male personalities are limited and in
Yuri to give the
Schoolgirl Lesbians and the audience one more androgynous girl to
drool over. This usually takes the form of one girl being a
Lad-ette personality-wise and the other girl will be a more
refined Prince Charming complete with a
Bishie Sparkle. Other variations exist as well, such as the likelihood that one may be more
athletic while the other one is a
Bad Ass Bookworm.
Expect a
Romantic Two-Girl Friendship if it's a
Yuri. Expect an
Odd Friendship regardless.
Sometimes the girls will not get along and there will be moments of rivalry or even
Belligerent Sexual Tension between the two.
Compare and Contrast
Tomboy and Girly Girl — as well as its polar opposite,
Light Feminine and Dark Feminine. In a way, this is also a female version of
Noble Male Roguish Male.
Examples:
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 e..., arguably the archetypal examples. Rei is a stoic depressed loner that sometimes gets mistaken for a man and talented basketball player and artist; Kaoru is an extremely androgynous Lad-ette that is just as good in basketball as Rei is, and not to mentions she's arguably 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, 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, Integra Hellsing, Rip Van Winkle and 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 her gender in human form was changed to male in the anime.
- Taiki and Yaten seem to be this to Seiya.
- In Strawberry Panic Amane Ohtori plays this role opposite Kaname Kenjo.
- Rei and Sei from Maria Sama Ga Miteru. Even their names fit the trope!
- From Kure-Nai 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.
