The Blackberry WalkAt Night!

Watching oyakodon seasonal trash has sparked a revelation. The tsundere is fundamentally a case of animus possession. In lay terms, this is when the suppressed masculine element within a woman's unconscious subsumes the psyche's whole. The result of this is a hyper-masculine veneer to their personality. The unconscious identification with the animus hence manifests itself through excessive anger, violence, contrarianism and argumentation - much like the tsundere. Today I have two case studies: first oyakodon trash and second Toradora. First oyakodon trash, otherwise known as "Tsuujou Kougeki ga Zentai Kougeki de Ni-kai Kougeki no Okaasan wa Suki Desu ka?" - archetypally shit LN trash, a weather vane for a sewage works. Here we will talk about the role of one's relation to their mother in terms of animus possession. When growing up, one's parents are your role model - at least in infancy when you're processing unconscious archetypes. When the archetype of the mother you have formed is considerably different to the archetype found in the collective unconscious, you develop a cognitive dissonance. A bad relationship with one's mother leads to a rejection of one's own feminine side "I don't want to become like that". Wise, in this trashy anime, has a very poor relationship with her mother. She is obsessed with host clubs and hasn't been a part of her life for most of her childhood. Not only has she been raised by her father, acting as a more masculine role model, but she actively dislikes her mother and hence represses her own femininity. Our next case study is Taiga from Toradora. Taiga is at first unable to show her femininity to Kitamura in an attempt to woo him. She hasn't developed the feminine part of her personality effectively due to her strained relationship with her mother, and in this case both parents. Toradora is an interesting case since Ryuji is very much anima possessed. With no male role model and constantly being avoided for his 'scary looks', he has suppressed that side of his personality so as to not stand out. The beauty of Toradora is how they bring out the other's true selves. By the end of the show, Taiga is able to accept her femininity and Ryuji is able to better integrate his masculinity by being more open and being able to get over his scary looks. Ryuji no longer hates the father who cursed him with his scary looks but instead accepts him. Every tsundere is a nut to crack. Like baiting a tapeworm out of one's anus, the protagonist tentatively convinces out the repressed femininity of the tsundere from her unconscious. Similar to how the saved damsel in distress falls in love with the hero, the rescued femininity in the tsundere's psyche falls in love with the protagonist. The love story between the tsundere and the protagonist is the hero's journey as he rescues the lost femininity from the castle of her mind.