Sibling Yin Yang / Anime & Manga

Examples of Sibling Yin-Yang in Anime & Manga.

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• Amanchu! has Ai and Makoto, the former being a somewhat violent Genki Girl in contrast with her meek and stoic twin brother.
• AR∀GO: City of London Police's Special Crimes Investigator: Arago and Ewan. It's even highlighted by their hair color, one of the only visible difference between the two (the other being a scar on Ewan's arm).
• Asteroid in Love:
  • Compared to her temperamental older sister Mikage, Chikage is more mellow and soft-spoken. Also, while Mikage is firmly focused on the study of geology as it pertains to real life, Chikage is more interested in the fantastical elements associated with geology, particularly fortune-telling.
  • Moe "Suzu" Suzuya is an openly lesbian pervert who is into running the family bakery; her younger sister Megu is an athletic girl who shows little interest in romance or their Family Business.
• Attack on Titan: The Hot-Blooded Eren compared to The Stoic Mikasa.^note Though they aren't siblings by blood
• Both leading families of B Gata H Kei have this dynamic. Yamada is an energetic Covert Pervert who has little on her mind but sex. Her younger sister Chika is much more level-headed. Takashi Kosuda is shy but thoughtful, expressing himself through his camera. His older sister Kazuki is outgoing, boyish and shameless within her own house.
• Bakusou Kyoudai! Let's & Go!! has the eponymous Seiba siblings. The older brother, Retsu, is level-headed and careful while the younger one, Go, is Hotblooded and reckless. Their traits show in their representative racing machines.
• Karin and Yuzu Kurosaki of Bleach, with Yuzu as a sweet Girl Next Door and Karin as a rough tomboy.
• Jun Ushiro and his sister Kana in Bokurano. She is sweet, shy, and forgiving, he is violent and brooding.
• Case Closed:
  • Masao and Sanae Kouda look nothing alike. Sanae is a pretty Office Lady, Masao has a huge case of Face of a Thug. Despite this, the siblings are very close... so when Sanae is killed by Watanuki, a man in debt that she was visiting for work reasons, Masao goes Knight Templar Big Brother and decides to prove it at all costs. Even by robbing a bank and hiding his loot near the man's backyard to force the police dig in so they can find Sanae's corpse.
  • The Suzuki sisters, too. Older sister Ayako is a soft-spoken and mature Ojou, younger sister Sonoko is an outspoken fashionista.
• Code Geass has the proud and xenophobic Lady of War Cornelia li Britannia, and her little sister, the self-deprecating Wide-Eyed Idealist Euphemia li Britannia.
• Goura and Yumoto of Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!. One's a manly woodchopper, one's a hyper teenager who loves cuddling fluffy things. (However, there is one mutual thing about these two — love for each other in the "family" sense.)
• Hot-Blooded Fiery Redhead Apollo and Defrosting Ice Queen Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette Artemis in Cyborg 009.
• The Yamai twins in Date A Live, while similar in appearance, are very different in personality and speech. Kaguya is childish, impulsive, and speaks in a bombastic manner because she thinks as a Spirit she needs to sound cool. Yuzuru is cool-headed, prone to pointing out Kaguya's mistakes, and speaks in a flat-toned robotic manner.
• The Dangers in My Heart: Kyōtarō Ichikawa is grumpy, negative to a fault, Tsundere-ish, introverted, and a Perpetual Frowner. His older sister Kana is cheerful, social, openly nice, and can be The Gadfly, a Smug Smiler, and doting towards her brother. They can both be nervous dorks, but Kyōtarō attempts (Keyword there) to suppress it while Kana makes really awkward smiles.
• Yoh and Minatsuki in Deadman Wonderland are an interesting case: both are liars, cowards, and opportunists, but Yoh may be fundamentally a caring guy while his sister is a Yandere.
• Light and his sister in Death Note. Their only common points is that they are both good-looking and respected. She is a nice, ordinary person, he is a freakishly intelligent Well-Intentioned Extremist with sociopathic tendencies and a god complex.
• In The Demon Girl Next Door, Yuko is a bit of an airhead that has no real demonic ambitions — despite a descendant of Lilith — beyond breaking the seal (and she hardly even does that). Her little sister Ryoko is an incredibly intelligent girl who aspires to help her sister conquer the world.
• Soma and Kanna from Devil & Devil. Soma is a weak ocult otaku and Kanna is a violent rebel. It doesn't help that they each get possessed by the devil Sword and the angel Ios respectively.
• Kouichi Kimura and Kouji Minamoto of Digimon Frontier. Aside from being twins, the holders of the spirits of Light and Darkness, and having the entire Separated at Birth thing going for them, there's even an episode named "The Brothers Yin and Yang."
• Twin examples: Risa and Riku in D.N.Angel; Vash and Knives in Trigun; Abel and Cain in Trinity Blood; Metatron and Sandalphon in Angel Sanctuary; Chrno and Aion/Ion in Chrono Crusade; Suboshi and Amiboshi in Fushigi Yuugi. Also as is often the case for the twin archetype, which some scholars view as a sub-category of the hermaphrodite archetype (seriously), one twin is gendered more 'feminine' (Risa, Vash, Abel, Chrno, arguably Metatron) and the other more 'masculine' (Riku, Knives, Cain, Aion, Sandalphon). (This has nothing to do with sexual orientation.)
