Whats a non shjoujo character you think would make a perfect main character in Shoujo Manga/Anime

Anya

• Lucy from Fairy Tail
• Hiyori from Noragami
• Victorique from Gosick
• Nene from Toilet Bound Hanako-kun
• Misaki from Another

Itadori Yuji from JJK is the perfect candidate for this 🥹

I'd totally read an alternative universe shoujo manga where Winry's the protagonist and she falls for her stubborn, petty, hot-headed, science-geek childhood friend, Edward "pipsqueak" Elric.

I'm cheating with this one, but Anzu from Romantic Killer.

Nanami from JJK should have been a shoujo/josei ML

I know that the horror Shoujo are a niche sub-genre, but since this is what got me into reading Shoujo, I feel they need some love too!

My pick would be Eiko and her cousin/step sister Yayoi from Dark Gathering. It might seem controversial, because within horror sub-genre they are already decently close to some already existing Shoujo heroines. In fact, one can argue that you wouldn't need to change much about the story to post it in Shoujo horror publication beside making few horror sequences less explicit. Then again, Tomie and Jigoku Shoujo are also the Shoujo horrors, so I'm not sure about need for any changes.

Some arguments for both girls, starting from the least controversial one, Yayoi Hozuki:

• She's very much in the zone of "creepy/fancy looking girl with horrific powers hounding evildoers" of recurring Shoujo horror characters.

• Her motif of saving her mother's spirit from a monster fits well into this aesthetic.

• Doll and plushies themed horror aesthetic is also something fitting many Shoujo horror stories.

• Arguably, the only non standard element is her also being oriented towards physical violence and being a bit of a tomboy.

Eiko Hozuki, on the other hand, is a bit controversial take because she's a yandere classic, which might clash with what people expect from Shoujo heroines. Despite that, I feel like her character still fits within traits shoujo heroines need, especially if we look at the plot from her PoV. Some arguments:

• Her main character is essentially a girl being drawn into dangerous and arcane world trying to follow a mysterious, lonely boy who saved her life with his strange premonitions. Which is arguably a scenario pretty similar to like 1/3rd of paranormal romances.

• She's not much more obsessive than other heroines from the Shoujo Horror genre. Here, I said it. Shoujo horror has enough examples of yandere girls to compare Eiko with them. In fact, the main difference is that her obsession is played for laugh more often than usual in Shoujo.

• She's full of agency and makes her own choices. She can be argued to be the second most proactive character in the main trio and the reason the trio formed in the first place.

• She's attractive in a way Shoujo heroines are attractive. Her middle school flashback could be screenshot from a Shoujo anime. In fact, a lot of her scenes outside the horror and action scenes could be screenshots from Shoujo anime.

Kagome and inuyahsha would kill it. Ichigo and Orihime from bleach.

I would love to read a basketball reverse harem with Momoi from KNB as the main protagonist as the GOM as the harem guys 😂😂

Maybe:

• Vladilena (86 Eightysix)
• Emma (Emma - A victorian romance)
• Kobato (Kobato)
• Misaki (Angelic layer)
• Inari (Inari, kon kon, koi iroha)
• Hitomi (Iruzuku: The world in colors)
• Kate and Emilyko (Shadow house)

I'm not sure if they'd make the "perfect" shoujo heroines (is there even a perfect ideal for a shoujo main character?), but it would definitely be super interesting to have Rin Tohsaka (Fate), Arcueid (Tsukihime), Shiki Ryougi (Kara no Kyoukai), or any leading lady from the Nasuverse featured as the protagonists of a shoujo series. Nasu's initial concept for Fate/Stay Night actually featured a female protagonist, and I can't help but fantasize about how cool that would have been if it had ever been realized (The OVA for that looked amazing and definitely showcased a broad appeal). I just think Kinoko Nasu's ideas in general have a broad appeal, so yeah, that'd be my pick I guess:)

Noelle from Black Clover. I can totally picture Noelle in a Mahou Shoujo.

A shoujo version of Kono Oto Tomare from Satowa’s perspective would be a lot of fun

Itadori

I would love to see a Shojo version of Haikyuu with Yachi as the protagonist

Shikimori and Mikadono Sisters are both so shoujo adjacent at times that the main leads and some of the supporting cast from those would fit in shoujo with no changes done.

Bocchi from Bocchi the rock (Also add like. Even 1 male character)

Shocked I haven't seen Marin from my Dress Up Darling in here!

