The anime character pledge
18 January 2007 07:38 amIf I am ever a character in a manga or anime, I hereby promise to:
---L.
- Find a way to save the world without dying.
- Not pretend to be someone of my opposite sex while attending a boarding school. Day school is iffy, but can be done as long as my parents aren't forcing me. (Cross-dressing is a different issue, but best left outside of school anyway.)
- Take up a martial art other than kendo. Flower-arrangement-jitsu sounds good.
- Never be a second-in-command with an angsty backstory. It is inevitably fatal. If I find myself cast as one, I will resign my commission, no matter how much I want revenge against the enemy.
- Use my new-found godlike powers only for good. Even if my little sister steals my boyfriend.
- Never develop romantic feelings for anyone I call onii-san/onee-san (big brother/big sister), even as a courtesy title. This goes double if I use -sama (respectful address). Triple if I use -chan (familiar or diminutive address). Quadruple if I live alone with him/her.
- Never let anyone address me with -chama (diminutive + respectful). If anyone does, I will drop-kick them into the nearest temple/shrine for a exorcism. This goes double if they request that I address them with -chama.
- Use stealth and guile to win, not my mad fighting skillz. The latter only leads to more fights and periodic power-ups.
- Never live with several other young women plus one young man. No matter how cheap the place is, it's not worth it. Until I can move out, I'll never wear a skirt, always keep on modest underwear, and before bathing or changing clothes, double-check that I'm alone, the door's locked, and shades are drawn tight.
- Expect Death to be, say, a cutie in a kimono riding a floating oar, or Santa to be a biker chick on a hovercycle, or the lake monster to be my little brother. These things happen.
- Never flash my panties. Ever.
- Raise my new-found little sister-or-equivalent without any sexual shenanigans. Except possibly with a classmate my age -- and only if little sister approves of her.
- Not take up photography as a hobby, let alone profession.
- Decide on my feelings for the girl before the national championships.
- Not touch the bishounen. They may be pretty to look at, but anything more can only lead to tears.
- Go into chibi form no more than three times a chapter.
- Not be a pure-hearted idiot who can be distracted from asking crucial questions such as "Wait -- you knew my mother?" or "Just who ARE you anyway?" by, say, someone pointing out a cute cloud.
- Watch out, when I'm disappointed, for my falling word balloon. It hurts if it lands on my head.
- Pay attention when jaunty accordion music comes on. It means trouble's starting.
- Pay attention to any boy with an attack chicken. He's important.
- Pay attention to the penguin that follows me home. It's not important, but it is way cute. If way random.
---L.