• This trope is even lampshaded by the twins in D.N.Angel:
  Riku: We have absolutely nothing in common!
  Risa: Nothing at all!
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba:
  • The Flame Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, is a bombastic and loud swordsman known for his extroverted behavior and being a Perpetual Smiler. On the other hand, his younger brother Senjuro is a quiet Shrinking Violet who does domestic chores due to his inability to take up swordsmanship.
  • The Mist Hashira, Muichiro Tokito is cold and cynical, often not hesitating to tell people exactly what he thinks of them, no matter how hurtful. It turns out he was subconsciously mimicking the behavior of his deceased twin brother, Yuichiro, following a traumatic attack from an invading demon which left him with amnesia. Yuichiro was also an unapologetic cynic although he was much more scathing. Pre-Amnesia Muichiro was optimistic and cheerful.
  • The Upper Rank 6 siblings, Gyutaro and Daki. While both are equally cruel, Daki is a beautiful and sexually attractive demon but is also childish and petulant, while Gyutaro is her creepy and deformed brother who is much more tactical.
  • Shinobu and Kanae Kocho. Kanae was a constantly cheerful and caring Nice Girl, who held compassion for everyone, even demons. Shinobu on the other was more jumpy and brash, and held an extreme hatred for demons. After Kanae's death, Shinobu adopted a mixed personality, where she adopted her elder sister's cheerful demeanor, but still hated demons with an intense anger.
  • The Tsugikuni Twins: Yorichii and Michikatsu, aka Upper Rank 1 of the 12 Kizuki, Kokushibo. Michikatsu had always desired to be a strong swordsman, and although he was skilled, he paled in comparison to his much stronger twin brother. However, Yorichii had no desire to become a swordsman, and much preferred to live a simple and peaceful life with a family, something Michikatsu ironically had before he abandoned it in favor of swordsmanship. In addition, Yorichii practiced Sun Breathing, while Michikatsu/Kokushibo practiced Moon Breathing
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs introduces the titular dinosaur knight, Banhou, who saves the gang when they were stranded underground and allows them to stay at his place, the other person there being Banhou's younger sister Roo. Banhou, being a knight, is a fearsome, dangerous opponent, a capable warrior on the battlefield who slays hostile Naga tribespeople without breaking a sweat; Banhou's sister Roo on the other hand is a gentle nurse who helps the army as a caretaker.
• In Dragon Ball:
  • Gohan is polite and well-mannered and sees fighting as only a last resort when necessary. Goten sees fighting as more of a game, having not gone through the same kind of life-or-death battles as his big brother did until Majin Buu was reawakened. Ten years later in Dragon Ball GT, Goten has lost his borderline Blood Knight attitude and is more interested in girls, another contrast to his older brother, who was apparently Oblivious to Love and married his first girlfriend.
  • Goku is a Nice Guy and Spirited Competitor who loves to fight but dislikes wanton killing and would never harm innocent people. His brother Raditz is a cruel Dirty Coward who enjoys killing and routinely liquidates entire planets for money. They are both like and unlike most other Saiyans in completely opposite ways.
  • Vegeta is constantly tense and angry, extremely proud, brutish, has a hard time expressing affection even for his own family, and like all Saiyans, is a major Blood Knight. His brother Tarble (introduced in a 2009 TV special) is gentle, polite, self-effacing, and was actually sent to a remote planet by King Vegeta because of his utter lack of battle instincts. Their taste in wives is also completely different: Vegeta gets with Bulma, a headstrong, brassy, and cunning Plucky Girl (and was the only person who not only put up with Vegeta's crap, but could occasionally bring him in line), while Tarble marries Gure, a very sweet and gentle alien who's the definition of Yamato Nadeshiko.
  • The Muten Roshi and the Uranai Baba. The Muten Roshi is a Dirty Old Man who uses Ki Manipulation, the Uranai Baba is a Cool Old Lady who uses Magic and Powers. They're both very wise and tricky though. The Muten Roshi, however, isn't nearly as greedy as his older sister is, though.
  • Bulma and her rarely seen older sister Tights. While Bulma is bossy, easily angered and vain, Tights is quite calm, easy going and modest. Though as Jaco the Galactic Patrolman shows Tights can get fiery as her sister when pushed hard enough.
  • Tao Pai Pai and his brother, the Crane Hermit. Tao Pai Pai is headstrong and precise, the Crane Hermit is cautious and has others do his dirty work.
  • Freeza and Cooler have this going on while still both being sadistic Galactic Conqueror. Where Freeza is The Napoleon and a Bad Boss to his minions, Cooler is a tall Pragmatic Villain and Benevolent Boss who doesn't abuse his henchmen. While Freeza grossly underestimates everyone, and refuses to acknowledge anyone could be stronger than him and has a shit fit when he's overpowered, Cooler actually respects powerful foes such as Goku and acknowledges their strength. Freeza likes to Beam Spam whilst Cooler loves getting up close and personal. Both are crafty but where Freeza often loses his composure in the face of defeat, Cooler tries different tactics.
  • In Dragon Ball GT there’s Nuova and Eis Shenron. Nuova is a Noble Demon who avoids harming innocents and unfair advantages, while Eis is a Dirty Coward who literally does everything he can to win.
