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Old 2011-06-28, 20:01   Link #118
Irenicus
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 34
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Originally Posted by Jan-Poo View Post
On the top of my head if I had to mention a shoujo that actually has a male lead out of the ordinary I'd say Fruit Basket. While there's a LOT of male that fit the common trope, in the end the female lead chooses the weakest and the poorest, and while he's not a monster... (oh wait he is!) there are better looking guys around.
On the contrary, Kyou and Yuki is a dynamic all too common in shoujo manga.

"Bad" boy wins over "sweet" boy. As old as Heathcliff (gods I hate that book).
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