It started with a post claiming “there are works with strong old men, but none with strong old women” — and 5ch users responded by rattling off example after example, from Frieren to Umineko no Naku Koro ni’s Featherine to the female characters in Mangatarou’s manga.
Partway through, the discussion branched into how few “auntie” (middle-aged woman, おばさん) characters there are, with posters trading familiar examples like Nobita’s mom from Doraemon and the long-running drama Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari.
Cookie Clicker, maybe?
Seikimatsu Leader Den (End-of-the-Century Leader Legend)
Strong dad, strong mom, strong old man, strong old lady, strong middle-aged guy — all of those show up reasonably often, but a strong middle-aged woman? That's gotta be pretty rare.
>>11
Well, most of the time they're drawn looking young for their age instead of as an actual middle-aged woman.
The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Gagaran from Overlord.
Well, most of the time they're drawn looking young for their age instead of as an actual middle-aged woman.
The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Gagaran from Overlord.
Gannibal 😃
Is Bisky an auntie or a granny? (HxH's Biscuit Krueger, actually elderly under her young disguise)
A Taxing Woman
Never actually seen it though
Never actually seen it though
Most of the time they're drawn either super sexy or loli-looking though
>>24
You think Sayuri's granny looks like sexy loli bait? You feeling okay?
You think Sayuri's granny looks like sexy loli bait? You feeling okay?
I mean, realistically old people don't have the stamina for it — goes double the older they are
Wasn't there an anime with a badass granny, something like "Normal Attacks Hit Twice"? (referencing Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?)
That's Rensuke Oshikiri's thing, right?
Yuuyami Tobentai (Twilight Spirit Explorers), I think
Yuuyami Tobentai (Twilight Spirit Explorers), I think
In Mangatarou's manga, the grannies are top-tier strongest class
Usogui had one too.
Also Seikimatsu Leader Den Takeshi, Toriko, and Shimabu's works all have strong granny characters
Also Seikimatsu Leader Den Takeshi, Toriko, and Shimabu's works all have strong granny characters
The granny in Granblue Fantasy you have to fight to unlock jobs
The granny in Hanasaku Iroha looked pretty strong
The granny in Toshokan no Tatakau Shisho (The Book of Bantorra) had a cheat-tier ability like stopping time.
She'd lost her stamina due to old age, but when she got revived later she was somehow younger again and that weakness was gone too
She'd lost her stamina due to old age, but when she got revived later she was somehow younger again and that weakness was gone too
That granny Featherine from Umineko no Naku Koro ni is stronger than Saitama
>>54
This is hilarious
This is hilarious
This granny was so cool
>>62
You showed up way too early! Deflecting bullets left and right that early in the story, and pulling a two-stage transformation battle on top of it?! Come on!!
You showed up way too early! Deflecting bullets left and right that early in the story, and pulling a two-stage transformation battle on top of it?! Come on!!
Aunties show up way less than grannies do.
Are there any aunties among main characters at all?
Are there any aunties among main characters at all?
>>66
In anime currently airing, maybe Samurai Troopers?
In anime currently airing, maybe Samurai Troopers?
>>66
Tobe! Hissatsu Uragoroshi (Fly! Deadly Backstab)
Tobe! Hissatsu Uragoroshi (Fly! Deadly Backstab)
>>66
Doraemon's Nobita's mom has gotta count as an essential auntie character
Doraemon's Nobita's mom has gotta count as an essential auntie character
Frieren's technically a granny age-wise
It's great that she's actually one of the top psychics in Japan. That scene near the end of the exorcism festival, chanting sutras while everyone around her is dead, is so damn cool
If we're talking about stuff other than "beef bowl" content (gyudon — slang for cheap, formulaic games and manga), there's Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari (It's a Cruel World)
Look at Ghibli and there's enough of them to fill a jar of tsukudani (preserves) — that's a lot
In OP's "ZUGYUDOAAAA" terms (the thread starter's dramatic sound-effect phrasing), what about Crash Landing on You?
Ed's teacher from Fullmetal Alchemist (Izumi Curtis)
>>81
You're supposed to call her "onee-san" (big sister) there, not granny
You're supposed to call her "onee-san" (big sister) there, not granny
The scene where Sayuri's granny comes driving back home through the storm is peak hype
There's actually quite a lot of them.
Aren't weak named old man/old lady characters the rarer ones?
Aren't weak named old man/old lady characters the rarer ones?
Toriko and Yu Yu Hakusho both have one too, don't they
Beniko from Zeni-tendou (the Kamiki candy-shop manga)
>>92
Yodomi-san is also a granny on the inside.
Her voice is an old woman's too
Yodomi-san is also a granny on the inside.
Her voice is an old woman's too
Inakachu Table Tennis Club, as always (a running reference)
>>101
She's only strong at table tennis, otherwise she's a total weakling
She's only strong at table tennis, otherwise she's a total weakling
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread「Works with strong old men ← exist. Works with strong old women ← don’t exist」.
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