What is the “perfect” girl? According to Japan, it seems to be someone who is half-Japanese and half-British (or French), able to speak foreign languages with confidence while still retaining the core joshiki or “universal common sense” that makes Japanese people unique. In the most recent arc of Amagami SS+, my waifu the popular character Haruka Morishima is revealed as haafu (her father being from the U.K.), which explains her fashion model-like beauty as well as her many idiosyncracies, so refreshingly different from the more restrained female characters in the show. Yet when we meet her relative Jessica, a blonde clone of Haruka from England who’s able to do things Japanese society forbids, such as warmly embracing people she’s just met and giving kisses on the cheek as a casual greeting, we realize how very Japanese Haruka is in comparison.So what’s your perfect girl?
Haruka from Amgami is an example of an elegant haafu character.
