Quote from firestalker
To me this something a little different than the traditional Damsel in Distress where the Damsel can't fend for herself and is locked in a tower.
I like to think of it as a Damsel in need of a Wake-Up Call... Or something like that.
Call it whatever you want, there's too many mangas/manhwas which use this. Some of the top of my head - Mahou Sensei Negima, possibly The Breaker : New Waves, and many more which I have forgotten. Thing is, the female
always ends up in a situation in which she needs help, and only the male can help her. She's shown in pathetic situations - and I can't tolerate that. Honestly, one of the few things I liked about Im Dal Yooung was that he made the females strong. Here, you don't even have that!
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