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SSJVegeta
03-23-2006, 07:24 AM
Most mature school girls

In every anime regarding schoolgirls, I see lots of immature elementary, middle/junior high and high school girls. Some girls are boy-crazy, some are airheaded, some have violent tempers, some have insecure feelings and jealousy. Of course they aren't mature because they're not yet adults but some pre-adult girls can be precocious or mature at an early age. Even young geniuses tend to not act mature. However, as some of those school girls including Sakura Kinomoto (Card Captor Sakura) and Nina Sakura (Ultra Maniac) were character-wise developed throughout the shows, they have proved themselves to be more mature. But other girls have not changed.

The only mature school girls I can think of are Rika Sasaki (Card Captor Sakura), Kozue Aoba (Mahoraba) and Rei Ayanami (Evangelion)

EDIT: Gatekeepers- Kaoru Konoe is always fascinated with Shun. Megumi has a lot of resentment, angst and jealousy towards Ruriko bottled up inside her. Feye is very childish. Ruriko is sometimes irrational towards Shun and doesn't have the courage to express her feelings honestly. Reiko is very airheaded.

EDIT: Marmalade Boy- Meiko is vulnerable, insecure, and is always deeply hurt about her parents' domestic disputes, so she cries to sleep all the time in private and then turns over to Namura. Miki Koishikawa's refusal to accept her parents' official divorce as well as her intolerance of the other family living in her own house hasn't enhanced her maturity at all.

Love Hina- A junior high schooler Shinobu's insecurities, self-doubts and lack of confidence doesn't make her mature. Motoko, a high school student, has a violent temper as well as a superiority complex. Another junior high school girl named Kaolla is a mischievous and hyperactive eccentric.

Ai Yori Aoshi- technically Mayu is a college student but she's 16 years old and she has a bratty personality. Chika is too mischievous to be called mature.

Mahoraba- For an intelligent, cool and intuitive high schooler, Tamami Chanohata sometimes act irritated and very jealous when it comes to Kozue-chan. But the reason that I couldn't see her as mature is because she was so selfish about Kozue that she didn't think clearly about Kozue-chan's feelings, nor have a proper concern.

Neon Genesis Evangelion- Asuka Langley Soryu is very arrogant and impulsive brat.

Ichigo 100%- Tsukasa Nishino is pretty insecure and broods over about Junpei's attention. Yui Minamoto is too childish and bratty to qualify as mature. Satsuki Kitaouji is violent-tempered and very horny about Junpei. Aya doesn't seem a lot mature to me with her shyness and self-doubts.

Card Captor Sakura- Sakura is very boy-crazy with older boys. Meiling acts spoiled and full of pride and is nearly always disappointed to tears every time a plan of hers to win Syaoran’s heart backfires. Even the intelligent, studious and demure Tomoyo has an obsession with Sakura, which hardly qualifies as mature.

Gunslinger Girl- granted, all five preteen girls named Henrietta, Triela, Rico, Claes and Angelica aven't enrolled into a normal school, but they do take foreign language lessons and classic literature lessons from Hillshire and some other adult supervisors. Besides, the girls are still at elementary school age. Also they are taught or rather trained by their supervisors. Henrietta seems quite precocious but still has a lot to learn about (adult) womanhood. Triela is confused about her feelings toward Hillshire. Rico is vulnerable and has some difficulties adjusting to her life or understanding the environment around her. Angelica is always worried whenever her handler isn‘t satisfied with her performance and wanted to die badly because she failed to please her handler. However, Claes appears to be the most mature of the lot

Green Green- Midori Chitose is so boy-crazy with Yusuke, that she never focuses on her high school studies, as if Yusuke was her entire life. Not only Futaba Kutsuki doesn’t even bother to hide her intolerance as well as bad temper towards perverted guys, but as well, she slacks off her studies as if they aren’t important and she sometimes jumps to conclusions.

Magikano- all school girls except Haruo’s two other sisters are so obsessed with Haruo, that they have done may immature things, like competing with each other to the point either they or their love interest Haruo get seriously injured by their own foolish actions. Also, Haruo's youngest sister is always obsessed with money and Haruo's second youngest sister is equally obsessed with food.


