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I have touched glitter in the past 24 hours! I spent my entire day talking to children! And I’m sorry I don’t talk like Murphy Brown! Let’s say you’re a soulful, brooding male hero, living a sheltered, emotionless existence. Have no fear, the Manic Pixie Dream Girl is here to give new meaning to the male hero’s life! The Manic Pixie Dream Girl may be featured as the Second Love, in order to break the character out of The Mourning After.
Deconstructions of the idea may show that they resent being considered only useful for the benefit of the main character, idolized as something that they are not, or that once the main character reaches their “enlightened” stage, the MPDG moves on to the next person who needs their help. Although not quite Always Female, a “Manic Pixie Dream Guy” is a much rarer concept. Ai-Ren: Ai has been especially brought back to life to accompany the male protagonist during his last days. Heaven’s Door, Hinata is at first a bit put off by Yuri’s violent behaviour and awkward social skills, but in the end she’s the one who gives him a goal and a will to struggle in his afterlife. Ashita Dorobou has an interesting variant of this trope. Might be a Deconstructed Character Archetype of sorts.
Straitlaced protagonist Kyouichi Miyasako, 30 years old, broke up with his quirky, free-spirited girlfriend Ashita Tendou way back in college, and has been haunted by regret ever since. Battle Angel Alita protagonist Alita went trough a period of almost obsessive MPDG behavior when she fell madly in love with a boy named Yugo, during which she was even willing to die for him. In Brave10, Saizo is pretty much being dragged around by Isanami from their first meeting although she is sometimes more of a Manic Pixie Nightmare Girl. Despite all these changes, they still fall in love and get together.
Yuu Watase plays with this trope in Ceres, Celestial Legend with Chidori Kuruma. Hotaru in Dagashi Kashi is not only a fairly textbook example of this for male lead Kokonotsu, but even looks a lot like his “ideal” girl he’s been drawing in his manga. Death Note has an interesting subversion, and probable deconstruction. Light: This is the first time in my life I’ve wanted to hit a woman. Saber is a male version with a twist. Mamimi is a deconstruction, as her strange actions and her inappropriate advances on Naota are signs that she has serious issues of her own to work out.
The girl forces him to help under the pretext of being the class president, making the life of the Delinquent loner hell with her hare-brained attitude and well-meaning schemes. Fujimi Lovers: If it were any perspective but Jun Kouno’s, he definitely fits the trope. His predicament makes it so his first and always tragic love, Rino Hasebe, disappears from existence the moment she falls for him. Gatchaman Crowds: Hajime Ichinose is an unusual example in that she is both the protagonist and plays this role to her entire team rather than just one person. She’s energetic and optimistic to the extreme, encouraging everyone to expand their horizons. In Hanamori Pink’s short manga Get Nude, sloppy delinquent Subaru is the Manic Pixie Dream Boy to strait-laced Student Council President Misao. Goodnight Punpun: Punpun tries to invoke this with the pretty New Transfer Student Aiko.
Gravitation: Shuichi Shindou is Manic Pixie Dream Boy to Eiri Yuki. While he’s actually the main character, his life revolves around drawing Yuki out of his shell to such an extent that everything else, even his singing career, takes a backseat to their relationship. At first, Neko seems to fit this exactly for both of them, showing up in Shiro’s room naked and declaring herself to be his cat, but Shiro has a lot of this himself. In the novel Lost Small World, Misaki Yata is this for Saruhiko Fushimi, when they were in middle school.