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I've only "fallen" for one anime character and I was young, very young (5 and 6). I convinced myself that I was going to grow up and marry Tuxedo Mask (from Sailor Moon). The other girls at school also though that they were going to marry him and we figured we would just share him. It worked out very nicely in my mind. I was devestaded when I realized he wasn't real.

I've had TV crushes on characters. Never really fantasied about marrying them like I did with Tuxedo but I felt drawn to them for their personality traits not looks. Shinku (Rozen Maiden) was one example. She was always so prim and proper, the perfect little lady, I was also a bit envyous of her.(That reminds me that I need to get the Traumend box. )

I've only "fallen" for one anime character and I was young, very young (5 and 6). I convinced myself that I was going to grow up and marry Tuxedo Mask (from Sailor Moon). The other girls at school also though that they were going to marry him and we figured we would just share him. It worked out very nicely in my mind. I was devestaded when I realized he wasn't real.

I've had TV crushes on characters. Never really fantasied about marrying them like I did with Tuxedo but I felt drawn to them for their personality traits not looks. Shinku (Rozen Maiden) was one example. She was always so prim and proper, the perfect little lady, I was also a bit envyous of her.(That reminds me that I need to get the Traumend box. )

I'd probably need my anime list to be completed to list all the characters precisely so I'll just list the characters I remember.
Maybe it's good to announce first that appearance really matters in my case.

Amber from Darker Than Black.
Not really my first, but I gotta admit I had a crush for her. No matter what Hei did to her in the anime she didn't change her mind about him.
Belldandy from Oh My Goddess! Yes, really. I was about 13 or so when I first saw her at an anime magazine. Back then I was fixated on stuff like this, goddess etc...
Nowadays I dislike characters like her.
Lenalee from D.Gray-man. Until they ruined her hair. After that I lost any motivation to watch this anime I had left.
Saber from Fate/stay night. By now it should be clear I prefer blondes. It's been so long I can't even remember the reason anymore.
Oh yes, before I forget. Miharu from Gasaraki. She didn't talk a lot. That's probably what attracted me.
Lilianne from Princess Resurrection. For the way she treats everyone else. Go ahead laugh as much as you want.
Yuki from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. She only talks when she feels like it. And I'm pretty sure she's really popular out there.
Arcueid from Shingetsutan Tsukihime. Been too long, can't remember about the details. But it's definitely something to do with the fact that she's a vampire/blonde.
Miu from Linebarrels of Iron. Gentle, cute and great body. Her sister-like figure was also attracting, since I never had a sister.(She was the latest one so she gets the best praising)

Well that sounds pretty much like a listing. I'd love to go into details but, it was a temporary crush I had for them during the series, crush that was over once the anime ended.
So despite how I never really had a crush for any girls, it's still hard to believe that I left some characters out of that list...

Edit: I was thinking about mentioning her first but I forgot about her.
Mio from K-on. She's probably the youngest in the list and for the first time in my life (while watching K-on) I've felt like a phedofile (actually I have no idea how they feel, but if I had to guess that would be it).

Originally Posted by Annf

(Go read the Shugo Chara! forums on Crunchyroll and count the number of girls swooning over Ikuto. It's not a small number.)

This person... speaks the truth... the girls like Ikuto... a lot! Another example to look at would be Mio from K-ON!, remember the 'who would you like to marry' poll from a few months back?

I can only think of one character in recent days that I adored in that sense, and that is none other than Sheryl from Macross Frontier. Her character was just so perfectly portrayed. She was a major celebrity but she valued her fans and actually performed for them rather than because of contracts and/or money. Her support of Ranka was also pretty endearing and I could not get enough of her bossy yet playful nature. She's easily one of my favorite characters ever, and I would love to know somebody of her personality in real life.

I'd probably need my anime list to be completed to list all the characters precisely so I'll just list the characters I remember.
Maybe it's good to announce first that appearance really matters in my case.

Amber from Darker Than Black.
Not really my first, but I gotta admit I had a crush for her. No matter what Hei did to her in the anime she didn't change her mind about him.
Belldandy from Oh My Goddess! Yes, really. I was about 13 or so when I first saw her at an anime magazine. Back then I was fixated on stuff like this, goddess etc...
Nowadays I dislike characters like her.
Lenalee from D.Gray-man. Until they ruined her hair. After that I lost any motivation to watch this anime I had left.
Saber from Fate/stay night. By now it should be clear I prefer blondes. It's been so long I can't even remember the reason anymore.
Oh yes, before I forget. Miharu from Gasaraki. She didn't talk a lot. That's probably what attracted me.
Lilianne from Princess Resurrection. For the way she treats everyone else. Go ahead laugh as much as you want.
Yuki from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. She only talks when she feels like it. And I'm pretty sure she's really popular out there.
Arcueid from Shingetsutan Tsukihime. Been too long, can't remember about the details. But it's definitely something to do with the fact that she's a vampire/blonde.
Miu from Linebarrels of Iron. Gentle, cute and great body. Her sister-like figure was also attracting, since I never had a sister.(She was the latest one so she gets the best praising)

