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This trope is about Japanese works that portray Christian nuns as being similar to Miko (shrine maidens, shamans, spirit mediums). Few Japanese people today are overtly religious, and even fewer are Christians (less than two percent of the population). So Christianity, particularly the Roman Catholic type, tends to get used as an exotic religion, especially if you can mix in mythology and folklore. Some writers are fannish enough to do research, especially if a story takes place in a Medieval European Fantasy. But most have only a basic understanding of the religion, and few writers have a realistic idea of what a nun's life is like.

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  • This trope is about Japanese works that portray Christian nuns as being similar to Miko (shrine maidens, shamans, spirit mediums). Few Japanese people today are overtly religious, and even fewer are Christians (less than two percent of the population). So Christianity, particularly the Roman Catholic type, tends to get used as an exotic religion, especially if you can mix in mythology and folklore. Some writers are fannish enough to do research, especially if a story takes place in a Medieval European Fantasy. But most have only a basic understanding of the religion, and few writers have a realistic idea of what a nun's life is like.
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  • This trope is about Japanese works that portray Christian nuns as being similar to Miko (shrine maidens, shamans, spirit mediums). Few Japanese people today are overtly religious, and even fewer are Christians (less than two percent of the population). So Christianity, particularly the Roman Catholic type, tends to get used as an exotic religion, especially if you can mix in mythology and folklore. Some writers are fannish enough to do research, especially if a story takes place in a Medieval European Fantasy. But most have only a basic understanding of the religion, and few writers have a realistic idea of what a nun's life is like. For aesthetic purposes, this depiction always resembles Roman Catholicism; Orthodox and Protestant trappings are never seen. Christian or Pseudo-Christian monks are conspicuous by their absence, while there will be a noticeable number of pretty nuns. Aesthetics aside, expect a substitution of personalities for the eastern equivalents. Instead of the Western role of the nun as a cloistered celibate religious figure, the nun in this role will often be a nun as a part-time after-school job, or only until she marries and not take a vow of celibacy, poverty or obedience. Her role will be more focused on divination than the traditional nun. Her spiritual powers will also resemble the miko—being able to see demons or produce a shield against them. If the show goes in for high fantasy, the association with miko follows suit: she is just as likely to fight demons, use weapons (especially a high-calibre and potentially magically-enhanced gun) and have suggestive relationships. Slightly more excusable in the Crystal Dragon Jesus religions, which is perhaps its western equivalent. Often meshes with the Church Militant. In the rare times you have both a nun and a miko, the nun is usually depicted as more patient and demure. See also Hijacked by Jesus and All Monks Know Kung Fu. Compare Naughty Nuns, Nun-Too-Holy. This trope is one of the more common causes of Anime Catholicism- if the inaccuracy is about something other then Nuns, please place it there. Examples of Nuns Are Mikos include:
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