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* {{Bishounen}} - Come on, we all know that the vast majority of shoujo readers are teenage girls (usually about 12+, at least.), so of course you'll want to include a little {{Fanservice}} for the readers. Experienced shoujo readers will sometimes tell you that even the most boring, generic plots ever can be at least slightly more bearable if the guys are hot. (Though an important thing to remember is that, yes, a guy's first impression on the heroine can be basically that she thinks he's hot, but after that it's best to try and display a personality for him as well. Don't listen to [[{{FanDumb}} certain fans]] who tell you that a male character doesn't need something as boring as a ''personality'' if he's sufficiently attractive enough.)
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* {{Bishounen}} - Come on, we all know that the vast majority of shoujo readers are teenage girls girls, (usually about 12+, 12 years old, at least.), least,) so of course you'll want to include a little {{Fanservice}} for the readers. Experienced shoujo readers will sometimes tell you that even the most boring, generic plots ever can be at least slightly more bearable if the guys are hot. (Though an important thing to remember is that, yes, a guy's first impression on the heroine can be basically that she thinks he's hot, but after that it's best to try and display a personality for him as well. Don't listen to [[{{FanDumb}} certain fans]] who tell you that a male character doesn't need something as boring as a ''personality'' if he's sufficiently attractive enough.)
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* Hey, who says a School Life romcom aimed at young girls can't have a few action scenes? And not just the male lead getting into a fight: Stick that main girl in there and have her, say, finally have enough of playing the NiceGirl and start beating down the AlphaBitch character who's been giving her crap throughout the story. You ''can'' just have an exchange of [[{{ArmorPiercingSlap}} Armor Piercing Slaps]] and have each girl give the other a ReasonYouSuckSpeech ("You're such a liar!" "At least I'm not a hypocrite!!"), but that's getting a bit cliche. Why not just [[{{ActionGirl}} have at least one of them actually be able and willing to throw a punch?]] You don't ''have'' to make it a fanservice-filled CatFight or anything, you know.
** Though it's not a shoujo, both fight scenes between [[{{Toradora}} Taiga]] vs [[spoiler:Sumire]] and [[spoiler:Minori vs Ami]] are at least somewhat realistic [[{{CatFight}} Cat Fights]]. The girls can actually fight, landing punches instead of simple [[{{ArmorPiercingSlap}} bitchslaps]], drawing blood and brusing everywhere and cursing each other out. If these fights ''are'' intended for {{Fanservice}}, it sure as hell takes a backseat to the actual plot.
** Though it's not a shoujo, both fight scenes between [[{{Toradora}} Taiga]] vs [[spoiler:Sumire]] and [[spoiler:Minori vs Ami]] are at least somewhat realistic [[{{CatFight}} Cat Fights]]. The girls can actually fight, landing punches instead of simple [[{{ArmorPiercingSlap}} bitchslaps]], drawing blood and brusing everywhere and cursing each other out. If these fights ''are'' intended for {{Fanservice}}, it sure as hell takes a backseat to the actual plot.
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* Hey, who says a School Life romcom aimed at young girls can't have a few action scenes? And not just the male lead getting into a fight: Stick that main girl in there and have her, say, finally have enough of playing the NiceGirl and start beating down the AlphaBitch character who's been giving her crap throughout the story. You ''can'' just have an exchange of [[{{ArmorPiercingSlap}} Armor Piercing Slaps]] and have each girl give the other a ReasonYouSuckSpeech ("You're such a liar!" "At least I'm not a hypocrite!!"), but that's getting a bit cliche. Why not just [[{{ActionGirl}} [[ActionGirl have at least one of them actually be able and willing to throw a punch?]] You don't ''have'' to make it a fanservice-filled CatFight or anything, you know.
** Though it's not a shoujo, both fight scenes between[[{{Toradora}} [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} Taiga]] vs [[spoiler:Sumire]] and [[spoiler:Minori vs Ami]] are at least somewhat realistic [[{{CatFight}} Cat Fights]]. {{Cat Fight}}s. The girls can actually fight, landing punches instead of simple [[{{ArmorPiercingSlap}} [[ArmorPiercingSlap bitchslaps]], drawing blood and brusing everywhere and cursing each other out. If these fights ''are'' intended for {{Fanservice}}, it sure as hell takes a backseat to the actual plot.
** Though it's not a shoujo, both fight scenes between
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* KimiNiTodoke - one of the most fresh and optimistic Shoujo series out there. Emphasis on the character development of the ShrinkingViolet main heroine Sawako, instead of JerkAss BastardBoyfriend, we got a NiceGuy as resident ChickMagnet and her object of affection. Characters are fleshed out, the conflict within the story are mundane but extremely touching. Oh, and they also has a couple of {{Shonen}} {{Genre Refugee}}s PlayedForLaughs.
* {{Kaichou Wa Maid-Sama}} - A more recent example. While simplistic in its 26-episode plot and rather bland in some respects, it's probably one of the best examples of a typical shoujo series with a non-{{This Loser Is You}} heroine. Yes, Misaki's a violent {{Tsundere}} toward a love interest who's pretty much got SingleTargetSexuality for her like many other heroines, but she's also shown to [[{{DoesNotLikeMen}} Not Like Men]] (Though she doesn't outright wish that there were no more men in the world like some more StrawFeminist characters. She mostly just has baggage from her dad walking out and leaving her, her mom and her sister in a huge debt.) and to [[{{ActionGirl}} be able to handle herself]] whenver the plot tries to turn her into a DamselInDistress (though it's also shown that she's not invincible and does have opponents she can't defeat by herself.)
