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sebbyisland · 9 months

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This is a weird question but you have good vibes so do you know any good shoujos for beginners? If you dont then just delete this lol

OH this is the best question i have ever received! Thank you! I hope this can be a helpful resource for you or anyone else interested in getting into shojo!!!

I’m gonna define “Good Beginner Shojo” as stories with an interesting premise, strong narrative(? this is VERY subjective sorry?), and also lacks some of the more squicky/uncomfortable tropes: predatory romantic relationships, borderline sexual assault as flirting, or incest**. This list is split between short and long series. I’ll also try to keep the genres diverse! These are all stories I’ve personally read/watched and are popular enough that they’ve been officially translated in different languages.

Good Shojo for Beginners, Short Term Investment

Princess Tutu: A dark fairy-tale-esque anime about a young girl who studies ballet in the day and fights demons at night using ballet + emotional intelligence. The deeper plot is that the entire cast are treated like puppets by a grand and elusive storymaster, and they all must struggle to escape being doomed by the narrative. There’s a lot of references to Swan Lake, the girl keeps getting turned into a duck, many emotions are felt. Complete, one anime season.

From Me to You: shy young girl is a social outcast due to misunderstandings that blew out of proportion. She receives an olive branch from a boy in her class and this gives her the confidence to start making friends and support herself!! The aforementioned boy is also her love interest and is endearingly too flustered to make a move. high school drama ensues. Two anime seasons, manga complete ~120 chapters.

Magic Knight Rayearth: three girls get transported to a fantasy world and have to learn to work together in giant magic mecha suits order to rescue a trapped princess + save the world. They make friends along the way as they try to fight monsters. One anime season, manga complete ~30 chapters.

Kase-san: sapphic high school romance with a jock girl and gardener girl who plants flowers near her practice field… they are both kinda shy and build up confidence as their bond gets deeper. it’s just 100% fluff. anime OVA and complete manga, ~15 chapters, there's also a sequel-series though

Library Wars: what it says on the tin. militant librarians fight the government to stop book censorship. the story follows a soldier in training: a reckless young woman who dreams of meeting the "prince" who inspired her to take up arms to protect books. this is more of an action-comedy than a political drama, so don't expect too much from the plot, but it's fun to watch our failgirl get put into situations. one anime season, 73 chapter manga, live action movie. you'll be okay just watching the anime but obvi the manga expands more on the characters + world building.

Orange: high school girl receives letters from her future self that tell her that a boy from her friend group is planning on committing suicide. She works with her friends to prevent this from happening, but things are definitely more complicated than they seem. An emotional drama, discussion of mental health including depression and suicidal thoughts. It’s a really heartfelt series. One anime season, ~38 chapter manga. (originally published in a shoujo magazine, then switched to seinen probably for marketing reasons.*)

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk: Masculine studious girl feels distant from her classmates who idolize her as a “prince,” but then she catches the attention of the local sparkly bad boy “prince.” An innocent, fluffy high school romance about a prince and her prince. SO many sparkly anime eyes, if that's you're thing. It’s a simple plot, but I enjoy the execution a lot. Ongoing, currently ~27 chapters

Tokyo Mew Mew: Captain Planet but magical girl. group of teen girls get accidentally infused with the DNA of endangered animal species + magic and transform into a hero squad to fight aliens trying to destroy earth's resources! Their cover for their secret headquarters is a maid café, where they all work part time. Manga complete ~30 chapters, anime adaption complete + one season of anime reboot.

Good Shojo for Beginners, Long Term Investment

Yona of the Dawn: historic fantasy setting, coming of age for a naive young princess who grows into a capable leader by abandoning her sheltered life within palace walls for…plot reasons (major spoiler in 1st chapter LOL). there’s a slow but thorough exploration of the political issues in her kingdom, i would say the world-building is an unexpected strength of the story. She’s supported by her hot magical anime boy harem, but the story emphasizes found family dynamics over the romcom. there’s still a primary love interest established early on, it’s just VERY slow burn. one anime season, manga ongoing 300+ chapters

Kageki Shojo!!: Follow the adventures of an all-girls vocational school to train to become members of the historic Kouka all-girls musical theater troupe, where women play roles for all genders. The protagonist is a girl who grew up watching Kouka performances and never lost her sense of childlike wonder. Theater doesn’t come naturally for her, but she’s also very talented. Fun cast, lightly discusses social issues as they come up with sincerity and care. Very reminiscent of 80s shojo. One anime season, Ongoing manga 90+ chapters

My Love Mix-Up! what if there was an ACTUAL high school love triangle. boy likes girl who likes a different boy, but that boy is interested in the aforementioned boy. what if this was all a misunderstanding and actually boy and girl like the same boy. what if that was also a misunderstanding. have you ever been a dumbass high school student trying your best. protagonist is bi king. 120~ chapters, no anime, but a live action show.

Ouran High School Host Club: ah yes a classic romcom. girl gets a scholarship to an elite high school and accidentally falls into debt on her first day to the school host club (boys who professionally flirt with girls during lunch). To pay off her debt, she pretends to be a guy at school so she can work as a host. The comedy is a blend of making fun of shojo tropes and the disaster personalities that make up the supporting cast. it's funnier the more shojo you have read/watched before this one. one anime season, 200+ chapters, complete

BL Metamorphosis: elderly widow accidentally reads a BL manga and gets invested, she bonds with a high school girl who works at the bookstore about it. Very cute parallels between her late husband and the fictional love story. Depicts fandom culture without normalizing the creepy and invasive BL fan behavior. Reminds me a lot of spending time with my grandma, which makes me want to cry.~90 chapters.

Sailor Moon: I know i know everyone is going to tell you this but it's actually a classic for a reason. (Sapphic!!!) magical girls traveling across space and time? Fighting evil with the power of friendship and love? Cute character designs? It's a good time. Protagonist is a total brat (normal 14yr old!!!!) AND a good hero. I'm putting this last because I wanted the other stories to have a chance, but it's honestly so good like please. There technically an inappropriate age gap relationship but it's like the disney movie Tangled where you don't realize it until you literally look up their ages. 150+ chapters, complete.

**When I first read shojo, I was a very young child, basically the target audience, but there are things I read as a child that would make me feel a bit disgusted to read now. Knowing this, I want people who are new to shojo to make informed decisions. There are problematic tropes present in MANY well loved stories--and they are well-loved for a reason!!! These complexities are part of reading and enjoying fiction. I've excluded some of my all-time favorite stories from my childhood thanks to the criteria I set as good "beginner" shojo--but I also don't want to contribute to a world that divides stories as "problematic" and "unproblematic" as if such a binary exists. Ultimately, this list is just based on my PERSONAL taste, what I deem more comfortable to read than other stories, so I can't guarantee that you'll have the same experience. I can't even promise I would have the same experience re-reading some of these, since the stuff that made me comfortable/uncomfortable in the past has changed in the present. It's all very subjective. That's why I'm intentionally specific about the tropes I've excluded. Note that this doesn't mean the stories listed are not littered with their own flaws. I hope this disclaimer didn't seem too excessive, haha.

