The real-world girls I know who like reading, though, are clever, shrewd, and eloquent, not at all reticent or timid.”
“’A young girl who’s quiet and reserved, and likes reading books’ is one existing template.
So you might expect Japanese manga author Rootport (@rootport on Twitter) to be especially quick to see those traits as a set that are always bundled together.
“When I worked part-time at a library, most of the kids who were enthusiastic readers weren’t the quiet types.”