I'm starting a new post series today, in which I will present you pettanko characters. There will be always three in each episode. As you can tell from the name, new trio will be introduced every Thursday, provided I'm able to do it. In case that there isn't any new Pettanko post, don't ask why, it will most likely come next week, unless I announce termination of this series. Enough of unnecessary talk; let's move to the sexier part of this post.I had a really hard time deciding where to start, because there are so many quintessential examples of pettanko character. In the end, I have decided to start with some very well-known classics, although most of you know them. So I decided to start with characters voiced by one of my favorite seiyuu, who is well-known for voicing such characters. I'm sure that many of you know who I'm talking about. Yes, it is Kugimiya Rie.First Kugimiya Rie pettanko character I saw was Shana. She is a mysterious girl from anime Shakugan no Shana and her hair color changes from black to red when she is fighting. She used to be a human but now she is an existence called Flame Haze, whose purpose is to fight Crimson Denizens who are evil. Her weapon is a sword called Nietono no Shana, therefore she was named Shana by her friend. Before that, she was identified only by her Flame Haze title "Enpatsu Shakugan no Uchite (Flame-Haired Burning-Eyed Hunter)". The boy I am talking about is Sakai Yuuji whom Shana loves, even though she's very well hiding these feelings.She has a talking pendant called Alastor, the Flame of Heaven, and it is something like her mentor. From time to time it tells her what to do in a battle, or it gives her advice when she is troubled by something. Another one who helps her is Wilhelmina Carmel, another Flame Haze. She is acting a little bit strange because she obviously lacks social experience, but she is kind and is like a mother to Shana.Shana's most usual words are "Urusai, urusai, urusai (shuddup, shuddup, shuddup)", and she often tells it Yuuji whenever he says something that embarasses her or upsets her. Her favorite food is melonpan (a sweet pastry with melon topping).Second Kugimiya pettanko character I saw was Louise from Zero no Tsukaima. Her full name is Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière. She is a student at Tristain Academy of Magic but her results are extremely poor. She is not able to perform any magic right, therefore others call her Louise the Zero.At one stage, magicians summon their familiars, and when that time came for Louise, she summoned a boy from Japan called Hiraga Saito. Everyone makes fun of her for that, because she failed again (normally, you summon some kind of animal or magical creature). The process is irreversible and she has to keep him. Her approach to him is rather cold though, and she treats him like a dog. However, she gradually begins to feel something for him and falls in love with him. Despite that, she still does very horrible things to him sometimes.Louise is 153cm tall, her three sizes are 76/53/75, and her favorite food is Cookberry Pie. Later in the series, it is revealed that Louise is capable of performing a certain kind of magic, but I won't spoil it here in case you haven't seen the series.Third to the party is Sanzenin Nagi from Hayate no Gotoku. She is the only heiress to the Sanzenin fortune (her grandfather is oil tycoon) so she lives in a huge mansion of her own. Obviously, she is not the only one living there as she has her own butlers, maid, and bodyguards (however, those bodyguards don't live in the mansion; don't know where though). She is good when it comes to finances and she is good at studying too. Thanks to her financial background, she attends a school for rich, but doesn't go there often, because she rather stays at home playing games or reading manga. Yes, she is a hikikomori. But still, she had so good results at school that she skipped grades.Nagi fell in love with a boy called Ayasaki Hayate, when she misunderstood a certain incident as a profession of his love to her. To make it even worse, Hayate is very dumb when it comes to things like love. Every of her attempts to become closer to him ends in a big failure.When it comes to manual work, she is hopeless. Cooking, drawing, she sucks at that. However, her gaming skills seem to be very good thanks to her heavy training ^^She has a pet, tiger called Tama, which she rescued on a exploration travel in Africa. She is only 137cm tall and weighs 29 kg. She is very frustrated by her chest flatness, and that applies also to the former two characters, Shana and Louise. Her blood type is AB and she was born on December 3.
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