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The Best Female Anime Characters Ever

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Asuna Yuuki is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara. She is mononymously more commonly known as just Asuna, her player name in the eponymous video game which the novels are set in.

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Mitsuri Kanroji ( 甘 かん 露 ろ 寺 じ 蜜 みつ 璃 り , Kanroji Mitsuri?) is a major supporting character of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. She is a Demon Slayer of the Demon Slayer Corps and the current Love Hashira ( 恋 こい 柱 ばしら , Koi Bashira?).

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Nami, also known as "Cat Burglar" Nami, is a fictional character in the One Piece franchise created by Eiichiro Oda. She is based on Ann and Silk, two characters from Oda's previous manga Romance Dawn. She is introduced as a thief and pickpocket who possesses cartographical, meteorological, and navigational skills. 

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Akame, also known as Akame of the Demon Sword Murasame, is the titular deuteragonist, alongside Tatsumi, and lead anti-heroine of the manga series Akame ga Kill!, as well as the main protagonist of the prequel manga Akame ga Kill! Zero

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Akeno Himejima is a first-year college student at Kuoh Academy and one of the many female protagonists of High School DxD. She is Rias Gremory's Queen as well as her best friend. Akeno is one of Kuoh Academy's Two Great Ladies alongside Rias.

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C.C. (シー・ツー, Shī Tsū, pronounced C2) is the pseudonym of a fictional character in the Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion franchise by Sunrise. With her real name kept from the audience, she first appeared in the 2006 initial anime season, and afterwards has appeared in many manga, OVA, anime, and video game spinoff. She is voiced by Yukana.

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Erza Scarlet (エルザ・スカーレット Eruza Sukāretto) is an S-Class Mage of the Fairy Tail Guild, wherein she is a member of Team Natsu. She also served as the guild's 7th Guild Master during Makarov's absence in X792.

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Esdeath was born in the Northern Frontier Lands of the country and is the only survivor of the Parthians Clan after their village was destroyed by a rival clan.

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Toga disguised as Camie, confronting Izuku Midoriya. Himiko Toga is a major antagonist in the manga and anime series My Hero Academia.

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Hinata Hyuga is a fictional character in the anime and manga Naruto, created by Masashi Kishimoto. Hinata is a kunoichi and the former heiress of the Hyūga clan from the fictional village of Konohagakure. 

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Historia Reiss is one of the main protagonists of the anime/manga series Attack on Titan, though she is not seen much in the first season.

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Kaguya Shinomiya is one of the two main protagonists (alongside Miyuki Shirogane) and titular character of the romantic comedy manga and anime series Kagaya-sama: Love Is War and a minor character in the 2020 supernatural drama manga series Oshi no Ko.

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Konan is a supporting character in the manga and anime Naruto. She was the only kunoichi in the Akatsuki and the partner of Nagato, being the only member to call him by his real name. She became the leader of Amegakure after defecting from Akatsuki.

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Kushina Uzumaki (うずまきクシナ, Uzumaki Kushina) was a Konohagakure kunoichi who originated from Uzushiogakure's Uzumaki clan. She was the second jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails, Kurama.

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Levy McGarden (レビィ・マクガーデン Rebī Makugāden) is a Mage of the Fairy Tail Guild. She is the leader of Shadow Gear. She was a member of Magic Council's Custody Enforcement Unit, but after the defeat of Avatar, left to rejoin Fairy Tail. In the year X793, she became the mother of Gajeel's child.

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Lucy Heartfilia is the main female protagonist of the anime/manga series Fairy Tail. She is a Celestial Spirit Mage, a member of the Fairy Tail Guild and one of the founding members of Team Natsu. She is a member of a once extremely wealthy family who ran away from home to join Fairy Tail.

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Mai Sakurajima (桜島 麻衣, Sakurajima Mai) is the main heroine of the Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai series. She is an actress and model and attends Minegahara High School, such as her boyfriend Sakuta Azusagawa.

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Maki Zen'in is a fictional character from Gege Akutami's manga Jujutsu Kaisen 0. She is a young student from Jujutsu High, mentored by Satoru Gojo. While working on missions involving Curses, Maki mentors the newcomer Yuta Okkotsu who is trying to control the undead Rika which is attacking innocent people. 

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Makima (マキマ) is the main antagonist of the Public Safety Saga. She was the Chief Cabinet Secretary's Personal Devil Hunter who took Denji in as her human pet.

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Megumin is a fictional character from the light novel, manga, and anime series KonoSuba, written by Natsume Akatsuki. In the universe of KonoSuba, a parallel world with MMORPG elements, Megumin is a sorcerer who joins protagonist Kazuma Satou's party in an attempt to defeat the Demon King. 

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Mikasa Ackerman is a fictional character from Hajime Isayama's manga series Attack on Titan. Mikasa is introduced as a citizen of Paradis Island living with the protagonist, Eren Yeager, and his family, who took her in following the deaths of her parents in an attempted kidnapping. 

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Mirajane Strauss (ミラジェーン・ストラウス Mirajēn Sutorausu) is an S-Class Mage of the Fairy Tail Guild, as well as its "drawing card", and is often a model for the Sorcerer Magazine. She is the older sister of Elfman and Lisanna.

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Momo Yaoyorozu (八百万 百, Yaoyorozu Momo), also known by her hero name, Everything Hero: Creati, is a major protagonist of the My Hero Academia franchise. She is the vice president of Class 1-A at U.A. 

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Nejire Hado ( 波 は 動 どう ねじれ, Hadō Nejire), also known as Nejire Chan (ネジレちゃん, Nejirechan), was a student in Class 3-A at U.A. High School and was part of The Big 3. Following the Final War, Nejire graduates from U.A. High School and becomes a Pro Hero.

