Cool Big Sis Narrator

Basic Trope: Younger characters see an older female character as cool. Straight: Tommy idolizes his older sister, Alice. Exaggerated: Alice is a walking Deus ex Machina and Throw the Dog a Bone dispenser; whenever things go wrong for Tommy, Alice is there to help him out. Tommy looks up to every older female character in the cast. Every character in the primary cast is a younger sibling to someone like this. Downplayed: Alice has a relatively small role, but when she appears, she offers sound advice to Tommy and they have fun together. Justified: Alice is The Ace and Tommy wants to emulate her. Alice deeply loves her little brother, and has a strong Big Sister Instinct towards him for that reason. Alice is kind and supportive of Tommy, so they make a powerful Sibling Team. Inverted: Alice admires her younger brother Tommy. Alice is a Disappointing Older Sibling. Gender Flipped: Aaron is his little sister Tammy's personal hero. Subverted: Alice plays the part of a cool big sister, but Beneath the Mask, she's a Big Sister Bully. Double Subverted: But Alice and Tommy still have plenty of They Really Do Love Each Other moments. Parodied: Alice is undeniably cruel to Tommy, but he's too naive and kind to realize it and admires her anyway. Zig Zagged: Depending on the Writer, Alice and Tommy are incredibly close or she's aloof and mean-spirited. Averted: Alice and Tommy's relationship is not explored in the work. Enforced: "We need an older female character to hold on to that Periphery Demographic. What if we gave Tommy a big sister?" Lampshaded: "Wow, Tommy, Alice is the best! I didn't know older sisters like this existed out of TV!" Invoked: Alice's parents tell her that they are going to have a new baby soon, and Alice commits to being the most positive influence on the kid's life as possible. Exploited: When trouble arises, the first person Tommy turns to is the most level-headed/combat-capable person he knows, Alice. Defied: Alice intentionally drives Tommy away, fearful that he might pick up her bad habits. Conversed: "I wish my older sister was as good a person as all these big sister characters are!" Implied: Alice is The Ghost, and has already moved out by the time at which the show takes place, but Tommy will often wish she was here when things go awry. Deconstructed: Alice is a Broken Ace. She has built her entire sense of self around her brother's mental image of her, and lives in a constant state of fear that she will let him down. Reconstructed: But through her Character Development, she realizes she has a lot to appreciate about herself in her own right. She continues to be a model for Tommy, but has a healthier sense of self-image. Played For Drama: The activities Tommy wants to pick up from Alice are destructive for both of them, and she is desperately trying to break the cycle for his sake.

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Urd of Ah! My Goddess, to both younger sister Skuld and Keiichi on occasion, though with mixed success. Skuld seems to regard Belldandy more as her Cool Big Sis than Urd. Sanae Kashima takes to this role almost immediately in Alice & Zoroku in regards to Sana. Thanks to being forewarned by her grandfather, she's able to take Sana's powers in stride and be understanding about Sana's initial nervousness around her. Sanae wins Sana over in short order by doing her hair for her, making her food, and comforting Sana when traumatic memories start to overwhelm her. Sai in Angelic Layer is this for Misaki when the latter reaches the finals. The first thing she does when they meet is hold Misaki's hand and help her walk out to the crowd. She also helps her discover Hikaru's weakness and through Sai's backstory where we find out she had a little sister who died of an illness, and was her entire reason for playing Angelic Layer it can be assumed she sees Misaki in the same way. Also in a little twist, Hatoko is like this for Misaki as well, despite being a few years younger, by constantly teaching her about Angelic Layer and helping her become a better player. Appare-Ranman!: Unlike the rest of his family, Appare's older sister at least tries to be accepting towards her little brother's ideas. She even gives him an amulet when he leaves their household. Sofia, Al's childhood friend, also treats him like a younger brother, being his former babysitter and all. In Asteroid in Love, Mira's older sister, Misa, is the Student Council President. Mature, composed and easygoing, she does her best to look after Mira. Moe immediately takes a liking to her when they meet. In addition, she eagerly helps out with promoting the Earth Science Club's newsletter, albeit embarrassing Mira in the process. Petra Ral from Attack on Titan