i thought i could handle the tsundere

I find your lack of animu bad character design handling skills disturbing.

The male character in Lucky star once said (and I'm paraphrasing):"There are 2 types of tsudere, the old type that was a label for female characters that started out ruff but changed over time and the term now means the girls just a constant peach".

People sometimes use the term "Neo" to refer to the "new generation" style of manga. So that's not so much a tsudere as much as a "Neo-Tsudere".

Honestly I watched and read that series and it's pretty "light" in terms of difficulty.

i can handle the chan allright, but i haven't watched enough anime to be able to digest the character in one fell swop. then again, done with ch2, so it's better now. heck, i haven't even watched lucky star.

enjoying the series so far, but that bridge scene... left me thinking that she might be a bit...

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