  • GT gives this dynamic to Lapis and Lazuli aka Android 17 and 18. While 18 has mellowed out and become compassionate having settled down with Krillin and has a daughter with him, 17 much like his psychotic Bad Future counterpart still thinks everything is a game and is disgusted by his sister bonding with humans. In Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super 17 and 18 are much closer in personality with the only noticeable difference being that 17 is more cocky and battle loving than 18 but also less cautious (which gets him absorbed by Cell quicker). 18 also loves clothes and shopping, which bores 17 to tears who is more intereted in vehicles instead.
• Durarara!!:
  • Heiwajima Shizuo and his brother Kasuka. Shizuo's a violent maniac with unbelievable physical strength, while his brother is extremely taciturn and doesn't seem to show any fear of his brother's temper or power. Their relationship is actually very healthy, if low-key.
  • Izaya's younger twin sisters, Mairu and Kururi Orihara are cute siblings who are just as quirky as their older brother. Both are capable enough to deal with people, without being potentially villainous like their brother.
• Unsui and Agon of Eyeshield 21. Unsui is serious, responsible, hard working, and polite. Agon is arrogant, self-centered, sadistic, and lazy.

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• Rogue and Sting from Fairy Tail (who might not be related but were at least raised as brothers) are big on this. Sting uses 'white' magic, is always very in your face, shows interest in almost everything going on, and is only concerned with strength. Rogue uses 'shadow' magic, generally lets Sting do the talking, acts uninterested in evverything, and places value on comradery.
• Raoh and Toki from Fist of the North Star: one of them is a merciless conqueror and the other is a messianic healer.
• Franken Fran:
  • Invoked Trope with Fran and Veronica, who were outright made to be this. Fran was made to preserve life (which can lead to unpleasant results); Veronica was made to end it (which she prefers to do swiftly and painlessly, though often gratuitously). Fran has tried to put Veronica more on her side of the scale, but so far, no dice.
  • And then there's their aloof older sister Gavrill, who's Chaotic Evil (she can shapeshift into a near-invincible giant wolf-thing and loves finding excuses to kill people as painfully and gruesomely as possible), though this somehow doesn't stop her from having a day job as a beloved high school guidance counselor. Neither Fran or Veronica enjoy interacting with her, though they managed a truce with big sis sometime after she tried to murder them both.
• Yuki and Ayame in Fruits Basket. Ayame is the Always Camp Aloof Big Brother, while Yuki is the Princely Young Man with an Instant Fanclub. Yuki doesn't find Ayame very bearable, while Ayame insists he's showing support for his younger brother. He really doesn't get it.
• Fullmetal Alchemist:
  • Edward and Alphonse Elric. While Ed is a Hot-Blooded Napoleon, Al is a Gentle Giant, though he is only big because he's stuck in a suit of armor (at least in the manga, in Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) he's shown in adulthood to tower over Ed).
  • Alex and Olivier Armstrong. Alex Armstrong is the almost grotesquely overmuscled poster boy for Pec Flex and prone to fits of staggering overacting at every possible opportunity, often with Manly Tears, and he's actually a total softy. His older sister Olivier is a Badass Normal of epic proportions, a slim, Magnificent Bitch Social Darwinist Lady of War who can call Ed short without him even trying to argue and has no compunction about killing representatives from Central because they tried to get her involved in a soul-stealing murder conspiracy that amounts to betraying the whole country, and tried to take her men away, and pushing their bodies into wet concrete.
  • Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) and the light novels also have Fletcher and Russel Tringham, who present many parallels with the Elric brothers. So much so that not only do they impersonate the Elrics at least twice, there's a certain amount of Sibling Yin Yang between respective imposters-the Tringhams fulfill a certain amount of the expectation of what you're going to get with the Elrics, which is quite different from what you actually get. Aside from the fact that each Tringham has an ego that matches his respective Elric.
  • The 2003 anime also has both Elrics and Envy. Envy is a murderous villain while his half-brothers are the heroic protagonists
• Future GPX Cyber Formula has Osamu and Asuka Sugo. Osamu is a calm, level-headed individual while Asuka is more energetic and cheerful. Franz Heinel and his younger sister Lisa counts as well, with the same personalities as Osamu and Asuka has.
• The Tomokanes — both without a name — in GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class. The younger Tomokane is a Bokukko, while her elder brother is a Delicate and Sickly Non-Action Guy. This is lampshaded when the younger Tomokane's class teacher first sees the older Tomokane, and comments how the two's characters complement each other. This trope is also invoked in this case, as the younger Tomokane's personality is shaped as a response by her brother's constant mental bullying and exploitation of his illness to avoid punishment.
• In The Garden of Sinners, Azaka is special, and is attracted to things that are special. This is in contrast with everyone else in the cast, but particularly with her brother... The normal guy.
• Hetalia: Axis Powers:
  • North Italy is cheerful and friendly, while South Italy is more reserved and unfriendly, especially towards North Italy's partner in crime Germany and his ex-caretaker, Spain.
  • Switzerland and Liechtenstein also fit this trope (though Liech is adopted) with Switzerland being a moody gunslinger and Liechtenstein being a gentle and kind Token Mini-Moe.