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historyhermann · 1 year

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Villainous Review

Villainous, also known as Villanos, is animated series which mixes the science fantasy, morbid humor, and comedy horror genres. Alan Ituriel, a veteran of the Mexican animation industry, is the series creator. This series is produced by Ituriel's A.I. Animation Studios and Cartoon Network. Humberto Cervera and Mayte Sanz are also executive producers. There will be spoilers.

Reprinted from Pop Culture Maniacs and Wayback Machine. This was the thirty-third article I wrote for Pop Culture Maniacs. This post was originally published on May 26, 2023.

This series flips the script often employed in superhero fiction such as Masters of the Universe: Revelation, Tokyo Mew Mew (and the reboot), Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon Crystal, Vixen, and Young Justice. It focuses on the Black Hat Organization, run by the villainous Black Hat (voiced by Ituriel). He is assisted by his team of three aides: Dr. Flug (voiced by Yian Riuz), Demencia (voiced by Cindy Eliz Pérez), and 5.0.5. (voiced by Mark Fischbach). They are contracted by other villains to "solve" their problems with heroes, either directly or indirectly, or sell inventions created by Dr. Flug. Their plans often go awry with comical and absurd consequences.

Villainous has garnered a massive following since the first webisodes premiered in 2012, followed by efforts by Ituriel to pitch the series to Cartoon Network. This resulted in the pilot airing in June 2019. The series had a backdoor pilot in the Season Two Victor and Valentino episode "Villainy In Monte Macabre", in October 2020. There were 29 shorts featuring the same characters, which aired from May 2017 to February 2019 on the Cartoon Network Latin America YouTube channel. Even one "episode" was released which consisted of the creators rick-rolling the show's fans.

Some have posted their own dubs of the show's six episodes, which were released in Spanish language in October 2021, on HBO Max LA, and other content. Their recent, and official, release as part of "Season 1a" on the newly renamed "Max" streaming service (formerly known as "HBO Max"), makes them more accessible to new and old fans alike.

The first episode of Villainous sets the tone. A superhero named Sunblast (voiced by Roly Gutiérrez) beats up a villain, Penumbra (voiced by Rebecca Manriquez), because his new punching bag hasn't been delivered. It is also a good introduction to each of the characters: a nervous and nerdy scientist in his 20s named Dr. Flug who wears a paper bag over his head, a green-haired mischief-loving fan of Black Hat named Demencia, and a big blue bear named 5.0.5. The latter is a contradiction, as he was intended to be evil, but is very loving, and likes hugging people. He also serves as the housekeeper-of-sorts of the Black Hat Organization (BHO).

Even from the first episode you can somewhat sympathize with these villains, despite their trapping of Sunblast in a jar, punching Ringworm (voiced by Sean Davis) into submission, and dropping heroes in pits without a second thought. This sympathy is clear when the three protagonists are yelled at by Black Hat for doing a "mediocre" job. One character in particular, Dr. Flug, is scared of his boss (Black Hat), ghosts like Emilia (voiced by Jackie Rodriguez), wrestlers, and almost being killed by heroes.

I liked how the series mixes humor with violence and "course language". For instance, a group of kids, based on Scooby-Doo protagonists, are scared off by a possessed fence. Later, the unstoppable Bulldozer (voiced by David Steel) attempts to destroy the Outlaw House (voiced by Alex Texeira). He is stopped by 5.0.5., as bears terrify him after one bit him years ago.

Sometimes this comedy is continued during the episode credits. In the episode 2 credits, Bulldozer ends up in the cave house of the three protagonists of We Bare Bears (Grizzly, Panda, and Ice Bear), another CN series. In the credits of the fourth episode, the heroic Airlock (voiced by Jinon Deebs), a short-haired White woman, is eaten by a space monster. This is after she escaped the show's protagonists because she found them as very "annoying".

This brings me to another part which I enjoy about Villainous: crossovers with other series. The third episode, reportedly a homage to the Mexican wrestling films of the 1960s, features characters from Victor and Valentino and Helluva Boss in the stands. A few episodes later, Johnny Bravo, from the series of the same name, is a background character, while the robotic lawyers for Black Hat bring plagiarism cases against characters from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.

That same episode also features Harvey Birdman from the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, and characters from Grim and Evil like Hector Con Carne. Again, these are all CN series, which makes the crossovers all the more interesting.

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In the third episode of Villainous, the three protagonists are tasked at eliminating a luchador named El Valiente (voiced by Jose Aparicio) by their client, Adelita Guerrero (voiced by Margarita Coego). It reminds me of three series: Carmen Sandiego, Elena of Avalor and Victor and Valentino.

In the latter two, there are episodes in which the protagonists, or supporting characters, are possessed by a mask, like Mascara Macabra (voiced by Aparicio) in this series, or another individual. As for Carmen Sandiego, the Season Three opening episode features Carmen attending a wrestling match in hopes of finding her mother.

The characters of Villainous become even more relatable in the last couple episodes. In the fourth episode, Dr. Flug's favorite series is spoiled by a sassy A.I. named V.I.R.U.S. (voiced by Sean Davis). Even worse, 5.0.5. is horrified when Black Hat ruins a children's show, almost akin to the Teletubbies. It becomes horrific after Black Hat causes the Sun to light the bears on fire.

The series pokes fun at itself. In one episode, the copycats/doppelgangers claim they are BHO in order to rake in profits for themselves. This is better executed than the "Pirates" episode of Cleopatra in Space, as each of the protagonists comes across a "stronger" version of themselves. Hilariously, and sadly, 5.0.5.'s counterpart is just a cactus. In that same episode, I liked how Dr. Flug blatantly interrupts the "origin story" of the other version of Black Hat, annoying him to no end.

The final episode of Villainous ends the series on bang. It focuses on a self-absorbed social media influencer named Miss Heed (voiced by Katherine Clavelo), who Dr. Flug knew when he went to the academy. She is far worse than those depicted in the first season of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, or the currently airing Kizuna no Allele.

In fact, Heed has a special concoction she sprays on the city residents to make them love her. In an indictment of such influencers, also known as internet personalities or internet celebrities, and their power, Dr. Flug is able to take her down, with the assistance of Demencia. His kiss with her, is streamed and goes viral. It causes all of her zombie "fans" to fall out of love with her.

While some series would have stopped there, Villainous goes the extra step. Heed is pushed into a vat of her own liquid, ending her plan to be the "most-loved" hero. She is locked up in a maximum security prison. Fitting with her personality, she falls off her rocker, and demands that people need to love her. In one of the best scenes in the series, Flug, after learning about Goldheart's plan to eliminate all villains, tells Heed that she needs to love herself first (i.e. self-love) before she can love anyone else.

