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Whining and Ranting
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Essentially, that's all this post is going to be. x'D
But it's because the world made it that way. >:(
O1 : Why are guys so selfish?
Lol, and not lumping in all guys of course, but I just think it's funny how some male gamers react to stuff. If you're on a gaming site and there's a headline for an interesting game and it turns out to be an otome (and is said to be as much in the very first sentence), then why do you need to express your disappoint (or need a yuri option so you feel comfortable playing)? Really? Because only guys are allowed to get games that aren't just romance visnovs but also fantasy elements, etc., right? =A=
C'mon now
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But now that it's over and I am actually worrying about it getting a second season, I guess I need to get this off my chest. Or I'm just gonna burst. And create my own universe and rewrite all the laws of EVERYTHING!!!111!~ totallynottrollingjustreferencing
First off, I am so glad I'm not the only one who hates seeing people call it original. It isn't. And I hate that people feel like, omg, they actually watched a magical girl and they could because it was dark and mature, and it was a deconstruction! First off, even Sailor moon introduced that *&%$ way back when. And it's been around since. And if you assume everything magical girl is frill
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FFFFFFFF! OMGGGGG!!!!!!
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I was going through a group on her and saw some interesting One Piece art. Long haired Nami, some Luffy. And then I realized.... ONE PIECE IS BACK!!!! That went by so fast. I'm so surprised and happy. I'm just so excited. And it... It still feels like One Piece. I'm gonna go cry in excitement in my little fan section. >u< TTUTT
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I hope you're doing well, wherever you are! 
happy birthday! 
Happy Birthday~~
I'm just curious, but how many Magical Girls can you name from here?: [link]
I see Lala, BSSM, Ojamajo Doremi, Nanoha, Saint Tail, CCS, YGO (lol, she kind of doesn't count), HPC, Sammy (Tenchi spinoff, lol), Madoka (ugh and up-front, why is Sailor Moon not?), Dai Mahou Touge.
Some of the shows, I don't actually watch since I don't care for them (and two I watched or read very little of so far), but I think there's only one character I don't actually recognize much at all.
Ironically enough, someone mentions classical magical girls in the comments, but I think there's only two or three characters on there from a series that's older than the '00s. Lol, that's interesting.
Another interesting matter, someone brought up Mew Ichigo... The artist has more parodies and non-actual mahou shoujo characters on here and are missing some real relevant series and characters. x'DDDD;
Some of the shows, I don't actually watch since I don't care for them (and two I watched or read very little of so far), but I think there's only one character I don't actually recognize much at all.
Ironically enough, someone mentions classical magical girls in the comments, but I think there's only two or three characters on there from a series that's older than the '00s. Lol, that's interesting.
Another interesting matter, someone brought up Mew Ichigo... The artist has more parodies and non-actual mahou shoujo characters on here and are missing some real relevant series and characters. x'DDDD;
Wow!!! That's why I sent you that link. I was surprised too, when SM wasn't front-and-center. I guess they were underexposed. or something. It's a double standard. Also, does Cutey Honey count as a Mahou Shoujo?
Haha~! And yeah, it seems like the artist may have been underexposed to BSSM (and some of the other classic stuff). And that's the funny thing! Technically, it isn't!
Nagai-sensei didn't make it as one, but when the first anime rolled around, it really picked up with the female crowd and it does have traits close to the genre (especially like the original magical girl stuff before BSSM came around), so it's one of those mixed deals there.
It's really funny and interesting how the genre has changed. Magical girl now is nothing like what it is before (outside of empowering girls, but I think it does that better and more now on average, with the exception of shows like Madoka, but it's also made by guys and aimed at guys, so they weren't looking to be a true magical girl show anyway), and I think Honey herself and the series lie just on that line of the things that are modern and classic to the genre.
Because Naoko Takuechi liked sentai stuff and her editor's encouraged its addition, BSSM really shifted the genre, and shows like PreCure picked up and carried on with that. It's kinda... Well, I just don't know the words entirely, but it is quite interesting.
And it kind of made me think of magical girl shows in general, the ones that changed the genre, deconstructions and parodies of the genre and how they compare.
A lot of people don't really consider Utena a magical girl show, but it is regarded as one and is a magnificent deconstruction of the genre (as well as shoujo and shounen themes and genre as a whole). Whereas shows like Nanoha and Madoka are just... Well, most people see them as deconstructions, and they try to be, but I don't really think they are the way people see them as. (I think it's because people think, "oh, girl's show, so no violence or death or darkness." And so when a show is violent or at all dark - but not aimed at girls -, people go "oh! A deconstruction of the genre!")
I read these really good articles of sorts about that matter (one of them here). It falls into how shows aimed at girls are generally regarded as needing excuses to be good and the expectations and assumptions have of them. It gets weird especially with magical girl fandom, especially because of the demographics, lol.
Sometimes, it's more fun to keep track of the way people in magical girl fandom act and associate than keeping up with the shows themselves.
Nagai-sensei didn't make it as one, but when the first anime rolled around, it really picked up with the female crowd and it does have traits close to the genre (especially like the original magical girl stuff before BSSM came around), so it's one of those mixed deals there.
It's really funny and interesting how the genre has changed. Magical girl now is nothing like what it is before (outside of empowering girls, but I think it does that better and more now on average, with the exception of shows like Madoka, but it's also made by guys and aimed at guys, so they weren't looking to be a true magical girl show anyway), and I think Honey herself and the series lie just on that line of the things that are modern and classic to the genre.
Because Naoko Takuechi liked sentai stuff and her editor's encouraged its addition, BSSM really shifted the genre, and shows like PreCure picked up and carried on with that. It's kinda... Well, I just don't know the words entirely, but it is quite interesting.
And it kind of made me think of magical girl shows in general, the ones that changed the genre, deconstructions and parodies of the genre and how they compare.
A lot of people don't really consider Utena a magical girl show, but it is regarded as one and is a magnificent deconstruction of the genre (as well as shoujo and shounen themes and genre as a whole). Whereas shows like Nanoha and Madoka are just... Well, most people see them as deconstructions, and they try to be, but I don't really think they are the way people see them as. (I think it's because people think, "oh, girl's show, so no violence or death or darkness." And so when a show is violent or at all dark - but not aimed at girls -, people go "oh! A deconstruction of the genre!")
I read these really good articles of sorts about that matter (one of them here). It falls into how shows aimed at girls are generally regarded as needing excuses to be good and the expectations and assumptions have of them. It gets weird especially with magical girl fandom, especially because of the demographics, lol.
Sometimes, it's more fun to keep track of the way people in magical girl fandom act and associate than keeping up with the shows themselves.