Super-Dreadnought Girl 4946 known in Japan as is a Japanese manga by Azuma Takeshi and serialized in Shogakukan

Shogakukan

is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...

's manga magazine Shōnen Sunday Super

Shonen Sunday Super

is a bi-monthly shōnen manga magazine published by Shogakukan.-History & Background:Originally billed as a special edition of Shōnen Sunday entitled Shōnen Sunday Zōkan, it was renamed Shōnen Sunday Super in 1995. It is often the home of short term serials by established Shogakukan artists, as well...

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With his phrase "don't you dare make girls cry," Makoto Tobita has failed his 30th confession, but that won't stop him. Promising to do anything for the girl who smiles at him, no matter what it is, what will happen now when the alien fighting - giant girl, Mana Eimiya, is in love with him?

Plot

In this story, it's revealed that all of the wars fought over the past 30 years were part of a Masquerade to keep the public in the dark about an Alien Invasion. The nations of the world are fighting the enormous alien monsters with a number of giant organisms called Category D's. One of these is Mana Eimiya, a 49.46-metre-tall girl whose job is to periodically come out of hiding and beat up incoming aliens, apparently with just her bare hands.

Problem is, she's fallen head over heels for a guy 40 times shorter than her - a boy named Makoto Tobita with spiky hair and an obsession with chivalry and being overprotective of girls. Can this unlikely relationship work?

Character

Mana Eimiya (Super-Dreadnought Girl)

Mana is fifteen years old and 49 Meters 46 Centimeters tall. At the age of 5 she lost her life and her family in an unfortunate accident, as her soul was leaving her body a category D life form absorbed her soul into it's body and saved her changing Mana in to a giantess

Giantess

A giantess is a female giant. The term may refer either a mythical being resembling a woman of superhuman size and strength or a human woman of exceptional stature, often the result of some medical or genetic abnormality ....

. Mana is also a Yokai

Yokai

are a class of supernatural monsters in Japanese folklore. The word yōkai is made up of the kanji for "otherworldly" and "weird". Yōkai range eclectically from the malevolent to the mischievous, or occasionally bring good fortune to those who encounter them...

 who gains strength by eating human souls. She also works for the Japanese government with the code name Earth's Guardian Angle. She has incredible strength even for her size and she is able to fire a laser by crossing her arms. Pesonality wise she's basically a happy-go lucky yet lonely girl who wants to make friends and be like a normal girl. She falls in love with Makoto Tobita due to his bravery and kindness and desides to become his wife, a desission which Tobita was not to happy with at first. In the final volume it was revealed that Mana would be shorter then Tobita if she was normal size.

Makoto Tobita

Also known as "Chibita" a play on his name and the word chibi

Chibi

is a Japanese slang word meaning "short person" or "small child". The word has gained currency amongst fans of manga and anime. Its meaning is of someone or some animal that is small. It can be translated as "little", but is not used the same way as chiisana [小さな] but rather cute...

, due to his hight making him the smallest boy in the school. Tobita is a fifteen year old hot-blooded boy who is obsessed with chivalry and protecting girls and his friends. He and his younger sister come from a long line of Demon Slayers. On the day of a monster attack Tobita was left behind in the school and the monster was about to attack him, when suddenly Mana protected him but was quickly knocked down. Tobita tries to protect Mana but she was able to dispose of the monster and upon seeing Tobita's bravery, she falls in love with him. When they met again he explained to Mana that he hate's girls that selfishly use him but Mana still did every thing she could to make Tobita love her back. After he learns of her fate and mission Tobita stays with Mana to help and protect her anyway he can. When Mana is losing a battle Tobita tells her to swallow him to devour his soul for three minutes making her strenth grow, normally a person devoured by a soul eating Yokai even for one minute would be dead but because of his Demon Slayer heritage Tobita is usually spat out unharmed. As time goes by Tobita and Mana's relationship grows to the point where they truly fall in love with eachother by accepting the way they are!

External links

• Official website from Shogakukan
  Shogakukan
  is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...