  • America and Canada: The first is a loud, outgoing mix of Eagleland archtypes and Boisterous Bruiser; the second is much more quiet, sensible, and overlooked. Ironically, it's implied that secretly both wish they were more like one another, with Canada wishing people would notice him more like in America's case, whereas America wishes he'd get along with others as well as Canada does.
  • Germany and Prussia, too. Germany being a Perpetual Frowner and Prussia being a Hot-Blooded Jerkass.
  • Ukraine and Belarus fit as well. Ukraine is a sweet, sensitive, hardworking, tomboyish Naïve Everygirl Team Mom, and Belarus being a creepy, Elegant Gothic Lolita Psychopathic Womanchild with Yandere tendencies. There's also that Ukraine has tried to leave Russia and she can be passive-aggressive towards him (though she still very much loves her siblings) while Belarus loves and adores Russia to the point of stalking and desiring to marry him.
  • Netherland and Belgium. He's a brooding Tsundere with a Scarf of Asskicking and a penchant for smoking, she's a cheerful Cool Big Sis with a Sweet Tooth.
  • When Prussia interacts with the Grimm brothers, they're portrayed as this: older brother Jakob is shown as a serious Workaholic and a bit of a Nervous Wreck, while younger brother Wilhelm is a more relaxed Nice Guy.
• High School D×D: Koneko (aka Shirone) and her older sister Kuroka, even having a visual contrast with their respective hair colors (white and black). Where Koneko is stoic, distant and snarky, and refuses to accept her nekomata heritage, Kuroka is much more open and flirtatious, and has fully embraced her heritage, even adopting cat-like manerisms.
• Infinite Stratos has the Shinonono sisters, Tabane and Houki. The older is very silly, while the younger is very serious.
• Yori and her sister Mari (not the eponymous character) from Inside Mari. Mari is nice, sociable young woman while her little sister is an introverted teenager with a temper.
• I Think Our Son Is Gay: The older son Hiroki is very expressive and can't tell a lie to save his life. The younger son Yuuri is a quiet, deadpan stoic. They like these qualities in each other: Hiroki appreciates Yuuri matter-of-factly talking about things he struggles to, and Yuuri admires Hiroki's emotional openness.
• Karura Mau! is based around this concept, with sisters Shoko and Maiko being respectively a Brainy Brunette and a Fiery Redhead who must combine their powers in order to fight evil.

• Kill la Kill gives us long-lost sisters Ryuko Matoi and Satsuki Kiryuin. The former is a Large Ham and Hot-Blooded, with a tendency to charge in, sword-swinging, without any thought for the long term. The latter is a Cold Ham, only Chewing the Scenery when their sibling is nearby, and their plan involves backstabbing their own mother (literally and figuratively), built up over years upon years of pretending to be loyal.
• Tiff and Tuff in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!. Tiff is Properly Paranoid; Tuff is impulsive.
• Yui and Ui Hirasawa of K-On! are a Cloudcuckoolander and mature young lady respectively.
• Nove and Wendi from Lyrical Nanoha, the inseparable red-headed duo amongst the Numbers sisters, and later, amongst the Nakajima sisters, with Nove as the always angry one and Wendi as the always happy one. In ViVid, Nove has eventually lost her angry attitude, but is still serious and more mature, and additionally has the responsibility to train the main characters.
• The Chizeta princesses from Magic Knight Rayearth: Tarta the younger is loud, rude, and Hot-Blooded while Tatra the elder is quiet, polite, and a total pushover (apparently), which is probably why the younger sister seems to be the leader.
• The biological siblings in the Shōgi manga March Comes in Like a Lion had different reactions when a young shogi phenom entered their household and took their place in their obsessive shogi-master father's heart (shogi is everything to him and they just weren't talented at it): the brother became increasingly passive and played video games all day while the sister became a vicious bully who terrorized her foster-brother at home — and possibly in bed. As young adults the foster-brother (who's still/barely present in high school) lives alone because he didn't want to destroy their family like a cuckoo chick; the brother is a divorced loser, and the sister, who is "as beautiful as a demon" is dating her father's and foster-brother's Jerkass shogi rival, who also happens to have a hospitalized wife and young child.
• Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch uses it repeatedly. Caren is a brooding, grudge-holding Broken Bird, while her twin sister Noel is a forgiving, self-sacrificing Nice Girl. When Caren got nicer and, as a result, dropped Out of Focus, she became a loud party girl to keep the opposite dynamic going. There's also Kaito and Gackto, of the Cain and Abel variety, as well as one being a friendly joker and the other a White Hair, Black Heart villain. Lucia and Nikora, though only posing as sisters, fit it too with The Ditz versus the Team Mom. In fact, it's even lampshaded in the Black Beauty Sisters, who are also definitely not sisters.
• Mobile Suit Gundam:
  • Sayla Mass and Char Aznable. She's a hero, he's a villain. She's loyal to the core, he has Chronic Backstabbing Disorder. She's got a boatload of Ship Tease with Amuro. He wants Amuro's head on a pike. She doesn't want revenge for their father's death, Char is consumed by the need for it. She's naturally empathetic, Char suffers from Lack of Empathy. The two of them have absolutely nothing in common, and are on opposite sides of the war, yet somehow avoid Cain and Abel.
