To what extent do "Oyako Neburi"'s Ryouko Tendou and Ren Kagami fit the archetypes of Tadashi Ozawa's 'Bishoujo Game Characters' and Go Office's 'Mastering Bishoujo Characters'?

In this post I am going to analyse the two young girl characters in 'Oyako Neburi~ Sasou Hitozuma Dakaretai Oyako' based on the archetypes presented in 'How to Draw Anime and Game Characters Vol. 5: Bishoujo Game Characters by Tadashi Ozawa' and 'More How to Draw Manga: Mastering Bishoujo Characters'. While 'Mastering Bishoujo Characters' isn't about games, it presents the same archetypes as 'Bishoujo Game Characters'.

Ryouko has elements of ‘The Heroine’ and ‘The Princess’ in ‘Bishoujo Game characters'. She has long straight hair and the gentle countenance of the Heroine. However, she also has the reserved, vulnerable body language of the 'Princess', particularly the shy variety Ozawa shows in Chapter 2.1. In ‘Mastering Bishoujo Characters’, she’s a mix between the Reserved Girl and the Vulnerable Girl. 

Ren is trickier to decipher. She fits no concrete character types in ‘Bishoujo Game Characters’. She’s more confident than the Heroine, more reserved than the Smart Aleck and more “mature” than the Cute, Younger Girl”. Yet in ‘Mastering Bishoujo Characters’, she fits the role of ‘The Cutie’; large eyes, curly curtained hair and a round face. However, although her eyes are upward slanted, there’s still a confident look in her expression. Still, ‘The Bubblehead’ seems to describe her. Despite her sexuality, she acts like a child and talks with a babyish voice. Tadashi Ozawa writes that “An ‘open pose’ (with the feet apart and hands raised above the shoulders) is used to suggest an outgoing, extroverted personality, and a ‘closed pose’ (with the hands held lower than the shoulders, the arms either crossed or hands clasped or hidden, and the knees together) is used to suggest a reserved, introverted personality.” Ren’s hands are never raised above her shoulders, but she always projects an air of confidence and her “crying” sprite evokes Ozawa’s “Cute, Younger Girl” archetype, particularly the RPG design seen in Chapter 2.2. This odd combination of character traits makes her stand out from all of the other childhood friend characters in visual novels and bishoujo games.

In conclusion, Ryouko fits many elements of archetypal heroines as shown in both the books, almost an ideal example of Japanese beauty, while Ren is more eclectic and unique.

My other vintage protest

There have been a lot of references to Orwell's 1984 recently. Politicians and Donald Trump have basically been using it as an instruction manual, using doublespeak to gaslight the public when they're not outright lying to them and using nationalism to rally public support and make them turn a blind eye to the crimes they've committed.

And now England is taking it a step further (or a step as far as a few other countries have already gone) by having the Big Ben bong crowdfund, the Brexit 50p coin and this "Festival of Brexit", which all sound really Orwellian. It sounds like they're preparing for Hate Week or something.

The Leave campaign was illegal, but those who voted to leave don't care because they're in the middle of an identity crisis. What does it mean to be British, and more to the point what does it mean to be English?

Now, when people talk about England going backwards, they don't mean it literally. So as with America, I'm taking it literally.
I'm mainly inspired by Ferienheim Bergkristall, particularly Joachim Kaps' character Hans-Günther Koch, although I'm inspired by Brittany Miller from the 80's Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoon as well.
Ferienheim Bergkristall is of particular fascination to me because it's East German. And East Germany may not have been part of the European Union but it was still European. I also like it because it's funny and it's got Joachim Kaps in it, and he makes anything better.

There's been a big revival in 1980's fashion which gives me the impression that Bershka, Marks and Spencer and River Island know where the country is heading.