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In the history of Japanese anime, there are quite a few sub-heroines who have gained immense popularity over the main heroine.
We have carefully selected 30 heroines who have achieved such superiority! There is also a super popular heroine who jumped over the framework of the work and became a big boom!

Ai Haibara

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The main character of “Detective Conan”.
She appeared in the 18th volume of the original work and the 129th episode of the anime.
Her voice actress is Megumi Hayashibara.

She is a former member of the “Black Organization”, and like Conan, she has become a child, and she is currently working with Conan and others.
She was called “Sherry” at the time.

The main heroine of “Detective Conan” is Ran Mouri, the childhood friend of Shinichi Kudo (Conan).
After the 1000th episode, “Kurenai no School Excursion”, they became lovers.

In 2022, she won first place in the official female character popularity poll.
Perhaps because of that, the next 2023 theatrical version “Detective Conan: Black Iron Fish Shadow” made her the main character, surpassing 10 billion yen in box office revenue for the first time in the history of the Conan series, and “Ai-chan 10 billion woman” entered the trend.
With the success of this movie, it is no exaggeration to say that she is now a national heroine.

Rem

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The sub-heroine of “Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-“.
She appeared in the 2nd volume of the original work and the 4th episode of the 1st season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Inori Minase.

She is the younger sister of the Roswaal mansion’s twin maids, and her identity is a survivor of the demon tribe that was destroyed by the Witch Cult’s attack.
She was initially wary of her main character, Subaru, and tried to eliminate him with all her might, but after she was saved by him, she came to love him deeply.

The main heroine of “Re:Zero” is Subaru’s lover, Emilia, but her popularity is consistently No.1.
Her popularity has remained constant from her Narou days to after the anime adaptation, and all her popularity votes are totally down on her.
Merchandise sales are overwhelming, and a huge number of figures have been released and resold many times.

In the 2nd season of the anime, Rem hardly had a turn to appear, so it seems that many people felt that she was lacking.

Mikoto Misaka

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The sub-heroine of “Toaru Majutsu no Index” and the protagonist of “Toaru Kagaku no Railgun”.
Appeared in the first volume of the original (forbidden book), episode 1 of the first season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Rina Sato.

She is a second-year student at Tokiwadai Middle School and is the third-ranked psychic in Academy City (Level 5).
She finds it unreasonable that her ability (lightning) doesn’t work on the main character, Touma Kamijou, and her daily routine is to pick fights with him when she sees him.

In “Forbidden Book”, she was in a sub-position to the heroine Index, but her tsundere cuteness won her overwhelming popularity with fans.
“This light novel is amazing!” She was chosen as the number one female character in the 2010-2014 and 2016-2019 categories, showing off her invincibility, becoming a presence enough to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

However, it is known that certain series have popular heroines one after another, and it seems that there are many heroines other than Mikoto who are more popular than Index.

Yuki Nagato

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The sub-heroine of “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya”.
Appeared in the first volume of the original, episode 1 of the first season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Minori Chihara.

She is an alien sent to observe Haruhi Suzumiya, and her true identity is a humanoid interface for contacting organic life forms created by information integration thought bodies.
As a member of Haruhi’s SOS Brigade, she secretly protects her while getting caught up in her strange behavior every day.

In this work, there is a main heroine with an overwhelming personality, Haruhi, but in contrast to her, the quiet and calm Nagato has been a popular heroine from the beginning.
After the 4th volume of the original work and the theatrical version of “The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya”, her popularity became immovable and caused a huge boom as a popular heroine who was outstanding in the entire anime industry at the time.

In recent years, the popularity of her taciturn heroine has been declining, and she is out of the trend, but she is the most popular heroine in the Haruhi series.

Kosaki Onodera

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The heroine of “Nisekoi”.
She appeared in the first volume of the original work and the first episode of the first season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Kana Hanazawa.

She is a classmate of the main character, Raku, and has a one-sided love relationship with him.
She thought that he was the child she had promised to marry when she was young, but she was so shy that she couldn’t hear it, and unfortunately, she couldn’t be with her.