* {{Kaichou Wa Maid-Sama}} - A more recent example. While simplistic in its 26-episode plot and rather bland in some respects, it's probably one of the best examples of a typical shoujo series with a non-{{This Loser Is You}} heroine. Yes, Misaki's a violent {{Tsundere}} toward a love interest who's pretty much got SingleTargetSexuality for her like many other heroines, but she's also shown to [[{{DoesNotLikeMen}} Not Like Men]] (Though she doesn't outright wish that there were no more men in the world like some more StrawFeminist characters. She mostly just has baggage from her dad walking out and leaving her, her mom and her sister in a huge debt.) and to [[{{ActionGirl}} be able to handle herself]] whenver the plot tries to turn her into a DamselInDistress (though it's also shown that she's not invincible and does have opponents she can't defeat by herself.)
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* KimiNiTodoke ''KimiNiTodoke'' - one of the most fresh and optimistic Shoujo series out there. Emphasis on the character development of the ShrinkingViolet main heroine Sawako, instead of JerkAss BastardBoyfriend, we got a NiceGuy as resident ChickMagnet and her object of affection. Characters are fleshed out, the conflict within the story are mundane but extremely touching. Oh, and they also has a couple of {{Shonen}} {{Genre Refugee}}s PlayedForLaughs.
*{{Kaichou Wa Maid-Sama}} ''Manga/MaidSama'' - A more recent example. While simplistic in its 26-episode plot and rather bland in some respects, it's probably one of the best examples of a typical shoujo series with a non-{{This Loser Is You}} non-ThisLoserIsYou heroine. Yes, Misaki's a violent {{Tsundere}} toward a love interest who's pretty much got SingleTargetSexuality for her like many other heroines, but she's also shown to [[{{DoesNotLikeMen}} [[DoesNotLikeMen Not Like Men]] (Though she doesn't outright wish that there were no more men in the world like some more StrawFeminist characters. She mostly just has baggage from her dad walking out and leaving her, her mom and her sister in a huge debt.) and to [[{{ActionGirl}} [[ActionGirl be able to handle herself]] whenver the plot tries to turn her into a DamselInDistress (though it's also shown that she's not invincible and does have opponents she can't defeat by herself.)
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* Or have her be a [[{{DeadpanSnarker}} snarky]], brooding BrokenBird rather than a NaiveEverygirl [[{{TheMessiah}} Messiah]]?
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* Or have her be a [[{{DeadpanSnarker}} snarky]], brooding BrokenBird rather than a NaiveEverygirl [[{{TheMessiah}} Messiah]]?AllLovingHero?
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* While we're on the subject: [[{{Rival}} Rivals.]] They can show up anywhere and any time, and they can keep your story interesting with a fair amount of ease unless you're lazy. They can be either gender, and are usually a [[{{BuxomIsBetter}} more]] [[{{HollywoodHomely}} conventionally]] [[{{BettyAndVeronica}} pretty]] girl who's out to steal the main girl's man, one way or another, but can just as easily be a sexy {{Bishonen}} who's after the girl herself. [[{{BiTheWay}} In fact, it's not completely uncommon for a rival character to switch from one crush to the other]] [[{{TenchiSolution}} or to be after both at the same time,]] though this idea should be handled with ''extreme'' care so as to avoid [[{{UnfortunateImplications}} Unfortunate]] [[{{DepravedBisexual}} Implications.]] Overall, just try to keep loads of things in mind: Why do they want the hero/heroine? Why are they there? What is it about them that makes them a viable (at least to thier rival) threat for thier opponent's love interest? How do they plan on stealing away the love interest? What would they do if they ''didn't'' succeed in stealing them away?
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* While we're on the subject: [[{{Rival}} Rivals.]] They can show up anywhere and any time, and they can keep your story interesting with a fair amount of ease unless you're lazy. They can be either gender, and are usually a [[{{BuxomIsBetter}} more]] [[{{HollywoodHomely}} conventionally]] [[{{BettyAndVeronica}} pretty]] girl who's out to steal the main girl's man, one way or another, but can just as easily be a sexy {{Bishonen}} who's after the girl herself. [[{{BiTheWay}} In fact, it's not completely uncommon for a rival character to switch from one crush to the other]] [[{{TenchiSolution}} or to be after both at the same time,]] time, though this idea should be handled with ''extreme'' care so as to avoid [[{{UnfortunateImplications}} Unfortunate]] [[{{DepravedBisexual}} Implications.]] Overall, just try to keep loads of things in mind: Why do they want the hero/heroine? Why are they there? What is it about them that makes them a viable (at least to thier rival) threat for thier opponent's love interest? How do they plan on stealing away the love interest? What would they do if they ''didn't'' succeed in stealing them away?
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* Probably the most common shoujo plot is the RomanticComedy in a HighSchool setting. ... Just try to avoid the obvious cliches, and you should be good. The [[{{CrashIntoHello}} falling-into-suggestive-positions]], the LoveAtFirstSight, the best-friend-who-serves-little-to-no-actual-purpose-other-than-to-encourage-the-heroine-to-go-after-the-sexy-[[{{NewTransferStudent}} new-transfer-student]], the IWillProtectHer-ness (which really just sounds almost misogynist if used too many times. At least say what he's protecting her ''from.''), etc.
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* Probably the most common shoujo plot is the RomanticComedy in a HighSchool setting. ... Just try to avoid the obvious cliches, and you should be good. The [[{{CrashIntoHello}} falling-into-suggestive-positions]], the LoveAtFirstSight, the best-friend-who-serves-little-to-no-actual-purpose-other-than-to-encourage-the-heroine-to-go-after-the-sexy-[[{{NewTransferStudent}} new-transfer-student]], the IWillProtectHer-ness DeclarationOfProtection (which really just sounds almost misogynist if used too many times. At least say what he's protecting her ''from.''), etc.
