Just as there countless  tsundere and dandere characters, there are also mother-like characters in the anime.

These anime characters just have a motherly nature that makes you, and others in the anime  admire them greatly.

So who are they? Check the list out.

10. Hinowa from Gintama

If you’ve seen Gintama, you have definitely seen the “Yoshiwara in Flames” arc!

The climax of this arc is what makes it one of the more special ones, one of the ones that stick with people and is even the favorite of many.

The first time we see Hinowa is when she’s in a room with a man, and from what we know about the arc at this point, thanks to Seita the character who says his mother is Hinowa we know that she is a courtesan.

At the end of the arc, it’s proven that Hinowa is in fact, Seita’s mother.

From that point on in the anime, Hinowa and Seita make up for lost time as mother and son, what with Hinowa wanting to participate more in her son’s life for all the years that she couldn’t.

Automatically, she becomes an anime character that most people love because of her devotion to her son!

9. Momoi Satsuki from Kuroko no Basuke

Amidst the Generation of Miracles in this anime, there’s bound to be a person that ties them all together to make sure they stay in order.

Considered a main character, Momoi was the anchor for her boys when they were all in middle school.

She held them together and helped them win games and eventually earned her rightful position as the strategist!

Along with her insanely good looks, Momoi is the ideal person to take care of a few naughty boys who won’t listen to anyone else apart from her.

Each member of the Generation of Miracles cannot come to despise or dislike Momoi, because they know that at one point in the past, she has taken care of them — the ideal candidate for someone who you’d like to be your mother!

8. Higurashi Kagome from Inuyasha

While the story centres around the fact that Kagome, the female protagonist, accidentally and clumsily broke the Sacred Jewel into small, uncountable pieces, the anime continues to explore and develop her character as she interacts with the rest of the cast.

Although only fifteen years old in the story, Kagome exhibits certain traits that make her appear to be more mature, and in a lot of cases, doting and caring towards her friends.

Kagome cares about her friends — especially Inuyasha, since she’s in love with him — and will do anything to make sure they are safe.

She gravitates towards those who are in need of help — like Shippo, the small demon fox who’s always bullied by Inuyasha — and puts all her effort into making sure no one is hurt.

While there are countless anime characters who possess qualities that could potentially make them seem more motherly, Kagome is certainly a diamond in the rough.

7. Iki Hiyori from Noragami

An anime of its genre that’s somewhat unique, Noragami tells the tale of a god and a girl who is only half alive, thanks to a car accident that she was involved in.

Iki Hiyori, the female protagonist, makes a deal with the god, Yato, which entails her spirit not leaving her body as often anymore.

Essentially, the plot of the anime consists of Hiyori being stuck between the living realm and the dead realm, making her more of a spirit than a person.

Similar to Kagome in that she’s a high school student, Hiyori is incredibly determined to make sure that her life returns to normal.

While she’s waiting to go back to normal, however, she makes sure to take care of those around her as much as she can.

Although she doesn’t have as much of a strict vibe as typical anime women who are “motherly”, Hiyori, without a doubt, is a character you would definitely want as your mother!

6. Sakura Chiyo from Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun

Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun gained immense popularity when it aired, due to its atypical approach to shoujo.

From the very beginning, this anime sets a standard for shoujo that changes our perspective on the genre, even if just a little bit.

The remainder of the anime essentially explores Chiyo and Nozaki’s relationship, as well as Chiyo’s helpful nature towards not only Nozaki, but other friends she makes along the way!

Despite being the tiniest character in the anime, Chiyo is also the most reliable, from what we can see in the anime.

She is self-reliant and extremely talented, while also being extremely helpful to her friends and classmates — and even teachers!

She doesn’t so much as “take care” of her friends in the same way that other characters might, however, she possesses a certain quality that has all her friends come running to her when they have a problem they don’t know how to deal with.

The fact that they all put their trust in her when it comes to difficult situations makes her the “mom friend” by default.

