SAILOR PLUTO AND CHIBI-USA OF SAILOR
MOON
So far, this hits #1 on the similarities chart.
Tall, aloof person with a connection to the color green becomes
attatched to younger, extremely cheerful and pure-hearted offspring of
the main character. How freaky is that? Heck, apparently Pluto even goes
so far as to Do a Piccolo (see the bottom of the Sentimental
Nonesense section if you don't know what I'm talking about, here.) at
one point. I could be wrong on that one though, I'm not a strict Moonie.
TASUKI AND CHIRIKO OF FUSHIGI
YUUGI
Okay, there's a very big chance I could be wrong on
this one. I've hardly seen any of the Fushigi Yuugi vids, and they just
now got Chiriko in the manga. But from some stuff I've read on the net,
these guys have got a cute relationship too. And yes, Chiriko IS a guy.
Apparently, Chiriko looks up to Tasuki, Chichiri and Mitsukake as
collective role models. In return, Tasuki feels obliged to protect li'l
Chiriko on occasion. I think at one point he even sheilds Chiriko's eyes
when Miaka and Tamahome start snogging in public ^^;;;;. And I know that
Tasuki is really, REALLY sad when something...ahem...okay, how to put
this without spoiling anything...when something really bad happens to
Chiriko near the end.
CHICHIRI AND CHIRIKO OF FUSHIGI
YUUGI
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Umm.... see
above. Basically the same, but as far as I know, Chichiri doesn't sheild
the young'un's eyes from corruption. Also, Chichiri may see taking care
of Chiriko as a way of redemption for previous occurances in his life...
*sniffle*...poor guy! Sorry Mitsukake fans, I don't know enough about
him to include him here...
SANOSUKE SAGARA AND YAHIKO MYOJIN OF
RUROUNI KENSHIN
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These two
get honorary mention just 'cuz they're so damn cool ^^. Okay, so maybe
they aren't strictly Gohan/Piccolo-ish. Neither has Done a Piccolo. In
fact, Sanosuke did almost the complete opposite of a Piccolo, by using
Yahiko as a projectile and quite literally throwing him into the midst
of battle. But seriously, these two do have a cool friendship, they
regularly mock each other, and Sano makes a habit of wonking Yahiko over
the head, especially whenever he makes fun of him and Megumi. These two
get the award for most realistic sibling relationship. Trust me on this
one, I'm experienced.
MIRAI GOHAN AND TRUNKS OF DRAGONBALL
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Wouldn't you know it, just as I was about to finish
up this section, I came across this piccie, which brought back lots of
memories from the Trunks special *sob!*. Basically, instead of Piccolo
being the trainer and Gohan being the trainee, Gohan's all grown up, and
Trunks is the trainee. Since everybody else was sorta dead, these two
just got left together. Since everybody else was dead, Trunks didn't
have anybody other than Gohan to be a role model for him. I mean, c'mon,
he wasn't going to go to Bob, who runs the gas station down the street,
look up at him and go "You know what, Mr? You're my hero!". Gohan does
several Piccolo's in the Trunks special, and gets his ass royally
whooped in every single one. Eventually he...he dies *bursts out crying*
I HATED THAT PART!!! I cried soooo much!!!... But at least this prompts
Trunks-kun to go Super Saiyajin...
*NEW!* THE GRINCH AND CINDY-LOU WHO
OF THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS
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This one's to get in the
holiday spirit, don'tcha know ^_^. And when I say the Grinch and
Cindy-Lou Who, I'm referring to them in the live-action movie, not in
the real thing, where she was no more than two. Anyway, these two ended
up having an eerily similar relationship. I mean, c'mon, the grinch is a
grouchy green guy who acts like he hates everybody. Cindy-Lou Who is an
innocent young girl and the only person in town who vouches for the guy.
By the end of the story, the Grinch becomes nice, and as they say, his
heart grew two sizes that day. Gotta love that!
*NEW!* WASHU HAKUBI AND TARO OF
TENCHI MUYO
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I'm going purely on what
I've read on the internet, and pictures I've seen for this one. Anyhoo,
Washu was a bit of a recluse, living in an alternate dimension
underneath Tenchi's staircase. Then Tenchi got stuck babysitting his
baby cousin Taro. Tenchi and the gang all proved to be extremely
incompetent, Taro practically ran circles around them. Finally, Taro
wandered into Washu's alternate dimension. Washu, completely absorbed in
her work, didn't notice until Taro started pulling on her hair. After
seeing how utterly incompetent the others are at babysitting, she
took it upon herself to take care of the little guy. Doing so
rekindled past feelings about her first child, and revealed a new side
to her character. Heck, Taro even started calling her "Mama". She hasn't
done a Piccolo, but you can bet that if Taro was in danger, she'd be the
first one there to save him.
*NEW!* RIN AND SESSHOU-MARU OF
INU-YASHA
I
really didn't used to like Sesshou-Maru, but I think I'm warming up to
him a little more now. I thought he was just another evil pretty-boy
villian who wouldn't die, but now I'm starting to have second thoughts,
mostly because of this little girl named Rin. Rin makes her first
appearance dumping a bucket of water over Sesshou-Maru's head.
Sesshou-Maru doesn't really think much of her at first, even
though she helped him after a battle by...um...dumping water over his
head, but when Rin dies after being beaten to death by a group of
villagers, Sesshou-Maru comes by, finds her corpse, and brings her back
to life using a magic sword. From that day on, Rin-chan devotedly
follows Sesshou-Maru around wherever he goes. Nobody really knows why
Sesshou-Maru brought Rin back, after all, he was supposed to be evil,
right? Evil guys don't hang around with little girls, do they? Was
he....*gasp* grateful? Or is
Sesshou-Maru really evil at all? This question has yet to be
answered....
