Best Female Lead Tournament SEMIFINALS

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Light D Lamperouge

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IMPORTANT: I WILL NOT COUNT VOTES FROM THOSE WHO DO NOT VOTE FOR EACH FIGHT. ALSO IF I SEE OR NOTICE SOME SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY THAT ENTRY WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.

In this round in this thread we will have 4 female leads, which means 2 fights.


FIRST FIGHT

Violet Evergarden

Violet Evergarden is the protagonist of the Violet Evergarden series.

When she was young, she was picked up by a general from the battlefield during a war. Violet had amazing fighting skills, so the general gave her to his brother to protect him on the battlefield. In the last battle, the general was seriously wounded and Violet lost two arms. The general showed some kindness to Violet and said "I love you." But Violet was influenced by military education, so she couldn't understand the meaning of those words. Since she grew up on the battlefield, she was emotionless and distant and killed her enemies without mercy.

At the end of the war, Violet was fitted with metal arms in the hospital. Later she was given a job as an Auto Memories Doll. In other words, Violet was a pretty girl hired to ink peoples' thoughts and feeling into letters. Just like a ghostwriter. She started to interact with people outside of her soldier persona, so she awakened to her humanity and all the pain that came with it. She chose to embrace the pain to connect with other humans and learn the meaning of
"I love you."

She is one of the female leads out there because you can easily connect with her. If you watched the anime, then you know that the entire thing was an emotional rollercoaster. It makes you feel a lot of emotions and you become attached to her as well. She undergoes an insane amount of character development in just 13 episodes.



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Faye Valentine
Sinopsis:
Faye is one of the deutarogonists from Cowboy Bebop. She's really attractive, strong, a bit arrogant, charismatic and have one of the most iconic designs in anime industry.
Faye starts the story as a casino employee due to a huge medical debt. After meeting Spike she manage to escape and joins the main group as a "bounty hunter".

Speaking about the character construction, Faye, like the others protagonists, is a representation of the lack of perspective on life, of the incessant search for something they don't know but which they believe is capable of filling them. That's easily observable through the various habits she presents, such as pathological gambling, alcoholism and excessive cigarette consumption.

However, unlike other characters who are in a dilemma between the present and the past, between looking at what is in front of their eyes and the memories that have left scars on their heart, Faye's case is even more delicate. She doesn't have anything to call "the past" as she suffers from severe amnesia just remembering the last 3 years of her life.

If life's journey is difficult enough for those who have experience, how difficult is it for someone with no memories and no one to support them? Faye tries to find her belonging place in the vastness of the universe when in fact she was already in it, but unfortunately, maybe it was already too late.

It's that, she has much more to speak but i don't wanna to give you much spoilers.
She's human, has failures and make wrong choices like any of us. Faye teach us that no matter if you're a "space cowboy" who travels through planets, asteroids and moons, the really important things can be by your side all this time.


SECOND FIGHT

Nobara Kugisaki
Forewarning
: slight Jujutsu Kaisen spoilers, up until Season 1 of the anime. If you haven't seen the anime yet, do check it out lol. It's really good. Do check out the manga as well, it's really good and is one of the best series on Shonen Jump now.

Nobara Kugisaki is the main female protagonist of Jujutsu Kaisen. She is a first-year student and grade 3 jujutsu sorcerer at Tokyo Jujutsu High studying under Satoru Gojo alongside Yuji and Megumi.

Talking about her personality, in my opinion, this is where Nobara shines brightest. She's very passionate and outgoing, but also being extremely blunt, honest, and realistic never really hiding her feelings from anyone, while holding a strong, confident but highly feminine air about her. This is a nice change from being the shy, unconfident, unsure, or tsundere type female lead being designated to one of the protagonistโ€™s love interests or fanservice for dudes.

Even though it isn't shown too much kindness is one of Nobara's greatest strengths such as when a little boy was held hostage she knew that the better outcome would be to not save the boy but she did anyway knowing full well it was a stupid decision. But this trait shines brightest when she is supporting her friends such as when Yuji and Nobara killed the brothers in self-defense, she noticed Yuji was in distress but while still keeping the blunt and honest nature I mentioned earlier in an attempt to not make him feel alone she called herself an accomplice with Yuji to make him feel that he's not alone in what they just committed together, which I never really see in shounen too often in a female lead acting as mental and moral support for the main character and it's very bittersweet in context.

However, nothing touches when Kugisaki is in her element, spitting at the faces that want to generalize or fit her into one category never caring what is deemed "too masculine" or "too feminine" and just doing what the fuck she wants to because it suits her individuality.







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"I am Nobara Kugisaki!"

Yuuji Itadori & Nobara Kugisaki vs the brothers


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Katara
Katara character synopsis


Katara is one of the principal characters in Avatar: The Last Airbender. Set in a world where people can control one of the four elements, the plot follows the adventures of the Avatar Aang โ€“ the one person in the world who can control all four elements โ€“ as he attempts to defeat the evil Fire Lord and restore balance to the world. As a member of 'Team Avatar' she is one of the protagonists and stars in almost every episode, playing a significant role in helping the Avatar on his quest.



When we first meet her she is a member of the Southern Water Tribe, which at this point of the story is merely a very small village, decimated by the long war with the Fire Nation.
Due to these harsh circumstances Katara had to take on a lot of responsibility, such as taking care of the family and doing multiple chores all day long.

