SGABR #2 (Bleach vs. Fairy Tail) - Evergreen vs. Nanao Ise

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Welcome back to another installment of MIKandIK3 and I's SGABR (Sexy Girls of Anime Battle Royale) ~ Bleach vs. Fairy Tail Edition. For 11 matches (11 weeks), MIKandIK3 pit the woman of Bleach & Fairy Tail together and see who'd win in terms of storyline, personality, and overall appeal as a character. In last week's first SGABR post, Mirajane took the lead against Bleach's Yoruichi Shihoin (Fairy Tail leads 1-0 against Bleach). However, Bleach woman aren't to be underestimated either. For today's post, we pit Fairy Tail's Evergreen and Bleach's Nanao Ise. Who said women with glasses can't be sexy? The verdict will be decided by yours truly. And now a few words from MIKandIK3

Hello again everyone! I hope you enjoyed last week’s SGABR, I know StillMattic and I did. With Fairy Tail ahead in the standings (1-0) it’s still anyone’s game. This next match up we’re featuring the glasses girls Nanao Ise of Bleach and Evergreen of Fairy Tail, carful now don’t get trapped buy those pretty gazes now. XD Alright! On to round two!

Storyline (Evergreen)

There isn’t much back story on Ever here, all that’s known is that since she was little she wanted to be a fairy and joined Fairy Tail really only for the name its self. Due to her superiority complex she decided to follow Laxus who had always disliked the way that the guild was being run. Thou after the battle of Fairy Tail and Laxus is banished from Fairy Tail, Evergreen and the rest of the Thunder god Tribe are allowed to stay. The next we see of Evergreen is during the Tenrou Island arc and the S-class trials. Ever feels a bit betrayed when her teammates Bickslow and Freed pair up to do the trial together. She forces Elfman, who is also a candidate for the trial, to choose her as his partner. Later during the trial Elfman and Ever are up against none other than Mirajane. In order to continue Evergreen plays a ruse making Mirajane that she and Elfman are going out and getting married soon. Its works and thou this was merely a ploy to get Mira to drop her guard, the irony is that that is the first step towards Elfman and Ever’s relationship that it is now.

Storyline (Nanao)

Unlike most of the Bleach Characters, Nanao is a side character and her relevance in the story is minimal. She was the former 8th division Lieutenant underneath Captain Kyoraku Shunsui up until Head Captain Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto was murdered by Yhwach ~ the 8th division now became the new 1st division. With this mantle of responsibility, Nanao is more alert than ever in hopes to find a way to save the Seireitei and to defeat Yhwach & his Wandenreich. Nanao was first introduced when Team Ichigo (Ichigo, Orihime, Uryu, Chad, Ganju, & Yorichi) were on their journey to save Rukia from execution. Nanao and her Captain met Chad of Team Ichigo and Nanao's Captain easily mopped the floor with him. Nanao was about to deliver the final blow, but Kyoraku spared Chad and instead locked him up. The next we see Nanao is her aiding Kyoraku & the 13th division in saving Rukia from execution. This creates a rift in the Gotei 13, but nonetheless, Nanao is faithful to her Captain and his wishes. She's the responsible one of the two, but rarely does she display her strength or intelligence. Nanao has in fact been a member of the 8th division ever since Lisa, Shinigami turned Visored, was Kyoraku's lieutenant. Lisa was a sister-like figure to Nanao as she always read her stories. Currently, Nanao has shown she is proficient in Kido, more responsible in aiding Kyoraku, and is pulling her own weight as the 1st division Lieutenant. 