5. Mirajane Strauss from Fairy Tail

Many fans of Fairy Tail have a favorite female character that belongs to the Fairy Tail guild and it’s of course, no coincidence that these women are both beautiful and considered to be main characters.

As dictated from the start, Mirajane is loved by everyone across Magnolia because of her appearances in magazines where she models swimwear and whatnot.

Although misleadingly selfish because of her modelling career, Mirajane is actually really one of the most protective characters in the entire series!

Being the oldest of three siblings, she has a natural instinct to protect those dear to her.

Not only does she exhibit a caring nature towards her siblings, but towards other members of the guild as well — even those she originally didn’t get along with.

If you have a thing for Natsu and Lucy’s relationship, you also know that Mirajane teases Lucy about her “crush” on Natsu as early as 50 episodes into the anime — a quality that only mothers possess!

4. Winry Rockbell from FMA: Brotherhood

One of the reasons the manga is so loved is because not only are the men realistically strong, but so are the women!

There is true equality in the world of Amestris, and ample amounts of respect from the mangaka to her characters.

Although Winry doesn’t appear in the anime as much as Ed and Al, she is still part of their gang and therefore, a main character!

Winry is known for being the beautiful engineer that fixes up Ed’s prosthetic arm when he bashes it up.

She is very much appreciated by the Elric brothers as well as her own grandmother for her hard work and her compassion to make sure Ed and Al return to Resembool safely.

Of course, Winry being in love with Ed plays a small role in how much she cares for him and looks out for him, as well as Al.

When she does become a mother, even though we are shown only snapshots of her life with Ed, we can see that she is a doting mother who loves her family with the force of a thousand waves.

That is definitely a quality that you’d hope for a mother to have!

3. Furukawa Sanae from Clannad

Although Clannad has a reputation for being a heartbreaking story that will crush you, there are characters that make the story brighter and filled with more purpose.

Furukawa Sanae, Nagisa’s mother, is introduced quite early into the anime  as soon as the first or second episode, in fact. Throughout the series, she doesn’t appear as much until Okazaki begins to date Nagisa, in which she appears every two episodes or so.

Sanae’s motherly qualities aren’t quite prominent until Nagisa becomes pregnant. From then on out, Sanae is truly more like a mother than any anime mother that you might know of.

She is supportive, understanding, and patient. After the unfortunate death of her daughter, she takes care of her granddaughter and raises her while her son-in-law is in mourning.

Not only was she an amazing mother to Nagisa, but she was also a lovely grandmother that wanted the people she loved to have the best of the best!

2. Momozono Nanami from Kamisama Kiss

If you have seen Kamisama Kiss, you know that Nanami is a normal human girl who has been granted the powers of an Earth deity to help her run a shrine that originally belonged to another deity.

The story explores her journey in trying to accept her flaws and be an Earth deity worth of her title.

There are many tasks that come to Nanami apart from having to try to make her believers’ wishes come true  and essentially, the plot of Kamisama Kiss is how she deals with each task constructively.

Being someone with the power to change things, Nanami is a character that is naturally inclined to be protective of things and people that are close to her.

Her kindness runs deeper than the other characters listed here, merely because her “edge” that sometimes shines through is not as sharp, but rather, her intentions are so pure that there isn’t a single person who isn’t swayed by her words, even if just a little bit.

1. Uzumaki Kushina from Naruto

Although she does not play a role in Naruto’s life directly, her life story that led to how she came to live in Konoha is beautiful and inspiring enough that Naruto realises he would have loved his mother the same amount if she had been alive to raise him.

When Kushina is introduced into the story, we learn about her hardships after she lost her family and was brought to Konoha to be a vessel for the Nine-Tailed Beast.

If she had not been bullied for being who she was, there is no doubt that she would have worked her way up to be the first female Hokage.

When she tells Naruto the story of how he was born, it is so apparent in her flashback that she loved Naruto with all her heart and the notion of a mother willing to die for her child becomes so obvious in Kushina’s character portrayal.

She is a character that moves you to tears with her actions and love for her child — nothing can beat a sentiment as large as that.

(source:honeyfeed)