Well that sounds pretty much like a listing. I'd love to go into details but, it was a temporary crush I had for them during the series, crush that was over once the anime ended.
So despite how I never really had a crush for any girls, it's still hard to believe that I left some characters out of that list...

Edit: I was thinking about mentioning her first but I forgot about her.
Mio from K-on. She's probably the youngest in the list and for the first time in my life (while watching K-on) I've felt like a phedofile (actually I have no idea how they feel, but if I had to guess that would be it).

Originally Posted by Annf

(Go read the Shugo Chara! forums on Crunchyroll and count the number of girls swooning over Ikuto. It's not a small number.)

This person... speaks the truth... the girls like Ikuto... a lot! Another example to look at would be Mio from K-ON!, remember the 'who would you like to marry' poll from a few months back?

I can only think of one character in recent days that I adored in that sense, and that is none other than Sheryl from Macross Frontier. Her character was just so perfectly portrayed. She was a major celebrity but she valued her fans and actually performed for them rather than because of contracts and/or money. Her support of Ranka was also pretty endearing and I could not get enough of her bossy yet playful nature. She's easily one of my favorite characters ever, and I would love to know somebody of her personality in real life.

I like the way PetrifiedJello put it. I'm not necessarily "attracted" to the girls, I'm attracted to the personalities they were given. I've always liked my women to be kinda tomboyish and how can I not find a character with a tomboy personality fun to watch? That's what anime does nowadays, it plays to certain viewers personal interests.

That said, there are a horde of tomboys out there I find myself "falling for". At the top are Asa from Shuffle, Hikari from Special A, Ryoko from Tenchi Muyo and Revy from Black Lagoon. Yeah, Revy too. I love women who can get physical and who don't come off as high maintenance. I'm not gonna lie, it's really awesome when I give a girl a friendly push and she pushes back.

Honorable mentions go to Bloodberry from Saber Marionette J, Saber from F/SN, and Yukino from Kare Kano. I could go on and on, but I'll leave it at that because I think everybody has got my point.

I suppose it depends on how 'serious' a 'relationship' you're looking for. If you mean 'fall for' in the way a teenage girl falls for a movie star or musician, putting up posters and looking up pictures on the internet and fantasizing about what-if-we-could.... then yeah, many times- I personally have always thought such crushes are good way to let off emotional 'steam' that might strain an actual relationship (provided you've got enough presence of mind to recognize it as such.)

If you mean something more serious, something that would stop you from persuing a real-life relationship for fear of 'cheating' on the fictional character... no, never. It's one thing entirely to play around with a puppy love crush, it's another entirely to let it affect your chances at extended, real-world satisfaction.

I like the way PetrifiedJello put it. I'm not necessarily "attracted" to the girls, I'm attracted to the personalities they were given. I've always liked my women to be kinda tomboyish and how can I not find a character with a tomboy personality fun to watch? That's what anime does nowadays, it plays to certain viewers personal interests.

That said, there are a horde of tomboys out there I find myself "falling for". At the top are Asa from Shuffle, Hikari from Special A, Ryoko from Tenchi Muyo and Revy from Black Lagoon. Yeah, Revy too. I love women who can get physical and who don't come off as high maintenance. I'm not gonna lie, it's really awesome when I give a girl a friendly push and she pushes back.

Honorable mentions go to Bloodberry from Saber Marionette J, Saber from F/SN, and Yukino from Kare Kano. I could go on and on, but I'll leave it at that because I think everybody has got my point.

I suppose it depends on how 'serious' a 'relationship' you're looking for. If you mean 'fall for' in the way a teenage girl falls for a movie star or musician, putting up posters and looking up pictures on the internet and fantasizing about what-if-we-could.... then yeah, many times- I personally have always thought such crushes are good way to let off emotional 'steam' that might strain an actual relationship (provided you've got enough presence of mind to recognize it as such.)

If you mean something more serious, something that would stop you from persuing a real-life relationship for fear of 'cheating' on the fictional character... no, never. It's one thing entirely to play around with a puppy love crush, it's another entirely to let it affect your chances at extended, real-world satisfaction.