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* Hey, who says a School Life romcom aimed at young girls can't have a few action scenes? And not just the male lead getting into a fight: Stick that main girl in there and have her, say, finally have enough of playing the NiceGirl and start beating down TheLibby character who's been giving her crap throughout the story. You ''can'' just have an exchange of [[{{ArmorPiercingSlap}} Armor Piercing Slaps]] and have each girl give the other a ReasonYouSuckSpeech ("You're such a liar!" "At least I'm not a hypocrite!!"), but that's getting a bit cliche. Why not just [[{{ActionGirl}} have at least one of them actually be able and willing to throw a punch?]] You don't ''have'' to make it a fanservice-filled CatFight or anything, you know.
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* Hey, who says a School Life romcom aimed at young girls can't have a few action scenes? And not just the male lead getting into a fight: Stick that main girl in there and have her, say, finally have enough of playing the NiceGirl and start beating down TheLibby the AlphaBitch character who's been giving her crap throughout the story. You ''can'' just have an exchange of [[{{ArmorPiercingSlap}} Armor Piercing Slaps]] and have each girl give the other a ReasonYouSuckSpeech ("You're such a liar!" "At least I'm not a hypocrite!!"), but that's getting a bit cliche. Why not just [[{{ActionGirl}} have at least one of them actually be able and willing to throw a punch?]] You don't ''have'' to make it a fanservice-filled CatFight or anything, you know.
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** AishiteruzeBaby is a good example of a non-yaoi shoujo male protagonist
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** AishiteruzeBaby Manga/AishiteruzeBaby is a good example of a non-yaoi shoujo male protagonist
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* For that matter, does the main girl have a best friend? If so, ''why'' are they friends? Are they [[{{Foil}} Foils]] for each other who [[{{VitriolicBestBuds}} fight all the time]], or are they BirdsOfAFeather who know each other better than anyone else? How close are they? Does the girl's best friend try to protect her from all the [[{{HilarityEnsues}} hijinks]] that may or may not ensue, or does she ''cause'' it? Is the girl's best friend [[{{LikeBrotherAndSister}} a dude,]] and if so [[{{PatientChildhoodLoveInterest}} is he a potential live interest]], or are they BetterAsFriends?
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* For that matter, does the main girl have a best friend? If so, ''why'' are they friends? Are they [[{{Foil}} Foils]] for each other who [[{{VitriolicBestBuds}} fight all the time]], or are they BirdsOfAFeather who know each other better than anyone else? How close are they? Does the girl's best friend try to protect her from all the [[{{HilarityEnsues}} hijinks]] that may or may not ensue, or does she ''cause'' it? Is the girl's best friend [[{{LikeBrotherAndSister}} a dude,]] and if so [[{{PatientChildhoodLoveInterest}} is he a potential live love interest]], or are they BetterAsFriends?
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* As is some sort of fairy tale parody chapter, though no one's forcing you into it (As trying to think of an actual ''reason'' for everybody to suddenly be in a fairy tale setting can be fairly difficult... Unless, you know, your story is about a theater club or something. Having at least one main or recurring character already be in the theater club, of which all the other members couldn't fulfill thier roles for some reason would probably be a good, albeit flimsy and cliche, way to go.)
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* Okay, so one of the biggest problems in shoujo these days is that the main heroines too often have too little of an actual ''personality.'' It would seem that shoujo authors rely on the good ol' Rule of {{This Loser Is You}}, slap it on the face of a cutesy (And therefore cover-worthy) [[{{AuthorAvatar}} version of them in their teen years]] and call it a relatable heroine. Unless you think you can do it tastefully, try to avoid having your main character referring to herself as [[{{WhatMeasureIsANonCute}} 'average']] or [[{{HollywoodHomely}} 'plain']] as her main character trait.
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* Okay, so one of the biggest problems in shoujo these days is that the main heroines too often have too little of an actual ''personality.'' It would seem that shoujo authors rely on the good ol' Rule of {{This Loser Is You}}, slap it on the face of a cutesy (And therefore cover-worthy) [[{{AuthorAvatar}} version of them in their teen years]] and call it a relatable heroine. Unless you think you can do it tastefully, try to avoid having your main character referring to herself as [[{{WhatMeasureIsANonCute}} 'average']] or [[{{HollywoodHomely}} 'plain']] as her main character trait.flaw.
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* Or have her be an [[{{InnocentFanserviceGirl}} unintentional]] ([[{{TheTease}} or]] [[{{LovableSexManiac}} not]]) MsFanservice rather than an [[{{ACupAngst}} angsty]] {{Pettanko}}?
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* Or have her be an [[{{InnocentFanserviceGirl}} unintentional]] ([[{{TheTease}} or]] [[{{LovableSexManiac}} not]]) MsFanservice rather than an [[{{ACupAngst}} angsty]] {{Pettanko}}?UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}}?
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* LoveTropes - Intertwined with the above 'drama' statement, as the majority of Shoujo also runs on this stuff as well. The most common tropes used in this genre are LoveTriangle (usually in the form of the main girl being stuck between TheWhitePrince NiceGuy and the local {{Tsundere}} [[{{AllGirlsWantBadBoys}} bad boy.]] and LoveDodecahedron (When the main girl's stuck between TheWhitePrince NiceGuy and the locat {{Tsundere}} [[{{AllGirlsWantBadBoys}} bad boy]], who her best friend ''also'' likes...) See SoYouWantTo/WriteALoveStory and SoYouWantTo/WriteARomanticComedy for more advice, if you decide to go in this direction.
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* LoveTropes - Intertwined with the above 'drama' statement, as the majority of Shoujo also runs on this stuff as well. The most common tropes used in this genre are LoveTriangle (usually in the form of the main girl being stuck between TheWhitePrince a ShelteredAristocrat NiceGuy and the local {{Tsundere}} [[{{AllGirlsWantBadBoys}} bad boy.]] and LoveDodecahedron (When the main girl's stuck between TheWhitePrince the ShelteredAristocrat NiceGuy and the locat local {{Tsundere}} [[{{AllGirlsWantBadBoys}} bad boy]], who her best friend ''also'' likes...) See SoYouWantTo/WriteALoveStory and SoYouWantTo/WriteARomanticComedy for more advice, if you decide to go in this direction.