  • The show also features the Zabi siblings who manage to be a four man version of this. On the one side you have antivillains Dozle and Garma. Both take care of their men, love their significant others, have passionate attitudes, and respect their father, sharing many personality traits despite their very different appearances (Dozle is muscular and rugged, Garma is delicate-looking). Contrasting them are Gihren and Kycilia, a pair of manipulative, cold-blooded social climbers who believe that We Have Reserves, break the rules of war left, right, and centre, and make no real connections with anyone besides themselves (though Gihren is the worse of the two in this regard). Appropriately, Garma and Dozle quite like each other, while Kycilia and Gihren hate one another.
• Mobile Suit Gundam AGE has Zeheart Galette and Desil Galette. Zeheart's a pretty nice guy & cares about his friends despite his loyalty to Vagan. Desil on the other hand is an Ax-Crazy Blood Knight who views soldiers, for Vagan and the Earth Federal Forces, as his own toys.
• Anna and Johan in Monster. Anna is outgoing, compassionate, helpful and an idealistic humanist. Johan is quiet, introspective, manipulative and an utter sociopath. And he's the title character.
• My Dress-Up Darling: Sajuna is short, moody, uptight, and outspoken, while her younger sister Shinju is tall, easygoing, mild-mannered, and shy.
• Naruto:
  • Samui is stoic, calculating and very serious at all times. On the other hand, her brother Atsui is Hot-Blooded, rash and a reckless loudmouth. To drive the point home, their names mean Cold and Hot respectively.
  • The Sasuke and Itachi dynamic plays with this. As a child, Sasuke strived to be like Itachi to earn recognition, but his brother was always several steps ahead. After the Uchiha massacre, Sasuke tried to distance himself from Itachi and become different from him, even refusing to obtain power in the same way as his brother. However, after Itachi's death, Sasuke drastically changes, becoming driven by hate and revenge against anyone who would stand against him, unlike his brother, who was motivated by love, albeit in a twisted way. Ironically, Sasuke would have ended up very similar to Itachi, had the latter not traumatized him in the way he did. Another factor that makes these two different from each other, is that Sasuke is a Brutally Honest individual, while Itachi is a Consummate Liar.
  • The First and Second leaders of Konoha were the Senju brothers: the elder was a laid-back, almost goofy straight-haired brunette who wanted to make peace with the Uchihas while the younger was a Combat Pragmatist with spiky white hair who thought it would be safer to just kill them all (their middle brother had both types of hair, split down the middle, but was killed before he reached adulthood).
  • Hinata and Hanabi are presented this way post-Shippuden, as shown in The Last: Naruto the Movie. Hinata is soft-spoken (though not shy like she used to be) while her younger sister Hanabi is quite perky and outspoken.
• In Neko-de Gomen!, this trope applies to the contrasts between Minoru and his younger brother, Masaru.
  • Minoru is socially awkward, sees Yaoyi as his One True Love, and considers any other girl he's around as Just Friends. Masaru is an outgoing, self-confident KidAnova who relishes the attention he attracts from many other girls who fawn over him — except for Eiko.
  • While they're raised in a rich household, Minoru is more frugal with his expenses (except for when he spends money going on a date with or buying presents for Yayoi), whereas Masaru isn't above buying fancy clothes for himself when he sees fit.
  • Minoru has a severe fear of cats, but Masaru loves them. This plays out in the different ways Yayoi, who is a Cat Girl herself, interacts with them: Yayoi does her best to keep her Cat Girl identity a secret from Minoru while viewing him as her One True Love, whereas she is oblivious about Masaru's knowledge regarding her Cat Girl identity and views herself and Masaru as Just Friends.

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• The Jigokumeguri sisters in Ojojojo are complete opposites in how they act and how they really are. Haru is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who has been acting stuck up as a defense mechanism for so long that she can't stop despite wanting to be nice. Aki is a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing who would like nothing more than to dig up dirt on Haru and take her place as heiress. The only thing they have in common is their complete failure to act on their real intentions (Haru ends up reflexively acting like a Rich Bitch whenever she tries to be nice and Aki's attempts to drive Haru and Tsurezure apart bring them closer together).
• One Piece:
  • Ace is more level-headed and polite than his brash and much more ditzy little brother Luffy. Even Luffy's crew have expressed disbelief at how different Ace is from their captain. It has been revealed, however, that Luffy and Ace aren't actually blood siblings. They were raised together by Garp and consider each other as brothers, so they still count.
  • Similarly, Nami and her adoptive sister Nojiko. While the former is a bold and Fiery Redhead, the latter is incredibly calm. Both sisters are tattooed and very compassionate when they want to be.
  • Franky is this with Iceburg, though they are adoptive siblings. Throughout their childhood, Iceburg was the dutiful, respectful sibling while Franky was violent and disruptive.
  • And then there are Arlong and his younger sister Madame Shyarley. He's a Large and in Charge General Ripper shark man, she's a beautiful and polite mermaid.
  • Donquixote Doflamingo and his brother Donquixote Rosinante besides the fact Doffy is a Pirate and Rosinate is an undercover Marine, Domflamingo is a cruel and selfish Sadist while Rosinante is compassionate and selfless. Doffy exemplifies noble bigotry while Rosinante humbled himself and became better for it.