The entire sequence, at first, appears to reinforce retributive justice paradigms. The latter involves punishment being imposed unilaterally, no option for remorse, and crime in the domain of the state. This is interlinked with the narrative that violence is justified as long as it is directed at those deemed as "evil". It further involves heroes in league with the criminal system and has an assumption that villains cannot be rehabilitated. On the other hand, Villainous turns this around, as Heed is a hero and Flug is a villain, meaning that a "hero" is being locked away for something a "villain" would do.

While Flug's kiss is a one-off interaction, Demencia's romantic obsession with Black Hat spans the series. She believes that her romantic feelings will be reciprocated, but he likely doesn't care much about her. However, her love saves her from Heed's concoction, as she only has love for him. More than anything, Demencia is an obsessed fan. Perhaps her character is symbolic of out-of-control fans which feel the same way about public figures, to the detriment of themselves and those personalities.

All in all, this series has many similarities to Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel, especially the former. BHO somewhat resembles I.M.P. (Immediate Murder Professionals). The latter is contracted by demons in hell to assassinate people in the world of the living. The difference is that BHO specifically focuses on heroes and is only contracted by villains.

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The last episode of Villainous, at present, lays the groundwork for future episodes. Goldheart (voiced by Oliver Roberts) seems to know Dr. Flug, declaring "Flug, what did you do now?" The efforts of BHO to counter him could be an important storyline.

A possible second season, might not follow a serialized format. The six current episodes have the same characters, but are not, serialized. Each episode could stand on its own. This does not diminish the series, however.

The voice actors for this series stand out. Apart from Ituriel, Yian Riuz, Cindy Eliz Pérez, and Mark Fischbach, who voice the protagonists, are all talented. Fischbach is a well-known YouTuber, with this as his first voice role. In contrast, Pérez previously played a character in BoBoiBoy Elemental Heroes, and Riuz in Mashed!

Similarly, Sahid Pabon, Roly Gutiérrez, Connie Fernandez, Yenni Ann, Guia Burns, and Jason Kessler, who voice villains, wrestlers, henchmen, and others in the series, are equally talented. They have lent their voices to characters in Monkey King Reborn, Legend Quest, Gintama, Leo De Vinci, Rainbow High, Kageki Shojo!!, and Kemono Friends.

This is also the case for the Spanish-language voice actors, such as José Antonio Macías, Melissa Gedeón, Lourdes Arruti, and Diego Valenzuela. They have voiced characters in video games, animated shorts, and productions such as Guardians of Oz, and Top Cat.

The producers of Villainous worked on The Flying Machine, Hua Se, Frankelda's Book of Spooks, Pucca, Pandalian, Eden, Tonikawa: Over the Moon for You, and Xi you ji. Kevin Manthei, the music composer, worked on Ben 10, Spider-Man, Robot Chicken, Ultimate Spider-Man, Polly Pocket, Hanny Manny, Invader Zim, and Generator Rex.

Other than the amazing dubbing by VOA Studios, in Miami, the show's crew includes alums from many series. This includes Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Dota: Dragon's Blood, Black Dynamite, Legend of Korra, OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes!, Danger House, Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, and Scan2Go.

Villainous is more than a series with humor reminiscent of 1990s cartoons. It has themes about overcoming your inner demons and lampoons popular Cartoon Network series. This is accompanied by entertaining characters, which have intriguing dynamics and comraderie within the BHO, wonderful animation, character design, artwork, and creativity. What other series has villains traveling to their destination in a flying hat spewing smoke?

I haven't watched enough Invader Zim or The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy to say if Villainous is like those series. However, each character is interesting enough and the story is engaging that Villainous could run for many seasons. If Helluva Boss has aired 12 episodes, why can't Villainous do the same? Perhaps the cast could become even more diverse and LGBTQ characters could be added. The latter would further enhance the series.

Unfortunately, Villainous comes at a time of extreme flux at Max's parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery. This includes an error causing writers, directors, and creators to all be lumped together into one category. There has been an awful rollout of the "Max" streaming service, in an inane effort to "attract" families.

This comes after the cruel content purge at HBO Max, former name for the service. It resulted in the removal of Infinity Train, Mighty Magiswords, Uncle Grandpa, Final Space, and Close Enough. None of them have been re-added to Max. The content purge on Hulu, and on Max, was discussed in a PCM podcast on May 22nd.

Despite the shenanigans of the corporate executives, I am hopeful that Villainous will be continued with additional episodes. All in all, I highly recommend Villainous as a series to watch.

Villainous is currently streaming on Max.

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cerinelle-stellarium · 3 months

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The Ultimate Magical Girl/Boy Starter Pack

Parodies that make fun of the genre, edgy deconstructions and anything that's problematic (Poorly thought out transformation mechanics, age gap romances, excessive fanservice, incest) will be excluded.

Acro Trip

Akazukin Chacha

Alice 19th

Artiswitch

Classicaloid

Cutie Honey Flash

The Demon Girl Next Door

Earth Maiden Arjuna

Esper Mami

Fairy Idol Kanon

Flip Flappers

Floral Magician Mary Bell

Flying Witch

Full Moon

Hana no Ko Lunlun

Healer Girl

Hime-chan's Ribbon

Himitsu no Akko-chan

Idol Dreams

I. O. N.

Jewel BEM Hunter Lime

Jewelpet (Skip seasons 1 and 3 if you don't want to see surprise incest in your kids' anim)

Kaitou Saint Tail

Kamichama Karin (Personally recommend the manga and its' sequel over the anime)

Lapis Re:LIGHTS

Leda: The Fantastic Adventures of Yohko

A Little Snow Fairy Sugar

Little Witch Academia

Magic Knight Rayearth

Magic Users' Club

Magical Angel Sweet Mint

The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies

Magical Meow Meow Taruto

Magical X Miracle

MagiLumiere Co. Ltd.

Mahou no Mako-chan

Mahou Shoujo Lalabel

Mahou Shoujo Taisen

Mahou Tsukai Chappy

Majokko Meg-chan

Majokko Ticle

Mao-chan (aka. Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan)

Marvelous Melmo

Mary and the Witch's Flower

Mashle: Magic and Muscles

Mei Company

Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (Skip both the sequel manga and the anime; both have plot loopholes for the former plus a poorly done ending for the latter)

Mewkledreamy

Miracle Girls

Miracle Shoujo Limit-chan

Mistress Fortune

My Wife Could Be A Magical Girl

Ojamajo Doremi

Onegai My Melody

Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt

Phamtom Thief Jeanney

Popin Q

Powerpuff Girls Z

Pretty Cure franchise (Avoid both YesPre seasons + the 2nd sequel series, and Hugtto as they have age gap romances in them)

Pretty Sammy (+ its' spinoff Sasami: Magical Girls Club)

Pretty Series franchise

Princess Comet

Princess Tutu

Rilu Filu Fairilu

Sailor Moon (Manga and reboot anime recommended)

Saint October

Sally the Witch

Sarutobi Ecchan

Shy

Someday's Dreamers

Spellbound! Magical Princess LilPri

Star Driver

Studio Pierrot's classic original magical girl lineup

Sugar Sugar Rune

Suicide Girl

Super Doll Licca-chan

Super Pig

Sweet Valerian

Time Stranger Kyoko

Tokyo Mew Mew (Manga + its' two sequels, both anime adaptations recommended)

Tweeny Witches

Twin Princesses of Wonder Planet

Ultra Maniac

Umi Monogatari

Urahara

We Are Magical Boys

Wish Upon the Pleiades

Witch Hat Atelier

Witch Watch

Yadamon

Yume no Crayon Oukoku

#magical girl #precure #tokyo mew mew #powerpuff girls z #ceri posts stuff #flip flappers #little witch academia #poco's udon world

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stardustizuku · 10 months

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Woah I absolutely love you analyses on MLB. What do you think of the female friendship in MLB?

