SHOTOKAN
styles are made to adapt to your body type
There is no best style.
They will all work as long as you train right and have a good instructor.
Your size, body type and sex have nothing to do with the style you want to choose. People that think that your size and body type determine the style know little to nothing about martial arts
Most people will tell you there style is the best or they heard such and such is a great style,
The style is not important, what matters is how good your instructor is and how you train. The style is secondary, they all have there pro's and con's there are no superior styles.
If you have an instructor that can’t teach you how to fight, regardless of the style, what good would it do you?
Choose a school with a good instructor in the end that’s all that matters, that and how you train.
Its the person that has the ability to fight not the style
There is no best style of martial arts and there is no best style for you. They all work and are all effective and they all are meant to adapt to you and your body type. Look into the schools in your area and pick the one with the best instructor - that's all that matters as long as you train right.
Also, martial arts teaches you how to defend yourself, not how to do back flips. Flips and things like that are only for the show and are superficial. A school that taught those things would most likely not teach good self defense.
Flips and cool maneuvers will almost certainly get you beaten in a fight. However is all you care about is looking good I'd go with Mantis or Tiger style Kung Fu over Karate.
KATA
I want to do karate to increase my agility. I want to be quick, agile, and be able to do flips and cool maneuvers. What type of karate should I do?
