Neither is true, as black lines will appear on the face of and wind will appear over the head of any character male or female, just about. This article seems to give the impression that the black lines appearing on the face is a trait exclusive to Maruko an earlier edit said that female fans of the series will imitate that by using their hands, giving the misleading impression that it it is a trait exclusive to the female characters. (As I said, it was initially aimed at children.) This information comes from the original comics themselves. OK, I added a paragraph with a bit of the history of the series, and removed the bit about it being aimed at young women. This information comes from the autobiographical strips in the comics, e.g. The intent was initially to write 'essay manga' (to use the author's term), semi-fictional emotional stories with a hint of nostalgia and often some kind of message, but the initial audience was intended to be the Ribon readership of junior-high girls. The author started writing the series in her late teens. The manga was published in Ribon, which is aimed at 'young girls roughly 9-13 years old'. This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.Ĭurrently the article says the manga was 'created to appeal to the childhood memories of young women'. This article has been rated as Start-Class on the project's quality scale. Anime and manga Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga Template:WikiProject Anime and manga anime and manga articles If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Anime and manga, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of anime, manga, and related topics on Wikipedia.

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