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* As for love interests (Assuming you're going in that direction), it's probably a good idea to not make them just this bland, pretty dude who stands there, gets surrounded by sparkles, makes the main girl's heart rate go up just by smiling at her and then turns out to have liked her the whole time. ''Especially'' not when he's a NewTransferStudent who she's only known existed for a few hours. That's been done to death and then some, at least in ThisTroper's personal opinion.(Though no one's stopping you from ''parodying'' such things.) Remember, you're trying to keep people entertained, so it'd probably be best of you gave the main girl ''reasons'' to crush on this guy. And it would help if you didn't just make it superficial things, like that he's attractive or some type of cool sports team captain or whatever. Give him a personality that you could actually ''see'' someone being attracted to. Is He TroubledButCute, or an Adorkable NiceGuy? Is he kind to everyone and everything, or is he a JerkWithAHeartOfGold? (The latter makes pretty good material for a WhenAJerkLovesATsundere dynamic, if you choose to make the girl a strong-willed {{Tsundere}}.) Is he a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold?
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* As for love interests (Assuming you're going in that direction), it's probably a good idea to not make them just this bland, pretty dude who stands there, gets surrounded by sparkles, makes the main girl's heart rate go up just by smiling at her and then turns out to have liked her the whole time. ''Especially'' not when he's a NewTransferStudent who she's only known existed for a few hours. That's been done to death and then some, at least in ThisTroper's personal opinion.some. (Though no one's stopping you from ''parodying'' such things.) Remember, you're trying to keep people entertained, so it'd probably be best of you gave the main girl ''reasons'' to crush on this guy. And it would help if you didn't just make it superficial things, like that he's attractive or some type of cool sports team captain or whatever. Give him a personality that you could actually ''see'' someone being attracted to. Is He TroubledButCute, or an Adorkable NiceGuy? Is he kind to everyone and everything, or is he a JerkWithAHeartOfGold? (The latter makes pretty good material for a WhenAJerkLovesATsundere dynamic, if you choose to make the girl a strong-willed {{Tsundere}}.) Is he a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold?
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* A seemingly forgotten theme in shoujo, similar to that of [[{{ChickFlick}} Chick Flicks]], is that most shoujo manga is made ''by'' women, ''for'' girls and young women. It may seem like all shoujo is basically about how awesome it is to find a boyfriend, but it also wouldn't hurt to [[{{ThrowTheDogABone}} try and stick an aesop/theme about how you don't need a man to complete you]] in there as well, you know? (If you're doing aesops/themes, anyway. Just a thought from a certain Troper, really...)
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* A seemingly forgotten theme in shoujo, similar to that of [[{{ChickFlick}} Chick Flicks]], is that most shoujo manga is made ''by'' women, ''for'' girls and young women. It may seem like all shoujo is basically about how awesome it is to find a boyfriend, but it also wouldn't hurt to [[{{ThrowTheDogABone}} try and stick an aesop/theme about how you don't need a man to complete you]] in there as well, you know? (If you're doing aesops/themes, anyway. Just a thought from a certain Troper, really...)
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* Related to the above: Would it ''really'' affect your plot that much if your heroine was less than conventionally attractive? If she was, say, a bit chubbier than most of her friends (Though please, if you choose to make her 'overweight,' it'd help if you didn't just make her slightly curvy [[{{HollywoodPudgy}} and call her fat.]] Yes, lots of girls who are 'perfectly' skinny complain about being overweight, but we're not talking about that. We're not talking about making her so big that she takes up more than one seat on a bus or anything, either. Despite how much most entertainment likes to exaggerate, there ''is'' such a thing as an overweight-but-still-perfectly-functional, if not outright [[{{BigBeautifulWoman}} attractive]] person.), would it really throw any ideas you had for a plot completely out the window?
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* Related to the above: Would it ''really'' affect your plot that much if your heroine was less than conventionally attractive? If she was, say, a bit chubbier than most of her friends (Though please, if you choose to make her 'overweight,' it'd help if you didn't just make her slightly curvy [[{{HollywoodPudgy}} and call her fat.]] Yes, lots of girls who are 'perfectly' skinny complain about being overweight, but we're not talking about that. We're not talking about making her so big that she takes up more than one seat on a bus or anything, either. Despite how much most entertainment likes to exaggerate, there ''is'' such a thing as an overweight-but-still-perfectly-functional, if not outright [[{{BigBeautifulWoman}} attractive]] person.), would it really throw any ideas you had for a plot completely out the window?
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* Related to the above: Would it ''really'' affect your plot that much if your heroine was less than conventionally attractive? If she was, say, a bit chubbier than most of her friends (Though please, if you choose to make her 'overweight,' it'd help if you didn't just make her slightly curvy [[{{HollywoodPudgy}} and call her fat.]] Yes, lots of girls who are 'perfectly' skinny complain about being overweight, but we're not talking about that.), would it really throw any ideas you had for a plot completely out the window?
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* Related to the above: Would it ''really'' affect your plot that much if your heroine was less than conventionally attractive? If she was, say, a bit chubbier than most of her friends (Though please, if you choose to make her 'overweight,' it'd help if you didn't just make her slightly curvy [[{{HollywoodPudgy}} and call her fat.]] Yes, lots of girls who are 'perfectly' skinny complain about being overweight, but we're not talking about that. We're not talking about making her so big that she takes up more than one seat on a bus or anything, either. Despite how much most entertainment likes to exaggerate, there ''is'' such a thing as an overweight-but-still-perfectly-functional, if not outright [[{{BigBeautifulWoman}} attractive]] person.), would it really throw any ideas you had for a plot completely out the window?