Kage Kara Mamoru- Airi Sawagashi reacts violently to Mamoru’s criticism and sarcasm towards her, meaning she lashes out at him. Not a mature thing to do. Hattori Yamame is childish, and so is Hotaru Kumogaku. Yuuna is very air-headed and clueless. Tsubaki Mapputatsu doesn’t act quite mature, too, with her temper, naivete, and poor judgment of character.

Chobits- Yumi Oomura, a 17-year old girl with an inferiority complex, which prevented her ull maturity because she was always crying about persocoms being better than humans and that she could not compete with even a dead persocom for Hiroyasu Ueda's love.

GTO- Miyabi Aizawa always act like a spoiled child. The girls who bullied Yoshikawa end up crying for Onizuka's mercy as he was punishing them to avenge Yoshikawa's humiliation. Even Urumi Kanzaki, a super-genius with an IQ of 200 does have an immature side and refuses to let go of her past in which she was betrayed by a teacher, which is why she pulled pranks on teachers.

Kare Kano (His and Her Circumstances)- Yukino Miyazawa is vain and egotistical perfectionist who pretends to be perfect and cool to win praise from others. When she ditches her pretense and starts to act normal, she acts like an elementary schooler instead of high schooler with her irrational temper and love-stricken fantasies.

Ultra Maniac- Ayu is boy-crazy and Nina is clueless and doesn't have enough common sense that she does some foolish things.

I My Me Strawberry Eggs- full of vulnerable junior high schoolers who clearly are confused about their feelings and don't seem EDIT: mature.

My Wife is a High School Girl- How can a whiny and emotionally insecure high school girl like Asami Onohara become a decent housewife, much less a perfect one?

The Drunkard Kid
03-23-2006, 08:36 AM
Er, Rika from CCS is mature? Yeah, she's engaged to her teacher, but I always found that far more creepy than anything else.

And in her defense, Sakura isn't boy crazy about older boys, its just a subconcious reaction she has to people with significant magical abilities that she seems to misinterpret as love. IIRC, Shaoran has the same problem, which is why they both were crushing on Yukito.

Also, Asuka from Evangelion is technically a college graduate. I'm still trying to figure out why she's in school anyways, unless she just wants to hang out with people her own age or something, or maybe to help her learn kanji faster...

I vote for Utena from Shoujo Kakumei Utena, even with her cross dressing. Maybe Juri as well. Anthy is a bit iffy.

Videl from DBZ might count too, though they really downplay the fact that she's still in high school. She's still world famous as a champion for justice, and blackmailing Gohan aside, she's the one the police call in when they've got no chance of winning by themselves.

Eliseu Gouveia
03-23-2006, 08:53 AM
Nagi Kirima (Boogiepop Phantom) is very mature for a schoolgirl.

OverMaster
03-23-2006, 09:30 AM
Ichigo Morino is very mature for the most part. At least in Onegai Teacher. Haven't watched Onegai Twins yet, and from what I've heard about it, I'm not in any hurry.

OverMaster
03-23-2006, 09:31 AM
Oh, and concerning Evangelion, it's weird you left Hikari Horaki out.

Arilou
03-23-2006, 09:54 AM
It's a romance, so naturally there will be some preoccupation with the opposite sex, but I always found Tsukushi of Hana Yori Dango pretty mature....

They're not *exactly* high-schoolers (although about that age) but some of the girls in Infinite Ryvius are pretty level-headed (thinking of the Zwei girl whose name I can't remember in particular....)

But otherwise, I think you're looking at it from a bit of the wrong perspective: The entire idea of putting a story in a school is *because* the characters are not mature yet (a high school especially because they are somewhat in-between: Classically the story is *how* one matures) It's also important to look to who is the "focus" of the story: If the "purpose" of the character is largely to be "desired" (in a way, to stand as a symbol of, if not perfection, at least Something Good) then much character development might not be expected (indeed, if it happens it tends to be how a person develops in order to make oneself "worthy" of the "desirable")

Some girls are boy-crazy, some are airheaded, some have violent tempers, some have insecure feelings and jealousy.

