“PUFFY” is my most favourite group. The group is made up of 2 girls, Ami and Yumi. These dingers are famous in Japan for their uniqueness. Their melody of songs is unique and not similar to other singers’. Their dancing is also funny.
A few years ago, they became the characters of American animated television program. The TV program is “Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi”. Although I have seen the images of characters, I have never watched the program. But sometimes, people here, who know this TV program, ask me about them. The characters describe them well. The model of the character with pink hair is Ami. In the real life, as we can tell from her cartoon image, she is a feminine, cute and romantic girl. The model of the character with purple hair is Yumi. As we can tell from her cartoon image, she is a powerful punk girl. But these are not always true. Sometimes, Ami acts like a punk girl and Yumi wears fancy dresses. But their identities are fixed as cartoon characters. Additionally, this animation is running in North America. Therefore, many people guess their real personalities from the animated cartoon images. I wonder whether Ami and Yumi feel comfortable or not. The characters in Second Life are only known to the Second Life users. In addition, other users cannot tell who has created the character. In other words, privacy and online identities of the users are protected. On the other hand, everyone can watch the animated character of Ami and Yumi. In addition, the audience know the fact that the models of these characters are real people, Ami and Yumi. I guess they may feel uncomfortable when the characters on the screen act differently from their behaviours in the real world.
The picture on the left are “Ami (right) Yumi (left)”. The picture on the right is animated version of “Ami (right) Yumi (left)”.
