Zlmndra wrote:
> I think I'd disagree here... at least in the dub, [Maya] wasn't gruff at all.
> And to me at least she seems feminine... not the over-the-top, huge breasted
> women that sometimes are portrayed in anime (note: compare Naru from Love
> Hina in the manga, then the anime).  The kind of sweet girl I'd like.  Just
> because her hair is short, and she hasn't got a massively developed bosom
> doesn't make her any less feminine than Misato or Ritsuko.

Actually Maya happens to be a very, very appealing character, kind of 
sweet, and her voice is anything but gruff in the original version. IMO 
she's actually more feminine in some ways than either of the above.

- 5parrow