In her official popularity poll, she overwhelmed the main heroine Chitoge and topped both the first and second rounds.
For some reason, she fell to second place in the third installment, but her popularity never wavered even after the conclusion, and she is known as the most popular heroine of this work.
Her popularity even led to the creation of her main character spin-off, Magical Patissier Kosaki-chan!!.

That’s why the pitiful treatment of her last is still a legend.

Mafuyu Kirisu

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The heroine of “We Never Learn”.
She appeared in the first volume of the original work and the first episode of the first season of the anime.
Her voice actor is Lynn.

She is the world history teacher at Ichinose Gakuen, where the main character, Nariyuki, attends, and the first educator of the two heroines.
Although she is feared by her students as a very strict teacher, she is actually a severe jerk in her private life and she has been under Nariyuki’s care many times.

At first, she didn’t have the position of a heroine, but she was promoted to heroine after the main episode was drawn in episode 16 of Volume 2.
Then, her popularity rose rapidly, and in the first official popularity poll held on the 1st anniversary of the serialization, she was ranked 1st with a difference of more than 1000 votes from the 2nd place.
In the second round of voting held about a year later, she won the second straight victory with an overwhelming number of votes, 11,000 votes more than the second place.

At this time, she received 14,598 votes, which was the highest number of votes ever for a female character in Jump’s popularity poll, making her the No. 1 heroine in Jump’s history, both in name and reality.

Ai Hayasaka

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The main character of “Kaguya-sama wants to tell you”.
She appeared in the 2nd volume of the original work and the 1st episode of the 1st season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Yumiri Hanamori.

She is a servant who serves the Shinomiya family, and is a pitiful child who is swayed by her as Kaguya’s caretaker (waitress).
She has a cool personality and although she is perfect as a maid in every way, she is a normal girl inside.

Kaguya-sama does not conduct official popularity polls, so there are no solid indicators of her heroine’s popularity.
As far as I can see from the unofficial popularity polls, I have the impression that the anime group is pushing Shoki Fujiwara, and the original group is pushing Hayasaka.
Especially in the case of Hayasaka, it seems that there were quite a few fans who wanted her to be the heroine, partly because it was unclear what she thought of Shirogane.

Kei Karuizawa

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The sub-heroine of “Welcome to the Classroom of Ability Supremacy”.
Appeared in the first volume of the original, episode 1 of the first season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Ayana Taketatsu.

She is a female student who belongs to the 1st year D class of advanced training high school, and in order to obtain the highest position in the class hierarchy, she started dating the popular Yosuke Hirata.
Her thoughts strongly reflect her past, where she was once brutally bullied.

At first, he appeared to be an arrogant person due to his flashy appearance and overbearing demeanor, but that was also a camouflage for the sake of his social skills, and in reality he did not have that kind of personality, and after becoming attached to the main character, Ayanokoji, he began to show his true personality.

“This light novel is amazing!” She won consecutive victories in the female character category from 2020 to 2021, and has continued to rank high since then, and is the most popular light novel heroine beyond the framework of her work.
Her main heroine Suzune Horikita is well ahead in terms of her popularity.

Liu Lion

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The sub-heroine of “Is it wrong for her to try to meet someone in a dungeon?”
She appeared in the first volume of the original work and the second episode of the first season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Saori Hayami.

She is an elf who works at the tavern “Fertility Mistress” in the labyrinth city of Orario, and was once a Level 4 adventurer who belonged to Astraea Familia.
Her nickname, “Shippu”, is still talked about today.

Speaking of the main heroine of “DanMachi”, Hestia once took the world by storm with words such as “an example string” and “string God”, but her turn is quite limited because she can’t dive into the dungeon.
In addition, Ais, the other main heroine who is admired by the main character Bell, has less appearances in the main story, probably due to the influence of being the leading role in the spin-off.
Under such circumstances, the sub-heroines such as Liliruca and Haruhime continued to be on the same line.