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* While we're on the subject: [[{{Rival}} Rivals.]] They can show up anywhere and any time, and they can keep your story interesting with a fair amount of ease unless you're lazy. They're usually out to steal the main girl's man, one way or another, but can just as easily be after the girl herself. [[{{BiTheWay}} In fact, it's not completely uncommon for a rival character to switch from one crush to the other]] [[{{TenchiSolution}} or to be after both at the same time,]] though this idea should be handled with ''extreme'' care so as to avoid [[{{UnfortunateImplications}} Unfortunate]] [[{{DepravedBisexual}} Implications.]] Overall, just try to keep loads of things in mind: Why do they want the hero/heroine? Why are they there? What is it about them that makes them a viable (at least to thier rival) threat for thier opponent's love interest? How do they plan on stealing away the love interest? What would they do if they ''didn't'' succeed in stealing them away?
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* While we're on the subject: [[{{Rival}} Rivals.]] They can show up anywhere and any time, and they can keep your story interesting with a fair amount of ease unless you're lazy. They're They can be either gender, and are usually a [[{{BuxomIsBetter}} more]] [[{{HollywoodHomely}} conventionally]] [[{{BettyAndVeronica}} pretty]] girl who's out to steal the main girl's man, one way or another, but can just as easily be a sexy {{Bishonen}} who's after the girl herself. [[{{BiTheWay}} In fact, it's not completely uncommon for a rival character to switch from one crush to the other]] [[{{TenchiSolution}} or to be after both at the same time,]] though this idea should be handled with ''extreme'' care so as to avoid [[{{UnfortunateImplications}} Unfortunate]] [[{{DepravedBisexual}} Implications.]] Overall, just try to keep loads of things in mind: Why do they want the hero/heroine? Why are they there? What is it about them that makes them a viable (at least to thier rival) threat for thier opponent's love interest? How do they plan on stealing away the love interest? What would they do if they ''didn't'' succeed in stealing them away?
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* While we're on the subject: [[{{Rival}} Rivals.]] They can show up anywhere and any time, and they can keep your story interesting with a fair amount of ease unless you're lazy. They're usually out to steal the main girl's man, one way or another, but can just as easily be after the girl herself. [[{{BiTheWay}} In fact, it's not completely uncommon for a rival character to witch from one crush to the other]] [[{{TenchiSolution}} or to be after both at the same time,]] though this idea should be handled with ''extreme'' care so as to avoid [[{{UnfortunateImplications}} Unfortunate]] [[{{DepravedBisexual}} Implications.]] Overall, just try to keep loads of things in mind: Why do they want the hero/heroine? Why are they there? What is it about them that makes them a viable (at least to thier rival) threat for thier opponent's love interest? How do they plan on stealing away the love interest? What would they do if they ''didn't'' succeed in stealing them away?
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* While we're on the subject: [[{{Rival}} Rivals.]] They can show up anywhere and any time, and they can keep your story interesting with a fair amount of ease unless you're lazy. They're usually out to steal the main girl's man, one way or another, but can just as easily be after the girl herself. [[{{BiTheWay}} In fact, it's not completely uncommon for a rival character to witch switch from one crush to the other]] [[{{TenchiSolution}} or to be after both at the same time,]] though this idea should be handled with ''extreme'' care so as to avoid [[{{UnfortunateImplications}} Unfortunate]] [[{{DepravedBisexual}} Implications.]] Overall, just try to keep loads of things in mind: Why do they want the hero/heroine? Why are they there? What is it about them that makes them a viable (at least to thier rival) threat for thier opponent's love interest? How do they plan on stealing away the love interest? What would they do if they ''didn't'' succeed in stealing them away?
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* While we're on the subject: [[{{Rival}} Rivals.]] They can show up anywhere and any time, and they can keep your story interesting with a fair amount of ease unless you're lazy. They're usually out to steal the main girl's man, one way or another, but can just as easily be after the girl herself. [[{{BiTheWay}} In fact, it's not completely uncommon]] [[{{TenchiSolution}} for a rival character be after both at the same time,]] though this idea should be handled with ''extreme'' care so as to avoid [[{{UnfortunateImplications}} Unfortunate]] [[{{DepravedBisexual}} Implications.]] Overall, just try to keep loads of things in mind: Why do they want the hero/heroine? Why are they there? What is it about them that makes them a viable (at least to thier rival) threat for thier opponent's love interest? How do they plan on stealing away the love interest? What would they do if they ''didn't'' succeed in stealing them away?
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* While we're on the subject: [[{{Rival}} Rivals.]] They can show up anywhere and any time, and they can keep your story interesting with a fair amount of ease unless you're lazy. They're usually out to steal the main girl's man, one way or another, but can just as easily be after the girl herself. [[{{BiTheWay}} In fact, it's not completely uncommon]] [[{{TenchiSolution}} uncommon for a rival character to witch from one crush to the other]] [[{{TenchiSolution}} or to be after both at the same time,]] though this idea should be handled with ''extreme'' care so as to avoid [[{{UnfortunateImplications}} Unfortunate]] [[{{DepravedBisexual}} Implications.]] Overall, just try to keep loads of things in mind: Why do they want the hero/heroine? Why are they there? What is it about them that makes them a viable (at least to thier rival) threat for thier opponent's love interest? How do they plan on stealing away the love interest? What would they do if they ''didn't'' succeed in stealing them away?
