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[![Noucome](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XaXRR.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XaXRR.jpg)

I've noticed that in _some_ Anime, the teachers are very short/little, I mean
they look like elementary school kids. The anime I'm talking about are:

  * _Strike the Blood_
  * _Noucome_
  * _Toaru Majutsu no Index_

I've heard same is the case with _Doki Doki School Hours_ and _Pani Poni Dash_
but haven't watched them so can't say for sure. My question is, **_why is it
so?_** Is it to appeal to a larger audience, specifically lolicons? Or is
there some other reason, because from where I stand, I haven't seen how their
being small has had a role in moving the story forward in any way.

[![Strike the
Blood](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2N1AEm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2N1AE.jpg)
[![Toaru Majutsu no
Index](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VSJonm.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VSJon.png)


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Why do some Anime have Loli Teachers?


Ok, wall of text, so take your time to read.

First, these shows are aimed at teens. Since our society delegates the act of
teaching children mostly to women (changing, but still), we have that the
teacher is the grown female outside the teenager family circle that said
teenager have the longest contact with.

In anime/manga this romantic/sexual tension is explored in several titles,
like [Onegai Sensei](http://myanimelist.net/anime/195/Onegai%E2%98%86Teacher),
[KissXsis](http://myanimelist.net/anime/5042/Kiss_x_Sis), and others.

So we can infer that several teenager boys have the [hots for the
teacher](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TeacherStudentRomance).
Teenage girls ALSO have the hots for the male teacher, but I will restrain the
answer to the boys' universe.

One sub-genre of anime characters regarding teachers is the [Sensei-
chan](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SenseiChan?from=Main.Sensei-
chan):

> A common Japanese media character type, the female high school teacher who
> is fairly young, attractive, even cute, and on friendly terms with her
> students.
>
> On the other hand, she is still unmarried, and very conscious about it, as
> well as about the lack of respect she gets.

Then we get another genre of anime characters, the [Token Mini
Moe](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TokenMiniMoe):

> The Token Mini Moe is a young or young-looking member of a cast designed to
> appeal to one of two predominant demographics. The first is those who simply
> find the character absolutely adorable and/or endearing and feel protective
> towards him or her. The character allows this sort of fan to act as and live
> out the role as an idealized older brother or sister (or parent) cheering
> their little sister on and helping her achieve whatever goals the setting
> deems important. The second are the Lolicons/Shotacons, who take an erotic
> or romantic interest in the character. Needless to say, these two groups are
> often at each other's throats over the character.

When the two ( _ **Sensei-chan**_ and _**Token Mini-Moe**_ ) overlap, you get
the kind of teacher you are asking about.

So it is a character designed to fill two roles at the same time. Depending on
the needs, the Loli Teacher can appeal more to the _**Moe**_ side or the
_**Lolicon**_ side


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