Meanwhile, Liu, who was selected as the heroine of volumes 13-14 (4th season of the anime), showed her overwhelming heroine power and became popular.
She has taken first place in the DanMemo tag team general election and various unofficial popularity polls, and she is now the most popular heroine.

Sora Ginko

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“Dragon’s work! ] sub-heroine.
Appeared from the first volume of the original work and the first episode of the anime.
Her voice actress is Hisako Kanemoto.

She is a shogi player who belongs to the 2nd dan of the encouragement society, and has top-class talent and ability among female shogi players.
She was in the main heroine category for the time being, but since she was an elementary school student, Ginko was the actual main heroine.
She further shortens her distance with her main character, Yaichi, after the 6th volume, which is not animated, and she becomes her lover.

Her popularity is also outstanding, and “This light novel is amazing!”Ranked 4th in 2019 and 2nd in 2020 in the division.

Ayase Aragaki

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The sub-heroine of “My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute”.
She appeared in the first volume of the original work and the first episode of the first season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Saori Hayami.

A classmate of her main heroine, Kirino, and her best friend who adores her from the bottom of her heart… However, she also has a fastidious side, such as being disillusioned for a while after learning about Kirino’s otaku hobbies.
He had a mixture of love and hate towards the main character, Kyosuke, and had both hatred brought about by his preconceived notion that he was the culprit who corrupted Kirino, and goodwill towards himself as a kind older brother, but in the end the latter seemed to outweigh him.

When the first season of the anime was airing, Kirino and Kuroneko were the top two and Ayase was the third most popular heroine.
Ayase’s “if” story was the first to be written in the “if” series, which was written as a 10th anniversary project for her author, Tsukasa Fushimi.

Ami Kawashima

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“Tora-dora! 』The main character.
She appeared in the 2nd volume of the original work and the 5th episode of the 1st season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Eri Kitamura.

She is a high school girl whose mother is an actress and herself a model.
She has a pretty cat head and plays a gentle and pretty girl in front of her classmates, but she is actually quite a sharp tongue.
However, her true nature is a lonely person, and she values her friendship more than anyone else.

She is always at odds with her main heroine, Taiga, on a dog-monkey relationship, and can be said to be an anti-heroine position because she shows a small devil move that is close to her villainy.
For that reason, Taiga was more popular around 2007-2010, when the anime was broadcast, but now Ami is the most popular heroine, partly due to the decline of violent heroines.

When I say she is the tsundere heroine of this work, she has a strong image of Taiga, but she is the true tsundere heroine who is hated by all of her main characters and slaps her mouth, but actually has a favor with both Taiga and Ryuji.
It seems that the fact that until the end she refrained from telling Ryuuji that she liked her was also a factor in her popularity.

Shinka Nibutani

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“Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! 』The main character.
She appeared in the first volume of the original work and the first episode of the first season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Chinatsu Akasaki.

A classmate of the main character, Yuta, and the main heroine, Rokka, and the chairman of the committee.
She’s the head of the Yokyaku group… but in reality, she’s a former chuunibyou patient.

There is a heroine element to the point that Yuta was initially concerned about her, but basically she is a good friend.
Rather, Yuri with Dekomori (an anime original character) is a stronger depiction.

From the beginning of the broadcast, she was more popular than Rokka and was a leading character in this work.
She didn’t have any episodes related to love, so she was a bit plain in her second term.

Yoshino Koiwai

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The sub-heroine of “Masamune-kun’s Revenge”.
She appeared in the first volume of the original work and the first episode of the first season of the anime.
Her voice actor is Inori Minase.

She is a servant of the main heroine, Aihime, and is a pitiful child who is treated as a pariah at every turn.
On the one hand, she is not only spunky, but she also has a calculating side.

She has a strong affection for the main character, Masamune, and has a position like his partner, and is actually the mastermind behind the “pig’s foot” remark.

