Heroine + sidekick relationship [revised]

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Heroine + sidekick relationship [revised]

Postby jasper-isis » Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:35 am

I'm looking for a generally upbeat anime that features a relationship between the main character and his/her sidekick or assistant. Not necessarily a romantic relationship, but definitely one that shows devotion. Two examples that I can think of right now are Chrno Crusade and The Familiar of Zero (I think, haven't seen that one personally).

Bonus points if the anime has lots of snowy scenes. Any ideas?

[EDIT: revised description below.]
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Re: Heroine + sidekick relationship

Postby seasons » Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:55 pm

I don't remember if there were any snowy scenes in Slayers or not.

At least I think that fits what you're going for but maybe not.
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Re: Heroine + sidekick relationship

Postby CorpseGoddess » Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:45 pm

Burst Angel - Meg and Jo

Hellsing - Alucard and Integra, or Alucard and Victoria Seras

Adventures of Mini-Goddess - There's an episode where the air conditioner malfunctions and turns the room into a snowy landscape, and Gan-chan (the rat) has to help them out...

Samurai Champloo - Jin, Mugen and Fuu

Grenadier - Rushuna, Yajiro and Mikan

Scrapped Princess - Pacifica, Shannon and Raquel

Le Chevalier D'Eon - When D'Eon is his sister Lia, there are quite a few scenes with her and the three companions

Revolutionary Girl Utena - Utena and Anthy

Kiki's Delivery Service - Kiki and Jiji

Laputa: Castle in the Sky - Sheeta and Pazu

Excel Saga - Excel and Hyatt (or Excel and Menchi, if you wanted to stretch it a bit)

...I'm sure I'll come up with more after I think about it for a bit. :)

Did you only want a heroine, or will a male main character and a sidekick do as well?

Edit: How about Cowboy Bebop - Ed and Ein?
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Re: Heroine + sidekick relationship

Postby Willen » Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:21 am

CorpseGoddess wrote:Grenadier - Rushuna, Yajiro and Mikan

This. Plus, there is a long stretch in a snowy mountain pass.

Hmm, no one has mentioned Cardcaptor Sakura?

Crest / Banner of the Stars might work. Although Jinto is the main character, he's technically Lafiel's assistant/sidekick. Not sure if the series could be considered 'upbeat', though.
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Re: Heroine + sidekick relationship

Postby kireblue » Tue Nov 24, 2009 2:08 pm

I feel that just about every single episode of Gunslinger girl would be useful to you. Each of the female main characters have a different but very complicated relationship with their sidekick/ handler/ sibling/ "father figure". Yeah....all the male main characters have to play each of those roles in the life of their female assistant.
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Re: Heroine + sidekick relationship

Postby sinaj » Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:16 am

Darker than Black perhaps? The first season showed an evolution of Hei and Rin's relationship. I've been watching the second season currently, and it appears there will be more to their story as well.
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Re: Heroine + sidekick relationship

Postby CorpseGoddess » Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:31 am

Tweeny Witches - The three main characters (female) all rely on each other throughout the whole series.
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Re: Heroine + sidekick relationship

Postby Ileia » Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:47 pm

Michiko to Hatchin might work, there's no snowy scenes that I know of, though, it's mostly indoors/desert type atmosphere.
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Re: Heroine + sidekick relationship

Postby jasper-isis » Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:41 am

Thanks for your suggestions! I'll check out some of these shows.

But actually, I was confused (or confusing myself) when I made my original post and didn't accurately describe what I was looking for. If I can revise my description, here's what I actually want:

- two characters who have a devoted (if not romantic) relationship
- a magical element, showing one character held by supernatural forces and the other going to rescue him/her
- colorful art/animation that can go well with dancey music
- snowy scenes

A close one would be Video Girl Ai. It has everything except for the colorful art/animation (I guess I'd prefer something relatively modern).
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Re: Heroine + sidekick relationship [revised]

Postby Bakadeshi » Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:10 am

hmm this is a tough one....
A few come to mind that meets some but not all of the requirements....

Noin - has snowy scenes and has a guy-girl relationship who are kinda dedicated to each other, but I don;t know if it will match the supernatural theme you want.

Ayakashi - also has a snowy scene in the begining when they are kids, but they seem to be seperated when they are older by the second eps, and i havn't yet watched enough to know if they are reunited. P{lus that one may be too gory for what you want. (kinda like elfin leid with people getting killed left and right... but not quite as graphic)

shakugan no shana - matches most of the things you want, but not sure if there was snowy scenes.

"This ugly yet beutiful world" - also has most of the things you want but like shana, not sure on the snowy scenes part.

Thats all i can think of at the moment, I'll post again if I think of any better suggestions :O
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Re: Heroine + sidekick relationship [revised]

Postby jasper-isis » Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:30 am

Bakadeshi wrote:shakugan no shana - matches most of the things you want, but not sure if there was snowy scenes.

Thanks man! I was actually wondering about this one already... can anybody confirm if there's any snow in it? Shana is a pretty long series to take on, so it'd be nice to have that confirmation beforehand. :P
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Re: Heroine + sidekick relationship [revised]

Postby angelx03 » Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:48 am

jasper-isis wrote:
Bakadeshi wrote:shakugan no shana - matches most of the things you want, but not sure if there was snowy scenes.

Thanks man! I was actually wondering about this one already... can anybody confirm if there's any snow in it? Shana is a pretty long series to take on, so it'd be nice to have that confirmation beforehand. :P


If I recall correctly, the last two episodes of Season 2 has some snow scenes (I don't remember how frequent they are though).
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Re: Heroine + sidekick relationship [revised]

Postby Bakadeshi » Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:27 am

oh yea another good one like Shana would be Karen, the girls a vampire (bound by super natural powers) while the guy is normal, but is always saving her from various situations, and have a devoted with turns into romantic relationship. I beielve theres a christmas episode, but can't remember how frequent snowy scenes might be in that one either (if at all) perhaps someone else whos watched it more recently can confirm.
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Re: Heroine + sidekick relationship [revised]

Postby Bakadeshi » Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:37 am

and I just remembered another one:
Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo!

same as the above 2, but a little more heavily guy-girl devotion. girl has esper powers in this case, while the guy seems normal, and saves her alot without using his powers, but it turns out later on that his powers although normally weak is amplified considerable when used with hers, and amplifies her powers aswell, so its not like he is actually completely normal, so I don't know if that part is what you want. Otherwise this one I know for a fact has snow scenes in it, but in the form of a skiing trip, and they fight in the snow in one of the episodes. I think this whole snowy part spans a few episodes if i'm remembering correctly.

this anime has alot of colorful er... stuff... when they use their powers for demonstration purposes at the school that may work well with dancy music aswell.
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