became one to Eren. She functioned as a Team Mom to Levi's squad, and was the most supportive and kind member. Sakaki from Azumanga Daioh is pretty much this, being quite protective of Chiyo-chan and earning Chiyo's admiration in return. And then there's all her in-show fangirls. In Bad Company (an Origin Story prequel to GTO: The Early Years), middle-schoolers Eikichi, Ryuji, and their friends meet 18-year-old Natsuki, who drives them around in her car and even lets them take it for a spin (which she soon regrets). When she finds out Ryuji's parents have locked him out for the night, she lets him stay at her place, and even gives him her old motorcycle to ride. Ryuji quickly develops a Precocious Crush on her, though to the others she's more of this trope played straight. In GTO: The Early Years, Ryuji's actual sister counts as well (see the entry for SJG below). Kirino Chiba, Bamboo Blade's Kendo Team Captain, is more ditzy than flirty, but is clearly remarked to be the Cool Big Sis for the kendo team, which helps to keep them united. This may also make her something of a Team Mom. Bitter Virgin has Izumi Suwa, elder sister of Daisuke, who is considered a Cool Big Sis by Daisuke's childhood friend Yuzu Yamamoto. She also becomes such to female lead Hinako when she encourages her to fight for Daisuke's affections and becomes the only person who Hinako has knowingly divulged her secrets to. She also earns some points for casually dismissing the flak she catches for returning to her conservative home town very pregnant with no father in sight. Bleach gives us two: Rangiku Matsumoto. She really takes on the Cool Big Sis role when she lives with Orihime, and later is this also to Momo and her own captain. Yoruichi Shihoin. Teases the hell out of Ichigo, after abandoning cat form and appearing nude in front of him, revealing his prudishness. Also she was the mentor of both a teenage Soifon and a teenage Byakuya. (Byakuya was even less thrilled than Ichigo by Yoruichi's antics, making Soifon the only one of the trio who adored having her as a mentor and Cool Big Sis. And maybe even more). Made more amusing by the fact she IS an actual big sister to her brother, Yushiro, who worships and admires her. Anastasia of Brave10 becomes Isanami's sister figure after she rescues her from Date and acts as the Good Bad Action Girl to Isanamis's wide-eyed innocent Damsel in Distress. But it's a ruse. Ana actually hates the concept of family-like bonds, and it was all an act, probably devised by Hanzo to eventually break Isanami. Fuuko is this to Kouta in Brave Exkaiser. Even if she's selfish at times and can be a little annoying to him, she does genuinely care about him and is nice to him when it counts. Played for laughs with Li Syaoran's four older sisters in the first Cardcaptor Sakura movie. They were all very sweet and well-intentioned... and complete Kawaiikos. In A Centaur's Life, Class Representative Manami Mitami is this to her four younger siblings, Chigusa, Chinami, Chiho and Suetsumu. Himeno is this to her younger cousin, Shiho. Shiho herself acts as a Cool Big Sis to an even younger centaur girl from the same kindergarten, Maki. A Certain Magical Index: Touma apparently has a fetish for Cool Big Sis types, though he tries to keep it quiet. Kaori is the only one in his Unwanted Harem who would fit the type, and even that's a little bit of a stretch (she's the Cool Big Sis to some of his haremettes, but not to Touma). Fukiyose Seiri is good at depicting this image. She's also hijacked the role of Class Representative on a number of occasions. Shizuri Mugino acts as one to the other members of Team ITEM, but she's also Ax-Crazy and wouldn't think twice about killing them before her Heel–Face Turn. Satella from Chrono Crusade fits this trope somewhat, although Azmaria is the only one that really looks up to her. (Rosette is generally more frustrated with her antics than anything, although there's moments where they share bits of advice with each other.) And of course, Rosette plays the role straight towards Azmaria, as the picture above shows. Milly Ashford, the Student Council President from Code Geass, is actually referred to on the show's official website as a "reliable older sister" to her friends (when she isn't tormenting them with her playful antics and "magic spells"). She's one of the more popular side characters due to this, as well as her... um... huge tracts of land and eagerness to grope the female Student Council members. Cornelia is one to her little sister Euphemia, who in turn was one to Nunnally. Daltanious: Sanae Shiratori is viewed as one by all the children of Adalus Base because she uses her medical skills to keep them safe post Alien Invasion. Dragon Ball: When