Kurumi Tokisaki

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The sub-heroine of “Date A Live”.
Appeared in the 3rd volume of the original, 7 episodes of the 1st season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Asami Sanada.

A spirit that manipulates shadows and time appears in front of the main character, Shido, as the third spirit.
He speaks like a young lady and has a gentle demeanor, but inside, he is a troubled spirit who is a serious yandere and likes pranks.

In the official popularity poll held at the time of the release of “Date A Live Theatrical Mayuri Judgment”, she came in 2nd place with a close margin to Mayuri who was the heroine of the movie.
The number of votes overwhelmed the main heroine Tohka and other popular heroines.
Due to its popularity, he has played the leading role in the spin-off work “Date A Live Fragment He is a Date A Bullet” and has even been made into an OVA.

Charlotte Dunois

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The heroine of “IS “.
She appeared in the 2nd volume of the original work and the 1st episode of the 1st season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Kana Hanazawa.

She is the French representative candidate for the world’s strongest weapon “Infinite Stratos”.
Using the pseudonym “Charles Dunois” and disguising herself as a man, she transferred to IS Academy, where she met her main character, Ichika.

The main heroine of IS is Houki, but I have the impression that the five heroines are almost on a horizontal line.
Among them, Shar’s popularity stands out, and she tops most of the popularity polls.

By the way, the next volume (13th volume) of the original was announced as the final volume, but there is no prospect of release for more than five years.

Shinobu Oshino

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The heroine of the “Monogatari Series”.
Appeared in the first volume of the original, episode 1 of the first season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Maaya Sakamoto.

A former human vampire whose real name is Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade.

The main character, Koyomi, is her relative, and they have a relationship like Ichiren Takusei.
Therefore, even if her relationship with her main heroine Senjougahara deepens, the relationship between Koyomi and Shinobu will not change.

The popularity of the heroines in the Monogatari series fluctuates depending on the time of year, and Nadeshiko was overwhelming at the time of the anime broadcast, but she retreated due to a sudden change in her hairstyle and personality.
Shinobu, who didn’t even have an individual episode in “Bakemonogatari”, wasn’t even in the heroine frame, but after that, his presence steadily increased, and he gained immovable popularity with the film adaptation of the prequel “Kizumonogatari”.

Kanon Nakagawa

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The heroine of “The World God Only Knows”.
She appeared in the 2nd volume of the original work and the 5th episode of the 1st season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Nao Toyama.

A student at Maishima Academy, where the main character Keima attends, and a new idol who is at the height of her popularity.
She is furious that Keima didn’t recognize her, and as they interact with him, she comes to think of him as a special person.

“God only” is a story like a gal game where the heroine captures the heroine one after another, so there is no clear main heroine, but Elsie would be in that position.
She is one of the most popular characters in the series, but Hakua and Kanon have become as popular as Elsie.
In particular, Kanon’s treatment in the anime was remarkably good, and the impact was tremendous, and even now, about 10 years after the end of the series, she still has a lot of fans, such as a lot of fan art being posted on her birthday.

Diane

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The main character of “The Seven Deadly Sins”.
She appeared in the first volume of the original work and the third episode of the first season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Aoi Yuuki.

She is a member of and a giant girl who has the nickname Serpent Sin.
She is a very pure maiden on the inside, while her superhuman strength that makes use of her huge body makes her a great fighting force.

She was initially in love with her main character, Meliodas, but that was partly because the King had erased her memories of him.
Strictly speaking, she is not in the position of heroine because she originally liked King, but she was in a position like a sub-heroine before the aforementioned memory incident was discovered.

Her official popularity poll ranked 7th in the 1st round and 8th in the 2nd round, surpassing Elizabeth, the main heroine, in both cases.

Katsura daisy (katsura daisy)

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“Like Hayate! ] sub-heroine.
She appeared in the 4th volume of the original work and the 4th episode of the 1st season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Shizuka Ito.

The student council president of Hakuou Gakuin High School, where the protagonist Hayate attends.
She is a “super beautiful girl with both talent and beauty” who can do everything perfectly, but she was quite passive and withdrawn when it came to her love life.

