Both Beautiful and Manly? A Special Feature for Dansou no Reijin!

Saori∩(´∀｀)∩ “Hello everyone! It’s Saori from Otaku Republic! First, check this video out!”

 

 

 

 

Boss(  'ω')  “Hello everyone. I’m Otaku Republic’s Boss. This character is Cure Chocolat who appeared in KIRAKIRA ☆ PRECURE A LA MODE (the latest version of PRECURE series) aired last week. It’s a transforming scene.”

 

 

http://sp.asahi.jp/program/precure_alamode/chara/precure.php?id=chocolat

 

 

Saori∩(´∀｀)∩ “That’s right! She’s so manly as a woman! So handsome...!! Right after the episode was aired on Sunday, KIRAKIRA ☆ PRECURE A LA MODE has got so much attentions and become so popular with more and more fans saying ‘So handsome!’ or ‘So manly!’ here in Japan!”

 

Boss(  'ω')  “Guess what? Her voice actor is even from Takarazuka Revue Company（宝塚歌劇団）, which is a Japanese opera company that ‘consists of only single women’. In Japan (I mean, to me), since actresses from Takarazuka Revue Company have the image of ‘being manly actresses who can even perform men’s’ role’, she’s the best casting for her.”

 

 

http://mainichi.jp/takarazuka/

 

 

Saori(゜∇ ゜)   “We hardly see this kind of beautiful women who look like men in reality but we express such people 【Dansou no Reijin (男装の麗人)】（beautiful woman dressed as a man / crossdressing woman）in anime or manga world!”

 

Boss(  'ω')  “I bet there are quite a lot in anime or manga. What characters for instance?”

 

Saori(σゝ∀・)σ “Alright, let me share some of them with you all then! Both Beautiful and Manly? Here is a Special Feature for Dansou no Reijin!”

 

 

Both Beautiful and Manly? Here Is A Special Feature for Dansou no Reijin!

 

 

★Sapphire　Princess Knight

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Piy3XGY3xpw

 

 

★Sailor Uranus / Tenou Haruka　 Sailor Moon

 

https://matome.naver.jp/odai/2143442311277560001/2143841515546938503

 

 

★Tenjō Utena　Revolutionary Girl Utena

 

http://renote.jp/articles/502

 

 

★Oscar　The Rose of Versailles

 

https://search.yahoo.co.jp/

 

 

★Shirogane Naoto　Persona４

 

https://search.yahoo.co.jp/

 

 

★Tsugumi Seishirō　 Nisekoi

 

https://b2b.mile-stone.jp/ja/products/000574862

 

 

★Maria Tachibana Sakura Taisen

 

https://search.yahoo.co.jp/

 

 

★Shikyouin Hibiki PriPara

 

https://search.yahoo.co.jp/

 

 

★Fujioka Haruhi / Ouran High School Host Club

 

https://search.yahoo.co.jp/

 

 

★Yagyuu Kyuubei / Gintama

 

http://meigenkakugen.net/%E6%9F%B3%E7%94%9F%E4%B9%9D%E5%85%B5%E8%A1%9B/

 

 

★Kino / Kino no Tabi (Kino's Journey)

 

https://search.yahoo.co.jp/

 

 

Boss(  'ω')  “They are all so handsome! I thought though... somehow their image colors are mostly cold colors such as blue or purple, no?”

 

Saori(゜∇ ゜)   “That’s true! It seems that there are fewer Dansou no Reijin characters who have bright image colors like Cure Chocolat! Maybe that’s because men basically have the cold color image.”

 

 

http://curenitro.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-138.html

 

 

Boss(  'ω')  “I know those characters must have each reason why they disguise but I also love the ‘gap’ between their manly looks and a little girly looks when they change to ordinary clothes or withdraw their transformations. I cannot wait to see how Cure Chocolat is going to perform now!”

 

Saori∩(´∀｀)∩ “There were a lot fewer in numbers than I had expected but how did you like all those Dansou no Reijin characters? I hope there will be more from now on~! This is all for today! See y’all!”

 

Bye~!