This took way longer than originally planned.

Here’s the thing

I don’t think that MLB was that bad in season 1. And arguably, season 2 still has some leg to stand on.

And that carries on to friendships.

You see, we can break down friendships in this type of show into four.

1.- The vague friend group

This is one we see in most stories that DO NOT focus on team dynamics or getting to know a bunch of superheroes. Sakura Card Captor, for example, has the best one of these. They’re not meant to take center stage, but more like provide a sense of unity and calmness around the craziness that’s going on.

And while I cite CardCaptor, Creamy Mami also has it. And Sailor Moon has it in the very first season. Tokyo Mew Mew has two characters that fall here too.

This is where I say most of the characters in MLB fall to. If things had stayed here, I do not see a problem. The lack of depth isn’t a bug but a feature. While we can connect with them, their purpose, narrative wise, is to create fun scenarios and plot outside of the others superheroes.

But as things progressed they tried to make this sort of already bland group of characters into a cohesive united team. And it was never going to happen. Maybe if they had competent writers it could have worked, but it’s still unlikely a competent writer would have tried this.

The way you introduce characters is extremely important in the way that they’re perceived by an audience. If they entered the scene as a Vague Friend Group, it would be so hard for them to change into anything else. This is also why redemption arcs are so hard. It’s forcing your audience to accept a sudden change in the status quo. If that’s what you’re trying to do - it works. But if you’re doing it just to sell more toys…well it falls flat on their face. Not to mention, the classroom is not exactly filled with particularly interesting or cohesive characters. Their attitudes, relationships towards each other and Marinette change drastically from episode to episode. The only noteworthy rships are often time m/f, and the only f/f friendship we have that’s any sort of consistent or interesting is Juleka and Rose…who are dating.

I’m not gonna be the first to shit on a wlw couple specially when it’s probably the most interesting thing in this series - but it’s kinda weird how the only type of decent rship that the writers can do are ROMANTIC ones. Friendship seems like a fucking joke to these people.

Also they’re a LOT. Working with dynamics between characters is super hard, and the less characters you have to juggle with, you’re able to create better and closer relationships with each other. Having such a HUGE classroom be the center of superhero dynamic is plain lunacy. Unless this is the focus, and was intended as such since day 1, there was no way this was gonna work or be a natural transition from the 1:1 chat ladybug dynamic.

They work as a vague group of friends, but utterly fail as anything more. Both because of its size and lack of cohesion, or depth.

2.- The Friend (?)

This one is the civilian friend. The one who supports the heroine but never truly knows the identity of their friend. They’re there to provide support before the rest of the cast comes into the picture.

This is the Molly in Sailor Moon and Hitomi from Madoka.

They’re not really meant to be besties with the MC, even if they are so in name. It’s more of an extension of the aforementioned vague friend group. They mostly provide plot beats with a slightly more personal stake since this is someone the heroine has spent so much more time with.

THIS is where Ayla from Season 1 falls, and why I did not think she was too bad of a friend. She’s here really for providing comforting words when Marinette is down and a fun side story that doesn’t feel too disconnected from the main story.

However. The reason why these two worked was, precisely, because the focus of the show was the LoveSquare and Chat and Ladybug’s dynamic.

Sakura can have a relatively bland side friends (although they’re all fairly entertaining) because the main focus of the story ISNT them. It’s her Card Journey and interpersonal relationships with Tomoyo, Syaoran and Yukito.

Likewise, Molly is allowed to be a not so great friend, because Usagi has other friends.

If you want these characters to be the bulk of your interpersonal rships, you have to adapt them. Kaito St. Tail had only one friend, who actually falls with the Civilian. However, she plays a huge part of her story by being the one to send her on the missions. While her biggest rship was with Astro Jr, Seira provided a huge amount of emotional support and was given enough dramatic weight to be able to earn herself a recognizable spot. In any promo art that features the characters, she appears! Because she’s important!

But what they tried to do was expand upon these characters in a…less than ideal way.

First of all they tried to shift Alya from Friend (?), to Friend (tm)…

3.- The Friend (tm)

A Friend (tm) is the best friend. The gal pal. The one who is always there and even if it’s not outright stated - we know they’re the first one the MC will turn to if something happens.

Think Winx Club and who’s Bloom’s Best friend? Stella. Shugo Chara, who’s Amu’s friend? Either Nadeshiko or Rima (depending the season). They are part of the friend super hero group so the MC Can whole heartedly confide in them. Any problem that arises is one they instantly tell their best friend and they’re the mature one who help them get through.

And Ayla is not this.

Even as she transformed into superhero she did not know Marinette’s identity, so all emotional support she could have provided in that front was essentially flushed down the toilet. If at the very beginning, Ayla had been made aware of it, there wouldn’t have been an issue. After all, it would have cemented her as someone Marinette places a lot of trust into, perhaps even more than Chat, either bcs she was there when he wasn’t or only the fact she knows the “real” her.

Anyways, since that did NOT happen, Ayla failed as a Best Friend (tm), narratively speaking. If they had let it die there, it would have been awkward but not terrible.

But then in season 4 Marinette confesses she’s is Ladybug.

At this point, there’s no real connection with Ayla. Chat is someone who deserves to know her identity more, and someone who’s supported her for far longer in many more forms. It just doesn’t make sense for her to confess.

Except, of course, trying to shoehorn the Best Friend (tm) too late into the series.

This is all entirely from a narrative perspective, and does not begin to touch the fact that Ayla isn’t exactly the /best/ of friends.

Someone who trust Lila rather than her friend she’s known all year, someone who jeopardizes her best friend’s identity over her fucking boyfriend, who in her darkest hours isn’t there for Marinette, and that breeched her friends privacy to satiate her own curiosity over her secrets.

She has no leg to stand on to be the Best Friend (tm).

4.- Rival Friendship

Yeah this was sort of what I talked abt in the big Magical Girl Essay. This is actually, what I would argue, the most important friend character there can be in a magical girl setting. Not only does it serve as playful banter but as a contrast to the main character’s ideals and temper.

I tend to include any character that has a rivalrous rship with the MC, be it the villain or a fellow superhero. They don’t have to be the best of friends or be on super friendly terms, the only condition is that when one is in trouble the other jumps in to help.

Again, Utau from Shugo Chara, Rei from Sailor Moon, Mint from Tokyo Mew Mew, Fate from Lyrical Nanoha, Meimei from Sakura, Rue from Princess Tutu, they’re all good examples.