Contrary to what one might expect from such a background, Katara is a very resourceful and also independent character. She can be extremely stubborn and fierce when it comes to achieving a goal.
One of her biggest dreams throughout the series is to become a waterbending master. Being the last waterbender of her tribe, she was essentially self-taught and had no way of acquiring skills from anyone else. On top of this, people (like her lowkey sexist brother Sokka) would discourage her from 'playing around' with water and rather do her household chores.
Despite this, she never gave up on her desire to train waterbending. Eventually, it was Katara's passionate nature and the display of her innate waterbending skills in Episode 1 that triggered the events of the whole series.
Her dream of becoming a better waterbender is highlighted throughout the show. Initially seen as an unimportant 'addition' by her brother, Katara's bending improves to a degree that, after just a short training period with a Waterbending Master at the end of season 1, she is able to teach even Aang, the MC and Avatar, who initially seemed better at waterbending than her.

What I like so much about her waterbending evolution is that it is so believable and well written. We see her train actively, sometimes entire plot points and episodes are centered around her training. We can see her get better and better, see her gradually lose her insecurities and become more and more confident in her skills.


Katara is usually the one who keeps Team Avatar on track and acts as a 'voice of reason'. She is the one staying responsible, trying her best to keep the group together. This is most strongly emphasized in the episode where team Avatar gets lost in the desert. Katara essentially remains the only sane person in the group, acting as the leader. Without her, the group would have never made it.


In many ways, Katara is a traditionally feminine character.
She takes on the role of group mother, provides emotional support for her friends and keeps them all together, acts as a moral compass and even does a lot of the cooking and sewing required for their journey.
Itโ€™s made pretty clear that this is both the result of an upbringing where she had to take on a lot of responsibility after the death of her mother, and the result of growing up in a culture where gender roles are pretty rigid.

However, Katara proves that a feminine personality is not synonymous with 'weakness'.
In no way is Katara a damsel in distress. On many occasions it is her who decides where the group goes, whom they help etc.
One example of this is when the group meets an earthbender character whom Katara quickly bonds with over some experiences they both share. After being taken prisoner by the fire nation in the same episode, Katara decides to rescue him from a fire nation prison ship, convincing her friends to aide her in this mission and subsequently inciting a revolt among the desillusioned prisoners.

On the other hand, Katara is not a StrOnk FeMaLe cHaRactEr either.
Her personality is believable and realistic.
She also actively fights against sexism where it's necessary, particularly when her first waterbending teacher initially refuses to teach her because sheโ€™s a girl.
Instead of submitting to the misogynist restrictions women of the Northern Water tribe are expected to put up with, she instead challenges him, with only the skills she has acquired all by herself.
During their more than impressive fight we can see several women of the tribe -young and old- cheer her on.


Katara has a very clear set of goals that come from a variety of different places.
She does everything with a lot of passion, dedication, and intention. She is always there to protect the people she cares about, and she believes deeply in causes and will give her life to them. Katara doesnโ€™t do anything halfway. She believes in helping other people, not leaving people behind, even those who are not technically on her side (yet).


In a certain sense, Katara can be described as a traditionalist of some sort.
At the same time, she gives new meaning to her cultural heritage.
Particularly shown in her journey of reviving the bending tradition of the southern watertribe by turning into a damn impressive waterbender.
It were her dedication and willpower that made Katara go from a village girl who could barely catch a fish by bending the water which surrounds it, to a powerful badass fighter who takes down one of the main antagonistic figures of the whole show in the series finale.


Katara is by no means a perfect character. Her major flaws revolve around her stubbornness and her emotional side. She can lose her temper over irrational things, has a very rigid moral code that doesnโ€™t allow for a lot of flexibility. This trait makes her butt heads with Toph -the second female leading character- from time to time, whose unruly and essentially opposite personality does not match well with Katara's tendency to mother the rest of the group and abide the law.
In fact her motherly behaviour can be pretty annoying and overbearing but also serves as comic relief.

Because sheโ€™s such a protective and caring person, Katara doesnโ€™t take well to people who betray her or hurt those she cares about. This trait can really hold her back, as it can take her years to come to terms with what the other person has done, let alone forgive them for it, but it is something she tries to work on as the series progresses. In particular, this is shown when...
...she can forgive Zuko and finally accept him as a member of the group towards the end of season 3.

Katara has been through a lot of traumatic experiences at a young age.
Despite all this, her hope and her sense of moral justice carry her through everything.
Katara believes in a better future after the defeat of the fire Lord and is an idealist. Despite seeing Aang as some sort of 'chosen one' she is not a character that merely submits to a pre determined fate.

Throughout most of the show she is in control of her own destiny โ€“ she gets to lead the group on many occasions, decides whether to help the people they meet and picks the battles she wants to fight โ€“ but she understands that at times, she will have to put her own goals on hold for the greater good.
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Nobara ftw.
 

Light D Lamperouge

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@LordVinsmoke you gotta vote for both fights so that I can count your vote my man.
 

Light D Lamperouge

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#13
No no. In the poll here.

You see how there are F1 and F2.

F1 is a fight between Violet and Faye. You pick one.

F2 is a fight between Nobara and Katara. You pick one.

But you gotta vote for both so I count your vote.
 
#14
The Second Fight is the most difficult one for me. I love both of these characters so much. I have to go with Katara. I love Nobara, but Kataraโ€™s development throughout the series is amazing.
 

Lindltaylor

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#15
The first fight is the toughest for me. Faye and Violet are both incredible, and I absolutely loved the synopsis for both. Violet's synopsis seems to encompass only the first season, but I highly recommend the anime to anyone.

Violet Evergarden is a beautiful show, and it recently concluded the story with the final movie.
 

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