Shana From: Shakugan no Shana & Shakugan no Shana Specials You won’t be able to look at the scene where she lands on his balcony the same when you see Index-tan getting carried off by a bird seconds later. The specials take this even further, making her small enough to fit on the top of Touma’s head with relative ease. Index, the titular character of the series, is a cute and already quite tiny nun in the original series. Index Librorum Prohibitorum From: Toaru Majutsu no Index (A Certain Magical Index) & Toaru Majutsu no Index Specials (A Certain Magical Index Specials) The specials feature her in a chibi form that only serves to make her already adorable self even less menacing. Needless to say, she doesn’t succeed and ends up working in a beach house to pay off damage-repairs. Ika Musume is the titular squid girl of the anime, who comes to the surface world from the ocean in an effort to exact vengeance on humanity for polluting her home. Ika Musume From: Shinryaku! Ika Musume & Shinryaku! Ika Musume Specials (Squid Girl Specials) The chibi art-style shows a more comedic, if not cute, side of her befitting the lighter nature of the spin-off. While she doesn’t get much attention in the main series, in the spin-off, Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals, she is one of the main characters along with her teammates. Tenten is a side character in the Naruto franchise, a kunoichi who specializes in a variety of weapons. Tenten From: Naruto: Shippuuden & Naruto SD: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden (Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals) From the images, you can see her beauty in her normal form transitions to adorableness in her chibi form quite well. As such, she dedicated herself to hunting them down in order to prevent that same tragedy from befalling others. Unchou Kan’u is one of the main characters of the anime, a bandit-hunter that suffered from the loss of her family due to bandits. In this list, we’ll take a look at 15 examples where normal characters have chibi counterparts or representations. In modern character aesthetics, this is best represented by characters that have larger heads and eyes with small bodies. This is most often referred to as “ Chibi” in the anime community, a name that translates from the informal Japanese word for Small Person or Small Child. In recent times, the super-deformed style of art has been used throughout various forms of media to comedic or heart-tugging effect, depending on the circumstances.