They bring balance. In some cases the MC already has a vanilla friend who’ll cheer them up by giving sweet advice. The Friendly Rival serves to knock some sense into our MC and give harsh but necessary advice.

This absolutely should have been Chloe, and it’s a role that I do believe is necessary in this show.

The way characters treat Marinette is…weird. In non-Lila episodes, in their eyes, Marinette can never do something wrong. Every decision she makes is the best she could have taken, it’s always correct. Only when Lila comes into the picture is she the one in the wrong to them - but not by the narrative. The narrative is always on her side, even when she’s done stuff wrong. Truly, Lila only serves as emotional torture porn, which is its own Can of worms we’re not touching today.

This is strange because even in Sakura (the most wholesome Can do no wrong MC) has moments where she has to apologize, or is in the wrong. When she fights with Kero, for example, it’s very much portrayed as an unreasoned response from both parties. And while Kero is being portrayed by the narrative as the one blowing it out of proportion, in the end it’s Sakura who makes a compromise by gifting him new “room”.

Marinette does not have this which makes it very annoying that she keeps getting away with things that are creepy or straight up wrong. The narrative is never willing to portray anything she does as anything other than ideal or silly. This is where someone who doesn’t coddle her, but rightfully calls out her actions from a place of love and care SHOULD come into play.

When Usagi doesn’t want to study, Amy happily tells her she’ll help, but Rei is the one telling her angrily that she has to. When Usagi is about to give up, it’s always Rei that yells at her to snap out of it.

Chloe should absolutely be this character. Someone who will tell her she’s wrong, especially in situations or arguments where Chat Noir can’t be the voice of reason - aka who she loves or her secret identity.

The fact that no such character exists is already making the story too saccharine sweet towards her. Even Sakura had Mei Mei, when Syaoran or Kero couldn’t be the ones to tell her to snap out of it (And also, Yue was particularly cold towards her but we’re focusing on girls rn shhh)

But because they ruined Chloe’s character we don’t have this.

And I do believe it has to do with the sexism of Thomas. Unable to picture friendship between girls as anything but unconditional kindness. I’m sorry but I’ve had extremely complex and fun friendship where we are both kinda mean towards each other. In fact, saccharine sweet friendships are the weird ones in my culture. It doesn’t help that the shows tends to portray the world in good or bad, depending on a singular action. You’re either a good girl or a mean girl. Any complexities are thrown out the window (although he’s more than willing to make adult men complex characters with good and bad in them so, yay, sexism!)

They tried briefly with Kagami too…but they fumbled it and it never gave anything. She was a love rival, they were friends, Adrien and her got together, they broke up, Marinette tried to help her and then…I think she joined a cult? I’m not sure I’m not up to date with the series. But it gave us so little of their actual friendship that it almost slipped my mind this was what they were trying to do.

That leads me to the most atrocious example of female friendship.

5.- The Devoted Lesbian

This trope didn’t have a place in Ladybug. None at all.

So, everyone knows the devoted lesbian. It’s the extremely queer coded friend that’s willing to do anything for the MC. Tomoyo from Sakura, Homura from Puella, to a degree Nanoha from Lyrical Nanoha, to a lesser degree Seiya from Sailor Moon Stars.

It serves a purpose to highlight the goodness of a MC, kind and nice to the point people fall in love with them. Sakura is the best example, but the devotion Homura has for Madoka also serves to highlight her status a goddess. In Nanoha, Nanoha’s obsession comes from the belief that Fate is a good person and deserves a better futures. And in Sailor Mook Stars Seiya offers an alternative to the loyal and devoted Usagi who’s still waiting for Mamoru. (I have to say maybe Utena has this too OBVIOUSLY but tbh I haven’t seen it yet so)

This is often a queer story. Even if Sakura and Usagi have heterosexual romances - Sakura isn’t straight and neither is Usagi. The stories play with gender and sexuality, and it’s ultimately about the relationships people have that deviate from the perceived normality.

Yeah, Ladybug has neither.

And they’re trying to introduce Zoe as this. Which is. Weird. Again, she’s supposed to substitute the Rival Friendship Characters, why on Earth is she a devoted Lesbian?

The reason why I call her this, is because inside the narrative she very much is - even if the writers are sooooo bad at writing women that it doesn’t come across as one to the audience.

If we still assume that Ayla is supposed to be the Best Friend (tm), and she still falls for Lila’s tricks - only someone who’s utterly devoted and believes wholeheartedly and unconditionally in Marinette can see through those lies. It’s something as crazy as fighting off Akumatization.

You can either see this as the writers trying to make Zoe the new Best Friend (tm)…but that’s somehow worse. It’s changing dynamics that have been here for close to 5 seasons. And AGAIN because of the weird way the writers see female friendship…I do believe it’s coming off as the devoted lesbian trope rather than the Best Friend (tm). Especially with how what’s little left of the fandom, are all obsessed with shipping Zoe and Marinette. This does not happen with the Best Friend (tm). It almost never does. Because competent writers make it clear that they’re just friends. You don’t ship Madoka with Sayaka or Mami (well you can but it’s not the majority) you ship her with Homura. And you don’t ship (I do but shhh) Usagi with Makoto or Mina, you ship her with Seiya.

Zoe is the Devoted Lesbian right now. The show absolutely does not need her. In fact I would say, it perishes what little hope there was for girl friendships in this series. It again hammers home that the only friends you can have are those who coddle you, adore you, or think you can do no wrong. And anyone who disagrees with you, even a little, is a terrible horrible monster (Lila), has the potential to be one (Kagami) or evil incarnate (Chloe)

I love girl friendships to death, and I’m always down for a good wlw story. But these characters are neither complex enough to have friendships with each other in a way that feels genuine, nor do the authors know how the hell girl friends work. Much less queer ones.

They should have never given center stage to them, not only bcs that wasn’t the focus of CHAT NOIR AND LABYBUG but also bcs they have no idea how to write compelling friendships.

To be honest, if they had been good enough to make this premise work, that’s to say the Chat Ladybug dynamic, there’s a high chance they could have created compelling friendships too.

Like, if they couldn’t pull of a romantic m/f rship with an entire fandom backing them and hyping them up? They could have NEVER pulled off anything. Period. It’s like failing Middle School Maths and trying to solve College level Calculus homework. The problem isn’t the equation, it’s that’s you’re bad it. And even if it were the equation, no one can tell because you filled the goddamn notebook with scribbles.

#miraculous ladybug #mlb salt #askloli #TLDR I hate how they write friendships lol #too sweet and cute for my liking with not enough queer subtext to make it palatable

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catostrofiqu · 11 months

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Can people give me good fic recommendations for this list of fandoms that will keep growing over time.