After she met Hayate at school, she became interested in him, and before she knew it, she liked him.
However, due to her little sister Nagi and Ayumu’s hesitation and hesitation towards her friends, and her childhood experiences, she was imprinted that she would run away from what she wanted.

Contrary to her position in her work, her popularity overwhelms the main heroine Nagi and other heroines from beginning to end.
In the official popularity polls held three times in total, he won overwhelmingly by a large margin to the second place and below, and continued to reign as the absolute champion until the end.

Yui Kotegawa

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The sub-heroine of the “To LOVE Ru Series”.
She appeared in the 6th volume of the original work and the 8th episode of the 1st season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Kaori Nazuka.

A serious girl who serves as a disciplinary committee member at Sainan High School, where the main character, Rito, attends.
She hates her shameless behavior and her cleanliness is enough to terrify the boys around her.
However, as her entanglement with Rito increased, she herself went to the front line of shameless agents.

Her feelings for Rito are as strong as any of her other heroines, and she fantasizes about her life after marrying him and giving birth to her.
In this work, there are several heroines who are more popular than the main heroine Lara, such as Konjiki no Yami and Mikan, but among them, this Yui has a particularly strong sense of heroine.

Kanna Tanigawa

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The sub-heroine of “Waiting in the Summer”.
She appeared from the 1st episode of the 1st season.
Her voice actress is Kaori Ishihara.

She is the main character, Kaito’s classmate, and she has a faint fondness for him, but one day, the main heroine, Ichika, who suddenly appears, makes her feel a strong sense of crisis.
I’m going to spend my days.

She is a character that can be said to be a representative of the so-called “losing heroine”, and I was not able to grant her wish during the work.
However, her frustrating and wistful portrayal captured the hearts of many viewers, and she gained popularity far surpassing Ichika.

Yakumo Tsukamoto

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The sub-heroine of “School Rumble”.
She appeared in the first volume of the original work and the first episode of the first season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Mamiko Noto.

She is a girl who is struggling because she has the ability to read men’s minds.
Kenji Harima is the only man she can’t read minds.

In “Scran”, Tenma and Harima are the two main characters, and Harima is in love with Tenma, so she is actually the main heroine frame, but she has another person in her mind… It’s a strange composition.
At the beginning of the story, Tenma leads the story as the main character, but the human relationship becomes complicated when one of Tenma’s friends, Sawachika, and her younger sister, Yakumo, begin to be aware of Harima.
As their turn increased, the popularity of the work soared.

For that reason, I was reluctant to make Tenma the main heroine, but Sawachika and Yakumo were overwhelmingly the top two in terms of popularity, and Tenma’s shadow was steadily fading.
In the first popularity poll, Tenma was ranked first, but in the second, Harima ranked first, Sawachika second, and Yakumo third.
And in the 3rd round, Yakumo was 1st, Harima was 2nd, and Sawachika was 3rd.

Tsukasa Nishino

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The sub-heroine of “Strawberry 100%”.
She appeared in the first volume of the original work and the first episode of the first season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Megumi Toyoguchi.

The main heroine of this work is the origin of the title “Strawberry”, and it is said that Toujo, who the main character Manaka has feelings for, but he confessed to Nishino, not Toujou.
It was a misunderstanding, but after that, the two repeatedly parted and reunited, and in the end, Nishino was chosen as him.

There are many sub-heroines who eat the main heroine in terms of popularity, but the heroine who finally takes the position in the story is rare.
In that sense, she may be the most suitable character for a popular anime heroine that surpasses the main heroine.

Yuko Aoshima

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The sub-heroine of “Monkey Turn”.
Appeared in the 2nd volume of the original and the 1st episode of the 1st season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Naoko Takano.

As a student of the 82nd class, she entered the Motosu Training Center, where she met the main character, Hatano.
After graduating, she successfully became a boat racer, but she also hit a big wall.