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* As for love interests (Assuming you're going in that direction), it's probably a good idea to not make them just this bland, pretty dude who stands there, gets surrounded by sparkles, makes the main girl's heart rate go up just by smiling at her and then turns out to have liked her the whole time. ''Especially'' not when he's a NewTransferStudent who she's only known existed for a few days. That's been done to death and then some, at least in ThisTroper's personal opinion.(Though no one's stopping you from ''parodying'' such things.) Remember, you're trying to keep people entertained, so it'd probably be best of you gave the main girl ''reasons'' to crush on this guy. And it would help if you didn't just make it superficial things, like that he's attractive or some type of cool sports team captain or whatever. Give him a personality that you could actually ''see'' someone being attracted to. Is He TroubledButCute, or an Adorkable NiceGuy? Is he kind to everyone and everything, or is he a JerkWithAHeartOfGold? (The latter makes pretty good material for a WhenAJerkLovesATsundere dynamic, if you choose to make the girl a strong-willed {{Tsundere}}.) Is he a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold?
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* As for love interests (Assuming you're going in that direction), it's probably a good idea to not make them just this bland, pretty dude who stands there, gets surrounded by sparkles, makes the main girl's heart rate go up just by smiling at her and then turns out to have liked her the whole time. ''Especially'' not when he's a NewTransferStudent who she's only known existed for a few days.hours. That's been done to death and then some, at least in ThisTroper's personal opinion.(Though no one's stopping you from ''parodying'' such things.) Remember, you're trying to keep people entertained, so it'd probably be best of you gave the main girl ''reasons'' to crush on this guy. And it would help if you didn't just make it superficial things, like that he's attractive or some type of cool sports team captain or whatever. Give him a personality that you could actually ''see'' someone being attracted to. Is He TroubledButCute, or an Adorkable NiceGuy? Is he kind to everyone and everything, or is he a JerkWithAHeartOfGold? (The latter makes pretty good material for a WhenAJerkLovesATsundere dynamic, if you choose to make the girl a strong-willed {{Tsundere}}.) Is he a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold?
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* As for love interests (Assuming you're going in that direction), it's probably a good idea to not make them just this bland, pretty dude who stands there, gets surrounded by sparkles, makes the main girl's heart rate go up just by smiling at her and then turns out to have liked her the whole time. ''Especially'' not when he's a NewTransferStudent who she's only known existed for a few days. That's been done to death and then some, at least in ThisTroper's personal opinion.(Though no one's stopping you from ''parodying'' such things.) Remember, you're trying to keep people entertained, so it'd probably be best of you gave the main girl ''reasons'' to crush on this guy. And it would help if you didn't just make it superficial things, like that he's attractive or some type of cool sports team captain or whatever. Give him a personality that you could actually ''see'' someone being attracted to. Is He TroubledButCute, or an Adorkable [[{{LikeBrotherAndSister}} childhood friend]] (as mentioned above}? Is he kind, or is he a JerkWithAHeartOfGold? (The latter makes pretty good material for a WhenAJerkLovesATsundere dynamic, if you choose to make the girl a strong-willed {{Tsundere}}.) Is he a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold?
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* As for love interests (Assuming you're going in that direction), it's probably a good idea to not make them just this bland, pretty dude who stands there, gets surrounded by sparkles, makes the main girl's heart rate go up just by smiling at her and then turns out to have liked her the whole time. ''Especially'' not when he's a NewTransferStudent who she's only known existed for a few days. That's been done to death and then some, at least in ThisTroper's personal opinion.(Though no one's stopping you from ''parodying'' such things.) Remember, you're trying to keep people entertained, so it'd probably be best of you gave the main girl ''reasons'' to crush on this guy. And it would help if you didn't just make it superficial things, like that he's attractive or some type of cool sports team captain or whatever. Give him a personality that you could actually ''see'' someone being attracted to. Is He TroubledButCute, or an Adorkable [[{{LikeBrotherAndSister}} childhood friend]] (as mentioned above}? NiceGuy? Is he kind, kind to everyone and everything, or is he a JerkWithAHeartOfGold? (The latter makes pretty good material for a WhenAJerkLovesATsundere dynamic, if you choose to make the girl a strong-willed {{Tsundere}}.) Is he a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold?
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* As for love interests (Assuming you're going in that direction), it's probably a good idea to not make them just this bland, pretty dude who stands there, gets surrounded by sparkles, makes the main girl's heart rate go up just by smiling at her and then turns out to have liked her the whole time. ''Especially'' not when he's a NewTransferStudent who she's only known existed for a few days. That's been done to death and then some, at least in ThisTroper's personal opinion.(Though no one's stopping you from ''parodying'' such things.) Remember, you're trying to keep people entertained, so it'd probably be best of you gave the main girl ''reasons'' to crush on this guy. And it would help if you didn't just make it superficial things, like that he's attractive or some type of cool sports team captain or whatever. Give him a personality that you could actually ''see'' someone being attracted to.
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* As for love interests (Assuming you're going in that direction), it's probably a good idea to not make them just this bland, pretty dude who stands there, gets surrounded by sparkles, makes the main girl's heart rate go up just by smiling at her and then turns out to have liked her the whole time. ''Especially'' not when he's a NewTransferStudent who she's only known existed for a few days. That's been done to death and then some, at least in ThisTroper's personal opinion.(Though no one's stopping you from ''parodying'' such things.) Remember, you're trying to keep people entertained, so it'd probably be best of you gave the main girl ''reasons'' to crush on this guy. And it would help if you didn't just make it superficial things, like that he's attractive or some type of cool sports team captain or whatever. Give him a personality that you could actually ''see'' someone being attracted to. Is He TroubledButCute, or an Adorkable [[{{LikeBrotherAndSister}} childhood friend]] (as mentioned above}? Is he kind, or is he a JerkWithAHeartOfGold? (The latter makes pretty good material for a WhenAJerkLovesATsundere dynamic, if you choose to make the girl a strong-willed {{Tsundere}}.) Is he a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold?