(Crossovers are great aswell)

Marvel (Will gain a Separate list for specific characters)

DC (Specifically family based stuff)

Danny Phantom

Doctor Who

Supernatural

Blue exorcist

My Hero Academia

Percy Jackson

Merlin

Bleach

Pokemon (main anime based)

The Imperfects (Netflix)

Bee and Puppycat

Chronicles of Narnia

Rise of the Guardians

Rwby

Tales of Arcadia (Troll hunters, 3below)

Yu-gi-oh (but like the original, season 0 and zexel)

BNA (Netflix)

Tokyo Mew Mew (I'm an anime only unfortunately)

Ultramarine Magmell (Two fics exist and I've read them)

The Marvel Specification list

Spiderman

Moonknight

Bucky Barnes

Loki

Daredevil

I'm adding a fanfics list for Crossovers with fandoms I'm not actually in

Criminal Minds × DC

Merlin × Stargate

NCIS × Danny phantom

Yes this List will grow as I get more fandoms or remember fandoms I'm in

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My friend @wingedcatgirl is thinking of getting into more Magical Girl shows. She's already seen Miraculous, half of Nonoha, and Madoka.

I've recommended the obvious stuff like Tokyo Mew Mew, Sailor Moon, and Card Captor Sakura and I was going to recomend the Precure franchise but that ones pretty big and I was wondering if you had any specific seasons you'd reccomend

Oooh yeah the Precure franchise is great for classic Magical Girl shenanigans! Personally of the ones I've seen, Kira Kira Pretty Cure A La Mode is my favorite and I think would be a pretty good one to start off with, it's got some very well-planned character arcs for every member of the team, really solid pacing, and it commits to its theme.

Aside from that one... maybe Heartcatch? A lot of people consider it to be the best Precure season (I don't, but it's still quite solid) and it's arguably the most widely beloved season. It's got some solid character arcs as well and the problem-of-the-week episodes, with how they dig into the different minor characters' problems and foibles, are top-notch. I'd argue that the plot isn't very strong, but it's still a solid season.

Of course there are other Precure seasons I really enjoyed, but to try and get someone into the franchise, I'd try one of these two first (and I'm rooting for Kira Kira more, it deserves more love).

#ask #pretty cure #precure

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Thank you so much for tagging me @officerjennie!

Last song: Monsters by Tommee Profitt feat. XEAH

Currently watching: TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy- Season 2, Doctor Elise, Delicious in Dungeon, The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash, and Mashle: Magic and Muscle Season 2

Three ships: Byakuya Kuchiki/Tomoyo-hime (BLEACH x Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle), Kenpachi Zaraki/Kendappa (BLEACH x Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle), and HashiMito (Naruto)

Favorite color: Different shades of purple and blue. 💜💙

Currently consuming: Chocolate.

First ship: It kind of depends. I mean, I shipped Sting/Morning Glory from My Little Pony G1, but back then I didn't exactly know what shipping was. But if not, then Kisshu/Ichigo Momomiya from Tokyo Mew Mew.

Birthplace: Hospital.

Current location: In my bed.

Relationship status: Mentally dating a hot British Devil.

Last movie: It has been such a long time since I last timed watched any kind of movie...uuuh, I think the last one was The Addams Family (2019)

Currently working on: Ino Yamanaka drawing, Frieren AMV, and Bleach fanfiction about Senjumaru, Yachiru Unohana, and two little genius brats and one wild one.

Tagging: @callmeasyouwantidk, @olliya, @joutei, @the-con-she-called-conscience, @hellbubu, and anyone else who wants to do this~.

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With how OtonaPre ended up being mid and had several questionable choices, I know that there are some, myself included, who are worried about how the MahoPre adult sequel will turn out. Even so, I remain cautiously optimistic, as this was always the one out of the two I was the most excited for.

Going back to the initial announcement for both OtonaPre and the MahoPre sequel, it's interesting to note that they only tentatively call it Mahou Tsukai PreCure! 2. They don't outright call it something like Otona Mahou Tsukai PreCure!, so maybe it's not really tied to the OtonaPre brand.

This would be a welcome change because one of the main problems with OtonaPre was that they tried to juggle a main cast of 8, arguably 10, or even 13, in just 12 episodes. This meant that several characters got shafted in development, notably Rin, Komachi, and Mai. In a MahoPre sequel, we'd only really need focus on Mirai, Riko, Haa-chan, and Mofurun, and maybe a few of the other side characters. Realistically I don't see what other seasons they could try and jam into MahoPre2, like not GoPriPre or KiraPre. MahoPre has such a distinctive style to it with all the witchcraft stuff.

Another thing to note from that initial announcement is that MahoPre2 will be airing on the late-night Animazing!!! block owned by TV Asahi and ABC TV, on Sundays 2:00-2:30 AM. This is quite the unusual choice because even OtonaPre, which aired on NHK-E, aired as late as Saturday 6:30PM. Similarly, Tokyo Mew Mew New aired around midnight when it broadcasted. I don't know what this really means in terms of "adult content" though, because even TMMN was mostly restrained in that regard. OtonaPre aired on a night/afternoon timeslot, but it also aired in the same block that had stuff like Spongebob, so they couldn't get too "adult," the most being stuff like alcohol consumption and climate change.

From this article back in March, Producer Takashi Washio notes that when NHK-E ("E" standing for education) was chosen to air OtonaPre on, he was asked if they could focus on topics related to SDGs, sustainable development goals. This is why OtonaPre has a large focus on climate change and sustainability, despite it feeling a bit out of place. I appreciate the focus on such topics, but I felt like it was taking up too much space in OtonaPre when combined with the topics of adulthood struggles and usual PreCure stuff, especially for just 12 episodes. I also think that the aforementioned Tokyo Mew Mew New, which aired last year and earlier this year, was much better at conveying these topics.

There's not much we know about MahoPre2, but I think I can say for certain that it won't have much of heavy environmental theme to it, and more so focus on expanding the lore of the Witch World. I expect the sequel to have 12-13 episodes like OtonaPre did, so not trying to jam several themes into such a limited scope will be good.

Another thing, that's a bit small is that, personally, I wasn't a fan of the art direction, notably the character designs, of OtonaPre. Toei outsourced the anime primarily to Studio DEEN, so most of the staff, character designer, series director, animation directors, art director, etc. were assigned to people who didn't seem to be that familiar with the series and the final product sort of reflected that. It's understandable why Toei outsourced most of the production, as this year, they also had to focus on the usual yearly PreCure, One Piece, the Sailor Moon Cosmos films, etc., and I expect more of the same next year for MahoPre2.

But I think that, at least in terms of character designer, we might get Emiko Miyamoto, who was the CD for the original MahoPre, back. The reason why Toshie Kawamura, who was the CD for Yes! Pretty Cure 5 and Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!, didn't come back for OtonaPre, seems to be that she's currently not accepting new work due to her poor health, as stated in her Twitter bio. This makes sense, as Kawamura recently did the character designs for the all-male Dancing Star PreCure, which, as a live-action stage play, had less commitments for her to deal with compared to OtonaPre. In contrast, from what I could gather, Miyamoto appears to be in good health, and she hasn't really done much work since Dragon Quest: Adventure of Dai, which ended last year. She did do some small animation work for the recent PreCure All Stars F film, but that's pretty much it. I think there will be time for her to return next year for MahoPre2, along with other staff like head writer Isao Murayama and series director Masato Mitsuka.

