History CuteBruiser / AnimeAndManga

* The lovely lady in the page image above is Ookami Ryouko of ''[[{{Ookami-san}} Ookami-san to Shichinin Nakamatachi]]''. Despite her flat, slender figure, she can easily take on thugs thanks to her training in boxing.

** Luffy, Ace and Sabo as children. Well, [[spoiler:Sabo never got a chance to be anything more than a CuteBruiser , or so we thought]].

** Luffy, Ace and Sabo as children. Well, [[spoiler:Sabo never got a chance to be anything more than a CuteBruiser]].

* Several of the women from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''. Mikasa, Annie, Krista, and Petra are all small, attractive women......but are also accomplished soldiers capable of killing a 15 meter HumanoidAbomination on their own. The first three graduated in the Top 10 of their military class of 200+, while Petra is was handpicked to be a member of TheSquad due to her high ratio of Titan kills.

* Several of the women from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''. Mikasa, Annie, Krista, and Petra are all small, attractive women......but are also accomplished soldiers capable of killing a 15 meter HumanoidAbomination of their own. The first three graduated in the Top 10 of their military class of 200+, while Petra is was handpicked to be a member of TheSquad due to her high ratio of Titan kills.

* Mikasa from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''. While she looks pretty, delicate, and demure, she is fucking terrifying when she needs to be.

* Solty [[spoiler:/Dike]] from ''SoltyRei''.

* Morgiana from ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic''

* Mio from ''{{NEEDLESS}}''. She may look like just a cute, pink-haired girl with a teddy bear, but both she and the bear pack enough strength to take down some of the most powerful characters in the series.

* Emily Adachi from ''Manga/AirGear'' has insane strength. Her power is equal to (if not greater than) that of the team's initial heavy-hitter [[GeniusBruiser Buccha]]. In fact, she had above average strength even before getting into Air Trecks. At one early point, FOUR girls try to beat her up for being too friendly with Kazu (whom their leader had a crush on), and she thrashes the lot of them in a matter of seconds.

* Solty/Dike from ''SoltyRei''.

* As a kid, Simon is also implied on several occasions to be very strong, most notably in the HotSpringsEpisode when he manages to lift six-feet-tall-or-so, muscle-bound BoisterousBruiser Kamina on his shoulders without any trouble. This is despite his being ''two'' heads shorter than Kamina and a great deal skinnier. Though RuleOfFunny applies to that scene as well.

* Hinako from ''UltimateTeacher'' has had the strength and skills to kick anyone's ass since she was a kid and is also the boss of the high school.

* Lirin from ''{{Saiyuki}}'' is a prime example, where even though she's a young teen with the ability to punch a hole through the gut of a 3-story giant monster crab, the main heroes still underestimate her repeatedly due to her cutesy personality. Generally considered the series' female counterpart to Son Goku, who is to all extents and purposes a [[PhysicalGod god]] (and a Cute Bruiser in his own right).

* Pan in ''[[Manga/{{Dragonball}} Dragonball Z/GT]]''. She was cuter in ''DBZ'', but more of a bruiser in ''GT''.
** Her grandma, [=ChiChi=], in the original ''Dragonball'' and her mom, Videl, from ''DragonBallZ'' also count.
** The child versions of Goku and Krillin from the original ''Dragonball'' (and Goku in GT) may or may not count, depending on your definition of cute.

** And on the male side, we have the lead character himself, his friend Kotaro the wolf boy, and (though "cute" may not be the right term) the apparent BigBad [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy Fate Averruncus]] [[spoiler: aka "Tertium" the Third]]. Each is an AdorablyPrecociousChild, and they are some of the best fighters seen in the series so far.

* ''VividredOperation'' has two cute and heavy beaters: Aoi, a shy girl whose weapon is a [[DropTheHammer hammer double her size]], and Himawari, a computer hacker who uses giant DeflectorShields as her weapons. They both have similar roles in combat: breaking barriers and repeling attacks with sheer forces.

* ''VividredOperation'' has two cute bruisers, Aoi, a shy girl whose weapon is a [[DropTheHammer hammer double her size]], and Himawari, a computer hacker who uses giant DeflectorShields as her weapons. They both have similar roles in combat: breaking barriers and repeling attacks with sheer forces.

* ''VividredOperation'' has two cute bruisers, Aoi, a shy girl whose weapon is a [[DropsTheHammers hammer double her size]], and Himawari, a computer hacker who uses giant DeflectorShields as her weapons. They both have similar roles in combat: breaking barriers and repeling attacks with sheer forces.

* ''VividredOperation'' has two cute bruisers, Aoi, a shy girl whose weapon is a [[DropTheHammers hammer double her size]], and Himawari, a computer hacker who uses giant DeflectorShields as her weapons. They both have similar roles in combat: breaking barriers and repeling attacks with sheer forces.

* ''VividredOperation'' has two cute bruisers, Aoi, a shy girl whose weapon is a [[DropsTheHammer hammer double her size]], and Himawari, a computer hacker who uses giant DeflectorShields as her weapons. They both have similar roles in combat: breaking barriers and repeling attacks with sheer forces.

** The adorable, energetic Yachiru is the vice-captain of the [[BloodKnight 11th Division]] of Soul Society's thirteen court companies, capable of lifting her superior (himself a fairly large individual, a bit over twice her height and probably 8-10 times her weight) and leaping tall buildings with him in tow, apparently not affected in the least by the extra weight she's carrying over her head. She is also capable of emitting a frightening BattleAura when angry. She has the appearance of about a 5-year-old girl.

** Definitely Chibimerica, the two-year-old who can swing a bison by its front hooves. And he never really grows out of it. It being a {{moe}} anime, and all. I mean, come on, cheerfully dragging a car over to its owner to ask if he can borrow it? Cute bruiser.