  • Sanji and his siblings:
    • Yonji is petty and conveying while Sanji is honorable and merciful. Also while Sanji willingly let him himself get beat up and defeated to protect his loved ones, Yonji is a Sore Loser who blusters over Sanji defeating him.
    • Niji is cruel, malicious and psychotic in stark contrast to Sanji’s heroism and compassion. Niji also wastes food and happily abuses women, the two things that pisses Sanji off the most.
    • Ichiji is stoically cold and aloof compared to Sanji who is often Hot-Blooded, but Ichiji also thinks commoners are trash and dismisses his own sister for being weak when she gets knocked down by Emperor Big Mom. Sanji on the other hand will feed anyone his cooking and can see and bring out the inner strength in the physically weakest people e.g Usopp in Enies Lobby.
    • Reiju while immensely more moral than her brothers still differs from her favorite bro Sanji, while she’s merely flirtatious he’s a complete Handsome Lech. Reiju also can’t fathom why Sanji sacrifices himself to protect someone (Zeff) as she’s lived a life of luxury while he almost died sailing the East Blue.
  • The Charlotte family:
    • Katakuri and Charlotte Perospero, both are the eldest brothers of their siblings but while Katakuri is massive, ripped, and surprisingly compassionate, Perospero is weedy, creepy, and cruel. Katakuri will even hurt himself to make it a fair fight and respects his opponents while Perospero likes to Kick the Dog and mock his foes at their lowest.
    • Speaking of the Charlotte Family, Pudding and Chiffon count as while they’re both cooks Pudding is Cute and Psycho due years of abuse causing her to be cruel to others while she’s actually full of self-loathing. Chiffon despite suffering similar abuse came out a better person who never took out her suffering on others.
  • Momonosuke and his sister Hiyori, as kids she was playful and tomboyish while he is bookish and stubborn. 20 years later things are different, Hiyori is a persuasive young woman while thanks to Time Travel Momonosuke is still a Bratty Half-Pint.
• Otome no Iroha features Iroha and Hifumi as Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy (respectively), prior to their Gender Bender.
• Ouran High School Host Club:
  • Umehito Nekozawa and his younger sister Kirimi. He's dark, brooding and extremely photosensitive, while she's cheerful, outgoing, and hates dark places.
  • The Hitachiin twins have some of this as well, although only when they are separated. Hikaru keeps the trouble-making personality (with some added Tsundere) whereas Kaoru is much more mature.
• The eponymous sisters of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. Panty is Hot-Blooded, dresses very skimpily, uses a gun, is very messy, and desires to have sex above all else. Stocking is much more reserved, dresses very elegantly, uses swords, is a bit of a Neat Freak, and has a vice in the form of sweets. Naturally, they're constantly at each other's throats.
• Pokémon: The Series:
  • From the Diamond and Pearl saga, there's Paul and his older brother Reggie. Paul is an unemotional Jerkass who obsessively trains to be the strongest. In comparison, Reggie is friendly, outgoing and laid-back, having given up competitive battling to focus on other dreams.
  • Striaton Gym Leader Chili is this with his brothers Cilan and Cress (who are Gym Leaders as well). Chili is hotheaded and feisty while Cilan and Cress are laid back and calm.
  • From the Sun and Moon series, there's Lillie and Gladion. Much like in the games, Lillie is a sweet, friendly girl while Gladion is stoic, brooding loner.
• Polyphonica has the Yugiri sisters. Persete is the outgoing one, Prinesca is the shy one.
• The Quintessential Quintuplets: The Nakano sisters all contrast themselves one way or another. Here are some of the most notable dynamics:
  • Ichika and Nino: Ichika is a lazy slob, while Nino is hardworking when it comes to minding the house. While Ichika is passive and tends to take a supporting role towards her sisters, Nino is more aggressive in pursuing her interests. Ichika also tends to tease others while Nino bluntly states what is on her mind. While the latter had the courage to deliver a second (and unambiguous) Love Confession to Fuutarou after he didn't hear her first one, the former did not even have the courage to do this, and resorted to disguising herself as Miku in order to convey her feelings to Fuutarou.
  • Nino and Miku: Nino is boisterous and abrasive, while Miku is quiet and soft-spoken. Nino is also a social butterfly and actively tries to be fashionable through expensive clothes, spa treatments and manicures, while Miku is a loner, tends to keep to herself, and an Unkempt Beauty that does not concern herself much with her appearance. Nino is also a Supreme Chef, while Miku is a Lethal Chef. The former is the first to unambiguously deliver a Love Confession to Fuutarou, while the latter is the first to openly fall for him.
  • Miku and Yotsuba: Miku is rather reserved and introverted, while Yotsuba is more hyper and extroverted. The former is the smartest out of the quintuplets, while the latter is the least intelligent. However, the former is also the least athletic while the latter's athleticism is the highest. The former is noted to be the most skilled at disguising herself as her sisters (and thus lying), while the latter is terrible at it and Cannot Tell a Lie.
  • Nino and Itsuki: Both are Harsh type Tsunderes, but Nino is somewhat more mature in her temperament than Itsuki (who is far more prone to childish sulking and pouting). Interestingly, the dynamic flips somewhat after a few months, with Itsuki being more accepting of Fuutarou as their tutor (perhaps due to being sympathetic to his economical struggles) and even defending him from Nino when she goes too far.