Personality (Evergreen)

Evergreen is a woman who loves fairies, and her childhood dream was to become one. She greatly admires beauty and elegance. When first introduced, she came off as a vain and arrogant woman who had no problem with turning the people that were supposed to be her guild mates into statues, all for the sake of Laxus. She battled and revealed her longtime resentment of Erza Scarlet, all for harboring the name Titania and not even particularly caring for the title. Evergreen is shown to care very, very deeply for Laxus and her teammates, and she appears quite fond of them, and they of her. She said once that they'd been together for "a long time." As such, they were initially the only people with whom she interacted. After Laxus' exile, she and her teammates began to open up to the guild more and more. While quite vain and prideful, she is not without regret, as seen when she and Elfman were defeated, and she tearfully apologized to him, blaming the entire ordeal on herself.

Personality (Nanao)

Nanao is described as "serious" to her peers. She's responsible and always is seen carrying a book whenever she's around. Unlike Captain Kyoraku's alcoholic and womanizing tendencies, Nanao is the complete opposite. She usually picks up the slack after her Captain and is often seen scolding Kyoraku for his misbehavior and recklessness. In her leisure, Nanao likes shopping and reading books in the library. Stoic, serious, and attentive ~ Nanao is most likely the most responsible Lieutenants of the entire Gotei 13. 

Attraction/Appeal (Evergreen)

The beauty known as Evergreen has light brown hair, dark brown eyes and visible pink lips. She wears oval glasses and has a very voluptuous figure paired with very large breasts and curvy hips. She is defiantly a very attractive woman and takes pride in her looks. And thou she may not be all that sweet hearted on the inside, she doesn’t mind flaunting her appearance towards noticing eyes.   

Attraction/Appeal (Nanao)

I didn't much of Nanao at first, but during the Fanservice episode, it appears that Nanao has a moderate set of knockers. She tries to WOW Rangiku & Orihime with her big BEEWBZ, but it turned out that they were fakes and it was all for attention. Nanao after the timeskip caught my attention ~ something about her appearance just got to me. The only thing she did was tuck her bangs underneath her ear and, to be honest, that's a turn on for me. Smart & Sexy ~ I like that. 

Verdict (By Stillmattic)

And the winner is…

Comparing those two fine woman was no easy task. In evaluating their story lines, personalities, and attraction/appeal ~ it boiled down to Evergreen for me. Why? For starters, as much as I think Nanao got cuter, it doesn't change the fact that Evergreen is beautiful from the moment we laid our eyes on her. Relevance aside, it's true that neither of these characters truly carry the gravitas of the series. However, if I were to choose which of these women has more significance in the story, it'd be Evergreen. She's had a far more appearances than Nanao and her character's transformation from antagonist to ally took up a good arc (or season). For Nanao, very little we know about her and very little do we see her in action. Yes we see her be more aggressive in the current arc, but again she is sidelined so that all the other characters can increase the moment of the battle. Evergreen, though her backstory isn't explicated, has had her fair share of aiding Fairy Tail MORE than Nanao in Bleach. Nanao and Evergreen may be different, but when it comes to beauty ~ Evergreen takes the cake on that one. I also admire that she's starting to grow some feelings towards Elfman, another fellow wizard from Fairy Tail that was once her enemy. With Nanao, as I said above, she's cute, but not beautiful from the moment we saw her. Evergreen was just stunning to look at from the start and Nanao, it took some time. Evergreen becoming more open plays into another factor of why I gave her the victor ~ very little do we see Nanao open up and if she does, it's only for the convince that sh!t's going down in the Seireitei. Evergreen is more of a team player whereas Nanao is only playing sidekick to Kyoraku Shunsui. With other Lieutenants in Bleach, they don't play fiddle ~ they try and make a difference alongside their Captains and are open in exploring their powers, acknowledging their strengths/weaknesses, and trying to overcome the odds. I didn't see Nanao do that as much as I saw Evergreen did in Fairy Tail. In this honest man's opinion, Evergreen definitely is the winner. 

So who did you think won this battle ~ Evergreen from Fairy Tail or Nanao Ise from Bleach. Comment below and let us know. Look forward to SGABR posts on Fridays (11 weeks). Until then, you all stay classy now. Fairy Tail leads 2-0 against Bleach. Throwback is posted below.