i dunno what it's called but it's when a shonen anime has a great/interesting female lead with huge potential then utterly squanders her for years and years - seemingly on purpose!
it's not damseling. it's, like, knee-capping? femme-capping? lol i dunno
I've saved the world from countless catastrophes. Do names like "The great whack", "The Splurge of '08" or "Mouse brain flu" ring any bells? Obviously not, because I prevented all of them. It's my duty as an agent of good and justice. Unfortunately overslept during 9/11 though.