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* For that matter, does the main girl have a best friend? If so, ''why'' are they friends? Are they [[{{Foil}} Foils]] for each other who [[{{VitriolicBestBuds}} fight all the time]], or are they BirdsOfAFeather who know each other better than anyone else? How close are they? Does the girl's best friend try to protect her from all the [[{{HilarityEnsues}} hijinks]] that may or may not ensue, or does she ''cause'' it? Is the girl's best friend [[{{LikeBrotherAndSister}} a dude,]] and if so [[{{PatientChildhoodFriend}} is he a potential live interest]], or are they BetterAsFriends?
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* For that matter, does the main girl have a best friend? If so, ''why'' are they friends? Are they [[{{Foil}} Foils]] for each other who [[{{VitriolicBestBuds}} fight all the time]], or are they BirdsOfAFeather who know each other better than anyone else? How close are they? Does the girl's best friend try to protect her from all the [[{{HilarityEnsues}} hijinks]] that may or may not ensue, or does she ''cause'' it? Is the girl's best friend [[{{LikeBrotherAndSister}} a dude,]] and if so [[{{PatientChildhoodFriend}} [[{{PatientChildhoodLoveInterest}} is he a potential live interest]], or are they BetterAsFriends?
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* For that matter, does the main girl have a best friend? If so, ''why'' are they friends? Are they [[{{Foil}} Foils]] for each other who [[{{VitriolicBestBuds}} fight all the time]], or are they BirdsOfAFeather who know each other better than anyone else? How close are they? Does the girl's best friend try to protect her from all the [[{{HilarityEnsues}} hijinks]] that may or may not ensue, or does she ''cause'' it? Is the girl's best friend [[{{LikeBrotherAndSister}} a dude,]] and if so is he a potential live interest?
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* For that matter, does the main girl have a best friend? If so, ''why'' are they friends? Are they [[{{Foil}} Foils]] for each other who [[{{VitriolicBestBuds}} fight all the time]], or are they BirdsOfAFeather who know each other better than anyone else? How close are they? Does the girl's best friend try to protect her from all the [[{{HilarityEnsues}} hijinks]] that may or may not ensue, or does she ''cause'' it? Is the girl's best friend [[{{LikeBrotherAndSister}} a dude,]] and if so [[{{PatientChildhoodFriend}} is he a potential live interest?interest]], or are they BetterAsFriends?
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** Another common, but still useful way to keep the drama going: Have the best friend have a crush on the boy herself. Sure, it's cliche, but there's still probably a number of creative ways to go about this that haven't been tried yet. Are the girls hostile over the boy, or are they still friendly with each other and agree that whoever he chooses, the other one's happy for them? Do they act one way and secretly feel another?
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* For that matter, does the main girl have a best friend? If so, ''why'' are they friends? Are they [[{{Foil}} Foils]] for each other who [[{{VitriolicBestBuds}} fight all the time]], or are they BirdsOfAFeather who know each other better than anyone else? How close are they? Does the girl's best friend try to protect her from all the [[{{HilarityEnsues}} hijinks]] that may or may not ensue, or does she ''cause'' it? Is the girl's best friend [[{{LikeBrotherAndSister}} a dude,]] and if so is he a potential live interest?
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* As for love interests (Assuming you're going in that direction), it's probably a good idea to not make them just this bland, pretty dude who stands there, gets surrounded by sparkles, makes the main girl's heart rate go up just by smiling at her and then turns out to have liked her the whole time. ''Especially'' not when he's a NewTransferStudent who she's only known existed for a few days. That's been done to death and then some, at least in ThisTroper's personal opinion.(Though no one's stopping you from ''parodying'' such things.) Remember, you're trying to keep people entertained, so it'd probably be best of you gave the main girl ''reasons'' to crush on this guy. And it
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* As for love interests (Assuming you're going in that direction), it's probably a good idea to not make them just this bland, pretty dude who stands there, gets surrounded by sparkles, makes the main girl's heart rate go up just by smiling at her and then turns out to have liked her the whole time. ''Especially'' not when he's a NewTransferStudent who she's only known existed for a few days. That's been done to death and then some, at least in ThisTroper's personal opinion.(Though no one's stopping you from ''parodying'' such things.) Remember, you're trying to keep people entertained, so it'd probably be best of you gave the main girl ''reasons'' to crush on this guy. And it
it would help if you didn't just make it superficial things, like that he's attractive or some type of cool sports team captain or whatever. Give him a personality that you could actually ''see'' someone being attracted to.
* While we're on the subject: [[{{Rival}} Rivals.]] They can show up anywhere and any time, and they can keep your story interesting with a fair amount of ease unless you're lazy. They're usually out to steal the main girl's man, one way or another, but can just as easily be after the girl herself. [[{{BiTheWay}} In fact, it's not completely uncommon]] [[{{TenchiSolution}} for a rival character be after both at the same time,]] though this idea should be handled with ''extreme'' care so as to avoid [[{{UnfortunateImplications}} Unfortunate]] [[{{DepravedBisexual}} Implications.]] Overall, just try to keep loads of things in mind: Why do they want the hero/heroine? Why are they there? What is it about them that makes them a viable (at least to thier rival) threat for thier opponent's love interest? How do they plan on stealing away the love interest? What would they do if they ''didn't'' succeed in stealing them away?
* While we're on the subject: [[{{Rival}} Rivals.]] They can show up anywhere and any time, and they can keep your story interesting with a fair amount of ease unless you're lazy. They're usually out to steal the main girl's man, one way or another, but can just as easily be after the girl herself. [[{{BiTheWay}} In fact, it's not completely uncommon]] [[{{TenchiSolution}} for a rival character be after both at the same time,]] though this idea should be handled with ''extreme'' care so as to avoid [[{{UnfortunateImplications}} Unfortunate]] [[{{DepravedBisexual}} Implications.]] Overall, just try to keep loads of things in mind: Why do they want the hero/heroine? Why are they there? What is it about them that makes them a viable (at least to thier rival) threat for thier opponent's love interest? How do they plan on stealing away the love interest? What would they do if they ''didn't'' succeed in stealing them away?
