A while ago I saw you did a top 5 list of Favorite Shonen Jump girls in ongoing series. Is it possible to do a part 2 of that on maybe a top 10 Shonen Jump girls on series that already concluded? I suggest a top 10 since obviously there are way more concluded series.
You sure know the way to my heart: asking me to make an itemized list of things I like!
Anonymity Requested (Cipher Academy): I'm sure you knew this one was coming since @wickedsick so RUDELY kept me from including her last time! A real nasty woman, easily one of the most interesting characters to read in Jump. Losing Cipher Academy meant losing her, and my heart aches every day
Youka Naze (Medaka Box): Speaking of nasty women...I did previously put her below Nienami on my Top 10 Medaka Box characters list, but the criteria for these lists just feels different, and Naze is undeniably more of a "Best Girl" for me than Nienami
Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia): We love a bisexual polyamorous queen, and her character arc was a strong motivator for keeping me reading even after my interest in the series had started to wane. I don't love how her story ended, but I'm hesitant to say I hated it either
Chrome Dokuro (Reborn!): Akira Amano's crowning achievement in narrative fumbling - easily had the most fascinating character premise in the entire series which inherently lent itself to a potentially great character arc that resulted in her doing absolutely nothing of import ever. Still, I can't resent Chrome for how she was mishandled, so I love her all the same
Nao Okiba (Martial Master Asumi): I went in biased towards MMA thanks to Hinomaru Zumou, but Okiba's design and personality both immediately locked me in. She's easily the part I miss most, even beyond the lost potential for more Hinomaru callbacks. That said, Hanagasaki definitely gave her a run for her money...
Ikumi Mito OR Rindou Kobayashi (Shokugeki no Soma): For the life of me I can't decide which of these two I like more - I like Nikumi's characterization a lot better, but Rindou's design is just so good. Gun to my head, I think I'd go with the character I like more over the design I like more, but Rindou's got enough personality that I can't just unilaterally drop her from the rankings
Mitsuri Kanroji (Kimetsu no Yaiba): I've cooled down a lot on Demon Slayer in the years since it ended, and unfortunately my feelings for Kanroji have gone with it, but I still feel great fondness for her when I see art or merch of her
Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck (Bleach): Purely an aesthetic attraction, she looks like if Monet were a centaur instead of a harpy. Legit, I can't remember a single thing about her personality outside of her child form, but she's a green speargirl, you think I'm not going to love her???
Melk II (Toriko): A nostalgia pick; I got into Toriko at a time where I would read a series' Wikipedia and TVTropes pages in their entireties before getting into it, so naturally I got Melk's gender reveal spoiled for me, and I got SUPER endeared to her. I thought she was going to be a major recurring character, which sadly turned out not to be true, but now she represents an aspect of my personality and past that I'd long since forgotten, so those feelings of attachment came rushing back the moment I saw her name again
Terra/Chi-Chan (Earthchild): Say what you will about Earthchild as a story, Terra's design is fantastic - the imagery of a God who holds the Earth in her mouth as a lollipop has stuck with me ever since she first showed up, and her blue hair highlighted to look like the rippling waters of the ocean is simply gorgeous. I also just found her pretty intimidating as an omnipotent antagonist, like if Medaka Box's Ajimu were actively aggressive. I think if Hideo Shinkai had baked in a bit more variety to his world, he could have drawn out Terra's role as an antagonist in a lot of super interesting ways, and i hope he gets a chance to show off his design sense like this again in the future
This list went a lot differently than I thought it was going to when I saw the ask, and I had an absolute blast writing it! Thanks for giving me an excuse to revisit some old faves!