Ideally, I would hope that MahoPre2 has the women transform into adult Pretty Cure, unlike what OtonaPre did, but there's really nothing right now that I can predict, other than that it seemingly not being apart of the OtonaPre brand may raise some hope.

So yeah, these are the reasons why I'm holding out hope that MahoPre2 will still be good. Hopefully they don't do what they did in OtonaPre and have Mirai and Riko be paired off with random faceless men, and instead with each other. They have to make it gayer, with maintext, not subtext, like how they kissed in the manga.

#mahou tsukai precure #mahopre #mahou tsukai pretty cure #mahoupre #witchy precure #witchy pretty cure #witchypre #mahotsukai precure #mahotsukai pretty cure #mahoutsukai precure #mahoutsukai pretty cure

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applepi00 · 8 months

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9 people you would like to get to know better

Tagged by @subdee hii Dee, it’s been a while!

3 ships:

Soukoku- what else would I put here? They’re dysfunctional and hyper functional simultaneously, I can project with much of my usual themes onto them easily. Plus, y’all, the gender bent art lately has been so good.

Vashwood- latest obsession, I finished trimax (and 98, and tristamp) recently and as everyone that recommended it to me guessed, Vash is my exact type and wow recognition of the self and whatnot lol. But seriously when do I ever turn down a good catholic guilt character or a character with unnecessary guilt?

Trephacard- polyamourous dnd trio my beloved, could’ve been so good but the show did not agree with me (also the last two seasons were not nearly as good and look I wasn’t even considering ships for this show as things that could happen until season three so I was vibing in my own little world)

First ship: okay I was an x reader / x oc girlie until I was fourteen or so I’m not sure? Ichigo/Kisshu maybe when I was six watching Tokyo Mew Mew, Ten/Rose maybe when I got to middle school? I don’t really remember 😅

Last Song: Last hope, by Paramore! It’s in both my Saoirse playlist AND her joint playlist for her and her ex girlfriend even though I didn’t remember putting it in either!

Last Movie: Oppenheimer I think, no I haven’t seen Barbie

Currently Reading: it’s fall again so, The unabridged journals of Sylvia Plath!

Currently Watching: nothing at the moment! I’m thinking I either have to finish my liveblog of Utena, or watch revue starlight.

Currently Craving: hmmm chats with friends I think, I put my mom to sleep yesterday taking about my interests, my friends at least keep up with me lol

Tagging (if you want!): @humanis-i @blindblossom @chubsthehamster @feralrookie @idlenight @macavitykitsune @valoniel @nautilusopus

#tag games #emi rambles

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kunoichi-of--destiny · 10 months

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After dealing with some IRL stuff, I've finally finished the last two episodes of Tokyo Mew Mew New, they were peak fiction! :D

#tokyo mew mew new #finally!#the ladt two episodes were good minus kisshu stuff imo because fuck him #hopefully we get a season 3!#hailey.txt #mine

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vanillsposts · 9 months

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not sure if this will be helpful to anyone; but as someone who’s constantly on the search for cute anime, I thought I’d put some here that I find cute, charming, wholesome, and sweet! I hope that you enjoy, whoever decides to read!

Blend S ~ definitely underrated, as it seems to only be known for the memes online. It’s super cute - and very funny! It reminds me of the “Ouran High School Host Club”, but with a mostly female cast - the characters are all very kind to each other; aside from the occasional joke, they are very sweet and it’s like being apart of their friend group each episode. The series is on Crunchyroll; for anyone interested - and the manga can be read online!

Onegai My Melody ~ This series is super cute, especially if you’re a hello kitty or Sanrio fan! It follows My Melody’s journey to the human world after her frenemy Kuromi takes an important tool from their kingdom in attempts to get revenge on My Melody for mistakes made between the two! It has human characters, along with more underrated sanrio characters like Kuromi Five, Flat the Mouse, My Sweet Piano, and Baku! It’s a very cute series ~ and the first two seasons are available in English sub on YouTube!

Ouran High School Host Club ~ this series has a very shojo feel to it - and very cute aesthetics to the series; and of course, Honey Senpai - the epitome of all things cute! It follows Haruhi as she starts at a new school and looks for a quiet place to study; ending up in the room where the high school’s host club meets each day; she ends up getting entangled in the group when she breaks a vase on accident - and it’s a very cute, sweet, and funny series! The anime is on Netflix, and I’m pretty sure on Tubi and Crunchyroll as well! The manga can be bought on Amazon or read online!

Cardcaptor Sakura ~ one of my all time favorite series, it’s truly sweet and charming - and in my personal opinion, there isn’t a single unlikable character in the series ( aside from Meilin getting on my nerves from time to time- ), it follows Sakura as she finds a mysterious book in her father’s study, which lets out magical cards that she has to track down; or else the power in them may be used in bad circumstances! The series is on both Crunchyroll and Netflix; and the movies are both on Crunchyroll! The manga can be bought on Amazon!

I hope you all enjoyed this!

Some honorable mentions for me would be…

Magical Angel Creamy Mami ( Freevee ).

Tokyo Mew Mew ( YouTube, or the new series, Hi-Dive. )

and Yumeiro Patissiere!

#yumeiro patissiere #onegai my melody #cute anime #cute manga #tokyo mew new #tokyo mew mew #tokyo mew mew anime #magical angel creamy mami #creamy mami #blend s #blend s anime #cardcaptor Sakura

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magical-grrrl-mavis · 9 months

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I need to familiarize myself with some magical girl themes beyond word of mouth- especially how the (Hero's Nourney Voice) Call Tl Action/Power Gaining and, destiny parts commonly works. Is there any particular shows I should watch?

Ummmm

This is a rambly one but TLDR: a season of Precure I guess?

This is difficult to answer because the magical girl genre is... weird. It's vague and includes a lot more than just the "magical girl warrior" shows like Sailor Moon and Tokyo Mew Mew that people think of.

There's slice of life series like Machikado Mazoku and 'Magical Idol' series like Mewkeldreamy, and of course little witch girl series like Little Witch Academia

And a whole bunch of shit that doesn't fit any of that, or parodies like Panty & Stocking or Kill La Kill, and "dark magical girls" which are their own mess

You'd think the unifying trait here would be "girl with magic" except Totally Spies is considered a magical girl warrior show and there are plenty others like Bubblegum Crisis where they have sci fi weapons or alien technology

And there are magical boys! You seen Steven Universe?

At the end of the day there are some established tropes and themes you'll see in a lot of them, especially characters being strong because of their femininity rather than in spite of it, but honestly most of the time it's just vibes.

My first magical girl was Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

I can't really tell you how to gain an understanding of the genre as a whole, but if you want to get into magical girl warrior show--which are definitely the most popular--I'd suggest a season or two of Precure.

