I'm tired of spunky heroines

[Ophelianime]

can't there be a herione thats a little more sensible and down to earth? stare  

[maple_chan]

I most definetly agree sweatdrop  

[Ophelianime]

Have you noticed that most heroines tend to be brain dead/ xp  

[aSlutburgerNamedSquishy]

What about in Cheeky Angel....or does he/she not count?
What I really hate is how the heroine's are constantly confused. Like in Cheeky Angel, am I a guy or a girl?
or in Full Moon, he's dead and you guys make me come out of my denial I hate you!....that's not really confusion though, is it? but it's still annoying...
and Nana....the blonde one, is pure annoying
then Ouran High, and Punch!
...Ultra Maniac was pretty good when it cam to female characters...except that one bit in the beginning....
and Boys Over Flowers was pure annoying....I can't stand....her
but I really like Utena...
okay, so I just went through the list of mangas on the first post of the main page and I'm only doing this cuz I'm bored....but I do agree with the beginning statement....  

[maple_chan]

In Ouran High School Host Club, Haruhi wasn't a dumb, super hyper main character. Actually, she was suprisingly different, although she had no idea that Tamaki liked her.

It would be really nice to see a female who's deep and reflective...maybe in the depressing sort of way, even. I guess what I'm saying is it would be kind of fun to have an anime where the main character is emo.  

[Ophelianime]

yeah surprised  

[kel aka gandy]

That's one of the reasons that Beauty Pop is my favorite manga. Kiri is just so indifferent, but really, she's not stupid. I just adore her. :]

 

[Ophelianime]

yeah Kiri is a good example  

[Vampirepenguinlover]

I agree and disagree. Yeah, Kiri is an interesting main character. She doesn't meddle into somebody's business and think things through. Unlike some of the other characters in the story....like Narumi, glasses guy, a guy that loves sweets and etc.
But almost every single main character in a manga (mostly shounen) are all careless and stupid. They don't think and just goes what they feel like doing. Some main characters (like Train in Black Cat or D. Gray man) is a bit of a spunky and careless character. But without those kind of characters their would be less problems and the plot of the manga would be...completely boring.

But I also have to agree with you, making these kind of characters can also get boring. The manga becomes easily predictable and the plot need to be more complicated before the reader can get bored of it. Kiri , and Lelouch (code geass) is a very good example of smart and cautious characters that might someday be very popular with some of the shounen viewers.  

[Pandaccino]

I think Kiri is a good example of a good character, she doesn't stick her face into everyones face. when characters are jsut so spunky out there it gets annoying sometimes.  

[that_aly82]

what really bothers me is that even though they are all spunky they are still totally helpless. if your going to make a spunky character like that then give her strength or brains that go with it instead of making her an extremely helpless heroine.  

[Ophelianime]

exactly!  

[sandrabang]

I agree.

List of disgusting main characters:
Haine - Too pure and naiive, always obsessed with guys, loves 2 men ><
Mitsuki - Relies on Eichi, is clingy and too air-headed
Pretty much the main characters of all Arina Tanemura's characters. I see no depth in character and the plot is too sudden and simple. Only redeeming main character in her manga: I would have to say Kusakabe Maron (Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne)

Who else? Well, there's the hyperactive, too kind, airheads that they call the "heroines". They're supporting the fact that women should be helpless and call for help all the time.

Characters that are fab:
Nana O. [not Hachi]
Kiri Koshiba [Beauty Pop]
Kyoko [Skip Beat]
Haruna (I respect that she's a tomboy) [High School Debut]
and some of the side characters.
[ex] Moko from Skip Beat, Ushio of Shinshi Doumei Cross, Marywhether of Godchild, and those are the names that pop up first in my head xd

Though, I do say, even if the main characters piss me off, I can't stop reading sweatdrop  

[Perfect Stranger 3-0]

Both Nana K. and Nana O. are the best leading ladies in a manga.  

[cold2]

I like everyone else like strong sensible characters. I can't stand characters like Tohru from FB (no offense if there r people that like her and if there r i'm sry) she's very dumb (which is different from simple-minded), can't protect herself, and very annoying...there was a part of her i liked which was her tenacity to help them out but other than that she was not a character I favored. I like characters like Kiri from Beauty pop, Kyoko from Skipbeat!, Misaki from Kaicho wa Maid-sama, Eisul from Red Lion etc. I rly wish there r more books about strong girl characters who don't have to rely on a man to help them and they can think for themselves. I don't mean for all the books to be about strong girls b/c then it would be boring but I wish there r more of them tho.