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** First and foremost, what's your main girl ''like''? Is she a {{Dojikko}}? Is she a cool, [[{{TheStoic}} Stoic]] IceQueen? Is she a [[{{GenkiGirl}} Genki]] {{IdiotHero}}ine? Is she the girl everyone wants to be friends with, or is she the girl who always eats lunch alone? (Did she go from one to the other?) Why are we focusing on her instead of, say, her best friend?
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** First and foremost, what's your main girl ''like''? Is she a {{Dojikko}}? Is she a cool, [[{{TheStoic}} Stoic]] IceQueen? Is she a [[{{GenkiGirl}} Genki]] {{IdiotHero}}ine? [[{{IdiotHero}} Idiot Heroine]]? Is she the girl everyone wants to be friends with, or is she the girl who always eats lunch alone? (Did she go from one to the other?) Why are we focusing on her instead of, say, her best friend?
friend [[{{Foil}} whose personality is the direct opposite of hers]]? What is it about this girl that's so important to your plot that we have to focus on her?
* Next, we've got the plot: What kind of story do you want to tell people? A sweet romantic comedy in a high-school setting? Some fantasy stuff with princesses and adventures and stuff? Something set in a cafe with a bunch of quirky, unusual employees? See SoYouWantTo/WriteAStory for more on such subjects.
* As for love interests (Assuming you're going in that direction), it's probably a good idea to not make them just this bland, pretty dude who stands there, gets surrounded by sparkles, makes the main girl's heart rate go up just by smiling at her and then turns out to have liked her the whole time. ''Especially'' not when he's a NewTransferStudent who she's only known existed for a few days. That's been done to death and then some, at least in ThisTroper's personal opinion.(Though no one's stopping you from ''parodying'' such things.) Remember, you're trying to keep people entertained, so it'd probably be best of you gave the main girl ''reasons'' to crush on this guy. And it
* Next, we've got the plot: What kind of story do you want to tell people? A sweet romantic comedy in a high-school setting? Some fantasy stuff with princesses and adventures and stuff? Something set in a cafe with a bunch of quirky, unusual employees? See SoYouWantTo/WriteAStory for more on such subjects.
* As for love interests (Assuming you're going in that direction), it's probably a good idea to not make them just this bland, pretty dude who stands there, gets surrounded by sparkles, makes the main girl's heart rate go up just by smiling at her and then turns out to have liked her the whole time. ''Especially'' not when he's a NewTransferStudent who she's only known existed for a few days. That's been done to death and then some, at least in ThisTroper's personal opinion.(Though no one's stopping you from ''parodying'' such things.) Remember, you're trying to keep people entertained, so it'd probably be best of you gave the main girl ''reasons'' to crush on this guy. And it
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** As is {{Otomen}}, though the amount of HoYay between all the [[{{RealMenWearPink}} Pink-Wearing]] male characters can get a bit suspect...
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** Though it's not a shoujo, the fight scene between [[{{Toradora}} Taiga]] and [[spoiler:Sumire]] is at least a somewhat realistic CatFight. The fight's badass, the girls get visibly hurt, and there's emotions running high on each end that's motivating them to fight in the first place. Ain't no [[{{ArmorPiercingSlap}} Armor Piercing Slaps]] (Though there is one shoe to the face that could potentially count...) that end it all dramatically in sight. If the fight ''is'' intended for {{Fanservice}}, it sure as hell takes a backseat to the actual plot.
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** Though it's not a shoujo, the both fight scene scenes between [[{{Toradora}} Taiga]] and vs [[spoiler:Sumire]] is and [[spoiler:Minori vs Ami]] are at least a somewhat realistic CatFight. [[{{CatFight}} Cat Fights]]. The fight's badass, the girls get visibly hurt, and there's emotions running high on each end that's motivating them to fight in the first place. Ain't no can actually fight, landing punches instead of simple [[{{ArmorPiercingSlap}} Armor Piercing Slaps]] (Though there is one shoe to the face that could potentially count...) that end it all dramatically in sight. bitchslaps]], drawing blood and brusing everywhere and cursing each other out. If the fight ''is'' these fights ''are'' intended for {{Fanservice}}, it sure as hell takes a backseat to the actual plot.
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** Though it's not a shoujo, the fight scene between [[{{Toradora}} Taiga]] and [[spoiler:Sumire]] is at least a somewhat realistic CatFight. The fight's badass, the girls get visibly hurt, and there's emotions running high on each end that's motivating them to fight in the first place. Ain't no [[{{ArmorPiercingSlap}} Armor Piercing Slaps]] (Though there is one shoe to the face that could potentially count...) or dramatic [[{{ReasonYouSuckSpeech}} Reason You Suck Speeches]] in sight. If the fight ''is'' intended for {{Fanservice}}, it sure as hell tkaes a backseat to the actual plot.
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** Though it's not a shoujo, the fight scene between [[{{Toradora}} Taiga]] and [[spoiler:Sumire]] is at least a somewhat realistic CatFight. The fight's badass, the girls get visibly hurt, and there's emotions running high on each end that's motivating them to fight in the first place. Ain't no [[{{ArmorPiercingSlap}} Armor Piercing Slaps]] (Though there is one shoe to the face that could potentially count...) or dramatic [[{{ReasonYouSuckSpeech}} Reason You Suck Speeches]] that end it all dramatically in sight. If the fight ''is'' intended for {{Fanservice}}, it sure as hell tkaes takes a backseat to the actual plot.