• Miki and Kozue from Revolutionary Girl Utena. Miki is a polite Nice Guy (though with more issues than it seems) while Kozue is a yandere with some Hot-Blooded touches.
• Sailor Moon: Usagi is a sweet and cheerful idealist, very outgoing and surrounds herself with friends, but she's also totally unfocused, naïve and a terrible student. Shingo is a sensible kid with top grades, but often moody, snarky and cynical, and he seems to enjoy his own company. About the only common bond they have is a fondness for video games. Both get better, though.
• Saint Seiya:
  • Ikki (rough, aloof, Jerk with a Heart of Gold) and Shun (gentle, Martial Pacifist, selfless).
  • Also Saga (thoughtful, wise, just until his Superpowered Evil Side kicks in) and Kanon (selfish, scheming, arrogant until he has a Heel–Face Turn)
• Saki:
  • The eponymous main character is friendly to others, with a shy and nervous side that often comes up. Her older sister Teru is confident yet embittered.
  • Kuro Matsumi is outgoing and cheerful, although said confidence takes a blow when she goes up against strong opponents and loses points. Her older sister Yuu is a shy, timid ill girl, who nevertheless can become especially determined for the sake of her younger sister.
  • Hiroe Atago is a loud, outspoken Jerk with a Heart of Gold who is unshakably confident in her abilities. Her younger sister Kinue is mild-mannered and desperately seeks her sister's approval.
• Downplayed in Sakura Trick: While Yuu is short, immature and only good at sports and her older sister Mitsuki is tall, more mature and not good at sports at all, they share a lot of similarities as well, including sharing the Trademark Favorite Food and the same crush.
• Sand Chronicles has Fuji and Shiika of the Tsukishima family. Fuji is the aloof, cynical and cold brother, Shiika is the sweet, optimistic and helpful sister. Naturally, the two aren't close at all to begin with.
• Sgt. Frog has the Hinata sibings, unassertive bookworm Fuyuki and bossy tomboy Natsumi. Even their names contrast, containing the kanji for "winter" and "summer" respectively.
• Another twin example: Yoh and Hao from Shaman King. Hao is an evil Manipulative Bastard while Yoh is a straight-up All-Loving Hero.
• Medusa and Arachne Gorgon from Soul Eater serve as major antagonists during the series. However they differ very much in nature, Medusa being an insidious liar and an abusive mother, with a snake theme. While Arachne (the older sister), is less abrasive and more refined and mature with a spider theme.
• Minatsu and Mafuyu Shiina in Student Council's Discretion. Minatsu is busty, loves sports and isn't afraid to speak her mind. Mafuyu is petite and quiet.
• The Summer You Were There has the Hoshikawa and Asaka sisters.
  • Of the Hoshikawa sisters, Shizuku, the younger of the two is withdrawn, depressed to the point of planning to commit suicide at the start of the series and non-athletic. Shizuka, the older of the two, is outgoing, cheerful and in good shape, as she has no problem at all climbing a mountain even as Shizuku gets tired.
  • Of the Asaka sisters, Kaori, the older of the two, is outwardly cheerful and outgoing, being popular at school and on friendly terms with every named character. Shiori, the younger of the two, is rather temperamental when around people other than Kaori and has no interest in making friends besides her sister.
• They're not actually related, but Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann's Simon and Kamina were definitely designed to fit the trope — Simon is shy, relatively sensible, quiet and intelligent, where Kamina is outgoing, reckless, big-mouthed and something of an idiot. Their respective appearances couldn't be much more different, either; Simon is short (prior to the Timeskip, anyway), pale and skinny with dark purple hair and blue eyes, where Kamina is tall, tan and muscular with bright blue hair and red eyes. Finally, in case all of that wasn't quite unsubtle enough, their names also contrast: Simon's name comes from "shimo", the Japanese word for "below", and Kamina's name comes from "kami", the Japanese word for "above".
• Kotetsu and Muramasa Kaburagi from Tiger & Bunny. Kotetsu is an impulsive, Hot-Blooded, dorky Ascended Fanboy superhero, whereas Muramasa is his down-to-earth, low key, responsible older brother who runs the family liquor store.
• Mirai from Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 is a cynical, moody teenage girl while her little brother Yuuki is an optimistic Cheerful Child. Mirai thinks of Yuuki as an Annoying Younger Sibling due to their personality differences. After mourning his death Mirai starts to change her disposition to be more cheerful.
• Touch (1981) has Kazuya and Tatsuya, the former being a serious, hard-working student and sportsman in contrast with his laid-back, lazy brother. This is deliberate on Tatsuya's part, since he refuses to overshadow his brother in any way, shape or form.
• The Nitori siblings of Wandering Son couldn't be more different. Big Sister Maho is outgoing and pushy. Little Sister Shuuichi is timid and docile. This actually gets lampshaded by the pair's father, who relates to Shuu a story of their grandmother betting Maho would be a boy and Shuu a girl before they were born. Given the family's recent discovery of Shuuichi's issues, Nitori Sr. wonders if Grandma was really so wrong about them.
