The heroines of Japanese cartoons: Fujiko Mine Best known as Margot, she is a proud, independent and brave woman

Of all the Japanese manga and anime heroines, Fujiko is not the first that one could think of. Maybe because she is not really a hero, but a shrewd and subtle thief. To worsen the situation, then, add a general confusion about its role within the saga, mainly due to the mess combined by the Italian dubbing of the anime that in some episodes has renamed it Margot. Yes, Fujiko and Margot are actually the same person. Fujiko Mine is the only leading female character in the anime and manga series dedicated to Lupin III, the gentleman thief born from the fantasy of Monkey Punch. Her story begins in a way that today gives us shivers: in the manga, in fact, Lupin is a young man modeled on the figure of James Bond and in the first volumes he meets many different women, all named Fujiko (in honor of Mount Fuji). Just enough to make your skin crawl. The only reason Fujiko was born, listen, listen, is the effort for the author to invent a new character every week.

Who is Fujiko (aka Margot)

If Lupin is modeled in the image and likeness of James Bond, Fujiko is the perfect Bond Girl. Shrewd, egocentric and obviously beautiful, she is the incarnation of the typical femme fatale. Both in the manga and in the anime her nude scenes abound at the limits of pornography, indulging in the way in which she shows off a surreal body typical of the trait of Japanese manga. Although her character does not shine as an icon of contemporary feminism, some of her characteristics are interesting. Fujiko is a proud woman, a sort of "feminist 2.0": her strength lies in her cunning and intelligence, yes, but above all in the way she uses her body to seduce, deceive and abandon men, bold but very aware. And she's not evil at all: on the contrary, her victims are always mean men who aim to take advantage of other young women who are less strong than her. Precisely for this reason, Lupin, who sometimes seems to appreciate her more for her shapes than for her personality, looks at her with the same respect he as for his life companions.