Tokidoki Bosotto Roshia-Go from Dereru Tonari no Arya-san (Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian) premiered during this summer season 2024, and quickly won over fans by telling a romantic story with funny moments and some very interesting particularities. But undoubtedly what really marked many was the main character, Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou, a white-haired waifu who quickly fell in love with her beauty, but also thanks to her roots and that makes this anime stand out, since she is partly Russian. This revived the representation of girls from that country in the anime, since there are many examples seen in the past.
Tokidoki Bosotto Roshia-Go revives the question of why Russian “waifus” are so popular in anime
With the arrival of Tokidoki Bosotto Roshia-Go and the presentation of Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou as one of the “waifus” of the season, something caught the attention of the fans, not only because of her beauty, but also because of her roots, since it is well known that she is partly of Russian descent. This is why a very interesting topic in the anime was touched again, being the different girls belonging to this country and how they are represented in the media with a lot of examples over the years.
The first aspect that all of them have in common is that they are loved for their beauty, since most of them are represented with silver or white hair, as is the case of Alisa in Tokidoki Bosotto Roshia-Go or because in the different stories they have a very strong personality. An example of this is Sanya V. Litvyak from Strike witches who is dedicated to protect her “motherland” with an out-of-this-world combat ability or following the same line of “Russian power” we have Gina Voyd from How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? who is also very strong and patriotic.
This patriotism has also been represented in this same anime in a more than surprising way, since Vladimir Putin is the great inspiration of this girl, but it is not the only appearance of the Russian president in this world, because in an indirect way he was converted into a cute “waifu”. In the anime My Girlfriend is the President we are introduced to Irina Vladimirovna Putina, a pretty girl who meets the characteristics mentioned above, such as white hair, although in this case it is no longer a strong girl, but an adorable one.
And this is another of the striking aspects that Russian girls can have in anime, being that even within its hardness and strength, they have a high degree of tenderness that manages to fall in love with more than one fan such as Kudryavka Noumi of Little Busters, who overflows with this aspect. Although we mentioned how most of them are presented with a nice white hair, there are also those represented with another color, although equally striking, being in this case the blondes, as is the case of Anastasia Nasuhara of Oniichan dakedo Ai sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne!
There are many examples of cute Russian girls represented in anime, but most of them have the same details that everyone loves and that have become a characteristic that, although they are not exclusive to them, they have managed to mark a lot and become even more representative of them. Whether it is the white, silver or blonde hair, or a beauty that can be taken to two different extremes such as the “Russian” strength or the more adorable side, there is no doubt that the “waifus” of this country or who possess the ancestry as Alisa of Tokidoki Bosotto Roshia-Go have enough reasons to be so loved.
Tokidoki Bosotto Roshia-Go tells the story of Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou, a beautiful young woman of Japanese and Russian roots who is considered the queen at her high school, since her silver hair, blue eyes and pale skin make her the prettiest. But it is this status that makes her unattainable, except for Masachika Kuze, her classmate, who manages to capture the attention of Alisa, who is cold, but teaches her true feelings in Russian. What he does not know is that Masachika knows this language, so, keeping the secret, he will try to see how far his relationship with Alisa will go in a story full of romance.
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