I'd just point out that adults aren't exactly known for not being jealous, insecure, violent, enamoured with the opposite (or the same) sex or airheaded :p Not to mention that in a format like animé it's important to give characters a trait that makes them "stick", in your head. (ironically the most popular such traits has fossilized into clichés, making them hard to remember among all the clones :p)

Buzz Dixon
03-23-2006, 10:41 AM
Sakai and the girl with glasses in AZUMANGA DIOH are emotionally mature for their ages.

The Xenos
03-23-2006, 11:36 AM
Whoa. At first, I thought this thread about about granny porn in school girl outfits. Sorry. Another messageboard I'm on has been getting weird spam and now I'm paranoid.

The Drunkard Kid
03-23-2006, 12:37 PM
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Daemon
03-23-2006, 02:09 PM
Thank you very much. I was looking for a reason to set my brain on fire, and this seems just perfect.

Havn't we already stated that you dont really need a reason to set anything on fire, let alone your own brain.

We at CBR have come to accept this and as such we've already upgraded to DK level fire liability.

So go blaze happy, we're covered.

edit:

and the Op left out Sasami from Tenchi Muyo from his assesments.

and regarding Yumi from Chobits you're leaving out that she eventually got over her iferiority to perscons to get with the baker.

SAMAS
03-23-2006, 06:53 PM
From Negima, we have Mana Tatsumiya, Kaede Nagase, Chizuru Naba(Both mentally and physically with those three!), and Satsuki Yotsuba.

G_Man
03-23-2006, 07:20 PM
and the Op left out Sasami from Tenchi Muyo from his assesments.

To be fair, she's actually a couple of thousand years old, isn't she?

Daemon
03-23-2006, 09:06 PM
To be fair, she's actually a couple of thousand years old, isn't she?

She's 700, and she's still jailbait :p

Hikari Tsukishiro
03-23-2006, 11:00 PM
She's 700, and she's still jailbait :p

Hot. I would hit it.

Rachel Grey
03-23-2006, 11:34 PM
Also, Asuka from Evangelion is technically a college graduate. I'm still trying to figure out why she's in school anyways, unless she just wants to hang out with people her own age or something, or maybe to help her learn kanji faster...

Pretty much because Misato ordered her to.

Basara
03-24-2006, 07:31 AM
Despite her temper, I always felt that Madoka Ayukawa from Kimagure Orange Road was extremely mature.

NinjaJJ
03-25-2006, 10:46 PM
Higurashi Kagome (InuYasha) - She was plucked out of the comfort of the modern era and dropped smack in the middle of a youkai-infested feudal Japan - and not only did she manage NOT to lose her mind, but she also quickly adjusted to the situation. She learned feudal era survival skills - including harnessing her spiritual powers - without much help. She sacrificed having a normal life in order to stop Naraku. Yet she is always so positive.

Daidouji Tomoyo (Cardcaptor Sakura) - She strikes me as very mature for an 11-year-old (her age at the end of the series). Even if she does have, as Stelok put it, an "obsession with Sakura," the way she handles her "obsession" is mature. She knows that her feelings for Sakura aren't returned, but rather than drown herself in the sorrow of unrequited love, she has resolved to be happy as long as Sakura is happy.

Sasaki Rika (Cardcaptor Sakura) - She, too, strikes me as very mature for an 11-year-old (age at end of the series) - even more mature than Tomoyo, in fact. This girl is dating her teacher. If she is capable of knowing what true love feels like at her age (and it seems she does), then she is by far mature beyond her years.

Kyôyama Anna (Shaman King) - I don't know if she counts as much, since her maturity is in part due to her upbringing, but Anna strikes me as a very mature school-aged girl. She is only 13 or 14 years old, but sometimes, she reminds me of someone in her later high school years.

mgs
03-26-2006, 08:36 PM
mayuko from neia under 7 has a lot of problems, but is pretty mature in knowing what she has to do to keep a working and schooling schedule in order. (among other things)

stelok
08-24-2006, 05:05 AM
Hey.

How quaint. You're plagiarizing my post from another forum without inserting it into a quote tag crediting my name inside it.

sun tzu
09-13-2006, 04:51 AM
Kari, from the first and second seasons of Digimon. She was 7 in the first; in the second, she was ten, and most of her teammates were also schoolmates. She was pretty mature for her age...