It's a kids show but it's still very well written and usually conveys the most common themes of that genre. It is 20 seasons long but each season is it's own story with it's own characters so you don't really need to watch then in any order. I suggest Smile Precure, it's fun and has a decent dub.

But honestly just find any magical girl show and jump in. Except for Magical Girl Site, nobody should watch that ever.

#answered ask #magical girls #ramble #infodump

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Hey there? On the search for genuinely good classic/modern magical girl/boy series without any problematic subject matter (age-gap romances, incest, heavy sexualization of minors/fanservice, petty in-fighting (I'm looking at you, Wedding Peach)), heavily tears down the reputation/ideals of the genre or going into grimdark territory/kills off the main character/multiple characters for pointless shock value (I'm looking at you, Minky Momo)? Then you've come to the right post!

AK Magical Girls

Akazukin Chacha

Alice 19th

ArtisWitch

Ask Dr. Rin!

Balala the Fairies

Bokura wa Mahou Shounen

Brat Hunt Chu!

Catch! Teenieping

Classicaloid

Corrector Yui

The Demon Girl Next Door

Earth Maiden Arjuna

Fairy Idol Kanon

Fairy Navigator Runa

Flip Flappers

Floral Magician Mary Bell

Flower Angel/Fairy

Flying Witch

Full Moon

Fushigi no Fan Fan Pharmacy

Galaxy Fraulein Yuna

Hana no Ko Lunlun

Harbor Light Story Fashion Lala

Hey! Yo Yorang

Hime-chan no Ribbon (and its' manga reboot)

Himitsu no Akko-chan (and its' manga reboot)

I.O.N.

Jewelpet (Just avoid the Sunshine season and you're good)

Kaitou Saint Tail

Kamichama Karin

Kilala Princess

Koi Cupid

Kung Fu Wa

Lan Mo De Hua

Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko

Little Witch Academia

Magical Angel Creamy Mami

Magical Angel Sweet Mint

Magical Idol Pastel Yumi

Magical Meow Meow Taruto

Magical Stage Fancy Lala

Magical Star Magical Emi

MajiLumiere Co. Ltd.

Maho Girls Pretty Cure

Mahou Shoujo Lalabel

Mahou Shoujo Taisen

Majokko Tickle

Mao-chan

Mei Company (Before anyone asks, the plot is actually about retired magical girls opening up a cleaning company)

Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch

Mewkledreamy

Mink

Miracle Girls

Miracle Shoujo Limit-chan

Nana Moon

Ojamajo Doremi

Onegai My Melody

Persia the Magic Fairy

Petit Petit Muse

Petite Princess Yucie

Phantom Thief Jeanne

Pixie Pop

Powerpuff Girls Z

Pretear

The near entirety of the Pretty Cure franchise (Just be sure to avoid Yes! PreCure 5 and Hugtto Precure if you don't want be squicked out by the age gap romance th those two series)

Pretty Sammy

Princess Comet

Princess Tutu

Rainbow Ruby

Saint October

Sakura Hime Kaiden

Sasami: Magical Girls Club

Secret Jouju

Shamanic Princess

Shining Star (CG Korean cartoon)

Someday's Dreamers

Sophie Ruby

Spellbound! Magical Princess Lil'Pri

Star College

Sugar Sugar Rune

Super Doll Licca-chan

Super Pig

Sweet Valerian

Sweets Fairy

Tamagotchi: Yume Kira Dream

Tea Tea Cherry

Telepathy Shoujo Ran

Time Stranger Kyoko

Tokyo Mew Mew (and its' anime reboot, New)

Tweeny Witches

Twin Princesses of Wonder Planet

Umi Monogatari

Urahara

Wedding Apple

Wish Upon the Pleiades

Witch Hat Atelier

Witch Watch

Yadamon

Yume no Crayon Oukoku

Z Squad

Zodiac P.I.

#magical girl #ceri muses about magical girls #ceri rambles about stuff

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Magical Girl News as of 2023

Sailor Moon Cosmos Part I and II

We're starting off with Sailor Moon Cosmos Part I and II. The final chapter of Sailor Moon manga is coming to an end with two part movies coming in June, 2023. While I barely remembered reading the manga, I'm happy and sad that Sailor Moon Crystal series is ending. I got nothing much to say about this one, but I do know we're getting more Sailor Senshi in this one that didn't make it to Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Anime.

Re:Cutie Honey coming to BluRay/DVD in Western Countries

Since Cutie Honey Anniversary is coming up, it looks like Re:Cutie Honey is coming to western countries in BluRay/DVD release. While this Anime was made back then, it's a good thing it's coming to the west, although there are fansubs available. The English Dub is in the works.

New Precure Season: Hirogaru Sky Precure Premieres

On February, 2023, Hirogaru Sky Precure premieres after Delicious Party Precure ended as part of Precure's 20th Anniversary (it's actually 19th, but whatever lol)! We also got a first blue lead Cure, a first main boy Cure, and a adult Cure as it breaks new records for this Season. Toei wants something different so I can't blame them TBH.

Balala The Fairies 15th Anniversary, Ocean Magic Dubs, and Magic Star Fate Castle News

With Precure and Sailor Moon celebrating their anniversaries, Balala The Fairies is also celebrating their 15th Anniversary this April. There have been talks that Ocean Magic is getting Dubs in western areas, such as English, Italian, and possible African-languages. However, there are no official releases on streaming sites as it was considered lost media. The Italian dub is in the works. As for Magic Star Fate Castle, Season 2 is in the works and it's most likely to be release later in 2023-2024.

Tokyo Mew Mew New Season 2 coming in Spring 2023

While I've seen the original Tokyo Mew Mew, it looks like Tokyo Mew Mew New Season 2 is coming this Spring. While Season 1 was successful, I might watch this after I finished watching the original Anime.

The New PowerPuff Girls cartoon is in the works.

While the 2016 cartoon didn't worked out, Craig McCracken decided to come back to Cartoon Network to fix things up with a new PowerPuff Girls cartoon in the works. There have been plans that I will be storybased bur only time will tell.

New Totally Spies Season coming this year or 2024.

While I haven't heard the new Totally Spies Season is in the works as much, it seems like this will most likely to be released this year or next year. There's going to be new designs for the characters and hopefully not too much...fetish-cringe like older seasons did. But that's just me.

Winx Club Season 9 or a Reboot?

While there are talks about Winx Club Season 9, it's most likely to be a reboot of a series. Not much known about this, but it looks like it's going to be 26 episodes long.

Lolirock Season 3 might be in the works

According to some news articles, it seems like Lolirock might get a Season 3 if the new Season of Totally Spies works out. Only time will tell because everyone wants to know what happened after Season 2.

Panty and Stocking Season 2! 'Nuff said!

It seems like PSG will get Season 2 this year. Hopefully... just hopefully it has a continuity after the first Season. No more bullshit!

I might post more updates but I have reached the image limit. But that's all I can think of. We also got Madoka Magica movie coming out and a new Magical Girl Raising Project Anime, but we might get it next year. I think that's all! ❤ 💙 💜 💖

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