Tootsie roll pop logic: Characters with a "hard outer shell"

[Lego]

Much like the Tootsie Roll pop commercial, where the boy asks the owl "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootise Roll pop?", some anime characters have "hard outer shells". The kind that doesn't let on when they like someone, seem out of touch or are bitchy to most people, or think they're better in general.

I usually like these types of characters, because at sometime during the show, they'll "crack" and you'll see a softer side of the character or etc. So I was thinking about characters that are like this.

Haruka - Mai Hime(Oh man is she loud and bossy most of the time, but with Yukino, she is a normal person)

Kaname Chidori - Full Metal Panic(Again, another loud and take charge character. But at moments with her friends or Sousuke, she lightens up.)

Anita King - R.O.D TV(While a little young, her personality falls under the topic.)

I could only think of a couple off the top of my head, but there are many more out their.

[Captain Impulse]

Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell (any version). Tough cookie on the outside; slick and professional...but she has her softer moments, usually with Batou or on cases where the victims are defenseless.

Same goes with Misato Katsuragi from Evangelion, although she lets her "chewy center" show more than others, I'd imagine.

Guts/Gatsu, from Berserk. Only really shows his soft side around Griffith or Casca.

[Lego]

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Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell (any version). Tough cookie on the outside; slick and professional...but she has her softer moments, usually with Batou or on cases where the victims are defenseless.

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Knew I forgot the major. She does have some great "softer" moments in Stand Alone Complex.

[Captain Impulse]

Forgetting the Major is almost a crime. [img]/images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif[/img]

[B-Rad Lascelle]

Some of my favorites in this category.

[*]Yuriko Star, The Irresponsible Captain Tylor[*]Ryoko Subaru, Martian Successor Nadesico[*]Yukino Miyazawa, Kare Kano (hell, the entire premise in the beginning is about people letting their "shells" down and being true to themselves)

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Captain Impulse said:
Guts/Gatsu, from Berserk. Only really shows his soft side around Griffith or Casca.

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You could say the same thing about Casca only showing her soft side around Guts. There's a nice symmetry going there.

[Captain Impulse]

True to that. BTW, Happy Birthday AND Merry Christmas to you, B-Rad!

[Hunter Sopko]

People mention Misato but not Asuka? Heh.

I'll second the Ryoko Subaru love too. <3

Hmm... Maho Minami from Beck fits this. Same with Izumi from Princess Nine. Priss and to some extent Linna from Bubblegum Crisis (Linna can be pretty tough. She did run after Priss in a rage in 2040). I can't tell if Noa Izumi from Patlabor counts, but she sure can put away her alcohol.

Oh! And Ryuunosuke from Urusei Yatsura.

[Shsway]

Ayukawa Madoka from Kimagure Orange Road. What a girl! [img]/images/graemlins/blush000.gif[/img]

[The Pirate Queen]

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Shsway said:
Ayukawa Madoka from Kimagure Orange Road. What a girl! [img]/images/graemlins/blush000.gif[/img]

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She's the first one I thought of, too - I'm glad I didn't have to be the first to mention her!

[EmperorBrandon]

<span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>Fakir</span> from Princess Tutu counts, I'd say. [img]/images/graemlins/happy.gif[/img]