she's not being a bossy spoiled Rich Bitch, Bulma actually acted like this to Kid Goku in Dragon Ball; hell, she even gave him a bath and actually washing him herself. Maybe Bulma gets it from her big sister Tights (the girl from Jaco the Galactic Patrolman). Good Launch and eventually Bad Launch acts like this towards Goku and Krillin. In Dragon Ball Z Tomboy Videl becomes this to Kid Trunks and Goten, especially in Non-Serial Movie Broly – Second Coming. In Dragon Ball Super Caulifla is this for Kale, or maybe something more. Doctor Slump: Arale, despite her childish attitude, is one for her younger siblings Gatchan and Turbo, who adore her, always play with her and admire her incredible above-human abilities, although she is more of a fun older sister than an example to follow as such. Peasuke sees his older brother Taro in this way, and often tries to be like him, perhaps one reason why he always hangs out with him and his friends. Akane is a surrogate version of this for Arale. While she can often talk her into getting into trouble with her, she is also the one who takes the most care of her and teaches her various things about everyday life that Arale is unaware of, and as a result Arale adores her for the same. Senbei often wants to pretend that he is this for Arale, as he prefers the village to believe that they are siblings, but he always fails in the attempt, as he is old enough to be more of a father figure than an older brother. Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail definatly qualifies. She is respected and admired by her fellow guild mates and especially Lucy looks up to her. (In a letter Lucy wrote to her mother she describes Erza as cool, beautiful, warm and full of passion) She is someone relied on by everyone and capable of keeping the chaotic guild under control with one glare. Melissa Mao from Full Metal Panic!. She mentions the trope almost by name in The Second Raid when she confronts Sousuke about spacing out in the middle of a mission. Not to mention that Kurz calls her "Sis." Yomi to Kagura in Ga-Rei -Zero-. Even after a barrage of very awful tragedies she's still a Cool Big Sis, to the bitter end. Rin Ataka from Gasaraki is arguably one of these too, she even goes so far as to sneak off of a military base despite being detained in order to check if Yushiro is okay. In Girls und Panzer, the Little Army prequel manga reveals that Nishizumi Maho, who otherwise seems like an Expy of Teru from Saki, is actually quite close to her younger sister Miho, and that the aloof behavior she often displays in the anime is actually a jerkass demeanour brought on by having to be the ideal Nishizumi heiress, which she does so that Miho will be free to live her own way. Pravda High's second-in-command Nonna has this dynamic with her direct superior Katyusha. One need only look through the non-action scenes Episode 9 for proof. GTO: The Early Years: Ryuji is on better terms with his sister Yoko than the rest of his family, and she lets him and Nagisa stay at her apartment for a while. Kazumi Amano from GunBuster may very well be the Trope Codifier for Anime. Gundam: Christina Sierra from Gundam 00 isn't the sister of either Feldt or the Gundam pilots, but treats them as if they were her siblings. She possibly caught that from Catherine "Cathy" Bloom, the cool big sister from Gundam Wing. Who's confirmed by Word of God to be the long lost older sister of the Gundam Heavyarms's pilot, Trowa Barton. Toniya from After War Gundam X plays this role towards Tiffa and Garrod (and even ships them together). Definitely related to above, this is very strongly invoked by Mirai Kamiki from Gundam Build Fighters Try, the older sister of one of the three main characters, Sekai Kamiki. Not only is she beautiful to the point of charming almost literally everyone who sees her, she is also very supportive of whatever her little brother takes interest in, be it martial arts, or toy battles. That said, when he gets himself into a police station or gets distracted away from finishing transfer student registration, she does show some stun side. Yoshiyuki Tomino is supposedly trying to invoke this with Aida in Gundam: Reconguista in G. Triela fills this role in Gunslinger Girl, despite not being related to any of the other protagonists. She seems a bit older than the other cyborg girls and her introductory scene involves her bucking up a depressed Henrietta when the latter stuffs up on a mission. Sixth Ranger Petra, despite being the most teenage, does not apply here since she doesn't even interact with the others, being the next generation of cyborg. Fasalina in GUN×SWORD is amongst the antagonist's group, however she seems fond of newcomer Michael and if he's not being guided