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Nezuko Kamado is a fictional character in Koyoharu Gotouge's manga series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. 

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Nico Robin, otherwise known as "Devil Child", is a fictional character in the One Piece franchise created by Eiichiro Oda. The character made her first appearance in the 114th chapter of the series, which was first published in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on November 22, 1999. 

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Nobara Kugisaki is a fictional character of the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen created by Gege Akutami. 

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Power (パワー Pawā?) is the tritagonist of the Public Safety Saga. She is a Blood Fiend (血ちの魔ま人じん Chi no Majin) and a Public Safety Devil Hunter who is part of Makima's special squad.

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Raphtalia (ラフタリア, Rafutaria?) is the main heroine and deuteragonist of The Rising of the Shield Hero series. She is the first real companion of the Shield Hero, Naofumi Iwatani.

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Rias Gremory is a fictional character who appears in the light novel, anime, and manga series High School DxD authored by Ichiei Ishibumi. Rias is the main love interest of the main character, Issei Hyoudou. 

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Rin Tohsaka is a fictional character introduced in the 2004 visual novel Fate/stay night by Type-Moon. Rin is a high school student who becomes the master mage of Archer, a spirit warrior. Together they participate in a war between other mages and warriors known as the Holy Grail War. 

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Rukia Kuchiki is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Bleach created by Tite Kubo. In the series, she is a Soul Reaper, in charge of slaying and eradicating corrupted souls whose unfortunate fate lies destined for ruthless killing and feeding of living beings. We call these lost souls hollows. 

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Ryūko Matoi is the main protagonist in the Kill la Kill anime and manga. She is a nomadic transfer student who transfers to Honnōji Academy in search of the other half of a red Scissor Blade she carries, and the one who murdered her father, "Isshin Matoi" (real name: Sōichirō Kiryūin).

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Saber, whose real name is Artoria Pendragon, is a fictional character from the Japanese 2004 visual novel Fate/stay night by Type-Moon. 

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Saeko Busujima is the secondary female protagonist of the manga series Highschool of the Dead and the main female protagonist of the anime adaptation of the same series. She is a student at Fujimi High School and a member of the survivor group led by Takashi Komuro and is the daughter of Master Busujima.

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Sailor Moon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's shōjo manga magazine Nakayoshi from 1991 to 1997; the 60 individual chapters, along with several side stories, were compiled in 18 volumes. 

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Sasha Blouse (サシャ・ブラウス Sasha Burausu) was a member of the Survey Corps and one of the few former members of the 104th Training Corps, of which she was ranked 9th best, that decided to join the regiment, upon coming into contact with Eren's strong desire to eliminate the Titans.

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Shinobu Kocho is a major supporting character of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. She is a Demon Slayer of the Demon Slayer Corps and the current Insect Hashira. Shinobu Kocho is also the younger sister of Kanae Kocho and along with her younger adopted Kanao Tsuyuri.

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Shōko Nishimiya (西宮 硝子, Nishimiya Shōko) is the female protagonist of the Koe no Katachi series. Born mostly deaf, Shōko often faces difficulties in communicating and connecting with others, causing her issues during her childhood. Particularly with Shōya Ishida, who became her bully during sixth grade.

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Asada Shino, otherwise known as Sinon online, is a main character in the Sword Art Online series, after being introduced in the shows second season. Sinon began playing VRMMO games starting with Gun Gale Online, where she become renown as the game's most skilled sniper.

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Taiga Aisaka (逢坂 大河, Aisaka Taiga) is the main female protagonist of the Toradora! series. Due to her often snapping at others in brutal ways and her short stature, she is given the nickname "Palmtop Tiger".

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As the second-ranked S-Class hero, Tatsumaki is extremely powerful. She is one of the most powerful heroes overall and is the most powerful esper to date. Fubuki describes her as a monster much like Sweet Mask, who chooses not to advance from A-Class to S-Class to prevent weaklings from climbing up the ranks.

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Temari is one of the main supporting characters in the Naruto anime/manga series and the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations anime/manga series. She is a jōnin-level kunoichi of Sunagakure and one of the three Sand Siblings.

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Touka Kirishima is the main female protagonist and a ghoul and waitress at Anteiku and one of the main characters of Tokyo Ghoul. 

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Tsunade (綱手) is a descendant of the Senju and Uzumaki Clan, and is one of Konohagakure's Sannin. She is famed as the world's strongest kunoichi and its greatest medical-nin. The repeated loss of her loved ones caused Tsunade to later abandon the life of a shinobi for many years.

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An emotionally detached soldier settles into postwar life as a ghostwriter and begins to reconnect with her feelings while searching for the meaning behind her former commander's final words to her.

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Winry Rockbell is a fictional character from Hiromu Arakawa's Fullmetal Alchemist manga series and its adaptations. Winry is a teenage mechanic who often spends time with the central characters, brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric, who are childhood friends of hers. 

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Yor Forger (ヨル・フォージャー, Yoru Fōjā), née Briar (ブライア, Buraia) is the tritagonist of the SPY x FAMILY series. While she works as an ordinary clerk at Berlint City Hall, she also leads a secret life as a Garden assassin with the code name "Thorn Princess" (〈いばら姫, <Ibara-hime>).

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Yoruichi Shihōin is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Bleach created by Tite Kubo. 

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Yumeko Jabami (蛇喰 夢子) is the main protagonist of Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler. She's a second-year transfer student at Hyakkaou Private Academy and the classmate of Ryota Suzui and Mary Saotome.