• Shun from You and Me is docile, cute, and feminine. His younger brother Fuyuki is rude, aggressive, and perverted.
• Yu-Gi-Oh!: A common theme within the franchise, especially if they are of the opposite sex.
  • Yu-Gi-Oh!:
    • Jounouchi and his younger sister Shizuka, which is also made poignant due to them living under different households after their parents divorced. Jounouchi spent a good chunk of his life being "raised" by his abusive, constantly drunk father, thus Jounouchi becoming a thug and brawler, but gave up his delinquent days after becoming friends with Yugi, and eventually becoming a respectable Duelist. Shizuka is kind and sweet-hearted girl, but also rather naive, and she is neither a Duelist nor violent. The one character trait they do have in common is that they are both not hesistant to jump into the water for someone else's sake.
    • Ishizu and Marik. Ishizu firmly believes in destiny, stays loyal to her family tradition and the Nameless Pharaoh, and she fights for the good. Marik has always desired to leave his underground home, has developed a Superpowered Evil Side to cope for his trauma, then he eventually becomes a criminal bent on revenge on the Nameless Pharaoh because he thought the Pharaoh was responsible for the death of his (abusive) father. The 4Kids localization has turned Marik more into a power-hungry criminal than a revenge-driven one.
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! GX:
    • The Marufuji brothers, Sho and his older brother Ryo a.k.a. Kaiser. Sho is short, looks nerdy, and at the beginning of the series, he has severe confidence issues, resulting him enrolling the Osiris Red Dorm (the worst dorm) during his first year. Kaiser, on the hand, is not only very confident, but also The Ace of the entire school, and he's Tall, Dark, and Handsome. The two eventually go very different paths from season 2 onwards. Sho becomes much more confident in himself, resulting him being promoted into the Ra Yellow Dorm (and eventually the Obelisk Blue Dorm during his third year), whereas as Kaiser has stepped into a darker, violent path that harms both, his opponent and himself during Dueling; now being nicknamed Hell Kaiser. Their decks are also different from each other. They both use Machine decks, but Sho uses Roids, which look like cartoonish toy vehicles and machines, whereas Kaiser uses the much more menacing looking Cyber Dragons, other animalistic looking Cyber monsters, and the even more draconic Cyberdark monsters. Their respective character developments ultimately lead to Kaiser retiring from Dueling as a consequence of his health issues caused by the misuse of his Cyberdark monsters, and Sho inheriting Kaiser's deck, but without the issues that his brother had to endure.
    • Asuka and her older brother Fubuki. Asuka is a "cool beauty" type of character and uses the feminine Cyber Angel deck, whereas Fubuki often acts like a cheery weirdo with a bit of a princely vibe, but he has a hidden darkness inside of him, an entity that is literally named Darkness. Fubuki's deck is more masculine, using Beast-Warriors and Dragons, particularly the Red-Eyes archetype. When Asuka gets brainwashed by the Society of Light, she switches her deck for a White deck, which contrasts Fubuki's/Darkness's Red-Eyes deck (the core members of his deck are Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon).
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds: This is played very straight with Luca and her older twin brother Lua. Luca is quiet, responsible, has some little confident issues, but is very skilled, but with no desire to become a Pro Duelist. She also has a connection to the Duel Spirit World, and fittingly has a mystical nature-themed deck. Lua is loud, overconfident and brash, he dreams to become a Pro Duelist, but he's not nearly as skilled as his sister is, he has no connection to the Spirit World, but has a spiritual connection to his sister instead, and his deck is a Deformer/Morphtronic deck, Machine monsters that take the form between robots and household machines like Transformers.
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL:
    • Yuma is loud and a bit obnoxious, and the Foolish Sibling to his mature adult sister's Responsible Sibling. Yuma is a Duelist, whereas Akari is never seen dueling.
    • The Kamishiro twins, Ryoga (a.k.a. Shark) and Rio, both use WATER decks, but Shark's deck is Shark-themed and masculine, whereas as Rio's deck is themed after ice birds and has more feminine monsters. Personality-wise, there isn't a stark contrast between the two, other than the fact that Shark is more aggressive and quite emotional, whereas Rio is a more sociable person. People even end up comparing Rio as a female version of Shark.
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V:
    • Reiji is a young CEO, very analytical and planning, and quite a stoic and confident person. Layra is a shy and quiet kid, who lacks confidence and also has some severe PTSD.
    • Kurosaki and his younger sister Ruri use both bird-themed decks, with Kurosaki using the very mechanical Raid Raptors/Raidraptors, which are based on predatory birds, whereas Ruri uses the very humanoid and harpy-like Lyrical Luscinia/Lyrilusc monsters. Both of their decks heavily side on Weak, but Skilled and compensate for it with their Zerg Rush strategy to summon their also Weak, but Skilled Xyz Monsters, but Kurosaki's Xyz Monsters evolve into bigger, stronger monsters and most of his Xyz Monsters are designed to destroy opposing Special Summoned monsters, whereas Ruri's Xyz Monsters mainly stay weak, revolve around having as many Over Ray Units as possible and attack the opponent directly instead. Kurosaki is a brooding stoic with a nonsense attitude who has difficult time befriending people outside his home dimension, whereas Ruri is friendly, more sociable, but has some deep confidence issues.

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