by The Claw, he goes to her and she teaches him. It doesn't excuse her position as a villain though, making her a rare villainous Cool Big Sis. Though only one year older than the rest of the main cast of Hayate the Combat Butler, Maria seems to be the holder of this title. While Yukiji is better known as an irresponsible Hard-Drinking Party Girl and older than most, she has shown to have this side to her, mostly to her younger sister. Kiruko from Heavenly Delusion is this towards Maru, a boy she was hired to protect as his bodyguard while they travel to a place called “Heaven” in a post-apocalyptic Japan. Kiruko enjoys sharing her knowledge of surviving on the road with Maru, which over time earns his affection and leads to him nicknaming her “Sis.” Though given his declaration of love towards her later on, he’d upgrade their relationship in a heartbeat if she was willing. Hello Sandybelle: Sandybelle is this to the rest of the children of Scotland. Even the bullies want to befriend her. When she moves to London, she befriends an orphan boy named Ricky Kentle, who strives to help her journalist career. Hetalia: Axis Powers has several, actually: Hungary, before she "graduates" into Team Mom and marries Austria. In Finland's notes, Belgium is hinted to be a Cool Big Sis too, but she has only had cameos so far. Confirmed in the published manga, so much that little!Romano gets a Precocious Crush on her. Ukraine might qualify as this, but both her younger siblings Russia and Belarus are Yanderes and she's very much a Shrinking Violet. Russia does seem to consider her as one, considering his genuine affection for her and how fondly he remembers their childhood. Vietnam tends to get this treatment in fanon, and shows shades of this in the 2011 Bloodbath when she takes charge of the girls' meeting. Aoi Kimi of Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere. As the protagonist's slightly older sister, she's about the same age as most of the rest of the main cast, but definitely plays Team Mom. She's also a flamboyant pervert. If Her Flag Breaks: Kikuno is Souta's self-declared big sister, so she does sisterly things for him, such as making him lunches, giving him advice, and being a little too affectionate sometimes. She also acts like a big sister figure to the rest of the cast. Is the Order a Rabbit?'s Cocoa tries to act like one. Though it doesn't work very well on Chino, Megu seems to buy it. Kaguya-sama: Love Is War: While their relationship is officially that of a valet and her mistress, Hayasaka acts this way for Kaguya (even though they're the same age) and even refers to her as a little sister on several occasions. Fujiwara is also this for Shirogane's younger sister due to the latter's friendship with her own sister Moeha, much to Kaguya's jealousy. Kaguya develops this sort of relationship with Ishigami as the story progresses. Maki also acts this way towards him, as befitting her role as Kaguya's Shadow Archetype. Cathy Taymor and Pamela from Kaleido Star. Sarah Dupont is both this and the local Team Mom. So far, Eva from Karneval is one to some extent, being reliable during a crisis, especially when Tsukumo-chan is concerned, although the guys are pretty scared of her. Katri, Girl of the Meadows: Maruti is a carefree idiot from a rich family, but he befriends Katri, a Farmers Girl from the rural Finnish village of Palki. He then decides to emulate her because he's impressed by how hardworking she is, and surprises his whole family by improving his grades at school. Even his mother didn't believe her son turned over a new leaf because of Katri's influence. Kill la Kill: Satsuki Kiryuin gets this trope as a part of her character development. Made even more meaningful by how a good part of her cold and ambitious behavior came from her swearing revenge on her Almighty Mom, Ragyo, for experimenting on Satsuki's newborn little sister and throwing her away for dead when said experiments didn't work. Said sister? Ryuko, of all people. In Kiki's Delivery Service, Kiki has a bout of insecurity and loneliness when she loses her witch's powers. One of her friends, a young painter named Ursula, invites her to stay in her forest cottage and helps her mental block. Natsumi Hayama from Kodocha used to be a Big Sister Bully to her brother Akito since she blamed him for their mother Koharu's Death by Childbirth, but becomes this after her Character Development. Lady!!: Sarah initially despises Lynn, her newfound half-sister from Japan, but Lynn views Sarah as the epitome of Ojou and strives to be like her. La Seine No Hoshi: Dalton views La Seine No Hoshi as a Little Miss Badass due to her superheroine shenanigans. In spite of being a little boy, he even helps her in many episodes.