Shino from Aizawa-san Zoushoku. I mean, the original series is so focused on her and her feelings that the only change would probably be shifting fanservice's target to her BF.

Yumehara in saiki k

Akane from Akane-banashi

Kagome from Inuyasha

Anzu from Romantic Killer (the manga was printed under a shonen label iirc)

Mitsumi from Skip and Loafer (despite being shojo-esque as admitted by the mangaka, it's actually a seinen series)

Kana from Oshi No Ko has the hallmarks of a shoujo protagonist, especially if you view OnK from her lens.

Rin from FSN is under the same boat as Kana. If you watch UBW and follow her as *the* protagonist instead of Shirou, it plays as a shoujo heroine who's fighting to save her troubled ML from himself. Srsly, look at the amount of guys who're into Rin/relevant to her in that route lol.

Any idol series featuring cute girls. Aikatsu was the most shoujo-esque tho.

Kaguya from Kaguya-sama. Ditto with Iino from the same series.

Karen from Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight

Ohana from Hanasaku Iroha

Wakana from Tari Tari

Chiko from The Daughter of Twenty Faces

Edit: Forgot to include Maomao from The Apothecary Diaries lmao

Chiyo-chan and Osaka from Azumanga Dioh

Coco (and the other girls) - Witch Hat Atelier  Mira (Call the Name of the Night) Makoto - Flying Witch

not a protagonist, but gojo was born to be a shoujo ML

Asa from Chainsaw Man part 2 100%

Karuta Roromiya from Inu X Boku Secret Service. I would love a series of her and Watanuki's romance. <3

I’d love to see a shoujo version of Power from Chainsaw Man. Think…. crazy cat girl with no social graces somehow gets involved in a romance.

Osaka

Mikey from Tokyo Revengers needs to be put in a shoujo where he rightfully belongs!

Eri from MHA she would be a great shoujo protag

I adore her so much get her out that damn anime

Mimosa from Black Clover

Touko from Danganronpa would be amazing lmao

maybe hina from tokyo revengers ?

Ruby Hoshino? Mao Mao?

Shoujo MLs: Yuta Okkotsu, Gojo Satoru and my baby boy Itadori Yuuji 🥺🫶💓

Izumi Yuuki from Shikimori san, aka the mc. If you genderbent him and Shikimori they're literally your common shojo leads.

Yamamoto Takeshi, Chrome Dokuro, Haru Miura and Yuni from KHR.

RBC and WBC from Hataraku Saibou/Cells at work but also NK cell and Killer T. You know like Hanako and Kabakura in wotakoi

Itadori for obvious reason but Megumi would do a perfect first male lead that everyone dump on for being a red flag lol (he's not but we know how it work now)

ALSO MIWA AND MECHAMARU.

The main heroine from Amanchu

Chika and Honoka from love live

Sumire could do a good rival character as well...

Shax Lied from Welcome To Demon School Iruma-kun. He has the ability to be the MC's jester, similar to who Joe is to Kazehaya in Kimi Ni Todoke

Im totally biased here but

Mafuyu Kirisu from Bokuben/We Never Learn

It could be a reverse harem, or just a straight up age gap romance. Working girl in her mid to late 20s, She meets Nariyuki the same way, but story focuses on them more and her relationship with her sister,co workers, her parents. She also tries to have a life outside work (to no avail). Then the relationship kind of fizzles out because Nariyuki has to graduate. But lo and behold he comes back as a teacher after graduating. Basically her ending route.

So what can draw readers to her/her story? Because she's a Superwoman that's also a "loser". Strong character but very flawed.

Kuze Futaba from Ao no Flag (My cinnamonroll) .

I can’t think of a character right now.

But I did want to say Shizuka is one of my favorites from the anime. The comedy in her scenes was top tier.

This might be a weird one but I think Gray from Fairy Tail would do GREAT as an angsty brooding dark-haired love interest rather than having to deal with the horrors of a fantasy adventure series

To mention one that haven't been mentioned yet and i think could be with minor changes

• Chizuru Hishino from RE:Life
• Akira Tachibana from After the Rain (she already is like a shoujo character)
• Kumiko Omae from Sound! Euphonium

Maybe it would be controversial but... Sesshomaru and Rin? If they continue with the demon-human plot device to justify the age gap, it could be such a soft shoujo

Little bit cheating sincs that almost semi shojo but without question Asa Mitaka from CSM part 2

Also Alice and Ada Vessalius from Pandora Hearts

Sakura from Windbreaker

Most of the jjk characters imo

Misa Amane from Death Note