While she is confessed to by Douguchi, who is in the same class, she herself is worried about Hatano, and she will waver between the two.
Hatano was in a relationship with Sumi, a childhood friend who lives in the neighborhood, and her lover, but she confessed to Aoshima and took it, and it was a two-way relationship.
In the end, Aoshima decided to withdraw.

It seems that many readers booed at the unusual development in boys’ magazines, but Aoshima was overwhelmingly popular for her heroine.

Hinata Hyuga (Hyuuga no Hinata)

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Sub-heroine of “NARUTO”.
Appeared from the 5th volume of the original, the 1st episode of the 1st season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Nana Mizuki.

A Kunoichi of the Hyuga clan who inherits her eye jutsu “Byakugan”.
She has a reserved and quiet personality, but she has a strong core.

It was thought that Sakura Haruno was the main heroine of “NARUTO”, but Hinata was the one who liked Naruto, stood by him when he was in trouble, and sometimes scolded him harshly.
Eventually she ended up with Naruto.
It can be said that she is the sub-heroine who achieved the most dramatic improvement in the sub-heroine world.

multi

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The sub-heroine of “To Heart”.
She appeared in the first episode of the first season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Yui Horie.

An android developed as a household maid robot, the official name is “HMX-12 ‘Multi'”.
The Multi that appears in this work is a prototype machine, and because it has “emotions” installed, it is almost the same as a human being.

Since “To Heart” is based on a gal game, the order of the heroines is almost horizontal, but the main heroine in the anime is Akari, who is her childhood friend.
At the time of the game, this multi has surpassed Akari’s popularity.

The reason for this is the scenario, and her scenario was the starting point for the birth of the so-called “crying game” genre.
In that sense, she is a very important heroine.

Ruri Hoshino

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The main character of Martian Successor Nadesico.
Appeared from episode 1.
Her voice actress is Omi Minami.

She is an 11-year-old genius girl who is the operator of the battleship Nadesico owned by Nergal Heavy Industries.
She has a cool personality, but maybe she was influenced by the unique crew, and she gradually becomes emotional.

The main heroine of “Nadesico” is Yurika Misumaru, but she has become even more popular both outside of the work and in the work.
At that time, there was also the Eva boom, and silent characters like Rei Ayanami were popular, so it can be said that the tailwind is one of the factors.

Kinu-chan

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The main character of “GS Mikami Gokuraku Daisakusen!!”.
She appeared in the first volume of the original work and the first episode of the anime.
Her voice actress is Mariko Kouda.

She is the ghost of a village girl who became a human pillar 300 years ago.
After meeting Mikami and Yokoshima, she began working at the Mikami exorcism office for a daily wage of 30 yen.

Mikami, who is the protagonist and main heroine, has a strong and tough personality, so the gentle and pretty Kinu-chan’s orthodox beautiful girl feeling is further emphasized, and she is the most common sense person in this work, and has gained tremendous popularity.
On the other hand, she was also a somewhat unfortunate heroine, such as another character who fell in love with Yokoshima in the final stage.

shampoo

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The sub-heroine of Ranma 1/2.
She appeared in the 4th volume of the original work, episode 18 of the 1st season of the anime.
Her voice actress is Rei Sakuma.

She is the daughter of a female clan, following her rules and chasing Ranma around.
Like Ranma, she is under the curse of Jusenkyo, and when she is exposed to water, she transforms into a cat.

Akane, the main heroine of “Ranma”, was a popular character suitable for the main character when the anime was broadcast, but as the times progressed and a tendency to hate violent heroines was born, she was treated as a “character of the past”, and instead, this shampoo became the most popular character.
She also ranked 4th overall and 2nd among female characters in the “All Rumic Anime Grand Poll” conducted by NHK, and she overwhelms Akane.

Summary

Haibara Now that her popularity is amazing, the position of sub-heroine is attracting attention again.
She certainly shines because she’s not the main character, and I think all the heroines I’ve picked up this time have that kind of shine.
After all, the sub-heroine is the best!